Eggs of Every Color

I am thankful that our kids love traditions. 

Bouldering

We went to a park today....Pioneer Park....it had lots of petrified sand dunes and boulders everywhere.
It is great place for climbing boulders and letting the kids explore.

It's even a great place for silly husbands.

We found this great 'crack' that lots of people were exploring that went under the petrified sand dunes for quite a long ways.  There was one part that I was able to see them and snap a picture of them from up above....cause I hung out up above with Baby Ponyo.

We spent pretty much the whole day there playing and exploring and having fun together.

I am grateful that my cell phone is a camera phone so I could capture these moments throughout the day.

More Exploring.

After sleeping in I did a little photo shoot of the kids for Christmas cards.

And as usual, my hubby caused some rough housing fun after the shoot was done. Haha!

After lunch we were all ready to be outdoors again riding the 4-wheelers and exploring.

I am grateful that my kids love even the smallest things we come across.

Thanksgiving 2013

Yesterday we drove to my In-laws place down in Southern Utah to spend Thanksgiving break.

It was so nice to spend the morning coloring and drawing and cooking with my kids and hubby.

Then I had my kids jump in the tub right before we ate.....not her semi-wet, uncombed hair lol!

It made me laugh that Little A insisted on sitting at the head of the table.  We're pretty laid back about things so we didn't mind one bit.

After our 'feast' we went out for a nice walk before we had pie.

 

I feel so blessed and thankful to have a husband who loves me unconditionally, kids who make me so happy, and for the trials I have gone through that have made me a better me.

Best kind of Afternoon

Came home from choir practice at church to find these two cuddled up on the couch reading stories together.

Trick or Treat!

Woohoo!!!  It's Halloween!!! 

Most of the costumes the kids used this year were one that I made in the past so it was nice to not have to fret about making them.  And mine was basically just some face paint....super easy! 

AND my hubby Actually made his all on his own.  Let me say that again ALL on his OWN.  All I did was grab some gold chains for him to wear.  He rocks!

 The funny thing is that as he was creating his mask (which was a nylon) he had it on over his head and was trying to hot glue the beard and hair on it while he was wearing it!  He learned the hard way that that's not such a good idea lol!

Hope ya'll had a fun and safe Halloween!!!

Time to Gut it

I am grateful that my hubby was able to be part of our pumpkin carving day this year.

Spooky Golfing

We decided to do some mini golfing today.

We didn't really follow the rules too much, but we all had a blast!

 

 

 

I am thankful that it turned out much funner than I thought it would.

Pumpkin Picking

Me, my mom, hubby, and kids all piled into the car to go to our annual Pumpkin Picking Party.

Well.....its not really a party just a tradition to take a trip to the pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin.

 

 

 

I am thankful for what a nice warm day it was.  Perfect temps for picking out a pumpkin.

Daddy Daughter Dinner Date

For Activity Days we have been planning a Daddy-Daughter Dinner Date Night and tonight was the night!

Our theme was a cruise..."The Love Boat"

There was shuffle board, dancing, awesome food, and a photo booth.
I was in charge of taking photos for the photo booth and helping to serve the food.

The girls all seemed to LOVE this special one on one time with their dad/grandfather/etc.

And the girls were super excited for it.....the activity before, you could hear them talking to each other about what fancy dress they were going to wear (there was nothing specific that they were asked to wear...they could wear jeans if they wanted) and if their mom would allow them to wear make-up to it. One dad brought his daughter a bouquet of flowers while another daddy/daughter couple had a corsage and boutonniere on.     

I am grateful that we were able to help these girls make some great memories with their dads.

I'm gonna warn you now

Those of you who know me know that I kinda like to take pictures....of everything and anything.

So, this should not be a surprise when I say "Sorry for the photo overload" of our trip to Yellowstone.

These pictures aren't in any certain order, but they are of things that we thought was neat or funny or just wanted to remember.

....like this sign about staying on the trail because of hot spots.  Haha!  Baby Root beer and i would chuckle every time we came across this.

Yellowstone is just an amazing park.  I was amazed at how every place we went seemed to have different kinds of vegetation and wildlife.

I loved how my kids were into everything too and had their cameras out to take photos of the things they loved.

**no I did not photoshop a smilie face on that mud bubble....that was naturally occurring and my kids loved spotting it.  =)  **

The mineral deposits and colors that appear in some of these hot pools is amazing.  The color of this blue one below was so inviting to me..... but no worries, I remembered that warning sign and made sure to stay out of it lol!

Oh and we have gone from leaving the fire at our house to coming to the fires here at Yellowstone.  They closed off one of the roads due to it, but we are camped pretty far away from it so I'm not to worried.

But the smoke in the air has sure led to some fiery sunsets.

It's been a long, but fun day.

The kids were such good sports, but you could tell as the day wore on that they were getting worn out and the fighting between them was almost to the point of driving me crazy.

Once we got back to our camp site and got them tucked into their beds they all fell asleep almost instantly.

I am grateful for the beauty all around us.

It's the 4th!!!

Being the 4th we got to celebrate our Nation and my Hubby's birthday!

First up......a parade that Baby Root Beer was in.  She played the cymbals for the parade.

Then later in the day we headed to my in-laws house for a 4th of July BBQ swim party.

I am thankful for the freedom that I have......and for my cute hubby!