Halloween Fun

Mike and I went to the school party. It was fun to help in the classroom and watch a magic show.
costume parade

4th grade magic show

Kaitlin - Spider Bride

Braden ready to go home

TRICK OR TREAT ~ SMELL MY FEET ~

GIVE ME SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT

Kaeleigh in her pink puppy/bunny costume (not sure which)

Note the two fisted grasp : she didn't let go the whole time (2 hrs)

"Pay no attention to the woman behind the skeleton".

I really wanted a picture of all three kids but Kaeleigh was afraid of Braden.

Kaeleigh ~ Oh I get it...I hold this pumpkin and people put candy in it... Why don't we do this everyday?!

Next to some cool decorations.

Kaeleigh realized, if she stood at the door with a cute expression, people would give her extra candy. She ended up with more than her brother and sister. We had to dump it out several times so she could carry the bucket.

True depiction of their relationship. Isn't it sweet?

Now, if I can just STOP eating the treats...somehow I don't think that will happen (as she blogs surrounded by empty wrappers). ;-P

First Family Campout

Mahoney State Park in Ashland Nebraska is a great park with lots of kid friendly activities. They have horseback riding, mini golf, a giant indoor playground, water park, ice-skating rink and togogan run. Too bad that nothing was open!!!


One of the beautiful views from our hike.

Our awesome tent, it has three rooms. They've certainly come a long way since I was camping as a child, It only takes 10 minutes to set up.

We looked online and chose this great spot in Little Creek. It wasn't until the evening that we realized our true location...

We were seranaded by crickets, a coyote and an owl but these lovely sounds were drowned out by Interstate 80, a couple of helicopters and trains going past every 30 minutes (sounding their horns loudly) along a track on the other side of the wood!

Here we are packing for the hike.

little Kaeleigh waiting patiently for some breakfast. She has a cold nose...aawww

The kids are toasting marshmallows for our s'mores. It was a race to find firewood before the darkness came. We cooked foil dinners and tried to boil water for hot chocolate but didn't cover the pot and ended up foregoing the drinks

Kaeleigh and her handsome chauffeur

Kaitlin on the trail

Braden's GQ pose.

left...left...left...right...left...everywhere we go, people wanna know, who we are, so we tell them, we are mormons, mighty mighty mormons.

Monkey #1
Monkey #2

The observation tower was quite high so I stayed below with the baby. Kaitlin was a bit nervous because the tower swayed in the wind.

We had a great time and plan on making this an annual thing. Thanks for reading my incredibly long post. I hope you enjoyed it :)

The Golden Child

Braden had his golden birthday this year so we tried to make it special.



from Mike's parents

from my parents

from us - Transformers in blu-ray

from us - mp3 player. He loves it and is always asking for new songs.

my dad made the cupcakes...yum

make a wish

Kaeleigh liked the cupcakes

I think the thing Braden looked forward to the most was movie night with his buddies. We had Devan and Taylor come with us to see...

Taylor. Braden. Devan. Kaitlin

the three stooges

Kaeleigh wouldn't stop eating our popcorn

It was a fun night.

Nebraska State Fair

Sorry a few of these pictures are sideways...can't figure it out. Anyway, We enjoyed the fair with our friends again and it was a fun day for all of us.


Kaitlin and Sally (Katie absolutely loves her)

I called this guy Lightning McQueen...Vroom

Braden's favorite

I hope the artist didn't cut any other kinds of cheese inside that box...maybe that's why he's not there anymore. Sorry, I couldn't resist.

The gang's all here... minus 3 people. Sad you couldn't join us Bev, Christa and Grandad. :-(

Horse to Kaitlin..." I said you may NOT pick my nose, little girl"

This little lamb wanted to see how good she tastes.

Whoa Nelly...I mean...Daddy!

This one sounded like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

A couple of old timers

Kaitlin and Sally joint at the hip again...so cute :)

How did The Cable Guy get here? He's from Nebraska isn't he?... no really it's just a farmer.

Here pig, pig, pig.

Farm team award ceremony. Not a bad show, just too hot inside the building.