{Thanksgiving}

What a great Thanksgiving. It was so wonderful so see everyone. I only wish I would have stopped talking to take more pictures.

Marly was having a fun time. I couldn't get her to hold still.

Treyson never stops to smile for a picture.. but he did today.

Grandma and Hailey

Karsyn and Charlie had a blast together.





On Thanksgiving day I found myself looking for Grandpa. I know he has been gone almost a year but I am still not used to having him gone. More than once I realized he wasn't coming and there was a little tug on my heart. I miss him.





Those of you we didn't get to see we sure missed you. With families as big as we have it is totally impossible to ever be with everyone on every side of your family. BUT we love you all. I feel so blessed and have so much to be grateful for.

{Where Did November Go?}

On the way to wrestle in Challis... Ryker...

Karsyn's 1st Grade Thanksgiving Program

Grandma Beck we were sorry that you were sick the day of the program so we are putting some little video clips on here for you, but when you watch these excuse the bad camera girl...




Daddy came!!! Karsyn was so happy to see him there- work clothes and all.

Kent took the boys to a Jazz game Monday night with Uncle Brad... they hit a deer... and the air bags went off... but no one was hurt except the deer...

And I have been making and selling bows...

Last night I got myself with the scissors... OUCH!

And tomorrow is Thanksgiving... mmmmm we can't wait. We love this time of year... it tastes so good!

I finally added the other Halloween pictures ... the boys are worried no one will know they are there :) So be sure to check them out ;)

{Thought}

I saw this when I was with my Mom today. I have always enjoyed the saying but today I got it for the kitchen. To be sure I didn't forget to put it up I did it right when I got home. :) I love it... it is right above the window by the sink.

I am not going to tell Kent just to see how long it takes him to notice it...

{November Page}

I am involved in a scrapbook page and card exchange. We meet each month and rotate trading pages or cards. It is a lot of fun and I end up with a ton of pages and cards. I usually have 2 or 3 months worth of pages ready. But this time I woke up and realized that I didn't have a page GREAT!!! So, I had an hour- I hate it when I have to hurry like that.


I didn't give it a title but it is a baby page~

{Halloween}

Halloween was busy and fun and tiring and cold and rainy and fun. I only have a few pictures for now... my camera died and I was out of batteries. So, I will have to get the pictures from mom ASAP. Until then...

Wed Oct 29th
Craft's with the kids and friends


Thurs Oct 30thMarly dressed as a Princess for pre-school... and she was late because we were doing hair:)


Audrey, Marly and Kyler after pre-school

Karsyn was an Indian for dance class

Fri Oct 31st
Marly was a witch for Halloween and for dance class on Halloween


Karsyn really wanted to be a spider... she was too cute

Marly walked the parade at school with Karsyn's class - what a great big sister


Halloween Night at Papa and Grandma's
Treyson the Pirate

Marly the Witch

Karsyn the Spider

Ryker the Ninja


Braydon the Sasquatch

{The Week}

WOW! So much happened last week that I can't mention it all but it was a great week amazingly enough. Now we (I) am just trying to recover :)

BIG GIRL
Marly is so proud of herself. Braydon taught her how to ride her bike without the training wheels. It took about a 1/2 hour. Good thing we have him to teach everyone else to ride their bike- SERIOUSLY he has taught all the kids and a few cousins and neighbors.


LEAVES
Karsyn and Marly had fun in the leaves- and boy do we have leaves!!!

SO TIRED
Marly fell asleep while I was on the computer. I went over to see if she had eaten her mashed potatoes before she fell asleep and was very surprised to see how she fell asleep. She was TOTALLY in them. I had to stop laughing to take a picture and then pull her up for some air.

PUMPKIN PATCH
We had fun picking our own pumpkins this year. Thanks to the Buetts Family for suggesting the idea- our kids had a ton of fun. Bethany and Treyson came along too.







ALL CARVED UP!!!

TAGGED
I was tagged again.. this time by Eleanor Rolfe... so here is goes.
10 years ago I...
1- I was married
2- I had only 1 little boy
3- I was A LOT less busy :)
4- I was 21
5- I was very optimistic!!!
5 things on today's "to do" list...
1- Clean up my house
2- Drive to Preschool
3- Take bows into a couple of stores
4- Update my blog
5- Finish up some bows
5 snacks I enjoy...
1- Popcorn
2- Dr Pepper
3- Apples
4- Jolly Ranchers
5- Mint Chip Ice Cream
5 things I would do if I were a millionaire...
1- Pay off the house etc.
2- Save money for the kids college
3- Save money for "the rainy day"
4- Buy a new Sled (if I were a millionaire Kent would totally be buying toys)
5- Go on Vacation with the kids and without them just with Kent
5 places I have lived...
1- Payson
2- Hibbard
3- Rexburg
4- Heise Road
5- Clark
5 jobs that I have had...
1- Ski School Instructor
2- HS Dance Coach
3- Childcare Provider
4- Creative Memories Consultant
5- Spud Truck Driver- I can't not mention that one

Rules:Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person that tagged you know when you've answered the questions on your blog.
So I tag:
Bethany
Lindsey
Cortney
Amanda
Jinger

{Crazy Week}

I am alive but life is nuts.
Between:
~getting caught up from harvest
~making a special album for Colby and Jenna
~getting the District 6 Festival and IDT registration mailers typed, copied, addressed and out to over 75 schools
~getting the roadshow pictures displayed at the church
~driving to preschool
~running forgotten items to school
~making a display for the bows
~deciding on a name for the bows- I know I am having a tough time with that
~working on more bows
~wrestling practice
~dance practice
~scouts
~and all the other things I am "supposed" to be doing since I am the mom
I haven't taken too many pictures

I really thought that I would have a pretty easy going week but our neighbor Grandma Barnes passed away this morning. Which is so sad. Some of my dearest friends are so sad because of her passing... which makes me sad. And this also means that I will be watching some of their children while they attend the temple and the viewing. I am so grateful to be able to, I just wish I could do more! So, if I don't get anything cute posted for a few days you will know why. Hopefully after everything calms down I will be able to post some pictures of the bows that I have been meaning to post. :)

{Spud Harvest}

Last week Boyd was able to take a ride in a helicopter. It was strange because when they came to pick him up they landed right in front of us in the field. While he was in the air he got some great shots of us digging. It's even my truck in the picture under the digger- so that is fun. It was a little hard to focus on driving when they were hovering above me.



He also got a good shot of the new cellars and yard.


When they were done they landed right by the digger while we were fixing it... too bad the kids weren't up there that morning they would have loved it. I think he had a great time.

This is the inside of one of the new cellars. It looks so good!


This is my favorite picture. It was the last sunset.


We had a great harvest. Everything went great and we were able to finish just before the "lovely" snow. *Thanks for the great pictures Boyd, we love them.

{RoadShow}

September 30th and October 1st

Oh Dear what do I say? Um... Roadshow you want me to do what? What exactly does the director do? Actually I had no real idea because I have never been in a Roadshow. Infact, the only time I have had anything to do with it was when I was the Young Women President in our Ward and they called a Director who did it all. I think she made me be one of the "Dancing Cows" because they were trying to get back at me for them being called to the Roadshow Committee... little did they know that I had no idea who the Bishop was going to call until they were called. BUT whatever :) Here is a picture to give you a better idea. (Wow that picture was actually kindof hard to find.) Now how silly we look doesn't still really give you a good idea about how "silly" the song was... but we were "Remarkable Cows!" :)

Well we had a hard theme. Our Stake assigned time periods for each Ward to use for their theme. Starting with the Pioneers and going until the 70's. We were assigned the Pioneer Era- SO... how do you make pioneers fun, funny, entertaining etc. ??? Luckily we have the greatest Youth in our Ward, awesome Leaders and wonderful people helping me on the Roadshow Committee. :) We performed on Tuesday and Wednesday night. They did so great both nights! I was so proud of them. They all worked very hard and are very fun Youth and Leaders!

Tuesday Night








Wednesday Night






After it was all said and done our Ward took second place. Way to go guys!