halloween festivities

and the marathon picture post

 c not so sure she wanted to pull out the guts

 j of course dived in!

g not sure he was loving it

 c finally got going

 the gang

 b imitating a zombie

 she carved hers all by herself

 g's looks pretty great

 and we're done

 b got to dress up as an occupation for school

 it was fun, i got to visit both of the kids parties for school.

loved being there

 tinkerbell and her little friend elsa.

tink was wishing she had a wand

 ready to head out, minus g-who was a ninja and was in stealth mode

 ah the spoils.

 these were my kids reject candy.

mmmm. lucky me.

enjoying fall

enjoying the beauty this area offers

 the kiddos love to take blankets outside and jump on the tramp. 

we had to put a nix on it after being unable to find 2 blankets that the youngest two have to sleep with at night and having to go out in the rain and the pitch black to look for them

 daddy has been busy painting and accidentally got himself

 we had friends over to play.

they got into a lot ;)

 crazy hair day.

last knoebels day

what a great end to a sweet girls' baptism.

grandpa wasn't too sure about this ride the fandango that spun you around and soared into crazy heights.

 loving dippin dots

 who doesn't love this place!

we will miss this place so much when we move!

baptism

this little cutie was baptized on october 18th. it was such a special day. daddy's parents were able to come and it was so neat having them there.

 she could hardly wait for her special day. she kept asking every day for 3 weeks how far away it was.

 we felt so much love and support from our ward and friends.

 her sweet friend came to support her

 we love our family

 she looks like an angel.

i actually got pretty teary eyed when i saw her looking so sweet. she has the sweetest personality.

 beautiful day for a baptism.

 one thing i always want to remember is when she came out of the water and back into the changing room- she was beaming. it actually looked like she couldn't contain all of her happiness in her little  body. it looked like she was going to burst with happiness. 

she was worried she didn't feel the warm happy feeling after being baptized. i reminded her that the spirit is felt in different ways and i asked her how she felt after she was baptized and she said so happy. i'm not surprised that this is how she feels the influence of the holy ghost. she really is such a happy go lucky little girl.

this girl makes my day!