Halloween 2009

I know, I know.....I am so behind on posting Halloween! It is hard to find time to post, sorry. We had such a fun Halloween! Mya was really excited, she remembered everything from last year and so she was super excited to gets lots of candy. The day before Halloween I took the kids all dressed up in their costumes to Scott's work. It was so fun to show everyone our adorable kids! Scott's parents also work in the same building and so we got to go visit with them too.

Here are the kids after we got back from visiting Scott at work...they were pretty worn out!

I painted Jesse's nose black (his is a cow) and her rubbed it all off by the time we got home. That night we had a party at my brother's house. We ate chili, played games and carved pumpkins! We had such a fun time, thank Shane and Malia!!

Here are all the grandkids! It was kind of tricky to get all 11 kids sitting and smiling for the picture. We do our best, right!?!

We had a doughnut eating contest, the kids had to eat the doughnuts without theirs hands. Mya did pretty good but finally ended up using her hands.

Halloween day, we went and visited my Grandpa Lewis. He loves to see the kids all dressed up and always has plenty of candy for them! This picture was right before I took Mya out Trick or Treating. Cutest little cowgirl and cow ever!!!!

Daddy with the kids

Our cute pumpkin!!

Daddy and the cow

Right before I was about to leave to take Mya Trick or Treating, we were downstairs and Scott happened to find his old high school football jersey. Scott made me wear it and dress up with Mya. I was very reluctant at first but I am glad that I did it ended up being really fun!! I think that Mya enjoyed it as well.

Mya and me showing off our muscles!!

We are having so much fun with our kids, so glad that they are a part of our life!!!

And Daddy bless me!

This is just a cute little story about Mya. A couple of weeks ago for Family Home Evening we had a lesson on the Priesthood. We talked about how it is a special power that Heavenly Father gave to Daddy and other men to bless us when we need it. We told Mya that when she was a baby she had a blessing to give her a name. We went on to tell her that Daddy can give her a blessing when she is sick or scared or needs special help from our Father in Heaven. We explained that Daddy would put his hands on her head and give her a blessing. Well, on Monday, I decided that I would take the kids to get the H1n1 shot at the Davis Conference the next day. I figured that I should start preparing Mya so she wouldn't freak out when we got there and she had to get a shot. Mya told me "I cannot like shots" and I told her that it will help keep her from getting sick. Mya immediately responded with "I go to Dr. Rose and Daddy bless me!" I couldn't believe she remembered that Scott can give her a blessing when she is sick. Family Home Evening is not always the easiest thing to do and it usually last about 5 minutes but I guess it is well worth it. Mya always amazes me how much she is paying attention even when I don't think she is listening to a single word I say.

Getting ready for Halloween!

Last night we finally went to get some pumpkins. We went to this cute little place that Mya and I went to last year. It is near my mom's house in South Ogden. I was so sad to find out when we got there that my camera was out of batteries. So no pictures but we had a fun time. We didn't know it, but I guess it was family night at the pumpkin patch. They had all sorts of fun things for the kids to do and some wonderful smelling food. Mya got a ghost painted on her face, the same as last year. Mya is so funny, she likes things just the right way. There was a witch walking around and she made Mya a bit nervous, I even had to hold her at one point. Man, I wish I would have had my camera. All in all it was a fun little family home evening. Here are some pictures after we got home. Jesse was all tuckered out so he was asleep for the first photos.

Jesse with the pumkins this morning.

All the kids! We love you, Toby!

Random Pictures

Just some fun pictures of the kids lately.

Mya and I made a Happy Halloween sign for her room.

Kites and Picnics

Before the cold weather hit, we went to the park for a few picnics. I have been so busy I haven't had time to post the pictures. This is a little park right by our house. Jesse got hungry so we didn't stay very long but it was still fun to get out of the house. Mya and Jesse love to be outside!

I totally forgot about this until I stumbled upon this picture. One day Mya saw me putting on my belt and she said that she wanted to wear her belt. This was the next thing I saw. She tried to put on her pants all by herself, she did a pretty good job. But they are on backwards! Silly little bug.

Another picnic, this one was just days before the weather turned bad. Jesse was intently watching the trees move in the wind.

Sitting up by himself, good job!

Cute Mya!

I tried to get a picture of all of us but it really hard.

My kids.

Big sister feeding cheerios to little brother while mom does dishes. Mya is such a good little helper.

Happy brother

The day before the weather turned bad was perfect for kite flying. So Mya and I got out her kites. We were able to get them up for the first time this year! Mya loved it!!!

For 2 years old, I would say Mya did an awesome job flying her kites!

When it looked like her kite was coming down, Mya would talk to her kite and say "no no kite, stay up high". It was so much fun watching all of her expressions. Mya is such a fun little girl!

Zoo

Getting ready to go stand in line to buy our Zoo tickets. It was the longest line ever and we got there at ten o'clock.

Mya had to get a drink from the Lion's mouth water fountain. She thought it was very silly!

Mya and mommy watching the monkeys. Mya would laugh and say "silly monk, monks".

Cutest little girl ever!

A picture by the elephants.

Baby elephant, Zuri, 6 weeks old.

Jesse was so good the whole time. He really enjoys riding around in his stroller.

Love those eyes!

Mya trying to see the rhinos.

This monkey came right down to see Mya, she loved it!

Daddy and Jesse

A little snack break.

Getting ready to ride the Merry-go-Round.

Waving to Daddy

Giraffe's are this BIG!

Just about right!?!

The annual picture with the gorilla.

Now, Jesse too!

Over all it was a fun day!

7 years & counting

Friday, September 25th, was our 7th wedding anniversary!! Months ago our plans started out with possibly staying over at a hotel somewhere, which by the way would be a first since Mya has come to us. Then Jesse came, so maybe just dinner and a movie. Come to find out Scott was planning to ride in a 100 mile bike race in Heber City on the 26th, so the plan was to take the kids and go and stay in Park City for 2 nights. (Mind you, we have not been on our own little family vacation for 3 years. So we were getting excited!) The next thing we knew, our Jeep needed to be fixed, the cars needed to be registered and a baby blessing ended up on the same weekend. Lo and behold, Park City was out the window. We were pretty sad, Scott had already taken of Friday so we decided to take the kids to the Zoo. We had a little laugh that these were the plans for our anniversary, but we were going to be together so it had to be fun, right?!? We woke up Friday ate breakfast and headed off to the Zoo. Mya was so excited, she kept on pointing at everything and asking us "Is that the Zoo?" She loved the Zoo! It was so much fun. Scott and I were talking about how fun our anniversary had been thus far as we were walking to go see the giraffes. As we were with our 2 children walking I started thinking back a few years before Mya came to us. And I remember on our 4th anniversary talking with Scott and recalling us talking about if we would ever be able to adopt and have a child in our home. I started crying right there at the Zoo as I was walking hand in hand with our daughter and Scott and our son next to me. What a miracle our life has been, we are so blessed! There are so many couples out there that have been waiting for months and years to be able to adopt and here we are with 2 children! We are so blessed to have these angles in our home. I love being a MOM! It is so hard some days and I am not the most patient person around. But I love being at home and having Mya ask me question after question about everything and to see Jesse change so much in the last 8 weeks. I swear time just keep on going faster the older I get. Mya will be in preschool in 2 years, OMG!!!! I find myself savoring everyday because before I know it my kids are going to be all grown up and then what am I going to do. So what do I do today, I rock Jesse to sleep and watch his beautiful face and try to remember every detail. I lay be Mya while she fall asleep every night and enjoy the fact that she wants me there and take time to talk to her about her day. I give them hugs and kisses as often as they will let me. I can only hope that I am doing even so my husband and children can see how much I love them. Thank you Scott for being such a wonderful dad and husband! I love you so much....Forever and For Always!!!