Amalia and Erika! Big roller! 

Hannah rolling the dice. 

Candy Game

The FAMOUS candy board game. Jake went all out and created a colorful new board with a few new squares. As you can see we had a lot of candy because on each number there are just piles of candy. Both the kids and the adults had fun.

The adults and the pineapple (the center piece). 

The kids and their turkeys! 

Like father like son....need I say more 

Hocus Pocus!

It is soooo cold up here. It reminds me how much I hate the winter and cold now that I am a wimp. I am so looking forward to our Hawaii trip in a month! Blue oceans, warm air, clear skies.............

Alright, so a few days ago I went to an herbal shop. My friend referred me there a long time ago and I had always laughed at her. Anyway I was amazed at what the lady could tell. She has some wierd 'body energy' thing that can supposedly tell you what is 'out of whack' in your body. She does it by you pushing your thumb and middle finger together and when you say a word, your body "releases" an energy whether it's positive or negative. Anyway when you say the word she tries to pull your fingers apart. If she can't then that part of the body is strong. If she can then that part of your body is weak. Then she showed me some other stuff. Like when she said heart, my fingers stayed together. Then she had me hold a can of sugar (poison) and say heart and I couldn't keep my fingers together. Then I put it down and they stayed together. It's wierd is all I can say. Anyway I have a feeling that it's true because everything that was 'wrong' with me matched the symptons that she asked. Anyway I decided to try what she recommended and see if it works. I honestly think your body and tell you stuff. I guess I will find out...

So I told Jake about it and of course you can guess what he was saying. That it was just like a physic or something. You should have seen his face, he was like 'oh man, what is my wife doing now!' Has anyone of you guys ever tried herbs or been to see an herb 'counselor'? Just wondering. I don't think herbs are the answer to everything, but some simple stuff, what can it hurt to try? Hopefully you guys don't think I am some sorta of wierdo or something.

On another note, we got our new camera today! I am excited. Our last one got broken ( I won't say how) but it was almost as much to fix it as to get a new one! That and I feel like we got a steel on it!

This is one of my favorite pictures. It just reminds me of the peace that the temple brings along with the joys of children. 

Great Grandma Mary and Cruz. This was one of the last pictures my camera took :( Ask Jake what happened. 

Cruz loving the windows. 

Sisters again. 

Dad and the kids infront of the Salt Lake Temple. 

Isaac, Kirsten, Toby, McKay and Aspen....cousins. 

Kirsten and McKay.... the pumpkin carving outcome. 

Kirsten didn't want to get her hands dirty because she had 'just washed them'. Cruz was looking down the "hole".  

Carving pumpkins with Grandma and Grandpa. (McKay digging out the seeds.) 

Sisters! Notice the holding hands. This was when we stayed the weekend for Hester's wedding.  

More fun in the park

Cruz enjoyed the swings. Also there are more pictures of the girls playing on the slide in leaves.

Fun at the Park

We let the kids exhaust the etra energy at the park. McKay loves the monkey bars and they both loved the slides.

A new cousin

This is McKay and her cousin Elizabeth.

Pumpkinland

While in Utah last weekend, we went to Pumpkinland. The kids enjoyed the corn maze (which we actually got lost in, considering it's small), the cut-out faces and all the rest of the stuff.

Two genies and a king

These are the pictures we had done at the mall. I liked the second one the best but Jake didn't. I think it shows their personalities the best. We ended up getting the first though. I swore after I made their Princess dresses two years ago that I would never sew costumes again. Well.... I got bored when Jake was designing the plans at night in September. I am proud to say that I did every stitch by myself and it only took me a week. I am in the process of another project though.

As you can tell we got our new computer. So I posted quite a few pictures from September and the first of October. McKay is counting down the days of when she will see Aspen. I am counting down the days that I get a break from school. I am not a morning person and neither is McKay. I don't help the fact that I stay up past midnight. Jake and I both need a better schedule. We have tried to set a 'bedtime' rule but it doesn't work because we aren't tired. It doesn't help that there is a TV in the room either. Oh well, I guess we both learn the hard way. Love ya all!

Tautphaus Zoo

The kids really enjoyed this zoo. It's in Idaho Falls and it's pretty small. It doesn't have elephants or rhinos or giraffes (or hippos, as Kirsten reminded me) but the kids didn't really care. They spent at least 30 minutes watching the monkeys. It still has a lot of the other animals, like lions and tigers and giraffes and all that. It's also small enough you can walk it in about two hours and see everything. (Bonus for the parents). Anyway the first picture is infront of the camels and the second is in the petting zoo.

Happy Birthday Cruz! "1"

Cruz turned one on September 10th. We had Sarah over and had our own little family party. He loves riding on any type of automobile toy.

Labor Day Weekend

This is Kirsten and Cruz playing at Erika's over labor day. They enjoy dressing up.

Funny things 2

Kirsten said one today that caught me off guard. Jake came home from work and buzzed his head. We went to leave for a church activity and in the van Kirsten asks her dad if he got a hair cut. Jake says "yes." Then Kirsten says, "When we get home you better put it back on, okay dad?"