Doll Obsession!

Maurie has loved dolls since she was just a few months old! Anytime she sees one she smiles from ear to ear!

Last weekend Ted and I took the kids to the store and let them look around at the toys so they could make a list for Santa. Well, I decided to see what Maurie's reaction would be down the doll isle. I wish I would have had my camera, because she was going nuts. People were staring and laughing at how funny and cute she was! And it was cute until we started to put the dolls back and started to walk away, and then she went nuts on the other end of the spectrum and starting yelling and crying. She even rammed her head into the shopping cart handle because of her overwhelming sadness! It was pretty funny! (I hope she grows out of this!)

Maurie's first reaction is always a big hug!

Her second reaction is usually her snicker face because she is lucky to be holding the bestest thing in the world!:)

And when she can't contain her excitement, her next reaction is to mutilate the poor thing with slimey kisses!

Construction

Sam keeps telling me that he wants to be a "constructioner" when he grows up! We have been building a variety of things with our play mats lately. Maurie has had so much fun crawling through these tunnels and houses!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

My most handsome guy is 34 today! This wonderful guy brings me a smile everyday! I am more thankful for him than for anything else in this world! I love you Honey!

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! :)