Let the countdown begin.

I am so excited... We are leaving for Disneyland in just a week and a half. I am so excited to get away, visit with family, enjoy the park and all the rides and entertainment, and just have fun with Mickey and all his friends!

I made this countdown for our kids. They have had so much fun taking a ring off every day as we get ready for the trip.
On a down note, I am a little sad about the timing of the trip. We are going to be gone during our ward's primary program. I was just put in as our new primary president and I am stressed and worried about missing the program. I know that the kids will do a fabulous job, but I am sad that I won't get to see them.

Happy Birthday Skylar!

I can't believe I have a seven year old! Skylar is getting so grown up. She is such a fun girl and I love having her in our family.
This year for her birthday she wanted to have a pajama party. So we had a late night with her and 9 of her friends. It was CRAZY! Just imagine 11 little girls (counting her and Kortnie) going nuts for two hours and that's what the party was like. I think all of the girls had a great time and Skylar told us it was her best birthday ever! (although I think she tells us that every year!).

We opened some presents from Mom and Dad, Grandma and Aunt Melodee before the party started. 

Decorating pillow cases

The whole gang and their creations.

Getting ready to play musical pillows.

Boogie Fever!

What do you wish this person with a BUMP on the head!

Dear old Skylar

Make a wish! We did cupcakes with flowers made out of starbusts and skittles.

The LOOT! Wow she is spoiled.

Almost all of her friends that she invited are in her school class this year and it was fun to meet them and get to know the girls that she spends so much time talking about.

7 reasons we love you Skylar!
- You are beautiful inside and out!
- You are a great protector of your little sister and brothers.
- You are so smart.
- You are willing to try new things.
- You have an amazing heart and don't like to see others suffer.
- You love to laugh and have fun.
- You have a great testimony of the gospel.

Rolling, rolling, rolling

On Saturday Lukas turned 4 months old. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. He is growing up too fast. I love to see him grow and develop. I have his check up with the doctor tomorrow and I am excited to see how much he has grown.
On Friday he learned to roll over from his back to his belly. I actually got some pictures! (okay so this is the second time he did it, but hey at least I got my camera out!)

Laying on his back - just getting ready!

Starting to roll.

Almost There!

And a he makes it to his belly!

 He also loves to grasp his hands. He is still singing and talking whenever anyone will listen. He loves to stand when we hold his hands and he has started teething. He drools and tries to bite on everything.

October Fun

I hate that I am always so behind in my blogging. I  really hope to change that one day, but don't expect it any time soon!
  
October was a fun month filled with witches, parties and trick-or-treating.
Over UEA weekend Kory took a couple of days off so we went to Gardener Village to see the witches with three of my sisters and all their kids. It was CrAzY busy! The weather was beautiful though and the kids had a great time finding all the witches from the scavenger hunt. After seeing all the witches we went and got lunch and then took the kids to a park. It was nice to do something fun as a family and get out and enjoy the fall weather.
We also took a trip to the pumpkin patch.  The kids had fun trying to pick the perfect pumpkin. Holland kept asking about the Great Pumpkin and Charlie Brown. It was so cute.

It had rained the day we went to pick pumpkins, so all of our shoes looked like this by the time we went home. We had to go home in our socks and then wash off all our shoes with the hose.

 That night we went home and painted the pumpkins. The kids all had fun decorating the pumpkin they had chosen.



On the Friday before Halloween, Kory took the day off and we were able to go to both Skylar and Kortnie's class Halloween parties. It was fun to see them in their costumes.

All of my little tricksters were so excited to go Trick-or-Treating. They had a great time even though it was raining.

And here is little Lukas getting acquainted with Ronald. Since they dressed up as the same thing this year, they spent a lot of time together!