HALLOWEEN '08

They're ready to go on the prowl for candy
Joe DirtVadar

Super(cute)Girl

Our little lady

Another Halloween has come and gone, there are candy wrappers decorating the house and two tired parents. With all of the carnivals and parties and finally the actual night, the kids had a lot of fun but as for me...I am glad I have 365 days until it all starts again.

LOOKING BACK THIS SUMMER

my favorite people

Christian throwing mud (probably at Isaac)

Andy & Ava at the park


Christian & Isaac

the family pool

heading to the lake at the sand dunes

Andy taking Addie out on a date

You Are a Yellow Crayon

Your world is colored with happy, warm, fun colors. You have a thoughtful and wise way about you. Some people might even consider you a genius. Charming and eloquent, you are able to get people to do things your way. While you seem spontaneous and free wheeling, you are calculating to the extreme. Your color wheel opposite is purple. You both are charismatic leaders, but purple people act like you have no depth.

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ok i had to posst this, it was on my friend, Dacia's blog. She is purple, I thought it was funny what it says about purple people. Dacia, that is so not true, the only thing in here that was accurate was the part about being a genius!!

A LITTLE LESLIENESS

Not much to update on, although life still feels terribly busy. Every once in a while, there isn't anything pressing and I wonder why I don't do it more often. One of those moments

this week was when Andy's sister Leslie came to visit her old stomping grounds and we got to just hang out for 2 days. I put the endless responsibilities on hold just enjoyed the moment. Let the kids play while we just chat about whatever comes up. She is such a beautiful person both inward and outward. I love to be around her, she has so many amazing qualities that I admire. She is a great mother, wife, friend, and her inner strength is so vibrant! We got to take pictures of her very cute girls, I have to post them so you can see what I mean. I didn't get any pictures of all of us because my other memory card is messed up (its always something with my little cameras!) Anyway, it was great to be together and I hope we see them again soon.

LOVE YOU, MOM!

my new little niece, Sierra (Tori and Steve's)

My wonderful mother traveled so far to spend a couple days with me in between her visits with my 2 sisiter who just had babies. I thought that was so kind of her to take the time to do that.

first stop, pedicures then out to lunch my mom and Addie by the beautiful changing colors of autumn
seeing the new templeMy kids sure got attached to her very quickly. They couldn't get enough of her little action songs. It was fun to hear her sing them to my kids, they were the same ones she used to sing to me and my sibilings.
I have been wanting for some time now to see how far back I could trace my mothers line. With the help of my mom I have record of my mothers, mothers, mothers, mothers, mother. I think this would be neat to pass this onto my daughters who can keep passing it onto their daughters. Anyway, an extra special find was when we went searching cemetary's and found my 4th great grandma, Ruth Pack. We noticed that she had been honored with an honorary pioneer plaque on her headstone. It was a very solemn moment to stand by her grave and think of the sacrifices that she made which have been carried on so that I can enjoy the blessings that I have today.
I've got to hand it to all mothers, who sacrifice so much for their children so that they may have a happy life, thank you mom, I have been richly blessed to have you for my mother!

ANOTHER SUNDAY DRIVE

This sunflower is in our garden, the kids noticed that it looked like a heart.

This was our most recent Sunday drive, we decided to follow the Snake River out past Heise. It was very pretty with the fall colors changing on the trees. It was so peaceful out there.