Happy Valentines Day

Lovely

First picture is a craft that kelty could actually do (she started but quickly got bored)... you cut crate paper into little squares and then use the eraser end of a pencil and wrap the paper around the end of the pencil and dab some glue then stick it!
The second pic is kelty's valentines box she made at school.
The third pic is our table at craft night
The bottom pic is the result of valentines craft night! We made the usual stuff ....paper covered suckers, treat bags, cards, and paper wrapped candy bars.
Happy Valentines Day everybody!

Family night

Mom says, " what can we do to make our home a happier place to live?"
Kelty says, " we could go to the store and buy the kind of toys that Brighton(neighborhood buddie) has, that would make me more happy."

Mom says, " so what did you learn from this lesson?"
Kelty says, " that it's not over yet!"

Costa Rica

This was my 3rd time to costa rica and by far the best!! We stayed in Jaco the first three days in a really nice marriot resort. While we were there we drove to Manuel Antonio to visit the national park where we saw monkeys, sloths, raccoons, and snorkeled a bit. Then we drove to Dominical which is pretty deep into the jungle (the prettiest jungle i've seen in costa) and stayed in kind of a ghetto bungalo that was right on the beach and had the most happening disco techa party around. We went on the most awesome zipline tour (including tarzan swing)...then we took a boat ride out to cano island for some crazy snorkeling (swam with reef sharks, turtles, and the most fish i have ever seen!) It was seriously so fun (not really relaxing and kind of intense) but really fun.

Jack the Pumpkin king

We went to Disneyland over thanksgiving and this was kelty's highlight of the trip! if you don't know kelty very well,... lets just say she is drawn to somewhat morbid ideals. I try to instill a love for princesses and such but her favorite things are monsters, bugs, villains, and secret agent stuff. For example: while we are watching sleeping beauty, I tell her that my favorite part is coming up (when rose is singing in the forest and her prince comes to sing with her) kelty then says, "that's not my favorite part, my favorite part is when she touches the spindle!"
So last christmas kelty made us watch The Nightmare before Christmas like every day (even christmas eve) until i had to lay down the law and told her that we cannot watch the show until next christmas! Needless to say, kelty loved the ride at disneyland and she loved talking to Jack the pumpkin king (she also told me that she will be naming her children Jack and Sally).

St. George girls trip

The first week in november i went to st. george with some friends to scrapbook. I got a lot done and it is always fun to get away from the kids for a bit. i never get any good pics of us girls...probably because i don't want to scrapbook it.

My favorite fall

We rode our bikes to Bridalveil falls before it got too cold outside...its a tradition i feel like we must do! It was beautiful and peaceful and it reminded me of when i was little riding up with my parents and buying a snack, back when Bridalveil was more of a happening place.



These are pictures of the kids playing in the neighbors yard. Kelty has a new bestest friend named Brighton (sort of a cousin i guess). The Millers moved in down the street while we were gone this summer and we just love having more kids in the hood! Kelty asks me all day long "when is brighton going to be home from school?"
I just love the colors of fall, the smell, the crisp air, the sound of crunchy leaves....I could never live anywhere else because i love the seasons so much.

Ghouls Night Out

Halloween was long but fun... Kelty had a little parade at her pre-school friday morning then we had our ward party and trunk-or-treat on friday night then we had a party at our house on saturday. Kelty was insistent on being a blood sucking vampire this year despite my begging for her to be strawberry shortcake or Wednesday from adam's family. She did play the part very well and in her mind she was scary enough to frighten everyone at the ward Halloween party... She would walk up to strangers and scream BOO! everyone would give a courtesy jump and then she would laugh with pure satisfaction as the person was looking for the owner of the overly confident little vampire (lucky me). As for walker, he was spiderman so naturally fights would break out throughout the night and walker was found trying his superhero kung fu on the other kids in the ward (i'm half joking)....my kids are too cute and i love'em!

Monster baby shower

I threw a baby shower for my little cuz Brookie! I wanted to do the monster theme cause the graphics i found online were so cute (and it is almost halloween). ANd BTW the little marshmallow monsters are actually really tasty, i will be making a scarier version of them for our halloween party (in case you want to try them:)!

Big red barn

We picked our pumpkins at the Big Red Barn in Santaquin this year again...it is well worth the drive. The farm reminds me of my favorite farm in philly and the barn is full of fresh fruit, veggies, home made doughnuts, ice cream, apple cider, and did i mention the yummiest apples ever!