Hello again!!

Ok - so we've been AWOL from blogging for some time now. It seems like it's been something non-stop for weeks now. Anyway, you will now be treated to almost 2 months of our lives in one sitting! Beginning with these random pictures of life with Kaden. Enjoy!

Kaden does not enjoy being told he can't do something! (regardless of how deadly it might be)

A little eye shadow never hurt anyone!

And now, since it's 1am I'm off to bed.

Happy Halloween!!!

So this year we had an angel, a bumble-bee and a tiny spurs player. (That jersey of Kaden's didn't turn out half bad if I do say so myself!) We always go down to trick or treat on main street first and then back to our neighorhood. Hope you all got loads and loads of candy!

Halloween ASL style

The ASL class we started for our home school group and friends in our ward has really exploded! We were thinking we'd get a couple of families and that would be that. We now have 35 people attending each week and another family planning to start next week! I've enjoyed it more than I ever thought I would. It's been really fun to get a chance to watch Steve teaching. I see him sign all the time but I've never seen him in a teaching situation (wierd since that is what he does for a living!) and I was amazed the first week!! By word of mouth alone the class has almost doubled in size since our first meeting. Everyone seems to be loving it - the girls and I definitely are - and I get comments every Sunday from people who have heard how much fun everyone is having. So - snaps for Steve! (and the other 4 of us because, lets face it, we are also awesome!!) Here are some pictures from our silent Halloween party.

More pumpkins anyone?

What's Halloween without a trip to the pumpkin patch? This one is a local favorite and we've gone with someone's preschool class every year since we've been here. Our kids especially love the animals. Kaden, ever fearless, was not to be stopped by heights, darkness, being lost, stuck, too small, not allowed, snipped at, brayed at, or sniffed at. I tried several times to get a cute family shot but, obviously, he had other things on his mind that day!

Jack - O - Lanterns

I think we ended up with about 9 pumpkins this year! We elected to carve the two big ones for FHE and then we enlisted the help of the YW at our pumpkin carving activity to take care of the rest. (I didn't get any pictures of the entire bunch unfortunately!) Anyway, here are the first two. Emily was NOT impressed with the idea of cutting hers up so she elected to draw on it. Kaden also discovered a new use for washable markers.

"They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy, Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun!"

Our back yard is now even cooler! (The yard has always been my favorite part of this house!) We just added a trampoline and it is a hit! Matt and Andrea brought the kids (and Andrea's parents too!) up to play on it a few days later. I also love that we have cousins near by! Kegan even taught us all some cool tricks he's learned in his trampoline class. Kaden is absolutely in heaven now! He stands at the patio door signing "please" while pointing at it and calling "Bounce!"

WAVA friends annual Halloween party!

We have so much fun playing with all our other ward WAVA friends! So much fun in fact that I didn't get hardly any pictures. So, here are a couple that I took in between all the fun we were having at our halloween party a few weeks ago. This is such a fun group - all the kids are friends, all the moms are friends and nobody is psycho (technically :) ) We can't wait for the Christmas party!

Here everyone is working on their candy bar mad-libs


Bailey and Emily presenting their finished product



We made ghost suckers, haunted houses, monster hands and goody boxes.




Kaden had fun too!

Preschool goes to the fire station

Fun thing about home school is that everyone gets to tag along on all the pre school field trips! This time we went to the local fire station.

Cat bowling anyone?

Yes, these are my children and they are ALL enthralled with the art of Halloween Cat Bowling! If you haven't been emailed the link in one of the bazillion forwards that come around, you should search for it. It's oddly addicting.

Fun day at the zoo.

Andrea and I took the kids to the zoo on a field trip. We learned that the best time to go to the zoo is in the fall, in the morning, in the middle of the week. It was great! We had loads of fun and saw animals that have, so far, never been awake when we've gone before.

My crazy Beehives!

Best calling EVER! YW is the greatest place to be. Just a couple of pictures of "my girls" (well, half of them) at our party a couple weeks ago. I actually just got released and put back in as YW Secretary so -- PHEW!

"My One True Life's Wish!"

Bailey has been obcessed with horses ever since starting the American Girls club. She wants nothing more than to build a shed in our back yard and turn a horse loose in it! We've tried all kinds of things to get her into riding lessons but until we are independantly wealthy that is not going to happen. So we were very excited to learn that a local stable was going to have a fall celebration which included free pony rides. Bailey's reaction? "Really??!! It's my one true life's wish and it's coming true!!" Needless to say, it was a great day.

Cutest Preschool!

So, Emily's preschool teacher is one of the craftiest people in the world but even that didn't prepare me to see the entire class coming out one day with their very own scarecrows! They made them! Anyway, thought it was cute.

AND.... Kaden with a bowl on his head --because I think it's funny.

Happy 5th Birthday Emily!!