Very Sad...

Today was a sad day for our family. Our beloved dog Moki, who has been around 14 long years died. The kids took it better than I did. We will remember her for her gentle nature, her love of eating anything she could get her paws on, her patience, and her unconditional love. We will miss her very much.

Happy Halloween!

You always know it's been a great holiday if no one gets seriously injured and no one (Gavin), throws up. We had another great candy/calorie filled day starting first at Ben's parent's house, and then at my parent's house. Ben dressed up as Elvis, I was a Dark Angel, Gavin was Iron Man, Kaylee was a black cat, and Daxton was the only giraffe in the world with no neck. Everyone went trick or treating and ended up with many cavities worth of candy. I'm sure I'll be picking up the wrappers until Easter, but oh well.

Last Week on Track

This was our last week before the kids go back on track at school, so I wanted to hurry and do some fun stuff to make up for the fact that we didn't do very much during the first two weeks that they were off. We went to a pumpkin patch, the zoo, and the park. My wallet and I are pretty happy that they will be going to back to school until Christmas break.

My little biker man


Monkey Girl


Quinn, Kaylee, Gavin, and Jesse at the Zoo


What the heck is this thing and why can't I get it in my mouth?


Say Cheesey...


Gavin and Kaylee in the pumpkin field, picking the perfect one

Daxton's first experience with cereal

Daxton had a doctor appointment on Thursday and got the go ahead to start cereal. He is a whopping 15.5 pounds, so it's not like he's under-nurished, but I figured he'd like the variety. He wasn't quite sure what to do with it at first, but he got the hang of it really quick.

Birthday Party & Swimming

This weekend we had a party at our house to celebrate Ben and Kyla's birthday. We had a breakfast theme which included hashbrowns, eggs, waffles, fruit, bacon and sausage. Then Ben made homemade vanilla ice cream with Oreo cookies. We got to see Kyla get messy for the first time while she dug into her cake.
The next day the kids wanted to go swimming and I figured that was a good alternative to sitting around on our butts.
Is it just me or is summer is going by way too fast?!


Kaylee Sue


Gavin's thumbs up


Daxton watching the kids swim


Ben opening presents


Me and "Buster"


Kent and Kyla

Cabin Fever

Kaylee after the 4-wheeler ride


Gavin and Kaylee pretending to like each other


Daxton's cabin hat

We spent Labor Day weekend at our grandparent's cabin in Idaho. The weather was really nice, and we had a good time. As always, when my family gets together there is plenty of good food. I spent a lot of the weekend in a carb-enduced coma. It was totally worth it! My aunt and uncle brought up their four-wheelers and the kids had a blast on those. We found a stray dog the day that we arrived and Gavin and Kaylee took good care of him while we were there. Gavin was pretty traumatized when we took the dog to the animal shelter, but hopefully after a little time and therapy he'll recover.

Two Nights in a Row!

All of us at the CPK


Cassie, Cheryl, Lucy, Kristin, Tiffany, me, and Adreena (?)


Lucy, Cheryl, Cassie, and me

This weekend I had the rare opportunity to go out two nights in a row. On Friday night, myself along with some fellow Twilight Moms went to a really great bakery called the Sweet Tooth Fairy for cupcakes in Provo. Then we met some other TM's at the California Pizza kitchen in Provo. We had a great time and learned maybe a little too much about each other :).
On Saturday evening we went to "Erin's Sleepover" at the Hilton. It was basically a women's expo. The best part about it was getting Glitter Toes. It's a new way of toe nail painting that is supposed to last a lot longer than regular polish. They are sparkly black and super sassy. Kaylee was pretty jealous about me getting my toes done and she said "no more going out with your friends without me". Apparently I'm grounded...