Say CHEESE

2010
SCHOOL PICTURES

Sam - 5th grade

Kaeli - 4th grade

Rylie - 1st grade

my little MONSTERS

Violet was a kitty.
And yes, I know her whiskers aren't on straight.
She's a wiggly little kitty.

Sara was a witch!
She requested the green face and green hair.

Rylie was a ghost!
She was hoping to be scary, but turned out to be cute,
bummer.

Kaeli was a vampire!
And she took the role very seriously.

Sam was a ninja!
Don't mess with the ninja.

What a frightening sight!

We hope your Halloween was as SPOOKTACULAR as ours!

Birthday Ghoul!

Can you believe it?

Sara had her friends over for a Halloween/Birthday/Costume
PARTY on Saturday!
They had a real spooky-good time!!!

Sara is such a blessing to our family!
She is sweet, spunky, and oh so very silly.
She has so much energy and is always bouncing, twirling, & running.
Sara is also very good at sharing and very loving!
She's a HUGE helper and takes such good care of her baby sis.
We love our Sari!

Flashback: Here's little Sara on her first birthday!

Arches

(whatever :-)

The kids had "fall break" last week. So we invited my parents to go down to Moab with us and hike in Arches National Park. We had the nicest campground I think I have ever camped in...flushing toilets, warm showers, and even a sink to wash dishes in!!! Despite temperatures dipping in the low 20's at night (brrrrrr) we had so much fun hiking and exploring!

Our first trail was considered "primitive" but we hadn't had more fun on a trail before! We followed the cairns to know which way to go over the slickrock. There were a few places that presented a challenge to get to where we needed to go, but we tapped into our "inner mountain goat" and navigated the trail.

(partition arch)

(me with the tiniest nanny goat)

(kaeli, sara, & rylie)

The next day we hiked to Delicate Arch
It was one of the coolest arches we saw!


The girls were inspired by the arch!

We took a ton of pictures around the arch!

(Daddy & Vi)

(vi, me, ry, sam, sari & K)

(me & my kiddies under the arch)

(my parents on the trail)

We also went on some mini-hikes around "windows" and "balanced rock".

(muscles)

(windows)

(I couldn't resist taking this one :-)

I balanced balanced rock on my head.
Beat that!

And we happened to find an adorable baby sitting in the middle of the desert.
So we took her home :-)