Halloween

Another successful Trick or Treating Night!!  One of my favorite things about Taylor is that he is always up for fun things.  Any chance we get, we will dress up for this crazy holiday. 

This year, the only party we hit was the ward party, so our "GetUP" attire was sub par.  But none the less, we joined the fun!  Luke was at a basketball game, but everyone else is in the picture... Can you see Sam?  he's the shadow in the back by me. :)  Nate is the ninja up front by Jake.

 Jake (5mos) Luke (3 mos) didn't get halloween in the costume because we headed to St. George quickly for my dad's funeral :( but here is a picture of him that age.

Sam (9Mos)                                        Nate(6mos)

Mimi (2 1/2mos)                                  Drew (6 mos)

 We are so grateful for our cute neighbor Olivia!  She's been helping to keep all 6 kids alive!

 Daddy's Angel is definitely Mimi.  She was SOO excited for Halloween this year.  It was the first year she got that if she went to some one's door, they'd give her candy.  And she was ALL about it.

 Poor Sam was sick Halloween day.  With a stomach bug.  But we made an appearance for the school parade.  Here he is with his buddy Brydger. I needed the one above so you could see him!

 Nate as a NINJA

 Luke as a tuxedo Morph. 

 The fam getting ready to head out for candy!  Luke had left already, sheesh we keep missing him this year for our group pictures!!

 a picture of getting the goods.

Fall Break

Another successful break from school!  It's so fun to have cousins come up.  It's like we have

 Cornbellys always entertains.  If I lived closer I'd get the season pass.  The kids always have a ball and cousins make it even MORE FUN.

 Some of the kids went to the BYU game and some of the kids went to haunted houses.  I was for sure in the game crowd.  Haunted houses are SCARY!!  But they did have fun..

 We've spent the last few fall breaks meeting the Brostroms at Lagoon.  Sometimes on purpose and sometimes on accident.  But these kids always have a ball together too.  We call them "almost cousins" because we feel like family and sure love them that way!

 Carter and Graham above. Sam and Nate below.

 I think Frightmares is my favorite time to visit Lagoon.  It's not too hot, and the entertainment is fun for all ages.  At night the creepy guys come out.  It's fun though and I love the chainsaw show.  It's weird, but I love the cheesy shows.

Jake and Luke above. Sam Cole and Nate below.

 Me and Graham were buddies on this ride.  Lucky me.

 And a picture of the whole gang.  Minus the big kids who were waiting in line for the haunted houses. :)

 We didn't quite get enough of the Brostroms, or the nice weather.  So we went hiking for a day.

 Cute group of ganstas above. Our little posse of people below.  I sure love this family of mine.

 Somehow, no matter what we do, my boys end up with no cloths on.  Today was no exception and the Brostroms followed suite quite quickly.  BOYS BOYS BOYS

A NYC getaway!

I Sure love this city!! And the best part is getting away from the kids and just enjoying some time together.  Since Drew, that has been scarce.  We started the  trip off right by eating brunch on some fancy hotel I can't even remember the name of right now! oops.  But SUPER YUMMY.

 The coolest thing about such an expensive city, is that there are SOOO many free things.  I scored a pair of Lulu Lemon yoga pants for trying on a pair of shoes.  YES!

 A quick visit to our old apartment was a must.  72nd and Columbus. What a fun adventure for my family.  It's almost been 3 years since we lived there.

 We only lived there 6 months, but we made some life long friends!!  We met up with Taylor's friends from college who live there, Adam Lindsey and his wife and cute girls at the park.

 

And of course we had to see the Todds.  One of our Favorite families from all time. 

 I love to rent bikes and ride around Central Park.  The park was the best thing to look forward to each day as we were all crammed into a 1000 square feet living space. Nursing required us to bring the youngest with us, but he was quite the pleasant traveler.

 I forced Taylor to pull out the big bucks and he got us tickets for the best show ever! It seriously changed my understanding of History and was SO entertaining. My boys have been memorizing the songs and it was just so fun to go and see the production on Broadway.

 This was the set the whole time and it was amazing how they entertained with choreography and song. Super talented writer and dreamer. Thanks to the Amazing Eye family for watching Drew for the night.  It ended up being several hours and Laura was so sweet to keep our ornery bug alive.

 One of the reasons we went this week was because Taylor needed to attend a LDS + Businessman banquet.  Elder Holland was the speaker.  We got to sit with some of our favorite friends the Nelsons (we were friends with them the first time in NYC back in 2002).

Misc Fall Pictures

We have a toothless little 7 year old Sam.  And he's so cute!

 It's wedding time again! This time for Nick and Kate 2.  We have a few Kate Nadaulds now, but this one is the forever Kate Nadauld and we sure LOVE HER.  Seems like she's been apart of the family forever already.  Glad they made it official. :)

Mimi loves her cousins and it was so cute to have Nikki around for the wedding.  Mimi just followed her like a shadow.  Two cute chubby cheeks girls.

 Some more shots of the baby, and my most favorite of Mimi's first school picture.  She would not sit and smile for the camera, but after a sucker and about 30  minutes of watching the other kids, she gave a very hesitant smile.  But I love it.  and I love her!

Mimi and Drew always together, always having fun. Well, not always, but most the time!

How I come home to find the kids if I ask the boys to babysit.  Every man for himself. :)

 I looked outback and saw mimi on the tramp.  I got closer and she had a whole bunch of sand to keep her busy.  She's been pretty independent lately, and it is cute to see what her imagination can create.

 She looks nervous about getting in trouble.  Hmmmm. No way, when you're that cute. ;)