Happy Halloween!!!

We had a great Halloween season. It has been so nice to enjoy the Utah fall weather and experience the changing of the seasons! Here is our band of Jack-0-lanterns. We grew the tallest and the smallest ones and Elliot's Dad grew the middle two for Lindsey and Ashley. Papa grew a pumpkin for all 11 of his grandchildren. Pretty cool!

Lindsey loves our "scary" porch and her sweet golden retriever.

Elliot and I went to a Super Heroes and Villains themed Halloween Party. I am Luke Skywalker in case my golden locks did not give it away. It was a lot of fun!

Lindsey had a Halloween party at preschool. I was so sad that I had to work during it. My Mom went to take pictures and be there for Lindsey though. It looks like it was so cute!
In a lot of the pictures Lindsey has this very intense look on her face while she is singing. The girl takes her singing seriously.
Me and my girls in their Halloween day outfits.

Since Lindsey was Princess Aurora for Halloween, I thought it would be appropriate to use red lipstick so she could have "lips red as the rose". I was testing out the lipstick and it turns out she thinks lipstick mark kisses are pretty funny. And I'll never pass up a chance to shower this little cutie with kisses! Just for the record, putting red lipstick on a three year old is not a good idea because she smudged it all over her face after about three seconds of wearing it. Ha! I should have known better!

It was such nice weather today that Lindsey was playing outside for hours. We have to take advantage of this weather while it lasts! She got all tuckered out and fell asleep sitting up. I'm glad she got a little nap before trick-or-treating though.

Here is Harry as Frankenstein.

The dogs were squirrels. I had enough pet costumes for Moo, Boo and the goats but I ran out of time today. We'll just have to get them out next year!

Here's our sassy Princess Aurora.

And our darling little Ariel.

Disney Princess Sisters

I'm such a mean Mom. I was threatening no trick or treating if I didn't get two smiles. Oops. I forgot the true mean of Halloween! (But I did get my smiles. He he he!)

On our way out the door to get tons of CANDY! Elliot had a conference call for work and was handing out candy so he couldn't come trick-or-treating. Luckily my Mom was able to come help me wrangle the princesses.

Lindsey had a lot of fun trick or treating! Here she basking in her candy glory.

So much fun! We love Halloween!

My Little Tiny

Ashley had her 6 month well check up the other day. She is a healthy little gal, but she is tiny! She is only in the 15th percentile for height and 30th percentile for weight. Lindsey has always been in the 50th-75th percentile for height and weight so it's kinda fun to have a little runt like Ashley this time around. We really love her so much. She is such a cuddly little Mommy's girl! She already gives the best baby hugs and is soooo smiley. She will be a big 7 month old next week. Hard to believe she's already that old.

Harvest Time

We have really enjoyed our first garden. This year was our "practice garden" and we certainly learned a lot! Next year I'm hoping to have a lot more success. I thought it would be fun to have pictures of the fruit and veggies with our family. Enjoy!

Pumpkins

Pears

Red Grapes

Green Grapes

Strawberries

Cherries

Yellow Squash

Zucchini

Tomatoes

Blackberries

Raspberries

Apricots

Small Red Apples

Golden Delicious Apples

Large Red Apples

Jalapenos

Gala Apples

Cherry Tomatoes

Peaches

Plums

Green Apples

Red Pears

Watermelons

Happy Birthday Pictures

Every year, my birthday wish is to get our family portraits done. I love pictures of my family. So even though it's pretty stressful to actually get the pictures taken...I'm always glad I do!

We went to my sister in-law's photo studio, Camera Shy. She did a great job! Thanks Carol!

Oh Linds!

You know when Ashley is going to cry because she sticks her little bottom lip out and makes this face first. So sad, but so cute!

I love this picture because they have the exact same goofy look on their face!

This birthday was the big 3-0 for me. I wasn't too excited to turn 30, but I still had a great birthday. Elliot took me out to eat, my parents had a family dinner and some good friends came over to just hang out for a bit on my birthday. I'm a pretty lucky 30 year old. I feel like I've accomplished everything that I wanted to do by the time I turned 30...I have an awesome husband that I love, two beautiful girls, two loving goats, a beautiful house in Utah, I graduated nursing school and even got a great job. Yep, I'm live'in the good life! I can't wait to see what the next 30 years have in store for me.