Let it SNOW!

We woke up to this wonderful sight this morning. 2 feet of snow. Thank you Weather Man for the heads up. His forcast was rain and light snow, a possible 2-4 inches.

They got in a snow fight in the middle of me taking pictures. Lloyd thought I would be a great target, and yes he is in shorts! Can you see the snowball flying my way?

I guess we got our white Christmas :)

Gingerbread Fun

It's that time of year where we have our annual gingerbread house night. My sisters and their families come over. This year was so fun. We decorated, ate, then headed off the see Narnia. It was such a fun night. Making all the pieces and then trying to put them together is such a pain, but worth it. I swear I ask myself every year "Why didn't I just buy premade ones?"

Lloyd has just as much fun as the kids!

9 ALREADY?

McKenna turned 9 on November 16. I can't believe she is already so big. Where have the years gone. It seems like just a few years ago I was rocking her to sleep and playing peek-a-boo! She had a birthday week instead of day this year. We had our family party on Sunday, actual birthday on Tuesday, and then friend party on Saturday. We had lots of fun celebrating our special girl.

Friend party included 3 hours of:

*Decorate your own fairy wings.

*Pin the wings on the fairy.

*Treasure hunt planned by fairies.

*Make your own Pizza.

*Balloon popping/bubble gum game.

*Musical Present.

*Fairy pinata.

*And of course - cake, ice cream and presents!

The Family party was very low key:

*Family

*Food

*Lots of smiles!

Last call for Fall

We decided to take one last run up the canyon before the snow hit to enjoy the Fall colors and have a weenie roast and s'mores. It was so beautiful and the kids had a blast. We went with my sister Becky and her crew and with my sister Christi. Love having them all close by to do these fun outings with!

Don't let the bed bugs bite!

About two weeks ago, McKenna woke me up in the middle of the night because she had woken up to a cricket on her bed. When she tried to catch it, it managed to escape her and she could not go back to sleep until it was found. Well ever since that night she had been paranoid about bugs in her bed and room. A few nights ago when I went to go tuck her in, I starting teasing her that if she didn't want bugs hiding in her room, she might want to try cleaning it. Well, before Lloyd and I went to bed that night we went in to check on her and this is what we found . . .

McKenna with long PJ bottoms, a sweatshirt, gloves, socks and . . .

she has tied string and yarn around the bottom of her Pj's so that no bugs could possibly crawl up them.

This is her covering her face and crying because us taking pictures woke her up and she couldn't find the humor of the situation.

Get Your Trick On

There is something about this time of year that brings out the little girl in me. The smell in the air and the fall colors make me all tingly inside. Halloween is the event that starts it all. Our week leading up to the much awaited night has been a blast. Carmel apples, booing neighbors, annual trip to Gardner Village and finishing up costumes kept us busy and happy. We celebrated Halloween on Saturday night. We had Truck-or-Treat with our ward and then went to our old neighborhood for good old fashion "tricking" as Tytan calls it.

McKenna, Matt, and Tytan with their cousins Matilda and Sarah

McKenna was a mime

Matt was a mummy

Tate our courageous lion

Tytan had wanted to be a ghost and I made him the cutest costume. Well at the last minute he decided that he wanted to be a football player instead. The little stinker. It is a good thing he is so cute!

Tate getting his first taste of a sucker.

My brother-in-law Dan looking awesome along with my sis Christi.

My sister Becky loving on Tate.

My BFF Sara rockin' the Richard Simons outfit. She is the best!

A little peek at our pumpkins

What a fun night. It always goes by way too fast. But now at least I have a lot of candy to help eat :)

The History

*May 2000 - Married and lived at mom and dad's house in Loomis, CA

*January 2001 - Bought our own condo in Rocklin, CA

*August 2002 - Moved to Springville, UT

*July 2003 - Moved to Colorado Springs into an apartment

*August 2003 - Moved into a house in Colorado Springs

*July 2004 - Moved to Highland, UT

*May 2005 - Moved to Eagle Mountain, UT

*January 2006 - Moved to Payson, UT

*July 2007 - Moved to Granite Bay, CA in with Lloyd's parents while our house was being built

*November 2007 - Moved to Plumas Lakes, CA into our new house

*March 2008 - Moved back to Payson, UT

*October 2009 - Moved to another house in Payson

*September 2010 - Buying a house in Payson, moving in this weekend and planning on staying for a LONG, LONG time!

The Result = 13 houses in 10 years

(For the record, I found 2 white hairs this morning)

LOVE

The kids have been having too much fun with baby Tate. Tytan especially is in love with his little brother. I was worried about them not being close buddies because they are 3 1/2 years apart, but as far as Tytan is concerned, they are best friends. Nothing makes my heart more warm and fuzzy.

Matt thought that Tate needed to try on his Boone skin hat.

Tate with his daddy's baseball cap and dimple :)

The boys snuggling in my bed watching a little show together.

I can't believe that he is almost 6 months old. Time really is flying and we couldn't love him anymore!