Danny and Taylor had great tickets for the Jazz game last week. They say on the 10th row and had a full dinner, snacks etc... They had sucha fabulous time!!

We got to spend more time with little Eden at Goofy Grandpa's house. She is so sweet, the kids love holding her!

We woke up to this much snow on Monday morning. Luckily it all melted this week.

Here's Lizzie's play school group. They are a funny group of kids.

Taylor had his first court of honor this week.  He looks so grown in his Boy Scout Shirt.

Here's a random picture from this summer that made me smile.

This was a gorgeous sunset last night out our back door.

So far November has been great!

Emily's baptism

We were able to meet our adorable new niece Eden June this week.  She is so precious and sweet.  Lizzie was happy to see her and the rest of the kids love her.  I loved holding her and snuggling her too.  We really wish Jen and Chandler lived closer so we could see her more!

Emily was baptized on Saturday-it was a wonderful day for our family! She looked so pretty in her  baptsim dress.  She has been excited for this day for along time, and it was a fabulous day! 



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She looked so happy and cute both before and after her baptism!

Emily had many friends, neighbors and family members who came to support her a ther baptism. 

 It was a wonderful day for Emily. We are so proud of her and grateful of her decision to be baptized. 
Thanks to all our family and friends who came to support her!

Halloween week!



This week was jam packed with Halloween events.  When did Halloween get so busy!
Sunday the weather was warm and beautiful so we carved our pumpkins while Lizzie was napping, the kids had fun.



Tuesday Lizzie and Isaac had friends over to play. These friends are moving onto our street this week so we are really excited! (They are brother and sister) and they get along with my kids so well. 
Wednesday I hosted Lizzie's playschool class.  The kids had fun decorating pumpkins with stickers etc.. and dancing to our spooky Halloween music. Lizzie really looks forward to her school, and has a great time with her friends.

We also had an awesome Halloween Party at G & G Shields house for Halloween. Everyone wore costumes and we had a yummy dinner.  Then we played bingo, did the donut game and had a glow stick dance party.  It was a lot of fun!

All the kids love trying to eat their donuts off the string without using their hands.  They were all covered in frosting, but thought it was a blast!

Thursday was Halloween! We had a busy morning; Isaac had a program at school, followed by the school parade, and then I helped in Isaac's classroom for his Halloween party. It was a lot of fun, and I loved seeing all of Isaac's friends from school. They are a great group of kids.  






After school we were busy getting ready for our neighborhood Halloween dinner/party. As well as getting dressed warm enough for Trick or Treating!
Here are the kids costumes this year:
Lizzie- Bumble Bee
Isaac - Cobra Snake
Emily- witch
Taylor - the color blue
They were all so excited about Halloween night, and couldn't wait for it all to begin.
Taylor loved his costume because he was wearing shorts and a hoodie (which is what he wears every single day). We pained his hair blue and he thought it was perfect!





After taking some pictures we went next door and had soup, bread, cookies, salads etc... with all our neighbors and friends. 



Here's some pictures of the kids with their friends.
All the kids had adorable and very creative costumes.

Halloween is such a fun holiday!
Hapy Halloween.

Emily's birthday week

We started Emily's birthday week with a family party at G & G Shields house. We celebrated all the October bday's; Becca, Emily and Turner. Emily designed and helped make this orange cake with reeses pieces on top. It was fun night.

The kids got their school pictures back, and they all turned out cute! Taylor had a big smile on his face because I didn't make him wear a nice shirt. I let him wear his favorite Nike hoodie and he was thrilled! Emily did a small smile because she didn't want her braces to show. And Isaac insisted on combing his hair to the side for his pics....very handsome.

I took the kids to Wheeler Farm this week for Lizzie's play school field trip. We had fun seeing the animals and spending time in the warm sunshine.

Lizzie has been saying and doing the funniest things lately. She keeps me laughing all day long.
She loves to read books in her room. I found her one evening laying on the floor with her crown reading all the Halloween stories.  She reads out loud and I  love listening to her.
We were gearing up and getting ready for Emily's birthday which was Thursday October 24th. She had a friend party this year and decided she wanted a Halloween Costume Party- which I thought was perfect.

She started her day with Lucky Charms for breakfast. She had a fun celebration at  school and then after school we had her Birthday party!
Emily decided to dress as a witch this year and she looked fabulous!!!

She invited 10 friends over for her party. We played lots of games, had a scavenger hunt, at treats, popcorn and soda, and had a glow stick dance party in the basement.  It was a lot of fun and an exhausting day for me.  Here are some pictures of the party.

We were happy cousin, Mary could get here for the party. She was a scary, crazy zombie.

One of the favorite games was the Mummy Game. The girls all wanted a turn to get wrapped up as a mummy. 

Here's the whole group on the slide. They are a cute bunch of girls and very nice.

After the games we sung Happy Birthday, ate cake and opened gifts.  She got a lot of arts and crafts stuff, earrings, etc... from her friends.
I can't believe Emily is 8- she is growing up too fast.
She is such a good girl, and I feel so grateful to have her in our family! Emily is very kind, sweet, unselfish and funny. She brings so much joy to our family! 
I love you Emily!

Friday while all the kids were at school I took Lizzie to the park to play.  She swung in the swing for a long time. She kept yelling "higher mommy, higher!"
The weather has been warm and sunny this week, perfect autumn weather.

Friday night was the Halloween Carnival at the kids school. The kids played games, got their face painted, bought popcorn and treats, and danced. It's a fun event, that we look forward to every year. Taylor missed it-he was at the BYU vs. BSU football game with Grandpa Shields.

Isaac scored his first goal of his soccer season. I told him I'd buy him a slurpee- and he was happy about that. After he scored he yelled "that was easy, I can do that again."
It was pretty cute.
This week will be wild and crazy. Full of lots of Halloween parties, and Emily's baptism.  I better get more sleep!

This week we had Fall Break, so the kids were home from school for 3 days.  We had a lot of fun and did some exciting things; Gateway museum, Zoo with friends, saw a movie, Taylor spent the day with his friends and went swimming etc... and we ended it with a fun cousin sleepover. 
Here are some pictures from our week.

We had Mary and Jeffrey sleep at our house and Isaac spent the night at Spencer's house.  The kids love spending time with their cousins.
Another big event this week was Emily got a different cast; she got her waterproof cast on Wednesday. It's blue and so much easier to deal with. Especially because she's getting baptized in two weeks! 

Here's an adorable pictures of Aunt Nat and my dad at her Cross Country Meet in Wisconsin.  I guess there's no question who the favorite child really is!? Ha Ha!!

This week is back to school, schedules, homework, etc.. It was so great to have a break.