Halloween Week

This year, we got to celebrate Halloween for a week! After getting dressed up 4 times, I am glad it is over! Started out on Monday night.... We had a trunk or treat at work. The local businesses sponsored it and we had a great time. My mom came and walked the kids around while I sat at the car and passed out candy. 

My mom had a neighborhood halloween party, and invited us to go. I got the kids dressed up again and headed to the party. They did a carnival theme and Konner and Zaydee loved it. Konner spend most of his time at the mini golf game while all Zayd cared about was DANCING! She danced from pumpkin to pumpkin at the cake walk. She didnt care about winning a cupcake, she just wanted to dance! The weather was nice and the company was good!

Saturday was an EXTREMELY long day for me. I worked all day and then hurried to get the kids ready for the next halloween event! We started the night with dinner at the Middleton trunk or treat. Konner and Zaydee were so excited to get to trick or treat with their BEST BUDDIES! After getting a bucket full of candy we headed over to do a little trick-or-treating in my moms neighborhood. We went by a couple of houses before the kids got to tired. I took the kids over to see my grandparents. And, as always, the kids had a blast! My grandpa drew a Z for Zorro on Konner's chest. Konner said "Mom, I am never taking a bath cause I dont want this to wash off!!" 

And we ended the night like this.................

On Sunday, we made halloween french toast! The kids thought it was soooo cool. After we ate Emilee and Konner did a little switcheroo! They dumped out all of their candy and traded. 

Halloween was a lot of fun but I am glad it is over. I am really looking forward to the holiday season now!

Until next year......

Time flies...

Wow! Time is flying by... 

The last month has gone by so fast for us. Here is a brief little update

Mikey turned 20! We had a fun little birthday party for him the day after his birthday. The kids were so good to help him blow out "ALL" of his candles! I got to hang out with him in Vegas on his real birthday. 

My friend, and co worker, Leslee works at Tuachan and got me a free ticket to see THRILLER. I was very impressed with the dancers and look forward to next year.

Met some friends in Vegas! Had a great time but didn't get to much sleep... I was in need of a vacation from my vacation! :)

Polished up on my bowling skills with Sammy and her family.

Yeehaw!

One of the many great things about August, is the Dixie Roundup. Konner really does look forward to it for a whole year. He asks ALL YEAR when "his" rodeo is. This year, since he is 5, we put him in the drawing for mutton bustin' but were not successful.... bummer. He was sad about it but we will try again next year. Seriously considering changing his last name for the occasion! (you know, like staheli or Gubler or something!)   

We had a really good time! We got to hang out with good company and snack on "rodeo" food! I had a great time figuring out my camera and other than the fact that the rodeo was sooooo long, we all had fun!

Michael, Michael, Motorcycle!

Mikey got a WHEELS!! My dad and Mikey have been looking for a decent, inexpensive motorcycle for a while. Well they finally found one in Cedar City. They drove up there and picked it up, but when they got home they realized, Mikey didn't know how to drive it! haha So my whole family sat outside while my dad and Josh gave him some lessons. Started out a little scary but ended GREAT! Michael was so excited and keeps trying to get me to go on rides with him...... sorry, not yet!! 

 Zaydee and Em

 Mikey's FREE lessons! :)

 So happy!!

Konner and Zayd trying it out for size!

Avery's Birthday

Avery's birthday party was so fun for the kids! Zaydee especially loved dancing in her "DANCING SKIRT!" I really love this picture because of what was happening...... Avery and Zaydee were in deep conversation about the Barbie. The other little girl came over and started talking to Avery. In this picture, Avery looks at her and says, 

"Excuse me, but I am not talking to you right now. Can't you see I am busy talking to Zaydee" 

HA HA HA I was cracking up!  Thank you for the fun party!

Movie in the park!

One of our favorite things to do this summer was go to the movie in the park. We would grab something for dinner and head to the Town Square to get a good spot! We brought blankets, pillows, jackets, jammies AND SNACKS! Before the movie started they would get all the kids together for some wiggle time. They did the chicken dance and the macerena. Then they did a train and danced around the whole park. By the time the kids got done they were ready to settle down for the movie. We had a lot of fun and look forward to doing it again next year! 

p.s Thanks Bradi for the collage frames! Love it :)