It snowed on Saturday and the boys said, "Now it's time for presents!! " Apparently, Christmas is linked to snow. :) I loved those boys!

We began the Fall season at a place called "Butler's Orchard" where the boys had duck races. You pull the handle up and down and the water propells the duck to the other side of the tin lane. I enjoyed that game too.

What a handsome boy!!

We had a hay ride through the farm.

The boys all went down a slide on potato sack.

Notice our BYU blue t-shirts? It was game day - still have to show our school spirit!! Even as we are being brewed in the witches pot!!

Our Halloween festivities began with Brock's parade at school. He couldn't take his lightsaver to school, so he wore Scott's Yoda costume. It was fun for us to see all the children!

In Hagerstown, they trick-or-treat the day before Halloween, so we went up to Hagerstown on Friday the 30th, went trick-or-treating, then spent the night with our friends, the Calls. Abby and Scott are the same age and play so well together!! The next morning was the Hagerstown ward Fall Festival, so the boys went dressed in costume and had lots of fun going from station to station doing different activities and receiving prizes. Abby, in her princess costume, sat hammering a nail into a piece of wood. What a picture!!

From that fall festival, we drove to Dickerson, to our current ward's activity - a Fall Festival on the Knudson farm!! The boys started with a donut eating activity! No hands - Scott wasn't happy about the "no hands" policy, but he ate it!!

We ended with pony rides!! YEA!! Brock is on Shadow - a very nice horse.

Scott was so excited!! That boy is definitely a fan of horses! It was a fun-filled day of food, activities, and good friends!!

We decided to go for the "Star Wars" theme! Here I am as Queen Amidala.

Scott as Yoda. For trick-or-treating we colored his face green. He was so excited for the make-up.

Elliot as C-3PO and Brock as Aniken Skywalker!! Elliot wore his outfit while he handed out candy. Some of the children wouldn't come to the door. Elliot even did the voice of C-3PO. We LOVE Halloween!! I even received candy for my costume. Hee-hee!!

I haven't posted in a LONG time! My sister Wendy got married the 15th of October and I was "Matron of Honor", which means I did LOTS of planning/partying/organizing/stressing so Wendy didn't have to!! :) We were in UT from the 10th - 17th and it was a whirlwind trip. Thank goodness Elliot was there to take care of the boys and Rhys (Shane's little guy from Canada). It was quite the trip. Eventually I'll post pictures soon! Until then, off to exhibit Scentsy, coordinate schedules for my schooling, Elliot's schooling and Brock's schooling and do Halloween!! :) Life sure moves fast when you're booked up.

Brock says to me yesterday, "Mom, can you not send me yogurt in my lunch. It takes too long to eat it. I liked it the first two days, but not anymore." Nice eh? He doesn't want food because it takes too much time away from recess!! He is definitely all boy!

Zay with his homemade chocolate mint ice cream.

Scott at the 24th of July parade. Mr. Hot cheeks!

Silly wet children!!

Delicious homemade ice cream cones!!

Midvale Harvest Days! Midvale celebrated 100 years. In the park they had festivities that I remember having in the park. We took the children to the park and let them be firemen!

Kaarina with the firehose.

Brock pretending he's a "Jedi".

Anika with the hose.

Brock is already for his first full day of Kindergarten - lunchbox and all!! Doesn't he look handsome. :)

Caden, Scott, Kaarina, Makayla, Anika, Brock and Zay!!

Happy 4th of July!

Aunt Duenna and Makayla enjoying their cake and ice cream.

Zay-meister eating homemade ice cream with chocolate cake inside it! YUM!!

Kaarina, Anika, Caden, Brock and Scott posing on Uncle Jeffrey's lawn!

I haven't posted for a long time! I guess I got tired of updating our lives when nothing much happened. No, not really. We had a pretty eventful few weeks. Brock had his birthday party. What do you do for a birthday boy who loves water and has his birthday in the summer? Well, this year, we had a magician come. It was a lot of fun! Anthony White, who happens to be married to my Mom's cousin, came as our magician. He brought Puff, the magic bunny, and a whole bunch of tricks. We laughed a lot, which has helped in the recovery process. July 4th we celebrated on July 3rd down at Jeffrey and Anna's with a barbeque and a spectacular fireworks show in their neighborhood. July 4th, my Mom and Dad got a new car. July 11th we had a barbeque at Uncle Gerry and Aunt Cherie's house. July 14th I started physical therapy for the next 5 weeks. July 16th, I saw Dr. Peterson for the last time and he said my scar is "BEAUTIFUL"! Yea! Also on July 16th we went to get Brock's cast off and unfortunately we were a week early in his recovery process. July 17th we went to the Oquirrih Mountain Temple Open House. It was a lot of fun. It's a beautiful and peaceful place. Life is good. I'll update pictures in a few minutes!

My Mom made this gorgeous wedding cake! Delivered it and then got in this accident.........