Trick or Treat

The girls had so much fun trick or treating this year. We went with a group in the Hache's neighborhood since there's not many houses around us. Addisen and Gabriel ran from house to house so excited to ring the door bell, say trick or treat, and get candy. Makayla was reluctant at first but, when she saw that food was involved she was totally into it, it was super cute.

Daddy and Addisen carving the pumpkin

All the cousins in their costumes

We stoped by Great Grandma's so she could see the girls

The trick or treat bunch

The purple butterfly and Robin Makayla the duck Putting her candy away (she loves putting things in bags and carring them around)

Fall Festival

Addisen's preschool had a fall festival for the kids the Friday before Halloween. It was like a school fair where they got to play games and get prizes. Different families made the games for the children to play, Daniel made the hole in one game (very fitting don't you think?). I volunteered to help out since it was held the last hour of class. Addisen and all the kids had lots of fun and got to take home lots of little prizes to play with.

Addisen and part of her class coming out to the festival

Fishing

Addisen and Gabriel getting their prize for digging up the hidden treasure

Trying for a hole in one

Addisen and Mommy

"Up North"

The company has two jobs "up north" one is in Dilcon and the other is in Chinle. Addisen always says Daddy, or Crazy Grandpa, or Uncle is "up north" when they are gone working. Last week Daniel had a meeting and was just going up for one night and timing was right with the job to let us tag a long. It was really cute when we got there Addisen says "is this up north?". It's nice that she now has a concept of how far and what it's like "up north". We picked the perfect day to go because it was snowing and Addisen was so excited when she woke up and saw all the snow that had fallen while she was sleeping.

Addisen checking out the snow first thing in the morning

Addisen driving the big loader with GrandpaDaddy teaching Addisen how to make a snowball, she hit Grandpa right in the mouth her first shot and left him with a mouth full of snow.

Canyon De Chelly covered in snow (it's only about 10 minutes from the job site)

Mama's little helper

Makayla loves our new washer and dryer. She helps pick up whatever falls on the floor and puts it where ever it needs to be. She also wants to wear whatever she can get her hands on out of the dryer. In the above picture she is wearing one of her shirts and a pair of my pajama bottoms around her neck and a pair of Addisen's underwear on each arm while clutching a few other items she thought she needed to complete her ensemble. She's just too cute!

Camping

Last weekend a group of us went camping outside of Payson near Christopher Creek. We had a great time hanging out with our friends. It's seems we are all so busy we just don't get to sit down and hang out like we used to so it's always nice to go on a trip and catch up.

The very packed car, I rode with a 5 gallon jug of water on my lap, Melynda had 4 pillows and a couple blankets, and Terri was squished next to us. The girls (minus Kristin) It never ceases to amaze me how boys will always be boys and they can make up and play games all day. The annual launching of the leftovers with the water balloon launcher. Kelli insisted no muffins this year so we had bagels and they just weren't as much fun.

Baking

This weekend I was baking some goodies for Daniel to take with him up north as they get a job started in Chinle, AZ (it's in the four corners area). Of course, Addisen is a big helper and likes to dump all the ingredients into the bowl for me and Makayla is always around when there's a chance she might get food.

Preschool update

We're at the six week mark already! Last Friday we had a conference with Addisen's preschool teachers and things are going very well. She is now excited to go and doesn't cry anymore, what a relief. Her favorite thing to do is art, she comes home everyday with multiple masterpieces. They are learning spanish and just the other day Addisen came up to me and said "hola, that means hello" followed by "adios that means bye". They are working on reconizing the letters in their name and will soon be learning to write it. How fast they grow!