Christmas fun!

Kayla's preschool did an impromptu nativity today she was a lamb and was so excited about it. I took my camera but when I got there it decided not to work so I wasn't able to get any pictures of it. Then they sang us some christmas songs. It is always so fun to see your kids perform. I love watching their faces light up.

Later this evening Chase and Kayla did their Christmas gymnastics program they both did such a great job. They each got to do one of each of the tricks that they have learned this year. I am really impressed with how well they are doing.

After their program they had some dancers come out and perform, I had to hold back my tears as I thought about Kylee, Curtis and Tami. It always makes me feel so sad to think that her dance performance that morning is the last memory she will have of her and her parents.

I do feel a great amount of comfort though because I know that this was part of God's plan. Curtis and Tami have started a great work in heaven as well as for the rest of us still here on this earth. I am so glad they were both a part of my family!

Thank You!

Thank you everyone for your kind words and prayers they are very much appreciated!

Curtis and Tami's funeral will be on Sat. We have not set a time yet, we will be making all the plans on Tuesday. We have been spending most of our time the last couple of days at primary childrens hospital with their daughter Kylee. She has made some great progession and might be released tommorrow. Their son is doing very well and is with Tami's brother and wife. Tami's parents are going to be raising the kids.

Thank you again!

Joy and Pain

As part of being on this earth we get to enojoy joy as well as experience pain.
Some of the hardest pain we feel is that of loosing a loved one. How grateful and joyful I am this night to know of the wonderful plan of salvation and in knowing that we will once again be able to see our loved ones.

To my brother Curtis and his wife Tami

WE LOVE YOU! We will miss you deeply. Until we meet again you will forever be in our hearts!

MMI

Travis and I attended a 3 day seminar last week called the Millionaire Mind Intensive. It was the best seminar I have ever been to. We started at 8:00 in the morning and would go until 11:00 at night, but it seemed shorter than a few hour meeting. The processes that they have you go through are so amazing. Travis and I learned so much about ourselves as well as each other. I would recommend this seminar to everyone!

Snow what?

This was our attempt to make a snow dragon on Tuesday. After we were done we colored him green but it didn't show up real well in the picture.

After the snow storm on Tuesday we had just enough snow to build something. We started out building a snow man, then the kids wanted to keep rolling the balls and making them bigger. They got big enough I was not going to attempt to put them on top of each other so we opted to make a snow dragon instead.

If you went a mile down the hill from our house they didn't have any snow until after the snow storm last night and today, they still have minimal compared to what we got. That is what we get for living in the benches of Bountiful I guess but I will take it. I love our view of the temple. (Which looks a lot further away in this picture than it actually is).

Sand dunes, trick or treating, leaves can you have too much fun?

After we got done trick or treating on Friday we headed down to the sand dunes. It was really nice on Saturday and we were able to go riding in a t-shirt. Sunday was really cold and rainy but we were still able to get a couple of rides in in-between the rain storms.

We saw this tree walking around in the sand dunes!

Ready for trick or treating!

On Thursday we raked up the few leaves that had already fallen off of our trees and let the kids jump in them. They were so excited to play in them, they would get the rakes and fix the pile themselves so they could jump in it again. How great is that for Travis and I. Even though the pile wasn't very big they were happy. Soon enough it will be big. The Aspen tree in front of our house is still green when that changes and leaves start to fall off we will have lots of leaves. We have a few other trees that haven't lost all of their leaves as well.

FUN! FUN! FUN!

The kids got to wear their costumes to gymnastics today. It was really funny watching Kayla try and do her tricks in her costume. We maybe should have taken the wire underpiece out for gymnastics but oh well she gave everyone a good laugh.

Kayla had her halloween party at school today. They went to two different nursing homes and sang songs to the people there. She loved it!

We had our ward party on Tuesday night the kids had so much fun. They have the kids do a parade in their cosutumes they love the attention. Then they had games set up for the kids. They came home with lots of candy and prizes.

Please help this wonderful family!

I am posting this for my dear friend Ashley. If possible please help and also please help spread the word we want to raise as much as possible for them.

Most of you know Daryl and Ashley Larsen. For those of you who don't, they are a young couple here in Perry, who just lost their baby to a rare lung disorder. Their loss is truly a tragedy. They are now experiencing the beginnings of what will be a land slide of medical bills. In an effort to aide them, there will be a one day fundraiser at the Maddox Steak House. On November 5, you can call Maddox at 723-2916 and order the Turkey Steak dinner. You can choose the 2 or 4 family meal at the regular price. All proceeds will then be donated to the Larsen family. You do need to remember to mention the Larsen family name when ordering. You can then pick up your meal at the take out window in the back of Maddox. It will be for lunch and dinner. Please spread the word. Feel free to copy and paste this post on your blog.

The end is in sight!

Travis and I have spent many hours and long nights this fall canning, a variety of things. We did 13 bushels of peaches yum!!!!, 2 bushels of pears, 10 bushels of apples,(with the help of travis' brother and wife) 166 quart jars of soup,(with the help of travis' parents and brother and wife) and 16 pints of salsa. We used the water we had cooked the apples in all day and made it into juice as well it was really good!

We dried some bananas, peaches and pears. The dried fruit makes great snacks for the kids and they love it!

We also froze some peaches, and raspberries for our daily fruit shakes.

The only thing left to do is our grape juice.

It is such a wonderful sight to go down to our storage room and see it full of all this yummy food.

What a good boy!

Kaden was eating some goldfish and smashed some all over the floor, when he was done eating the whole ones he went and got the vacuum and cleaned them up all by himself!

Mr Potatoe Head

Kayla made a Mr. potatoe head at shool today! She was so excited to bring it home and show everyone! Luckily we got a picture of her with it before Kaden ate the nose and mouth.

ICE CREAM!!!

I really like my ice cream!!!

SO PROUD!

The kids got to paint their pumpkins this morning. They have been asking ever since they saw them in the grocery stores....which has been a long time! They were so excited and proud they had to take them right outside so everyone could see them!

We went to Yellowstone earlier this year the kids had so much fun! We got to see a bear fight at the entrance to west yellowstone and the kids have been asking every weekend since if we can go and see it again. They thought it was pretty cool!