More Pictures

We had our family pictures taken and I LOVE them!!! I had my friend Meghan take them and she did an AWESOME job. I didn't know it but she's been wanting to start her own business in photography...so when I asked she was more then willing. I just knew she takes great pictures and so I figured she could help me out. I got WAY more then I bargained for. Thanks Meghan for the wonderful job. We love them!!!

Katie's Basketball Game

We went to Katie's 2nd home game of the season. We were going to go to the first but we all got sick with the flu and really didn't feel like going. So we made it to this one and they lost. I don't know if we've ever seen them lose a game. Come on UTAH!!! We want another winning season. We had fun and Riley and Cam got to play with their cousins and they LOVE that!! Hopefully the next game we go to will have a happier ending.

Trev and Swoope...Aunt Katies biggest fan!!
Grandpa, Riley and The twins Rachel and Sara

Cami cheering Aunt Katie on... She decided that she wanted to get her P.J.s on at half time cause it was getting late.

What a cute Ute!!

T-Minus 8 days until Twilight!!!

I don't know about anyone else but I really CANNOT wait for the 21. I already have my seat for the 22 7:00 showing and I am so excited. It's a good thing that I already got my ticket because the theatre is sold out. Who doesn't want to see a movie where a super hot vampire falls in love with a plain jane girl out in the sticks and then throw in a chase scene or two with a near death experience and you have an AWESOME movie. I am excited and it should be a great time out with the girls...Chad for some reason declined going to this movie...atleast for the night after opening night when ALL the girls in Davis county would be out at the movies waiting in line, giggling, chit chatting and just being girls. Maybe I'll try to get him out another night. We'll see!!

Riley has lost her first tooth

Riley has FINALLY lost her first tooth. She has been waiting forever to have a loose tooth. Last night we were in the kitchen...Chad was making cookies with the girls and I was making jam. Chad gave the girls the spoon and spatula to lick and they were having a good time. Riley had her's pretty much spotless. As she went to put the spatula into the sink I heard her say "oh man!!!" I turned as she said "what is this?" I said Riley it's your tooth. She started jumping up and down and screaming with excitement and she was so excited she started to cry...and I mean some serious tears. Chad and I were laughing so hard we were crying. Cami was screaming for us to be quiet because we were scaring her and she had NO idea what was going on. After all the partying was over I asked Riley what happened. I first asked her if her tooth was even loose. She said that it wasn't. Then I asked her how it fell out. She said that she bit down on the spatula to get the last of the peanut butter off and she felt something in her mouth she went and pulled the tooth the rest of the way out thinking that it was a piece of the spatula. We had a great time laughing about that and her reaction. We have NEVER seen Riley so excited. It was a fun time.

Candid Moments with Eden

Me and Eden
So formal...hahaha
" You take pictures of yourself Eden?"... I had to put this on here.

Fun on the Farm

We went to Boise this last weekend to visit some friends from Ricks...ahh the good ol' days!!! Dan was Chad's teammate and Eden was mine. Dan and Eden got married after our first year there and we lost contact with eachother. But she tracked me down and I'm so happy that she did because we had a GREAT time with her and her family. We went to the farm on Friday and stayed until Sunday morning. While we were there 7 calves were born within 24 hours and an older calf was casterated in my honor. I begged Dan to show me how it was done...I know I'm wierd...but it was all a part of the experience right? Thanks Dan and Eden!!! We had a BLAST and we can't wait to see you guys again!!! Come down here soon. We can't wait to see you all again!

Bath Time!!

The girls were so excited to have a bath with their brother...so naturally we had to take some pictures. They had so much fun. Riley held Trev the whole time and both Cam and Ri had him laughing. What a bunch of cute kids!!!

Riley and Trev
Rub a dub dub... three nudy booties in the tub

Happy Halloween!!!

Halloween Cookies

Riley had a "late night" with Kelsey...her best friend... and we decided to make some Halloween cookies. So I whipped up the dough and they got the cookie cutters. It is always fun to make cookies with little kids because they are soooo excited and can hardly wait for the cookies to cook, then wait to be frosted, then sprinkles, then FINALLY you can enjoy the cookie. We had a lot of fun though and maybe even started a new family tradition.

Riley and Me in front of our masterpieces
Riley and Kelsey... They had so much fun

Cami, Kelsey and Riley rolling the dough

Riley's School Halloween Parade

Riley singing and dancing in her Halloween program... It was so cute. They sang about 10 songs and we had a great time and were very impressed with how well Riley knew all of the songs.
Riley and her best friend Kelsey in the parade
I told Riley that she needed to stop and smile at me when she saw me while she was in the parade. She actually did it. Usually she gets so shy that she doesn't smile and just acts like she doesn't see me. This year she made a big step and even made eye contact AND smiled while she was up on stage.

Carving Pumpkins

For Family Night we decided to carve some pumpkins. Luckily we only had two to carve this year. Chad and I finally wised up and thought that maybe we didn't NEED to get a pumpkin for every member of the family this year. So the girls drew the faces that they wanted and mom and dad carved them out for them. We had a lot of fun and almost everyone got messy...except Trev and mom.

Halloween Carnival

We went to the West Point halloween carnival and it was a lot of fun. The kids dressed up...minus Trev...and we went and played games and got candy and waited probably at least an hour for our turn with the balloon guy. Was it worth it?... for the kids it was. We hung out with friends and had a great time. Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Trev + Graham Crackers = LOVE

Trevor's favorite snack is graham crackers.He sees me get the box out of the cupboard and he starts going crazy. He would eat them all day long if I let him. He always makes such a mess too...and Roxy loves that he always has crumbs in between his chubby fingers.

Our New Addition

Heeeeeeere's Roxy!!! We got our new puppy Roxy on Tuesday this week. She's so cute and the kids really LoVe here...especially Cami. She wants to carry Roxy around all day long and love her and poor Roxy is a little bit scared of her at the moment. Roxy LoVeS Trev and Trev LoVeS her too. He must smell really good to her because she just licks him and licks him and nibbles on his fingers and jumps on him. It's funny to watch but at the same time it's hard because Trevor just wants to grab hold of her and squeeze. She's been a lot of work so far. We have to keep a constant eye on her because she's not house trained yet. So that hasn't been fun but other then that we love our new addition.

Slumber Party!!!

A couple of weeks ago, my brother and sister in law went on a trip and asked if we could watch their girls. I said sure because they get along so well and they are very close in age to our girls. Kaelynn and Riley are 8 days apart and Hailey and Camden are 8 months apart. We had a blast. We ate pizza and played and even ventured to church...5 kids and Ali on a bench at church...WOW!!! But the good thing was that everyone was so well behaved. We never had any big fights or anything. I was so happy.We had a lot of fun hanging out with all the girls!!

Here we are ready for church!!!Cami, Hailey, Kaelynn, Riley and Trevor.

Eatin' breakfast

Who doesn't love pizza? And isn't it a rule that there is supposed to be pizza at a slumber party?

Everyone slept in one room so nobody would get scared...tight sleeping quarters.

FaMiLy TrAdItIoNs...

Every Year for the last three years, we've gone up around Trapper's Loop to look at all the pretty fall colors and take pictures of our family. The only thing wrong with this plan is that we can never get a FULL family picture. This year are plan was foiled by a couple who came to eat dinner in the same spot we were but they set up camp right in front of the spot I wanted to take pictures. We were hoping they'd be quick eaters...unfortunately they weren't. So we packed up and drove farther on the road trying to find a good spot full of color and EASY to get to. Well we came to the end and we found an AWESOME spot. There was this big rock and all the colors on the trees. So we took some pictures and tried to avoid getting bit by the mosquitos. It was a successful trip and we got some great pictures.

Cami's Birthday!!!

Cami's birthday was a success!! We had our families come over...the ones who lived close enough anyway... and we had hamburgers and hot dogs and everything was really yummy. Cami of course wanted a Dora birthday cake. Now in our family there is only ONE place to get a cake...Sam's Club. We got one of our wedding cakes at Sam's Club and every other cake since. We are BIG fans. "Chocolate cake with white whipped cream frosting"... it's the BEST you'll ever have...try it crave it love it!!!
Cami opened her presents from us on Sunday, her ACTUAL birthday. She got a new coat, an outfit, and some candy from Riley along with a special card handmade by Riley. Cami TOTALLY appreciated the effort.
Here's a picture of Cami blowing out her candles. I love this picture because it always happens with EVERY birthday party that when it's time to sing happy birthday and blow candles out or open presents all the kids just can't help themselve and form a complete wall around their prisoner. Everyone is blowing or ripping paper...it cracks me up.

Cami's Three!!!

My Camden June is three years old!!! I can't believe that she is three. For anyone who knows Camden, you know that she is our little fire-cracker. She has a mind of her own and she is VERY independant. She will do what she wants to do when she wants to do it and she'll think of the consequences later. She makes us laugh every day and she is such a sweetheart. We love you Camden and we wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY and many more to come!!!