Halloween 08

We had so much fun this halloween!! it was a great DAY!!

Kayden was a great Cowboy and Hailey was a perfect Pumpkin, she actually wore the outfit all day and I had fun saying "come here sweet pumpkin" or other sayings, she is a fun pumpkin!
We had a fun halloween party at preschool! went trick or treating at mikes work, came home and went out again to some neighbors left our candy on the door step and then went and saw "Walli" at the local dollar theater, Kade loved it. This might be a fun tradition.

Eight months old

Hailey will 8 Months on the 29th Wed, but my day tomorrow I didnt think I would get in done. I cant believe she is so old!!! she is such a sweet heart. She has 4 teeth 2 top and 2 bottom, she is able to roll over and sit up but she mostly enjoys watching her brother. It is so sweet, all kade needs to do is get really close to her face and begin laughing and she will loose it. laughing like crazy. Kade thinks its a pretty fun trick... so do we. Hailey is such a joy, she loves to be held and cuddles just for fun. she has had a bit of a cold lately, but she is just that much more sweet. I love having a girl I love that she always Smiles when she see's me. I love Hailey!!!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!!!

For those who don't know, Columbus Day in the States is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. People ask "what do you eat at Canadian Thanksgiving?"... Carabou steak, boiled sugar beats, and mush! have you ever tried to find Carabou Steaks in utah?? So we went with the traditional Turkey, mashed pototoes, gravey homemade rolls, yummy jello salad, and a delicous pumpkin dessert. it really was a treat to celebrate with my brothers and sister inlaw.

some more of recent september and october

These are more picture of us on our diabetes walk. well... after the walk at the zoo. our video of the walk is still to come... they provided lunch and hailey thought the apple looked like the perfect thing to sooth sore gums.

Yes, this is Kozmo, Mike, I mean kade was so excited to have his picture next to him.

who knew there was a play ground at the ZOO??

just some catching up...September

We had so much fun with some friends from mike work. we went up to their cabin and went four wheeling. well Mike and I did. we ran our of gas on one of our rides... and it got to dark so they didn't get a ride in... we are really good friends.

My sister inlaw Amber made a delicous cake for me, helped blow out the candles.

have you ever felt this way?

This weekend we went to Idaho and had a wonderful time with mikes Family. we celebrated mikes mom recieving "women of excellence" award. this women of the year award is really a big deal, and it was fun being there to show our love and support for her. it was a really quick trip, and I am kinda nazi about getting my kids out of seat belts in the car. so Hailey was soothed pretty much the entire way there, with me bending over the car seat- I was also in a seat belt... needless to say I have bruises on my ribs and hips from the carseat and seatbelts. I know what your thinking why bother right? I DON"T KNOW... we also only really could do one side so hence the picture above is how I felt the whole rest of the weekend. I think today was the first day I felt somewhat normal.. this may be too much information but you already read it. it's easier to ask for forgiveness...

We should listen to our children

This morning Kayden found me (Mike-yes I am actually updating the family blog, blog-say that ten times and it sure loses it's meaning, kind of like denim) in bed this morning. We could hear that Lord Percivel the Lion Heart, also known Percy, was barking outside. Wanting to get a few more minutes of sleep I told Kade to go tell Percy to be quite. Being the wonderfully obedient son that he is, he went straight down stairs to do so.

By this time Emily had gotten up and was speaking to her mother on the phone. Kade came back up and kept saying "dog". I said, "yes son, you told the dog to be quiet, well done". He then repeated it several more times and wanted to show me something. Wanting to study more of Lehi's dream I told him to just tell me what he wanted to show me, it didn't work for the two year old. He then went out of the room to talk to Emily and told her the same thing, again wanting to show her something.

After a few minutes I heard a loud "is Percy in the house," from the other room. Not many words get my attention so quickly, but the thought of a 75 lb canine rummaging through the living room spurred my attention. I leaped from the bed in a flash and spring for the stairs in a dash. By the time I got downstairs Em had the dog outside, but he had already stealthily taken out: one sandal-Em's favorite pair, a package of baby wipes, our grocery list, and Kade's toy car. Em was just grateful that nothing happened to her sandal, and I am just grateful that I didn't have a gun closer, or else i might have been writing a eulogy right now. (I really do like the dog, after all, he was down there unattended for several minutes and only took out a few items. I think he spent most of his time ready the Ensign that was on coffee, sorry, hot chocolate table. He takes his religion very seriously.)

What we think happened was that when Kade opened the door to shh Percy, he burst in knocky the poor two year old to the ground. All in all it could have been a lot worse. Moral of the story, we should listen to our children.