misc.

Ari has been spending a lot of time with Ceci. Ari set up a spa night with Ceci and Bree in her room the other night. They are too cute together!!

This is a picture Ari took of Devin at the park. He is in the tunnel slide...pretty good shot I'd say!

Thanks Grandma!

Grandma Debbie made this hat for Ari a while ago and it is now getting cold enough for her to wear it regularly. Doesn't she look so beautiful in it, although I think that she is beautiful in anything. Thank you Grandma!

Whipping Cream

Sleepover fun!!! The girls, that includes mom stayed up late to visit. We had hot cocoa with whipping cream but felt the need to finish the whipping cream off because there wasn't enough for every one else...ya sure. Below is Clellie with whipping cream oozing from her mouth.

Ari got a bit more daring and let mom create with her face as the canvas...what a sport!

The close up shot. For some reason she wouldn't open her eyes while the whipping cream was on her face.We had a lot of fun and got very silly!

It's pumpkin time!

Mom & Dad doing the carving.

Ariana decided that she did not want to hurt her pumpkin this year so she drew a sheep on it because if you ask her-sheep rule.

Brennen was quite animated while he was gutting his pumpkin.
Devin rolled up his sleeves and went strait to work.

We tried to get Ethan in on all of the fun, but he doesn't like to get his hands goopy. All lit up! Oh by the way Ari's is an indoor pumpkin apparently.

Skating

Just a few pictures of the kids playing on their skates.

Brennen is getting really good on his skates!

Don't worry, Chris is right beside him.

Ari just relaxing

Devin is still working on his technique. Here he is gliding down our road that is on a hill.

This is Devin stopping and yes he falls on purpose.

Here he is chilling out before he makes another run.

Ari getting prepped to skate.

Ethan just loved having the skates on, I thought he would be scared but he was a real trooper

He saw an airplane in the sky and this is what he did so that he could see it better of course.

the park at dusk

Here are a few pics of our venture to the park down the street from us. The kids had a great time. Dad was able to go with us this time although he did homework off to the side he was able to get into the action later in the evening, we just love having him around and with his new schedule it seems that we have him a lot more.

It's pretty easy to get a good picture of Brennen, he just loves the opportunity to have his picture taken...isn't he so cool!
Ethan was not afraid of anything...but mommy was afraid for him! He would walk to the edge of every high point on the playground. Lucky for mom he has a great big sister and older brothers who love and help watch out for him.
It was pretty hard to get a picture of Ari without the growth on her ear. Mainly because she avoids having her picture taken and the only time I could sneak a picture in was when she was distracted by Kara...Thanks Kara!!
Devin and Brennen loved playing on the see saw, they got a bit crazy on it, but what do you expect from fun lovin' boys.
Ethan was petrified on the swing. He kept pointing over to the other kids on the swings so I though we would give it a try (we have never had much luck on the swings before...Devin was the same way) and once I let go of the swing he clenched on for dear life as the expression on his face changed from uncertainty to pure terror. Poor kid, I think we'll give him a break before we try that one again.

Life

Ari at Girls Camp

Here is Ariana & friends at girls camp on their 1st year hike, she is with Holly (left) and Whitney (right).

Science Project

For Ariana's science class she had to design a rocket and two days before school let out for the summer they launched them...unfortunatly Ari's rocket didn't do so great, but it did look good!

Ari's Disco

While Grandma & Grandpa visited they were able to attend Ari's dance performance. We had a lot of fun and hope that Ariana has many more performances in the future for us to attend.

Grandma Night

Ari's Young Women leaders thought that it would be fun to get to know their grandmas a little better. The girls needed to gather information and pictures from their grandma and compile it into a scrapbook. Ari and Grandma were able to get to know each other a little better and on Tuesday evening they went to the "Grandma Night" together.

Ari's Dance Photo

Here is Ariana's official dance photo, we really enjoyed going to her dance performances and hope that she decides to continue doing dance in Utah.

Ari and Ethan on the swing

Ari is Ethan's best friend when she plays on the swing with him.

Ari loves to get and send emails, especially about her “clan” and horses.