November 2017

Griffin has been taking speech therapy from Miss Jenni for the past 9 months and has made such amazing progress. Griffin just adores her! We are sad to see her go, but Griffin has done so well he doesn't need it anymore. Way to go Griffin! 

 This is what happens while mommy is putting away groceries. Yikes! Vaseline is very hard to get out of clothing!

 Dallin & Teesha flew over from Utah to spend Thanksgiving week with us. The kids LOVED the extra attention and we all had a blast.

 We spent a lot of time playing at the park. Griffin loves to dunk the ball with Daddys help.

 I can't believe this boy was turning 3 that week! Where has time gone?!

 We had a big Thanksgiving dinner at the house - complete with all the fixings except pumpkin pie. There weren't many fans in the house so I opted for something more people would enjoy. Peanut Butter trifle.

 The kids loved smothering Uncle Dallin. Just prepping him to be a dad to a million kids someday!

 Griffin's birthday started out with sprinkles on his cereal - the kids fav!

 We then hit up Chic Fil A and chuck e cheese - two of his favorites. He loves skee ball even though he just walks up and throws it in the bottom (no points) section.

 Getting treats after trading in the tickets we won.

 Opening gifts - he got some coins to put in his dino piggy bank. If you ever want to make this kid happy, give him a few coins for his bank!

 Opening a bigger cinder dragon. I love how his face shows his excitment!

 Griffin already had little & keychain Cinder, but he got the medium and giant Cinder dragons to complete his collection.

 For weeks Griffin had been requesting pink and green cake for his dessert ... so random but I thought it was so cute that he knew what he wanted.

 Happy 3rd Birthday Griffin! You are the sweetest & happiest boy there ever was. We are so grateful you are in our family and can't imagine life without you. Thanks for being our little ball of sunshine!!

 After cupcakes we decided to hit up some black friday shopping at the outlets. Good finds at Nike and Under Armor!

 Griffin loves to wear these clear work glasses, so I hiked up his pants and took a pic - cutie! November was a great month. We are loving December so far and soaking up every minute of the Christmas spirit!

October 2017

October started the way it always should - great talks, advice, and doctorine from the leaders of our church. I love this chance to dial in and hear what we need to hear. If you want to learn more about my church, visit here.

Celebrating Chelsea's birthday with my girlfriends

We went to Mexico ... see previous post. Then it was our ward trunk or treat. Kids loved it & got a lot of candy. Griffin as iron man

Jaxson as a ninja

Avery as a rainbow unicorn ... every girls dream costume!

We loved the cooler weather & colorful trees this month -  I wish this season would last much longer!!

Jaxson & Avery had their last soccer games - they had fun, was a good experience, but I don't think we will be playing soccer again anytime soon.

Pumpkin patchin' with the Gertsch family. This is Avery & Reese

Griffin & Beck

Avery loves dressing up & so does her friends. We need to find some more little boy friendly costumes...

Weekend trip to the zoo - loved this picture of Jax & Ryan

Griffin loves dinosaurs but didn't want to be anywhere near the T-rex unless I was holding him. Scardy pants

Griffin walked downstairs one afternoon after Avery dressed him up and did his makeup. Lovely ...

Then the came down like this. Love these kiddos who keep me laughing!

I stopped by the elementary school to help in Avery's class & had lunch time with Jax & Avery. Griffin wishes he could stay at school with them too

Avery & her cute little bear she made a bed for - so sweet. I want to remember these moments!

(Pre) Halloween dinner. Mummy dogs, jello brain, worm salad, and mummy brownies.

Somone has made some huge strides in potty training!! I would say he is abnout 95% of the way there and I am so excited about that. It has been a long time coming. 

Halloween celebrations at school - Avery & Griffin just love coming to Jaxson's class. 

 Trick or treating - it was cold but that didn't stop the kids from getting 2 bucketfuls each!

 Cooking class date! Ryan's parents gave the gift to us and we were so excited to finally use it! We learned how to make pork dumpings, general tsao's chicken, fortune cookies, etc. Yum!

 Last pic is just funny. The dark spots on the picture detect very little heat. Ryan always complains about being warm and I always complain about my hands, feet, and nose being cold. The picture is spot on!

Bring on November!