Fall is here!!

I go back and forth during fall, I love the weather, nice warm days mixed with rainy cuddle-up inside days. I love the colors outside and I love the crisp days knowing hot chocolate season is coming and Halloween but the thing that snaps me out of those happy thoughts is the Rexburg winters!!!!! They are too cold and too long and that is what follows the 3 weeks of fall we get!! Here we are at my new favorite store Real Deals getting into the holiday spirit!!

Mom and Dan's Visit

Making cookies for Jocey's class
Snuggling up with Jamba's and a movie
Took the kids to the park for lunch and then to the splash park
Mom & Dan playing a serious game of foosball!!


It's been forever!! I've been waiting for my Mom to come see my new house and her and Dan finally came a couple of weeks ago, we had such a great time!! Thanks for everything Abuelita and Grampa Dan!! We miss you!

Where does the time go???

I got a new haircut at the Paul Mitchell Academy-it was free w/my starving student card



Jocelyn turns 5!!!!

The harvest we've been reaping from our wonderful garden!!



Our last minute trip to WA.
We've had a crazy end of summer with lots going on so here's some quick glances of where we've been and what we've been doing!

Jocey's photography

Jocelyn loves using the camera to take pics, she actually does a really good job!! Maybe we have a future photographer on our hands!! Here are some of her latest shots!!

The Dance Festival

It was Awesome to see 11 different countries coming together dancing on the same stage!!
Dimitri trying to teach me to dance
Dimitri teaching Jocey a traditional Greek dance
Playing Bocce ball in our dead grass!
Greece dancing at the opening ceremonies

We had an opportunity to be involved with the International Dance and Music Festival this year and it was an awesome experience. I was the housing director for the country of Greece and we housed two dancers from there as well! Vangelis is 17 and Dimitrios is 15. This was their first trip on an airplane and first time to the USA. They were so great, we had a fun time getting to know them and watching them perform, the kids loved them and we were all so sad to see them go. Here are some highlights from their visit. We'll definitely do this again next year!!

Yellowstone

We had such a fun trip to Yellowstone with Papa, Grammie, Auntie Lele, Kaleb, Riley, and Bella. I was lazy and Haley took all of the pics from the first day but here are some highlights from our 2nd trip!! Thanks for everything Dad and Linda, it was full of memories we'll treasure forever!!

Stitches

I am way behind on my blogging!! We'll see if I can catch up!! We got to vacation in Island Park with my parents, Sister, and her beautiful children. We were there for a week and got to see Yellowstone twice, shop in West Yellowstone, roast marshmallows, play games and have fun, all except Thursday. We were actually planning on going to Rexburg to do a session at the temple but Jerrod woke up early not feeling well and was throwing up all day long (be glad I don't have pics of that!) While he was sick in bed, JJ threw a temper tantrum and flung his body forward, hitting the metal bedframe with his head. Haley and I left all the other kids and Jerrod with Dad and Linda and we drove down to Rexburg to have him stitched up!! I'm glad Haley was with me, she was so calm and clear-headed, she got a pocket full of Jelly belly's to keep JJ distracted and was a HUGE help- thanks Sis!! JJ was wrapped like a mummy but ended up staying so still while he got three stitches right between his eyes!! All in all it was a fun vacation, just a little more stressful than I'd like!!