Dr. Ella

Looks like both my girls want to be doctors. Ella put on Emma's scrubs (which were a little big) and made sure Ethan had a heart beat.

Ella's first haircut

Ella is almost 3 and is just now getting her first haircut. She didn't get much cut off but now it isn't looking so much like a mullet.

What awesome, smart, talented kids we have!

I will start out with Ella. We are so excited she is now potty trained. She finally decided she wanted to be a big girl so she gave up the diapers and only wears panties now, even over night. She went from diapers one day to panties the next, no turning back. We did reward her with a new baby doll, a baby doll stroller and baby food. She got to go to the store and pick everything out herself.



We had parent teacher conferences today so we were pretty anxious to talk to Ethan's kindergarten teacher. We are excited to say that he is right where he needs to be for his age. His teacher said he is very good at Math and is a very respectful child. We are so happy that Ethan is doing so well, we really owe a big part of it to Miss Jana his preschool teacher from last year. She did an awesome job preparing Ethan for Kindergarten.

We let the kids pick out a toy at the store for the super work they did at school this quarter. His toy he picked out is a new Nerf Ball Gun. Super fun toy.


And Emma, what can we say about her that we haven't said before. Emma is very bright and does very well in school. She is in 4th grade this year. She has straight A's and we will be looking into getting her into Challenge classes at school. Emma goes above and beyond what she is asked to do in school. She is a very humble girl and loves to help the other kids in her class when they are behind. She also volunteers to help younger children with their reading. After testing at the beginning of the year we found that she is at a 7th grade Math and Reading Level. She just received the 1st quarter academic award for her class. We are so proud of Emma and her accomplishments.

Emma picked out a Tag Team Nerf game for her award. She said she plans on sharing it with Ethan.

Halloween 2009

Halloween morning we had some of our good friends over to decorate sugar cookies. It was pretty fun to watch all the kids decorate. We had all sorts of candy and sprinkles. Some of the cookies you couldn't even see the frosting on them when they were done. We also made caramel corn and had hot apple cider.

These pictures are right before Trick or Treating.

Ella the turtle

Ethan was Darth Vader

Emma was . . . . ????

Pumpkin Patch 2009

This picture is funny because I got them all blinking.

Each year we have the rule that you have to pick a pumpkin that you can carry by yourself. For some reason we never seem to stick to that rule. Emma's pumpkin ~35lbs, Nathan wasn't very happy about carrying it.

When Ella is quiet, she is up to no good!

Emma left her door open and Ella found the bunny stamps . . .

I love to see the temple . . . .

Since the kids had this last Thursday and Friday off of school I thought it would be a great time to take our last trip down to Utah for the year and visit the great grandparents plus I really wanted to take the kids and go to Temple Square. I invited my mom to come along, it was nice being able to get to hang out with her and get some alone time. Ever since we went through the temple in July, Ella is always talking about going back so I thought she would enjoy seeing a BIG temple. It was perfect weather, not too hot and not too cold. We got really lucky. Considering it was the Friday before Conference it was not very busy, The only thing that could have made it perfect is if Nathan would have been able to go with us.