Happy?

Are you feeling HAPPY?!
Well...if you are living in UTAH, you should be.
We Utahns are said to be the happiest people.
So next time you are feeling down...remember to be happy because you live among happy people!

The top five are:

1. Utah
2. Hawaii
3. Wyoming
4.Colorado
5. Minnesota

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100234481&GT1=31036

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/the-happiest-states-of-america/

I thought it was pretty cool to read...and pretty PROUD to live here in "Happyville!"

Halloween Fairies!

Our family had a great Halloween Day!

In the evening, Grandma and Grandpa Shelley

came over for dinner and to see our little fairies.

Trick-or-treating was really fun with both of our girls!

Karli was so excited...I don't know how she knew what was going on so well...she even kept her costume on until it was time to go to bed!...and, yes, that is a headband on her head! Can you believe it?! She kept it on all night! We probably won't see that ever happen again :)

We ran into Alexa's little friend Merry while going down our street...so we finished the evening with her, her brother, and her mom! They looked so cute! I couldn't get over how fun it was watching the little fairies run to each house.

We were going to take Karli in after a few houses, but she wouldn't have that...she was loving it! Both of our girls LOVE Halloween...the whole idea of dressing up and candy is a pretty fun concept I guess!

shout out to ABBY

I LOVE Abby on Biggest Loser...WOW, talk about an inspiration!

I don't think that I had dry eyes on any of the shows this season because of her!

She lost her husband, her 5 year old daughter, and her baby in a car accident.

She went through way too much, but came out a winner!

She is so loving and positive, and everyone loves her.

What a great example!

She got voted off this week, and I thought deserved a shout out.

Poor black team...total underdogs...I usually tend to cheer for the ones not winning...

Once upon a Fairytale

We really enjoy HaLLoWEen!

And have a lot of fun dressing up for it!

We have fun parties every year with at least one side of our family,

so we try to get creative.

Last year we went more

TRADITIONAL HALLOWEEN

with our costumes

since Alexa wanted to be a witch

and Karli had a pumpkin costume already.

Tyler and I ended up being Frankenstein and Frankenstein's wife...

This year we went a little more

HAPPILY EVER AFTER :)

Alexa decided to be a fairy,

so of course, Karli gets to be a fairy too!

...so what could Tyler and I be to go along with fairies...

Ever heard of the frog and the princess?

(the pictures aren't the best, a few technical difficulties...but you get the idea!)

Here is a link to my family's blog with other really fun costumes from the party!

http://kromklan.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-halloween.html

fall is in the air

This past Saturday was dedicated to our yard.

Getting it ready for the winter by clearing out and cleaning up...

It is a sad day to have no more garden after enjoying it so much

through the spring and summer.

It is exciting to think about the fun things we get to look forward to

through the fall and winter...especially holidays....

every season has its own beauty and fun,

but we especially love to think about what we are

going to do when it finally warms up again :)

MonStEr dRinK

Alexa decided that she wanted a "MONSTER DRINK"

(I promise that this was totally thought up by her!)

made with

ORANGE JUICE

+

SPINACH

+

APPLE SAUCE

=
ALEXA'S MONSTER DRINK

She was so proud of it, and that she thought it up on her own, and that it actually tasted yummy! :)

Daddy-less

I'm not going to lie, I really like 5:00pm--
It's when Alexa, Karli, and I can expect to see Daddy come home.

We are so lucky that Tyler has the job he does, and that we have him home every night and on the weekends...

I am reminded of this right now because we were daddy-less last night.

Yes, we survived.

And I can't complain too much, because I know so many families whose Dad's travel regularly...
We are just excited for our Dad to come home!

Last Shebang of Summer

What a great way to end the summer! We took off to St. George for the weekend with some of my side of the family. We spent two "fun in the sun" days at Sand Hollow Reservoir, and then did some other "musts" the following day. The weather was beautiful and the company was great. We had a fun time.

The Krommenhoek girls who were there...someone said "serious"

Our "babysitters" :)
It was nice having others around to entertain our little ones once and awhile!

The SAND was definitely a highlight for our girls!

This shows you how Karli was on the boat this trip...didn't like it that much! She couldn't handle not being free to wander wherever she wanted, and whenever she tried she'd fall! Poor girl! As soon as she got on the beach her whole mood would change--she was granted her freedom once again!

Our group--Kaci, Sara, Savannah (Sara's friend), Mama K, T, K, A, K, Laini (Amy's friend), and Amy-- right after climbing up the "narrows" (aka the split in the rock)!

Gotta love St George!

Now, bring on the FALL!

Beautiful colors

crisp air

warm, cozy clothes

fun holidays

yummy food

...thinking positive! :)

Early Morning Ride

My Mom, Chelsie, and I had a good time last Saturday on our early morning ride! (these pictures were scanned, so not very clear, but at least I didn't have to add heads to some random picture I found on google!)

I can't tell you how fun and refreshing it is riding horses! I love it!

random weather

This is what happens at the splash park when there is lightening spotted--they turn off the water--but that doesn't stop the fun from happening! Alexa had her two cousins Seth and Mika over for a few hours, so we decided to head over to the Splash Park,not realizing the big gray cloud creeping overhead, and right when we got there to play they turned the water off :( Luckily they had their scooters! They still managed to have a good time!

The three of them at the park near our home...(the sun came out again)