Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Life is too short








This month we were very sad because J's uncle, who we call Tio, passed away prematurely:( He is a wonderful person who was always very gracious and kind to our family. We love him and will miss him greatly. Because of this, our family took a trip to the place where he and J's mom grew up for the memorial. Although it was a very sad and reflective time, it was also very special for our family to be together in a place where J has so many fond memories of growing up with his family. We enjoyed spending time with family, riding the ferry over to the island where the family used to have a cabin on the water, exploring the downtown area, and eating yummy food!! We know that Tio would have been happy that we were spending time together, remembering him in a place that he loved!

Veteran's Day Program



Sis & JD did an AWESOME job in their Veteran's Day Program at school. Of course, I got teary eyed- it was so special, so heart warming to hear these beautiful, innocent children singing songs about our freedom, our country, and those brave men and women who fight to keep that freedom!!

JJ's traps


JJ definitely has a creative mind. Last night he didn't want any bad guys coming in his room so he stayed up to build a trap to catch any that might come his way!!

Halloween!!









This was another great Halloween!! We went to the school carnival-the kids always love that and have a blast!! We also went to the straw maze to pick out pumpkins, carved them, had a fun Halloween themed dinner, and went to our neighborhood trunk or treat after that we did our traditional candy sorting and watched Hocus Pocus!! This year we had a lion (that costume has had a lot of good mileage!!) an army commando, a scary skull guy, a sparkle witch, and Daddy did go to work as a Valedict-pumpkin!!

1st time for chocolate pudding!!



Mommy gave baby Jakey his very 1st choc pudding and let him go at it right as I was leaving to go visiting teaching-you're welcome Daddy!!! He grubbed it down and loved it all over the place!! After he was done he got a nice warm bath and went to bed!! Yummy!!

Trip to Utah


Julie lives right next to my favorite store ever!!!
All the kids got along really well together!!


J had some meetings with BYU down in Provo so I invited myself and my 4 crazy kids to go down w/him and visit with my favorite college roommate and her beautiful family!! They just moved to Utah and I haven't seen her for years, it was tons of fun having our children play together and catching up!! On our way home we stopped at Temple Square-the kids have never been before, I was so proud of them-they were tired, it had been a long weekend but they were troopers as we dragged them all over in such a short time!! We had a ton fun!

School!!




School started again!!! Whoooooooo hoooooooo! Sis is in the 2nd grade, she loves her teacher Mrs. Rydalch!! JD is in 1st grade this year-all day and he loves that he got Sis' teacher from last year-Mrs. B!!! JJ also started preschool with Mrs. Nikki-he's been waiting for his turn to go since his big sister and brother have both gone!! School is going very well and every one is learning lots!!