Sam's Halloween Class Party!

Toilet Paper Mummy!

I volunteered to help with Sam's party. I was in charge of the goblin's guts!

We got a few interesting faces!

Halloween!!

(Sam-Batman, Josh-"piderman", Maurie-Pooh Bear dressed as a pumpkin, Becca - yikes:))

We had so much fun this Halloween! I was reminiscing how last year I was flat on my back (pregnancy issues with Maurie) during Halloween and how I missed walking around with the boys. So I took advantage this year and Ted and I took the kids around the neighborhood for trick-or-treating! They were so excited about every piece of candy that they received.

These guys are perfect ages for this kind of stuff!! It was great!

Poor Maurie!

Maurie has been subject to a lot of dress up this halloween. She is definitely a good sport!

(And these were the only ones I took pictures of!)

Sam's Kindergarten Halloween Program

Sam's Kindergarten Class

(Sam is in the top left corner)

Sam chose to be a fire fighter this year!

JACK-O-LANTERNS

We had a fun family night and carved pumpkins!

Dad helped Josh with his "happy" pumpkin and I helped Sam with his "scary" pumpkin. We followed their instructions to make these pumpkins just perfect. Both Sam and Josh were brave enough this year to touch the pumpkin guts!

Doesn't each pumpkin reflect the personality of their maker?!

Nintendo Bonding!

It is rare to see these two this close to each other without them being on the attack!

Cowboy Bopper

Isn't he too cute! Josh is enjoying this season of dress-up!

Sugar Cookies!

Decorating Sugar Cookies

Rachel and Scott brought a bunch of halloween shaped cookies for the kids to decorate!

Mark and Taneil came with Landon, Luke, and Lily to join in the fun!

We had a lot of fun even though our house was torn apart (downstairs remodeling)!

Kindergarten Trip to Vineyard

Pumpkinland

I volunteered to help out with Sam's kindergarten class on their exciting trip to Vineyard (west of Orem). Everyone had lots of fun and no one got lost! :)

Sam and Josh

Joshie in his true form!

In the corn maze! Sam, Nicholas (from Sam's class), and Josh.

Maurie endured the adventure!

Sam in the hay house.

The boys had a lot of fun playing on all of the fun setups. They were also able to pick out a pumpkin to take home!

Snicker Doodle

My toothless wonder!!

Maurie received her nick-name "Snicker Doodle" because she always wrinkles up her nose into a snicker! I was just now able to capture it on camera!

Three of a kind!

Even from behind they look the same!

(Josh, Maurie, Sam)

Ted's brother Kyle Just had their first baby!

Isn't he cute!

Way to go Liz and Kyle!

Maurie Nine Months

This is the expression that we get a lot of lately!

Our Quick Trip to Georgia!

Ted and I (and Maurie) were able to go to Georgia to take part in Tonya's baptism this last Saturday! Thanks to my parents for taking the boys for a couple of days!

(Ted, Becca with Maurie, Tonya, Devin with Allyson, Elliott, Barrett, Nicole)

It was great to spend time with family!

Our Hummer!!

We got some sweet wheels at the rental shop since they were short on stock!

(I will never own a vehicle like this, it was pretty much awful in every way!)

Devin and Tonya took us to a Mexican Restuarant following the Baptism!

Maurie having fun during conference!

Daddy we miss you!

The boys wanted to send a letter, but I thought this would be easier!

Love you!

CRAWLING!!!

I apologize for my goofy voice, but what do you expect!!

Maurie is no longer content to just sit around anymore! There are just too many things to explore, and too many ways to bother her brothers!

We had good timing in getting new carpet downstairs just yesterday. Maurie has been enjoying the big open rooms (I think I am enjoying the soft floor more than anybody!). These are a couple of pictures of our biggest room downstairs that we had done.

You may ask why we took down the walls and left cement in its place?!

The answer is: we found black mold from a past flood and decided better now than later!

So needless to say one of our next projects will be to put up new walls (with insulation this time)!
The projects only seem to multiply!!

Here is Sam showing off the new stairs!
He expresses several times a day . . . "I love that carpet very much, it is way great"

Sam and Josh have already claimed the biggest space for train tracks!

I will show pictures of the bedroom that we are finishing a little later when it is more complete!

Fun with Maurie!

Maurie has been a lot of fun lately! Here she is helping me out while I put groceries away! (Actually, it was a way to keep her content so I could put the groceries away!) Maurie can now wave and she can mimick your noises . . . "ba ba, da da, ma ma," etc...

She has also turned into a mama's girl lately and cries nearly every time my back is to her! :)

A Typical Morning!!

It is a good thing our kids like to get up early! It makes taking Sam to school just after eight o'clock not too terrible! This picture is a repeat day after day! Aren't they cute little stinkers!

Sam at school! Mom and kids play!!

Josh having fun being a big brother! He always takes care of his "snicker-doodle-pants!"

I have been having a lot of fun with just Josh and Maurie while Sam has been at school! It is fun to have some 1-on-1 time with my little bopper! Maurie has also started to get on a better schedule these past couple days!

Grandma and Grandpa are gone for 18 months

We said our final goodbyes to Grandma and Grandpa today as they drove away to Cleveland! It will be quite an adjustment having them away for the next 18 months! We have been so blessed having them live so close! We are very excited to hear of their experiences and also see the blessings as a result of them choosing to serve!

Good luck Mom and Dad!