Halloween!!!

Ladies and Gentleman, I would like you all to know that as of this post... I am officially all caught up on my blog! So Happy! I think I need to treat myself to something to celebrate this momentous occasion! :)

 

And let me just tell you how excited I am to post these pictures. I love Halloween and I love seeing my kiddos all dressed up in their cute costumes...

 

Here is Owen and his cute little pre-school class all dressed up for their Halloween party!

 (Left to Right: Piper, Tyler, Owen, Andrew, Ariana, and Jaron)

Here is Aidan in his school parade. I love that goofy little smile on his face.

And here is Brinn... hiding her book because she was embarrassed that her book was about an ugly mean witch , not a beautiful nice one :)

 And Halloween Night:

Soccer Player Owen

 Witch Brinn

 Soccer Player Aidan

 ... and Nemo aka: Tucker

 Cute happy kiddos! Happy Halloween!

My little cowgirl!

This year for Brinn's birthday, my mom arranged to take Brinn horseback riding. AND THIS GIRL WAS IN HEAVEN. I don't know where her love of horses came from, but she LOVES them. So to say she was excited about this would be an understatement.

Here she is, all ready to go!

 She started off being guided on Lace...

 ... and then got to take her around on her own.

 And finally, stopped to feed the chicken's on the way out.

This was pretty much a dream come true for Brinn! What a lucky little girl!

Soccer

This year Brinn decided she wanted to play soccer. She really enjoyed it and looks pretty cute in her uniform! :)

 

Aidan also played and he is really coming into his own out on the field.

 (Gotta love the tongue hanging out in this one.)

Cub Scouts...

One of things Aidan was looking forward to when he turned 8 is scouts. Here he is at a pack meeting getting ready to do the flag ceremony. 

 I mean... really, have you ever seen a cuter scout?

 Here is Aidan getting his Bobcat award... now onto becoming a Wolf.:)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sleepy Boy!

About 3 days a week, Owen will ask me to turn on music for him and he will just sit in this chair. Of course, every time he falls asleep. I love this boy so much! (And I can't help but love that he loves his little monkey! :))

Nothing like a...

... rainy day!

Brinn is SIX!!!

I can't believe my little girl is getting so big! Brinn is such a great girl! She is helpful, loving, creative, nurturing, spunky, energetic, and all girl (and lets be honest, a little bit of attitude!) I am so lucky that she is mine :)

 

Brinn waiting for her traditional birthday breakfast in bed :)

 I let her open one gift before school... (Earrings)

 This year we decided to keep it simple and just do a family party. I did tell Brinn she could invite one friend and she picked Kiera from church.

 And I had to include this picture in here because if you can't find David at Chuck-E-Cheese... you can always find him at the Deal or No-Deal game... EVERYTIME ;)

First Day of School

Third Grade...

 Kindergarten... (Brinn ended up starting school a week late because of being sick. Poor girl could not wait to start, so she was one happy girl when it was finally her turn!)

 Cute kiddos!

 Owen on his first day of pre-school...

 And because I can't get enough of this cute face!

Aidan's Baptism

Turning 8 for us is a BIG deal! 8 is when you are old enough in our church to be baptized and it is something Aidan had been looking forward to for a long time! We had been having Family Home Evening Lessons for a few months leading up to it to learn why it's important to be baptized and what promises we are making with our Heavenly Father when we do this. It warms my heart that Aidan chose to be baptized, and I have no doubt that he will continue to grow in his desire to do those things that will make his Father in Heaven happy. 

 

I asked Aidan if he wanted to share his feelings about his baptism and he said yes.

(If I agreed to type it.)

 

My baptism day was fun. I saw all my friends. The spirit made me feel nice when I got out of the water. I wanted to get baptized so I can be a member of the church and then I can be a missionary.  My dad baptized me and gave me the Holy Ghost. My friend Peyton also got baptized on the same day.

 



 

 

 

 

 



Aidan was baptized on the same day as his friend Peyton Clark.

 

 

 

While we missed many family members that were not able to make it, those that were able to attend besides our family were: Grandpa and Grandma Johanson, Nic, Lauren and Corbin, Holli and Dallas, and Austin.

 

If you want to know more about what we believe as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints you can find it here... 



Eight is Great!

This handsome young man turned 8 on July 21st. I seriously feel so lucky that he is a part of our family, that I'm his mom, and that he is mine forever! He bring so much joy and happiness, more than I could have imagined just 8 short years ago when he made me a Mom. Aidan is: a great big brother, an awesome reader, loves Pokémon, Beyblades and Digimon, enjoys playing outside, is sensitive and still likes to cuddle :)  Happy Birthday Aidan! We LOVE LOVE LOVE you!

 Somehow breakfast in bed on your birthday has become an expected tradition is this house... no worries. I love tradition and love that the kids created this one on their own.

 Breakfast in bed makes everyone happy in this house.

 For his birthday dessert Aidan requested Strawberry Icebox... YUM!