Joy School Halloween fun

Evan got to dress up in his Halloween costume for preschool on Thursday and he was so excited!!



I know he looks more in pain than excited in this picture, but he was trying to make a pirate face. :)

Arrrrrrgh


Evan's preschool class (minus one little boy who was sick):


Evan's turn to walk past in the costume parade:


They also sang "I'm a Mean Old Wtich" for us. We went trick or treating with the kids in his class at the rest home yesterday and they had a lot of fun doing that. Asher really got into it too. I'm excited to take them trick-or-treating for "real" tonight!

Mommy's little helpers

The kids were SO excited when I told them they could help me with the dishes the other day. Evan came down from his room looking like this:



He said, "I need my goggles so I don't get any water in my eyes." What a nut. :)

Here are my helpful little guys "helping with the dishes". (I made them strip down to their undies so they wouldn't get their clothes wet.)





I sure love these little guys. :)

More snow

We pretty much had a blizzard on Tuesday!

The first snow of the year!

I couldn't believe it when Ben walked out of the house to go to work this morning and there was snow on the ground!!!




I shouldn't be surprised. It seems like always snows the week of Halloween.... doesn't matter where I live (as long as it's a place where it snows).

Thanksgiving!

Yes, it's a month early, but Ben's brother, Joseph, is heading out to basic training on the 9th, so Ben's side of the family got together last night for our Thanksgiving dinner. Yummy food and great company.... what more could we ask for!

Rock Hunting

Ben got a fish tank a few weeks ago and has been trying to put together a salt water aquarium. He needed some rocks, so we went down to Stansbury Island (at the Great Salt Lake) to look for some. The boys had a blast running around and picking up rocks.





Asher had fun kicking the cow pies.


The fearless rock hunter:




The area was gorgeous!


We couldn't believe this gigantic pile of salt:


View of the salt flats from Stansbury Island:


It was a lot of fun! And afterwords, we had a chance to hang out with friends in the Salt Lake area. Zach and Ben went golfing while Amber and I chatted and kept the kids from killing themselves. :)

Family Pictures!!

We decided to attempt family pictures with the remote and tripod again this year. We did it last year and they weren't horrible, so I thought I'd try again. It wasn't any easier this year, but I'm pretty pleased with what we got. It's so fun to see how much the kids have changed in a year!









And a few of my boys. :)








P.S. Which family pic do you like the best? I need to pick one for the Christmas cards. :)