Thanksgiving in St. George

We had a fun little getaway to St. George--Thank you Sara!!! for having your soccer tournament--over Thanksgiving weekend!

It was fun spending time with some of my side of the family, going to the "narrows," and swimming!

We love St. George!

Alexa and Mika were SO CUTE playing together this trip!...it was so funny to listen to their conversations! :)

Friends

Friends are so special and important!...

especially to our little Alexa!

Here are a few things our girls have been doing with friends lately.

Alexa enjoyed the outdoors with her cousin Nathan...

Alexa and her friend Merry being "pirates...arrrr!" with their playdough...

Alexa and Karli's cousins, Seth and Mika, came over for a little visit...!

SISTERS--the BEST friends of all!

"LOOK MOM, THE TEMPLE!"

Alexa "built" the temple today while we were playing in her room....the things she comes up with! She is so much fun!

Jump, Jump

We went to Jump On It for a little family party for the November Birthdays...because pretty much every month there are "a ton" of birthdays, so we choose a day each month to celebrate them all! It was SO MUCH FUN! and FUN for all ages! We had a blast! I wish we had a picture to share...you'll just have to go to experience it!...just imagine a room FULL OF TRAMPOLINES!

I'm so glad when Daddy comes home!

"I'm so glad when Daddy comes home, glad as I can be!

Clap my hands, and shout for joy,

and climb upon his knee!

Put my arms around his neck,

hug him tight like this!

Pat his cheeks, and give him what...

A GREAT BIG KISS...smack!"

I've been teaching Alexa this song

so we can sing it to Tyler when he comes home from work...

because it is the greatest time of the day for all three of us!

I love my sisters!

* Julie, Sara, Amy, Kristi, Kaci *
This is us, the five girls in our family of nine kids!

It was fun to finally get a picture all together!

Little Jade Rose

Alexa and Karli's youngest cousin, Jade, had her baby blessing today. Jade is my brother Jeff and Amber's little girl. She looked so beautiful in her little white dress, she is such a sweetheart.

Early Mornings

This time change thing has been really "FUN" in our house...our girls haven't quite adjusted yet, which means that we all have been having some crazy sleeping schedules (I don't know why just an hour difference makes such a HUGE difference). The girls are ready to go to bed earlier...which means they (mainly Alexa) wake up WAY TOO EARLY.

Yes, we voted today.

We made it a family outing this morning at 6:45 (I wish we had a picture). Alexa and Karli were really good for us, and luckily we didn't have to wait forever. Alexa was wondering at first where the boat was...we had to keep saying v-v-v-vote....little cutie! Maybe we were just getting them used to the voting stuff early...or maybe it was just better going all together instead of trying to find a babysitter!

Halloween Night

We had a great Halloween! We made "mummies" for dinner, carved pumpkins, gave out candy, and trick-or-treated!

Alexa has been anxiously awaiting the pumpkin carving, and did a great job (Karli had a to watch this year, but she didn't seem to mind to much)! Alexa didn't even care about the slimy insides, she loved all of it! It is so much fun to see how excited she gets, it makes the holiday even better! Kids are the best!

The three girls sitting by our freshly carved pumpkins...All dressed and ready to go out! Ty stayed to give out candy (and Karli joined him after just a few houses)!
Alexa is walking out the door, ready to go trick-or-treating! She got the hang of it pretty quick...although it was pretty funny after just the first house, she was ready to go home and eat her candy!...but soon she realized every home was giving candy! What an exciting night for her :)

Alexa met up with her friend Merry a few times while we were trick-or-treating! They have been having the best time together! I am so happy that she will have a good friend her age just a few houses away from ours! Alexa was so excited about her "glowing necklace" she and I wore!