Beauty and the Beast

I took Rylee to see Highland High's production of "Beauty and the Beast". We had such a great girls night!!! She loved all of the characters and the songs. She was so funny, b/c she kept pointing out to me that the characters were not the real ones (like the real Belle) But they were just wearing costumes and pretending--but she loved it. We then had to get her picture taken with most of the characters, I even tried to leave before getting a few of these and she wouldn't have it. I have such an angel:) The picture above it Ry and Belle and the one below is, obviliously, the beast.

Gaston

Lexi was a silly girl in love with Gaston (she is one of my Y.W)

Roselina was Babette (the duster--also one of my Y.W.)

Wardrobe

Mre. Potts

Chip

Cogsworth

and Lumiere--he was my favorite, he even did the french accent:)

A fun girls weekend and my adorable kids

Noelle, Dana, Ashley, Shantay and Me eating yummy food:)

I got a much needed break on Saturday. One of my best friends, Shantay, came down from Idaho with some super cute gals and we spent the day SHOPPING WITHOUT KIDS!!!! It was fabulous!!! I have needed a break. I love being a mom, my kids are amazing. But sometimes I crave adult female conversation. Rylee has been asking for a baby lately, not a toy one but a real one. And she knows that I have to have the baby in my tummy, but she believes that I will then give it to her and she will name her (b/c she KNOWS that we will have a girl) Ariel!!! I will need help if I do have another girl, b/c I really don't want an Ariel:) When I asked her what we should do if I have another boy she responded, "don't worry mom, we can just give him to Gavin!" So folks, this is the reason that we have more children:) And no I'm not pregnant right now:) So thanks girls for a wonderful day, the little breaks always help me remember how blessed I am!

My Angel:)

Oh, we went to this island and a Bufflo crossed the street in front of us--cool huh:)

Gavin's fav hiding place, Jonathan's shirts in the closet:)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYLEE

I can't believe that my little girl is 5 years old. I think she really had a fun day. My sister Leslie helped me make the sweetest cake ever. Rylee wanted a barbie cake, and we made it happen:)

She got this adorable outfit from Mimi and Papanwa!!!

Her favorite gift was her own pack of gum:) Who knew it could be that easy:)

Rylee got a tattoo in her trick-or-treat bucket and she wanted to make a tough face for the picture---have you ever seen anything so cute?:)

Super cute dress from Auntie Leslie and Uncle Gabe!

The Best Birthday Cake Ever!!!!!

HaPpY hAlLoWeEn!!!!!

We had a wonderful Halloween. Friday night we had a Trunk-or-Treat with our ward and the kids had a blast. There was a hay ride and we had a yummy dinner after. My sister, Leslie, flew in on Friday night and so we headed to my parents on Saturday morning for a weekend of fun. We spent a good part of Friday working on Rylee's birthday cake. We took the kids trick-or-treating and Rylee and the twins had a blast. As for Gavin, well you will notice the pictures of him sitting on the drive way, that was him at most houses. One house even did a haunted house in their garage, it was pretty cool--however all the kids cried:) My kids were on a total sugar high and it took them FOREVER to fall asleep, but we sure had fun:) Rylee was the most beautiful Sleeping Beauty and Gavin was a chicken:)

Back to Rexburg

So I know that it has been forever since I have posted. I just get so busy doing things that I forget. But my mom and my sisters don't forget, and so mom and Leslie this is for you:) Last week we went back to Rexburg, where Jonathan and I met. It was crazy to see how much the campus has changed since we left. Of course there is the temple there now, which is so beautiful. We had so much fun with Emily, Trevor and Jared. We saw some beautiful waterfalls, a bear in the road, and we went to Yellowstone. The best though, was the horse back riding. I have to say that was probably one the coolest things I have ever done. We went on a 3 1/2 hour horse back ride near Yellowstone. It was so beautiful. The kids had a blast, even though Rylee wanted a sparkly horse with a horn on it's head:) I have posted a lot of pictures to make up for not posting. There are some great ones of Rylee getting her face painted. There was a lady painting faces at the farmers market in Rexburg, but when you see the pictures you will realize that face painting is not really the right word, the lady was an artist.
I ca n't believe that we have been in Utah for 3 1/2 months now. I knew that our time here would go fast, but all the same I wish it would slow down. We really do love it here.
And to end, Jonathan will find out this week if he is accepted into one endo program and we still have another interview, so we will keep everyone posted.

Camping trip to Moab

We took our first camping trip as a family to Moab, Utah and we had a blast!!!

This is the best I could could do with my camera--The famous Delicate Arch

There were these little caves everywhere and the kids just loved going in them because they were just the right size for them:)

I really did not want my picture taken because we were camping which means, don't look close:)

I thought this was the greatest picture. I took it and a photographer beside me asked if he could take one as well:)

So we go our tent set up and looked up and this is what we saw. I don't know if you have ever tried to stake a tent down in sand and then have a storm hit--it was fun. Jonathan and I were with the kids inside holding the tent down while the kids were scared to death--good times!!!

I ate so many Smores--YUMMY!!!

Okay I know this one is random--but I want to document everything that we do while we are in Utah and so the day before we went camping we toured the capitol. We went with our new neighbors and had a lot of fun learning a little bit about this great state that some thought would never flourish--isn't it amazing to have a Prophet on the earth!!!!

Fun hike up to "Ensign Peak"

We decided to take the kids on a hike today up to Ensign peak. As you can see from the pictures the trip started our way fun:)

The kids actually had a blast though once we started hiking, and they loved the view at the top.

We live in this direction:)

You can see the temple in this one, which I love:)

We don't get family shots all that often.

On our way down Rylee wanted to pick flowers so instead I told I would take a picture of them with all the flowers and it turned out to be one of the cutest pictures that I have ever taken:) We really are loving Utah:)