Halloween 2012

Halloween is always an exhausting day! My children had so much fun doing all the things Logan has to offer. Halloween is actually a lot of fun in Logan! First, I took them to historic Logan city in the center of town. Each of the shops and businesses give out welcome trick or treaters all day long.  We walked about 5 blocks up and back. I only brought the single stroller, so Ian had to walk and he did a really great job keeping up. 

Then, we went to Lee's marketplace, where they gave out some really awesome things. Like a Monster's Inc  bag, string cheese, caramel corn, cookies and milk. Ian also really enjoyed going there.
After that we came home and made many cupcakes for our church Halloween party. The kids played the entire time and just had a good time with the other kids.

Ian did not want to leave his hood on so I got no pictures of him wearing it!

Emmaline in Wonderland

Logan has the dinkiest mall in the whole world.  But it does have an indoor play area. When the weather is cold, I take the kids there to run around and have a good time. Emmaline is just becoming old enough to really enjoy playing.

I sent this picture to my mom of Emmaline, and she wrote back to me saying she looked like she was Alice in Wonderland because of the big cupcake and sundae cup!

Toronto, Ontario August 2012

I know I have already talked about this summer but I received some new pictures and wanted to post them here of my beautiful children! We had such a fun time with my family in Toronto after Aaron and Kadri's wedding. 

Ian and Megan played with each other all day and they had so much fun!

I love Ontario in the summer/fall...it is my favorite place on earth!

Mawwage!

This is the story of my marriage :)

Pinterest Challenge!

I am trying out this pinterest challenge. 

 Here is the sit

  Most of the projects I attempt are all pinterest inspired. The original Pinterest post here

 Here is how mine turned out!

This is a table runner for Halloween. I am also going to give a special shout out to Chelsea Peart for helping me glue all the ribbon down :)

Skull Valley, Utah

Well Jonathan has been gone for one week. He is in Skull Valley, Utah which is about an hour outside of Touille.  This should be his last time being away for the season (we hope :) ). 

The kids and I always have a hard time when he goes away.  I don't sleep well, getting up to check the locks and such. The kids did not sleep very well the first night either. I have been letting both of them sleep in the bed with me. I have tried to keep myself busy by taking the kids to the library, a high school football game( go east),  a dollar movie and tumbling.  It has mostly worked in keeping us busy and not missing Jonathan as much as we have in the past. With the exception of Ian dislocating his radial head, it has been a pretty smooth week. 

One week down and one to go. Hopefully it goes as smoothly as the first week, (minus the trip to the emergency room).

Nurse Maid Elbow

Poor Ian had a hard day yesterday. We were in the Library and we were getting ready to leave and Ian was sitting in a chair next to one of the computers.  I grabbed one of his arms and directed him towards the door.  After he got in the car he was complaining the seat belt was too tight.  When I got him out of the car he was unable to use his left arm at all.  The way he was holding it, he looked like her had dislocated something. I took him to Emergency. They popped his elbow back into place and said that he had nurse maid syndrome where the radial head dislocates because the elbow is not mature yet.  It usually happens when the arm is being pulled.  I feel so badly about Ian's arm and the pain he was in. He is doing much better today, just sleeping a lot.

Canadian Thanksgiving

We were able to celebrate Thanksgiving with Jonathan's mom, brother and sister-in-law and my dear friend's Cassie and Eric.  We cooked a fabulous dinner (and by "we" I mean Jonathan). It was a fun experience.  Maybe, one day in the not so distant future, we can be in Canada to celebrate this but as for right now we have to do it in Utah. Here are some pictures that were taken.

Ian is trying to be tough and growl!

Never seen a cuter little girl in all the world!

She is almost ready to walk on her own!

Downward Dog!

I have been trying to capture this pose, that Emmaline loves to do, for a while.  I just never have my camera ready in time.  She can't hold it for so long but at least her Nana was able to capture this wonderful moment! She is such a silly little girl!

Lander Crossing, Wyoming

We were able to visit Jonathan while he was working in Wyoming last weekend.  It was really fun to be able to see him in action.  We have been able to go on many archaeological assignments with him but we have never seen the actually dig.  Ian was able to watch his daddy dig a little and he was able to play in the Lander Crossing River.  We stayed in a cabin right next to the site and it was a lovely way to spend a couple of days.

Phone Pictures!

These are pictures from this morning!! They were being so cute (As usual) that I just had to take pictures and put them up on the blog!