Merry Christmas

I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was good. We had lots of fun visiting with family, eating yummy food and playing Scum! We will have to continue our game at Christmas time. We are getting our home ready with decorations, the Girls have been helpful with getting them up and Jonathan has been helpful with taking them back down again. :) He is getting so big. He has been pulling himself up to the standing and walking along the couches. He is a good boy very mellow, which is a nice change to the Girls. He has been lots of fun. He looks a lot like my dad. Strawberry blonde hair, bright blue eyes and my dads nose. At least I know he will be a handsome! That's for you dad.

Twilight- The Movie

I am a sucker for movies like this. I loved the books and really loved the movie. I like seeing the characters come to life. It was very well done. Brovo!! I'm ready for the next one. It's going to be too long.

Maia in her ghost costume. We thought it was pretty funny to put her glasses on the outside of her costume. She loved it.Jeremy and I love to dress up too. Here we are as the "Crow" and a black angel. Just for one night it fun to be bad! Heidi and I took the kids trick or treating at Grandma's new home. She thought it was so fun. We had a great time.

Well our Halloween was a blast. We had a great party thanks to all our friends and family. We all went trick or treating in our costumes and got more candy than we can eat but we had a great time. We also had a great evening of raising money for the Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity. With lots of friends and family fun music, face painting and food. There were lots of raffle items to be won. Julia placed a bid on one of the fun gift baskets in the auction and was so excited when she won it. She also won a fun movie basket in the raffle. Thanks to all our family and friends who helped make it a success and we look forward to doing it again next year.
Now it's almost Thanksgiving I can't believe how fast this year is going. Before we know it Jonathan is going to be a year and than the next thing you know he'll be leaving on his mission. I am not ready for that by any means but love looking back over our year and reminiscing about the fun things we have done together. We as a family have so much to be Thankful for. It makes prayer time awfully long but it can't go unnoticed, we are truly blessed.
I am almost finished with my Christmas shopping I can't believe it, but the second I get a few dollars I'm off to the store so it doesn't get spent someplace else. I am really looking forward to Christmas, I love this time of year and hope that I can make it fun and memorable for my kids. I want to focus our Christmas more on Christ this year and hope to incorporate a few things to add to our family traditions. I want my kids to get the true meaning of why we celebrate and that it's not all about presents. They are still pretty young though so I'm not expecting too much. Julia asked me the other day if I believe in Santa and I was able to tell her "absolutely" I love it all I love that feeling when you wake up Christmas morning and the look of excitement on the kids faces. I do believe in "Santa" and the magic he brings.
Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

Happy Halloween!!

Hello All! What a busy month we are having. October is always a busy time of year in our home. Halloween is almost here and I still haven't finished decorating our haunted mansion. Hannah has strep throat and I've had a head cold for the last few days and haven't felt like doing a whole lot. But this weekend is Julia's birthday party with our family and I have a cake to make, decorations to put up and many other things to finish. Jonathan is now crawling and pulling himself up onto things. He is so cute and I can't believe how fast he is growing. All of your kids are growing too fast, how do we make time go slower. They are all getting to be and wanting to be more independant, which is nice but also bitter sweet.
I have to figure out how to make some Halloween costumes, Julia wants to be clopatra, and Maia wants to be a ghost which will be the easiest of the two. She likes the Charlie Brown ghost with the sheet and two holes cut out. Jeremy and I are trying to talk her into being the "pigpen" ghost with all the holes cut all over it. We thought it would be funny but maybe not every one would know what she was trying to be. What ever they decide to be it will be fun for them, Jeremy and I love Halloween and try to make it fun for them.
Our Habitat for Humanity fundraiser is fast approching and I still haven't sent out the info I promised. It will be in your mailboxes soon. We hope you can come help us raise $25,000 for a great cause. Saturday November 1st 5-8 p.m. raffels, auctions, face painting, food, live music and much more. We hope to see you there.

Julia and Maia on their first day of school. It was a beautiful bright day.

Fall Is In The Air!

It's that time again, can you smell it in the air? It's when our lives become that much crazier with the Holidays approaching. At our house Halloween is a big holiday. It's a favorite to all of us. I'm already planing costumes and parties. I have recently taken on a few new jobs. I am watching my friends daughter once a week. She is so cute and the same age as Jonathan. They are doing a good job to play well together. Hannah is a great helper. I have been trying to help Jeremy with his fundraiser he is puting together for Habitat for Humanity. It will be November 1st in our backyard with food, music, a band, dancing, face painting and other fun things for the family. We will be selling tickets for those of you who would like to come and donate some much needed money for a great cause. Will will also be auctioning off some great gifts. If you are unable to come party with us you are still more than welcome to donate what you can. I will get more info out soon.
Julia and Maia have been in school now for a month. They are having a great time learning and playing.
Hannah is having a playdate for all her neighborhood friends starting Wednesday September 24th from 10:00-11:30 a.m. for kids and their mommy to come play and mingle! They will meet again on Oct 8th for the next play date.
We have had lots of fun this summer. Our most recent family outing was to Ogdens Dinosaur park. The Girls thought they were so cool. Maia's favorite was the pterodactyls and the volcanos. There was a great park to play at, lots of grassy areas to have a picnic. We recommend it to families if you haven't been it's worth the trip.