Pictures

Thanks to my friend Jana, we got new pictures of our kids.  I finally got around to posting them.  Here's the background information on each:

Sarah's -- we wanted her to have a natural smile instead of the pasted one you see on the school pictures.  We tried to get her to laugh.  She performed well.

Breanna's -- we were trying to get her TO smile and told her, "Breanna, smile like a princess."  Here's what we got -- our little princess!

Rebecca's -- say cheese.  She's very good at it except for she scrunches her eyes.  So Rebecca -- just cute, cute, cute!

Hunter's -- bring a toy and the boy smiles.  Don't you just love his HUGE front teeth.  They're inherited!  My dad thinks he gets them from him.  His first tooth, at 10 months old, was one of the top ones -- only.  Then one of the bottom ones came in and thankfully the other bottom one came in shortly after.  He's had ONLY four teeth since he turned one.  He's almost 17 months old and is getting about 5 teeth right now.  Two molars, two on top and one more on the bottom.  I guess his teeth have a mind of their own.  They are not coming in the "usual" order at all!

Locks of Love

A while back I decided that I wanted to donate Breanna's pretty blonde hair to "Locks of Love". It's been growing out for about a year or so. We finally reached the 10" needed to donate. Thank goodness! It was starting to tangle a lot, and with her sensitive head (just like her mother) "pretty hair" was getting to be very difficult. Here's the result:

Our little Rapunzel has cut her hair and she's still as cute as ever!

Halloween's coming, Halloween's coming! What shall we do?

For Halloween this year we went to Brent & Lori's up north. It was soooo much fun! This is what greeted us when we drove up to their house.

Since our nephew, Nathan was down in the valley playing in a soccer tournament, he wasn't home when we got there. My SIL told my girls that Nathan was buried in the front yard because that's his shoe in the ground. Later, she, of course, showed them it was all fake. Breanna got worried and said, "How can I help Nathan get out of there." Rebecca, smart one that she is, said, "That not Nathan."

They went all out on our meals!

Breakfast: pumpkin pancakes and bacon

Lunch: wormy sandwiches (sliced hot dogs strips cooked in the frying pan) and chips

Dinner: Guts & eyeballs (spaghetti, olives, garlic bread, and green salad)

Breakfast: egg burritos (potatoes, sausage, eggs, & cheese)

THEN, there were fun activities planned for the kids!

Pumpkin carving

Spider cookies

After the activities, we got all the kids ready for Halloween! Oh, soooo cute!!!

Hunter & Rebecca were little gnomes. Oh, incredibly cute! Rebecca played the part so well. She walks with a little hop. She wouldn't let you touch or take off her hat. Don't even think about holding her bucket.

We went down the fairgrounds for some fun activities, then to the ward Trunk-or-Treat.

It was an incredibly fun weekend!

Thanks Turley family -- IT WAS AWESOME!