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My mother-in-law heard a story on the news the other day about blogs and the safety of them. I guess some people can steal the pictures of your kids and do bad things with them. I have decided that my blog will be by invatation only. If you would like to continue reading my blog let me know. Thanks

Last Post on Halloween!......I promise

Halloween this year started on the 29th. We had our ward dinner and trunk-or-treat that night. The kids had a lot of fun. Ahlea was "Marni" the witch on Halloweentown. Ethan was a pirate with a hook and a patch. Traysen went as Batman. On Halloween we went to Grandma and Grandpa Smith's Trunk-or-treat. They doughnuts and hot chocolate there. Terence sat Taysen in his car seat and gave him a whole doughnut. I don't think that I have ever seen a child so happy in my life. He ate the whole thing! Afterwards we took the kids Trick-orTreating in our neighborhood. Terence and I followed them in the van as they ran from house to house. It was so fun to watch the smiles on their face as they would run in the pursuit of candy. When we were home we turned off all of the lights and got a whole bunch of glow sticks out. We sat in the dark and listened to Halloween music and just played as a family. It was a memory I think we will all remember.

Ethan, Ahlea and Traysen

First Haloween Baby

The effects of eating too much candy on Halloween!

Who needs Cabbage Patch Kids!

We have Pumpkin Patch kids!!!

We grew some large pumpkins in our garden and had a lot of fun carving them.

Traysen did not like being in the pumpkin, but he was just so cute!














Ahlea was so excited to climb inside a pumpkin.

I think Ethan only wanted to get in the pumpkin because Ahlea and Traysen had a turn

Grandpa Smith found a way to "pacify" the jack-o-lantern

Who knew a skill saw would be a great tool in pumpkin carving. The blade still wasn't long enough so we had to use a knife also.

Family Time at The Patch

Terence and I took the kids to a pumpkin patch to have some fun family time. The kids loved it! They had a large area to take pictures, which we took advantage of. They had cute painted wheelbarrows that you could wheel down to the patch to collect all of your treasures. I think Traysen liked the wheelbarrow the most. He sat in there the whole time and played with all the pumpkins.

All together!












Our growing pumpkins












Hitchin' a ride













Doin' the monster mash





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It's the headless Daddy and his next victim!

Ahlea's 8th Birthday

Ahlea,
My dear sweet daughter, I want to take a minute out of our crazy life and tell you how much I love. I am so proud of you and the choices that you are making. I know that our Father in heaven loves you too. He is very proud of you in your choice to be baptized. You are growing up so fast. I remember the day that you were born and how excited we were to have you here with us. The first time you said "mom" or the way that you have always been so compassionate to others around you have been so precious to me.

Always remember ~ I Love You Forever, For Always, and No Matter What

Pistachio Tart instead of cake (daddies little girl)














Ahlea before earrings.

Ahlea After earrings.

For Ahlea's birthday Terence made her breakfast in bed before school and I made her 26 handmade (this took about 6 hours to do) little treat containers that we put candy in for the kids in class. You would think that I would have pictures of all of this and I did, but my sweet 8 year old angel played with the camera and deleted all of the pictures off of the camera on the way to the mall to get her ears pierced. There is no proof that I spent all that time on little trinkets that are now all in the garbage. Oh well, atleast she had a good day. Happy Birthday Ahlea!

Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow NOT IN OCTOBER!!!!

This is what we woke up to this morning. The kids wanted to go out at 7:00 am and I told them had to wait until it was light outside. Traysen felt the snow and he wanted to eat it. Poor Terence he is at a district soccer game that starts at 9:00 am.


UPDATE: Terence's game was canceled!!!!











This is not a pinetree It is our big tree with GREEN leaves on it!












View from the front door.












Ahlea eating snow and Ethan is their under his hat.

Ethan is king of the mountain!

It's the Great Pumpkin Patch

Our ward has started a mommy and me group (we must have one awesome enrichment leader) that meets once a month and has a fun activity for anyone who wants to come. This month we all carpooled to a pumpkin patch. This pumpkin patch had a lot of fun activities for the kids. They had a haunted house that was very child friendly. Not one child got scared. They had goats to feed, a bean bag toss,and a pumpkin roll game. The other big event was a hay ride. Plus they got a pumpkin to take home. The kids loved all of it!















Me as a farmer with Ahlea and Ethan as my little pumpkins and Traysen our little black cat!
















Ahlea on the hay ride.














Ethan doing the pumpkin roll.













Ethan on hay ride