Spiderman & 50's Girl

Happy Halloween!!! This year Brody dressed up as Spiderman and Brooke was a 50's girl. We had our ward Trunk-or-Treat last Saturday and it was a blast! The kids are so excited to go trick-or-treating tonight. I can't believe how fast the holidays are creeping up, I'm so excited for such fun activities and family time coming up and our 10th wedding anniversary. I'm kinda sad to have to take down all of my Halloween decorations but more than excited to pull out the Christmas stuff! Santa is on top of it and finished all of the Christmas shopping for the kids last Saturday. Enjoy and Happy Halloween!!!

My Loves....

.....and I'm beyond blessed to be their mama. These were taken by my incredibly talented friend. She can do ANYTHING and I admire her many talents so much!!! Thank you so much Jen, I'm excited to see the rest!!

The Polar Express

I'm anxiously counting down the days to December 8th....I've always wanted to take the kids on a Polar Express adventure and this year we get to go! My brain has been hard at work trying to think of creative ways to tell the kids about our adventure. I definitely want to wait until the morning of our little trip to surprise them. Maybe one of Santa's elves will wake us up early that morning and leave a surprise on our doorstep??? So excited!

Feelings

This is how I have been feeling lately and I can't seem to shake it. I've been doing my best to keep busy, baking up all sorts of Pinterest goodies, getting outside, getting creative with crafts, and those things help but it eventually finds its way back. I'm really looking forward to General Conference this weekend. I'm hoping I can receive answers to prayers and to have those feelings that bring me down lifted. I have so much to be grateful for and I want to focus on those blessings. I love the saying "if we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back." So.Very.True. ..... I know what you are thinking, this is such a sad picture of Brooke! My little drama queen was having a meltdown because she wanted to take her ugly cat with her to college. I tried to explain to her that by the time she goes off to college she won't want to bring any of her toys....cue the meltdown. I should have just said yes.

First Day of Fall

Last Saturday was the first day of fall. We spent the day doing lots of fun things. We woke up bright and early, ate breakfast and headed out the door for flu shots. Then we treated the kids to donuts for being so good and brave during their flu shot. Next we headed to Target to pick up a few things, then onto The Home Depot to buy some shrub bushes for our front yard. We headed home afterwards to drop off the plants and then out to lunch! We tried Oregano's for the very first time and it was AMAZING. I see many trips back in our future. After a super awesome and fulfilling lunch we came home, Brody was asking for his nap and Brooke was ready to do some coloring and I set out to decorate the front of our house for Halloween.....12 bags of that fake spider web cotton and 4+ hours later this is what our house looked like.............see photo above..... We then ended the day by planting those three bushes. I'd say it was a perfect Saturday and I was able to cross off so many things on my to do list. Enjoy!

Getting Ready For Fall....

I'm getting better about blogging again, yay! Last week the weather was absolutely gorgeous out here. There was a constant breeze and everything just felt like fall was approaching...today we are back in the low 100's...go figure BUT last week I was itching to do some fall-ish things. So I baked chocolate chip pumpkin bars, planted fall mums, worked on the front yard with Bryan...busted out my Halloween yard stakes (my neighbors must think I'm nuts) AND this afternoon I started crafting my Halloween spiders. I CANNOT wait to web the front of the house and put up my spiders. They are so fun!! In other news, we FINALLY got the title to our van in the mail..it only took FOREVER. This week we are planning on cleaning her up and listing her for sale. Part of me is so sad to see my van go, there are so many fun memories in that car BUT the new car we got last month totally trumps those sad feelings. We got a 2012 GMC Acadia and I'm in LOVE with this car. It's by far my most favorite car we've had. Anyways I'm sure the mail carrier will be so glad to see my van go since it's kinda making delivering the mail difficult for her. Maybe i'll stick a treat in our mailbox for her. I'm really happy that the holiday season is fast approaching. I can't believe Bryan and I are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary in less than 8 weeks...CRAZY! I'm excited and nervous about what Bryan has planned...or is yet to plan. Enjoy!

Expressions with Brooke

Instagram is so much fun. Last night we were waiting for Bryan to come home from the DMV. Brooke was sitting next to me on the couch and suggested we take pictures of different expressions...as you can see my sweet girl is quite the little actress... Number one: "Say what???".....Number two: Angry.....Number three: Sad.....Number four: Just us girls. LOVE her.