November Happenings

Well I am averaging about a post a month. That is pretty good right? A week ago my great friend Emily Bowman drove up from Vegas to go see New Moon with me. It was so wonderful and we had so much fun. Our kids loved seeing each other and they had a ball. The picture below is the four of them watching Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas on my bed. Jon said this was right before Livie and William freaked out and went running out of the room. It was so wonderful to see Emily and we already have our plans made for Eclipse.

The other picture is of a Lego car that Dylan made. He also made a Lego remote control to go with it. Every time he pushed the green button he pushed the car to pretend it was moving.

This last Saturday everyone in my family rode the front runner train to Salt Lake to see the lights. The kids loved the train, I think more than the lights. Temple square was absolutely beautiful and I just love the spirit that you feel in that holy place.

Halloween

Our Halloween was so much fun this year. We started it off by having a Halloween party at Jon's mom and dads. Friday night the grown ups had a How to Host a Murder party. Sadly I don't have any pictures of that. But it was great and I ended up being the murderer. Then on Saturday the kids had their Halloween party. They got to dress up, go on a pumpkin hunt, play Halloween bingo, and eat delicious food. Heidi was so sweet and wonderful to organize it all. Then we headed back to Tremonton to eat delicious soup at my mom and dads. The kids loved showing each other their costumes. Dylan and Denver thought they were so spooky. We then made the rounds seeing relatives which was so much fun! We didn't do trunk or treat this year, but being around family that loves us was so much better. After that we went door to door with Gunner, Savannah and Maverick. It was a great Halloween.

I need to do better

I know, I have been horrible at blogging. I got a slight reprimand from my friend Tawni tonight, so I came straight home and started to download pictures. So, to catch up on the last month and a half:
We went camping up at my sister in laws cabin. It was so beautiful. We rode four wheelers, went fishing, where, Dylan and Livie both caught their first fish. In fact, all of the kids caught one. We tried to release them, but some of them didn't make it, so we took them back to camp and cooked them up. Surprisingly, Livie loved the fish and couldn't get enough of it. The two nights we stayed there was horrible weather during the night. It was windy the first night and poured the next. But we had so much fun.
Livie and Dylan both had sleepovers on the same night. Dylan slept over at Denver's house, and Savannah and Lexie stayed here. The girls were funny and darling, stayed up way too late and ate a lot of candy. But they had a fantastic time. Tangi was lucky and got both boys to sleep at 8:30.
Livie started dancing here. She loves it and dances for me all of the time.
Dylan started kindergarten this past Monday. He is doing so well and he loves his class. We had a little incident on Friday where he started a food fight in the cafeteria, but he was disciplined and he swears he will not do it again. The story is funny and it is hard not to laugh when you are telling him it was a bad choice.

Catch-Up

This summer has gone by so fast! I haven't had anytime to post. We have spent the summer playing with cousins, working, doing homework and having so much fun. A few of the highlights:
Each summer the cheerleaders put on a little camp for little girls where they teach them a dance and some cheers. Livie had so much fun. She can't wait to go back to her cheer again.










Dylan has found a new best friend. He loves his cousin Denver and they have had so much fun together. Here they are doing their favorite thing.












Dyl and Live have been in swimming lessons and doing so incredible. They were both swimming underwater by the end of their session. On the second to last day Livie hit her chin on something and had to get five stitches. She wasn't too upset about the stitches, but was very mad that she had to leave the pool.











On a sad note, Dylan's best friend from Las Vegas passed away on Tuesday. He loved Giovanni. Gio was a little autistic boy in his class. The amazing thing was, Dylan was able to get Gio to talk sometimes. It has been an interesting lesson for Dylan to learn about where Gio is now. Dyl was convinced Gio was in the cemetery, but he now knows he is with Heavenly Father and Jesus. Dylan thought that sounded so good, he told me he couldn't wait to live with Heavenly Father. Umm, yeah, I think I can wait.
We are looking forward to celebrating our first pioneer day in five years this Saturday.

Hair

Emily, this is for you and your not so subtle reminder. :)

Updates

This may be the longest post ever, but I don't want to do a whole bunch of little ones. We moved into our new house. I love it. It is so cozy and homey. The kids love having their stuff back and love that we live within walking distance to a park. The dogs even love it. Having grass is a major plus for them. The best part of this house, are all of the beautiful flowers.
We went to Hogle Zoo the other day with my brother Cody and his wife Shiloh and their darling daughter Lexie. We had so much fun. Livie loved the elephants. I think she could have stayed there the whole day. Dylan's favorite part was the zoo train.Finally, I got in a car accident last week. A man ran through a red light and smashed into our van. Luckily, no one was hurt except for some sore muscles and bruises. We are so blessed that nothing worse happened. The kids were terrified, but some wonderful people helped them feel better with balloons and movies. The cute ambulance men even gave them some bears. Our van is fixable, so we are just driving a rental for a couple of weeks. The last picture is the peaceful intersection where it happened.

Changes

So many things have changed in the past month and a half. To start off, the job Jon originally came up here for didn't work out. But, the good news is he got another job with fantastic benefits and perks at Malt O Meal. The best part is, every time he works, he gets to bring home 3 bags of cereal! We are moving out of my parents house this weekend. We are going to live in Tremonton, since that is where the factory is, and we are going to move into my brother Cody's old house. I am so excited and it is such a cute house. Also, I cut my hair off today. I was so ready for a change. It is just above my shoulders now. I still don't have my computer set up, so as soon as I do, I will post pictures of everything.