The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. CONTINUED

WHERE DOES A TWO YEAR OLD LEARN TO DO THAT?????

texas tech football!!!

I am in love with this combo!!!!

Fall in Utah!!!!

I just want to publicly apologize for all the bad things I said about Utah. well not all the bad but.
Is this weather amazing or what. I just spent two hours at the park with my kids in a short sleeve shirt and pants. The kids all stripped off their jackets and played. I can't believe it. Mid november. (I am embarresed but I have no idea what the date is. teens I know) I thought we were lucky to not have to trick or treat in the snow. I love this. One of the great things about Texas was the great weather. Even if it snows tomorrow I will still be happy. It is holiday time. We can have some snow now. But I have LOVED the FALL. football, new school supplies and clothes, Halloween, cool air. LOVE IT.

YEAH for MOI

I found my cord to download all my pictures.. I am so happy...
so now you can finally see what we have been up to for the last six months. It is 3:00 and I am still in my pjs but I posted 17 new posts.

Staley was Baptized.

Staley was baptized November 8th 2008. It was miraculous. Warning personal and sappy.
She was beautiful in her white dress. She was so excited. I had been praying for her to have a spiritual experience to know for herself she had made the right choice. To remember something special about her baptism. I think the day turned out perfect. She was so sweet, she cried several times. She sang with her cousin Hadley. As she was singing she really broke out into tears. Later brinley said, "Why did you cry staley?" Hadley said, "she was feeling the spirit so strongly." Staley said "and sometimes I cry when I am scared."
She was very nervous she would have to get baptized twice. but of course matt made sure to get the job done right. Thank you so much to everyone that came. It meant a lot to us to have so much support. And everyone was very generous to little staley pants.

Happy birthday Batman

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

A little late night gaming helps everyone sleep.

Alayna's makeover

Alayna was made over by her sister's




Notice just a touch of leaf in her hair.








To finish the ensemble a fly swatter.













Her hair was worse than cement. We have some very EXTREME gel paste stuff so I just assumed that is what they used. Well you know what they say about assuming. It was actually toothpaste and hand soap in copious amounts








brought to you by brinley

Happy birthday Brinley HSM3

Brinley turned 6!!! We took her and a few friends to see the new high school musical 3 and to dinner at Fazoli's pictures compliments of staley.

Pumpkin Party

We decided to simplify this year and it was SO MUCH MORE FUN!!! The kids could do there own pumpkin. We used pumpkin tattoos and plastic face pieces, similar to Mr Potato head.

Priesthood session GNO

We had a girls night during priesthood. We did masks, painted nails and watched girl movies.































Canyon wanted in on the action. we will blackmail him later with this.

Inspiration!!!! no more nagging!!!

I made this clock for the girls for school. I was so sick of nagging them. Well I wouldn't say it is perfect. But in three months they have never missed the school bus. I just stuck stickers of what they should be doing so they can visably see what to do next and track the time they have until the bus comes.

First day of school

Thats my brinley gotta pose!!! absolutely no pre kindergarten jitters!!!!









































dylan spent the first day of school with us.








Lanee is going to preschool at a lady in the wards house.

We had a dog for about 5 minutes!!!

INTRODUCING: raider. a sheltie. The kids are SO scared of dogs. However, I guess they are crazy because they REALLY wanted one. They saved coins for months. $110 in coins. I researched dogs for weeks on the internet. They say this dog is the most sturdy obedient dog for a young family. He learns quickly and is easy to potty train. We also got a 100 dollar discount because he had no tail. A special interest dog. The dog was SUPER calm. we actually worried if it was sick it was so calm. The kids held it all day. "look mom we aren't scared" We put the puppy in the crate for the night, and the next morning was a different story. OF COURSE the puppy is a little hyper from being contained all night. He chased my screaming kids all around the yard. So after two days of mom taking care of the dog I wasn't as much of a fan. However, I was willing to keep it up for a week while they got use to the dog. Well staley was trying to hide the fact that she was allergic to the dog. After the second day it became increasingly obvious her and matt were pretty allergic. So we took the puppy back. At least a better fate than buddy.