Family Slumber Party!

Andrew had the brilliant idea to have a family slumber party...huge success! We brought down mattresses, pillows, blankets, and stuffed animals down to the family room and all of us (except Em - she'll join in when a little older) slept together snuggling! So fun!! Our next slumber party is scheduled for Carolyn's winter break - the girls are excited to have a fire going in the fireplace for that one. Here the fam is snuggling and watching a movie before going to bed.

The set up :)

Love This Girl...

I am inlove with this sideways closed-mouth-smile Angela likes to give to the camera...

This girl is such a sweety. She loves to help out and loves to be sweet. As an example, just today she did two things that show how this girls loves to be sweet. First, while at the park Carolyn decided on the way back to the car that her legs were too tired to walk to the park so she sat down in the grass...Angela and I were several yards ahead of her and almost to the car. When Angela saw and heard that Carolyn was tired - she ran over to her and said, "I can't carry you, but I can hold your hand to the car." WHAT A SWEETY! Another example from today, we were on a bike ride (well, Ang was riding the scooter, Carolyn was on a bike, and I was pushing EM in the stroller). Carolyn was having difficulty getting her bike through a rocky road we were on...so, Angela said, "I'll help you, Carolyn" ....so, for the entire time we were on the rocky road, Angela would go push Carolyn on her bike and then run back to her scooter and catch up...then she would do it again and again. I love my sweety.

First Snowfall of the Season

Oh, that first snowfall of the winter...what a day we've been all waiting for....

The first snowfall of the season means we get to blast "The First Snowfall" by the Carpenters...run around in the snow...and make paper snowflakes (next year I need to make sure to have hot chocolate in the house because that part didn't happen this time around). I love snow as long as I don't have to drive in it...and I'm done with snow once Christmas is over. But, today, it was a perfect day for a snowfall ;)
The first snowfall happen to fall on this little girls' 8 month day :) We love this little happy girl. She just loves to be talked to...her whole face will light up and smile and her happy hands will go crazy if someone starts talking to her...our sweet little social butterfly. She is getting even better at crawling (doesn't have it perfectly down yet - but has a little army/scooting crawl thing going on). We love our little Ems!
Making paper snowflakes...

I love this babe's adorable laugh :) She is very ticklish...esp. on the neck.
Our great friends, the Vickerys (aka Prince Micah's family) happen to be over on the first snowfall. It was fun to have them to celebrate.

Our Fall Utah Trip!

We had soooo much fun on a little quick Utah trip! We went jet skiing.... (Andrew is such a dork)

The big event was the big BYU football game. Luckily, we came away with a win against Utah State (although it was a sadly close game - but a fun one to be at...for everyone except for Emily - she hasn't been "trained" with loud sports crowds yet :)







We got to sit by my dad and silly monkey (aka Richy)

We played lots of fun games....
Playing in Ponka and Nana's backyard....





We always try to hit the Bean Museum every time we go out to Utah...



Acting like the animals...



Emily practicing her BYU cheerleading stand for the games :)
...And fun at Grandpa and Grandma's house! Here I am with Michelley's sweet baby girl, Jules. I was so excited to meet her!
Grandpa and Ems...

Scary Olive Hands...
Aunt Banana and Emy