Great Falls Shopping

I just got these pictures off my friend's facebook page and thought I would share them. A couple weekends ago I went with some girlfriends down to Great Falls, MT to do some sweet shopping. I know Great Falls isn't the shopping mecca of anything, but it had all the essentials - Target, Ross, and Bath and Body Works. It was so much fun, and obviously a very successful trip. AND we made it back into Canada with out having to pay a single cent of duty/GST! I'm so glad I've got such good girlfriends that love to shop as much as I do!

Just imagine what it looked like BEFORE we took all our luggage out!

I just got back Moses' school pictures. It is funny because I still don't think of him as really being in school at all. School Pictures for preschool? But I thought it would be somehow wrong to not get at least one picture. It actually turned out cute too!

I usually am not a fan of posting stranger's children on my blog without their permission. But Moses was making such a funny face in this that I had to. So I blurred the rest out. :) I think he was in the middle of a yawn or something. Blackmail for when he's older!

Happy Halloween

We had a fun Halloween this year. Moses loved everything from the decorations, to the costumes, and of course the candy. Kael was old enough to enjoy it too, but he didn't love a lot of the scary stuff.

Moses and I made candy apples for some friends and relatives. It was actually a lot of fun. The caramel part was tricky, but the candy part was exciting. Moses really got into it. He kept saying things like, "My heart tells me it needs more candy corn," and "My heart tells me I need to eat more chocolate." I have no idea where he learned that phrase. I obviously don't say it a lot. It was funny to hear it coming out of his mouth. Candy is obviously very important and close to Moses' heart!

We had a halloween party at our house. We invited a few of the kids from our ward to come and party with us. We made a craft, ate some food, and played. The best part was the door-to-bedroom-door trick or treating. The kids really got into it and just had to go back a couple of times! It was really cute and a lot of fun. I might have to make this a tradition...

We took the kids trick or treating in Glenwood again this year. We only went to about 5 houses before they were both done. And we were dragging them to about the last 3! Scott and I were enjoying ourselves; we were a little disappointed to have to stop. Maybe our kids will let us go longer next year!

Great Grandma Thomas was a little TOO scary for our little dragon.

I really should have taken a video, because no matter how many pictures I take of the back of this adorable costume it doesn't capture how cute and funny it was to watch this tail swish back and forth as Kael walked!

Boys just being boys

I don't know if it is just my boys or all boys, but my boys cannot seem to stop wrestling. The other morning they both came into my room to wake me up. They weren't in my bed for more than 30 seconds before they started wrestling each other. Even though it sometimes drives me crazy, I love them for it!

Learning body parts

Kael knows most of the names for common body parts now. Here's proof he knows where his nose and eyes are.

Mostly we just think it's funny that it looks like he is picking his nose in this picture.

Moses is a mom!

Moses has been saving his money so he could buy himself a toy. He finally had enough so off we went to the dollar store. He picked out a a little egg that had a volcano inside it. When you add water, the volcano dissolves and then you see a little dinosaur. You leave the dinosaur in for 3 days and it grows and grows until it is as big as the egg. Then you can "hatch" your dinosaur.

It was cute, but it wouldn't have been anything out of the ordinary except that Moses loved it so much! He sat and watched it until the volcano was completely dissolved. He was thrilled to discover the baby parasaurolophus. And yes, he knew exactly what kind of dinosaur was in the egg. He would hold the egg and tell it how much he loved it. And he would give Scott and I a running commentary on what the baby was watching, thinking, and saying. He even made a song up about the parasaurolophus! When the time came for it to hatch, Moses carried it everywhere with him non stop for 3 days. He claims he is it's mom. When I explained that he is a boy so he should be a dad, he said, "It's OK mom, because I'm just pretending."

Little snooze

Kael woke from his nap yesterday smiling and laughing. I got him out of bed even though he had only slept for an hour. Sometimes when he has a short nap he is cranky and I leave him in there awhile and he goes back to sleep. But he seemed happy so I let him up. I turned on a little signing time video for him and went back to what I was doing. About 10 minutes later, I heard a snore. I looked over and saw this:

He had pulled the blanket up over his head and gone right back to sleep! This is the second time he has covered his face like this to sleep. The first was in the car. I think it is so funny! He stayed asleep for almost another hour, even after Moses got up. Every once in awhile we heard little snores coming from under the blanket. When he woke up he just pulled it off his head and started playing. What a crack up!

The Windy, Blustery Day

There was a bit of a windstorm last night. I heard it howling, but it didn't seem to last long. It seemed to have quieted down by the time I went to bed. When I woke up I had a bit of a shock when I looked outside. This is what I saw:

You need to click on the pictures and see them enlarged to get the full effect.

I'm surprised my tree is still standing!

PS - Check out that nice looking walkway we just put in!

Playing Catch Up

This summer I seem to be constantly playing catch up on my blog. So here it is, all caught up again. Maybe I will keep up on it better. Things are going to start slowing down...yeah right. Make sure you scroll all the way to the bottom for all the new posts!

I Love to See the Temple

Moses asked me one Sunday to take him to the temple. We had earlier church last Sunday because of stake conference, so we decided it would be the perfect day to go and see the temple. We took some pictures and walked around the grounds and enjoyed the scenery. I think in some of these pictures we look like total posers, but they are still pretty. And I promise we weren't really posing - in most of them anyway....

I am so grateful for the temple. It has blessed my life in so many ways. I love my family and am so grateful that Heavenly Father has provided a way for me to stay a family forever. Marrying Scott in the temple was the best thing I've ever done. It was the start of an eternal journey and now our beautiful children will be a part of that.