Halloween

Halloween is getting funner( is that a word). Although we miss our older boys. Because they had off with their friends. Notice the picture of odd children at the bottom. The picture of Emmett holding Daphne is pretty funny cause it looks like a baby doll. I made wigs for a Daphne and I so that we could be dolls together. We ended up at the trick-or-treat in the end and Oscar helped us pass out candy while I walked around with the little kids. It's always a nice evening. Spooky of course but nice

 

Yes Daphne had 2 wigs.  Mom made the other one

Fools Hollow Lake

We decided in September this year that we were going to rent a trailer and try camping with a trailer. We were excited to hear that her friends were going to go camping at the same time but they were brand-new friends and we didn't want to intrude on their camping trip. Kind of a long story but it ended up that the place they were going to go wasn't available in so they chose another place and let us know about it and we just happened to get a parking spot next to them. It was pretty serendipitous. So to Fools Hollow Lake we went to meet the Days and have fun with their family. Deborah and Chad have five kids. Two sets of twins. They were so much fun to hang out with and the Nickels came and met us as well and we went to their cabin to watch a football game. The weather was beautiful and we got to be outside. We really loved the camping grounds and need to go back there. Chad and Nathan took all the kids out on kayak rides.  The kids tried multiple times to fish off the dock but never caught anything. Oh well maybe next time.

BTW we did like the trailer but not hauling it.  It made Nate nervous.  

Video of the trip

San Diego Couples trip

So our Lake Powell group decided to not go to the lake this year because the lake was pretty low and things weren't looking good. We decided to take our group vacation to San Diego. Websters, Scotts, Daniels, Gardeners and Shields. We found a great beach house and the weather was lovely. We were able to take our bikes with us and I went on many bike rides with Daphne in tow. We rode up and down the boardwalk and went shopping and ate at wonderful restaurants. We sat around and watched videos and laughed and had a great time. Lots of people played volleyball. We got to go thrift shopping with all the girls. A nice relaxing vacation.

Backyard

Just took an opportunity to take pictures of the kids in the backyard. The light was really beautiful outside and what Else could I do. I passed up so many opportunities like these every day. I'm glad everyone's in a while I take those opportunities to take some cute pictures of the kids. I like the picture of Emmett flipping upside down. He's so fun

Baby girl in blue

Just some pictures of some silly kids. I was just playing with my camera one day.

Emmett's first day of Preschool

This little boy likes to dress himself. It often involves boots whether they match or not. And I usually have to ask him to take off his costume before he goes to school. He complies. All the boys did that with the costumes and I love that stage. It's hard being a little kid in a house full of big boys though. The boys tend to tease him about it and I have to try and protect him and his youth as much as possible. What a darling little boy.

St. Johns for the 4th

When Doug started working in St. John's he lived with his grandmother at first her name is Ruth Patterson. She is a lovely woman. We went and stayed at her house with her. The kids slept outside in tents and we had a wonderful time during Fourth of July in St. John's. They know how to do it right. They had a wonderful presentation and a movie and fireworks. It was really fun to have that small town feel. In the morning we got to go to a citywide breakfast and it was really fun. We saw some friends from the valley as well. Herrings. They have lots of family up there as well. I love these pictures because the cousins are all together and they're so young and libations. It is a wonderful sight to see and I got to take some pictures of the kids with absolutely beautiful light.