Happy Halloween!

I know you may think that the world has come to an end because I am posting pic. Who knows it may have, but regardless, I am here doing it. Yeah for me. You may ask why I have posted nothing and the obvious could be no time but the truth is there is nothing noteworthy going on. Oh, and I lost my little digital camera a month ago, so I have to remember to take the large camera with me and it is less than convenient.
With that said here are the cute kids dressed for Halloween. Anything but scary! This year we decided to try something new and went to Jordan Landing for trick or treating. The kids thought that it was fun! Then Ransom fell asleep on the way home, which is always good! Then John took Ashton around the neighborhood to go trick or treating for real. Of course he loved it too. CANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Friday we put on our scary faces and started to carve pumpkins and this is what we came up with. It is a lot of fun with the kids as usual.

Kindergarten!

Today was Ashton's first day of kindergarten. He was so so so excited. He loves it already. His teacher is great. I hope he takes after his dad and loves school and learning. I have to admit I was nervous for him and about dropping him off and picking him up on time. I got yelled at by a teacher for trying to make a left turn when picking up. Geez! This is the real reason I did not like school.
On the way home he asked me when is his next day off will be. What a turkey! I keep telling him he has many many years of school to go so he better get used to it!

Yellowstone!!!!!

I love Yellowstone. John loves Yellowstone. It has some amazing features that I have never seen anywhere else. Because I have been to oh so many places.
So we took the kids and headed up to Yellowstone and met some of my family there. We were able to do several things that we had never done before. It was awesome to have the time and do and see different things. The
Our first day in Yellowstone we found out that a road we needed to get around on was closed so we went around. It was a 4 hour detour. Getting back was suppose to be a 3 1/2 hour detour. Well the 4 hours in the car with 3 kids was long and then to find out a hike we wanted to do was closed. I was very upset. This is what I wanted to do and now everything was stopping me from doing it. Then we did what we could and started the long drive back and then we got stuck in a huge traffic jam, to find out that Bison were on the road and cars were afraid to move.
During the day John went to pick out a magnet with the kids and asked what I wanted and I said "Yellowstone 2009 Sucks" He found Yellowstone 2009 and said that would have to do. The trip did improve and we enjoyed the things that were close to us. The next 2 days we spent doing things around Old Faithful. It was fun seeing and doing things there I had never taken the time to see. There is always more to see in Yellowstone. Yellowstone 2009 was awesome! I can't wait to go again. I just hope they get the raods fixed soon! Going up to Bozman Montana was a bit crazy!

Summertime Fun!

Life in the new house is great except I miss my swing set. Yes I mean mine. I love to swing. But I was always willing to share my swing with other swing fanatics. We would slide together as well. I had so much fun on the old swing set. I did not realize who much we really used it until a couple of weeks ago, and the kids were driving my crazy in the house, I finally kicked them out and they were right back in and "bored!" Oh well, so we have had to be a bit more creative and find other things to do. So we played in the water several times a week to get out and stay cool.

Trip to PA

So a few weeks ago I flew to Pennsylvania with Tahlia to attend my nieces wedding. It was a lot of fun to see most all of my family. Many of who I have not seen in many years. Amazing enough all of my brothers and sisters were there. That tends to be difficult.
I love the Washington DC temple and was so excited to do a session there and attend the wedding. It turned out to be a perfect day for a wedding.

I appreciate everyone that helped us out. Aunt Rachel who stayed with the boys. Aunt Donna who took us in. Grandma and Grandpa who got us to where we needed to be.

50's Night

Last month a friend of ours invited us out for an evening for a 50's murder mystery dinner. It was so much fun. We were just filling in for another couple that could not come. In one day I found saddle shoes and a belt that fit me at DI. What are the chances? Laura helped me pick out fabric to make a great poodle skit and we even found a poodle to put on it. Laura made the perfect skirt. It was so much fun dressing up and getting out.

Another day out

We have been so blessed this year this was the second opportunity that we had to take the kids to see inside a temple. The new Oquirrh Mountain Temple is still our soon to be temple district. We are so excited! It is so close to John's work and that could be nice too. The boys love to go to the temple and see its beauty. Ashton is always amazed at its beauty and always picks the same room as his favorite. I hope they will always remember the feelings they felt there.