ward halloween party

Steven took the boys to the pumpkin patch earlier in the day. there are a lot of pictures on here for just a ward party..but my camera takes good pictures, it's hard to choose. it was very different this year not going to the Durango ward party which is super awesome and i was sad about that, but we had a really good time at our new ward party! The kids were having fun running around with their cousins, there was a DJ playing fun music and people really got into decorating the trunk or treat. I think this was my favorite night of the Halloween season.

i love finnick's mad face. he just looks so offended.

behind the ward building (my home ward) is a huge field with a picnic ramada. its perfect for ward parties so the kids can run around.

grandma had the best candy (PB cups!) so we hit up her trunk more than once.

Steven carved this pumpkin all afternoon. The detail on the teeth was amazing. He gave him Voldemort's nose,too. (my idea:) He brought it for the pumpkin carving contest and won first place. (which was 2 Harkins movie tickets!)

Embry was being so funny this night. The way he was dancing looked like it was just something he just couldnt contain in himself. of course we pulled out the camera after he did all his best moves. but these videos give you an idea.

Love his little somersaults he threw in there at the end! He actually scratched his back really bad doing that. you can tell when he just lies there at the end, that he got hurt.

verticcio farm

my mom and i took the boys to verticcio farm after one of Bastien's early release days.

i want one of these bouncy things! i loved that no one was there when we went..so i could bounce with no one watching! ..or knock my kids down.

funnies

Bastien-

brushing their teeth at night is usually Steven's job. One night we were driving home late and Steven's all "Its a good thing their teeth are already brushed" (they weren't) and i said "daddy wants you all to be the brown-toothed kid at school" and then Bastien's all-

"How about we be the tomorrow brushed toothed kids?"

Bastien went with me to Walmart to buy Lion King, and on the way back he's said. "tomorrow i am going to draw something beautiful...i'm going to draw the ocean. and a hot air balloon. two of them." then he started telling me things he knew how to draw better. " I dont draw stick people anymore. I can draw pants and shirts. I could draw Grandma in her pajamas..." Ha! I guess we know what gma wears a lot!

Jasper-

he is always coming up with fast answer to something. embry said "dont leave us in the car mommy. a bad guy can take us. ...oh ya but there are windows" Jasper-"He could punch the windows! (he said it like-duh!)

we were waiting in the car while Steven was looking in Ross and i was like "Ohhh daddy's taking forever! Jasper- "Maybe him dead?" me, 10 minutes later. "Oh my gosh he's so slow!" Jasper-"cause he's an old man" and embry kept repeating it over and over like it was his joke....hmmm.

Jasper has the cutest little voice so it makes it even more cuter and funnier.

And Embry-

well this video says all you need to know about Embry.

(and Jasper's "what the? what the?" like "wow you're weird")

train museum

on Sat the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale was celebrating their new train museum. It was 10,000 sq. ft (thats whatthey said) of trains on tracks goin' all over the place!they had halloween trains,trains with buzz and little models of what trains going through Mesa, Chandler, Superior, etc. looks like. it was fun to see all these cute little old men who you could tell thought of these displays as their babies. they were so proud. as well they should be cause it was all really cool! i almost wish my boys were obsessed with trains like they used to be, but i think they still appreciated it.

this baby had no clue what was going on-but if he's anything like his brothers, he'll be a train lover soon. and we've got lots of them for him to play with.

september in instagrams

i love instagram! because most of these pictures- i probably wouldn't have taken the time to go get my camera for. my itouch doesn't take the greatest pictures, especially with bad light..but instagram makes everything look more fun! so, here is a month of what i see & do all day-

Bastien's 2 bottom teeth are growing back in. and is getting his back molars.

the boys had their dentist checkup this month-

all squeaky clean teeth!

i started doing that mommy school i found on pinterest. the boys had so much fun with the letter A. and when i say started, i mean. we still haven't done the letter B, yet. :/

we found this "back to the future" shirt at Target. Embry and I were so excited. He loves watching the train pushing the car part and the end of the 3rd one.

the boys went to their first circus.

my friend Camille had her first baby, little Jet.

he is so dang cute, he looks like a perfect little doll with that head of hair.

here they are getting a first taste of eachother.

we found a little green friend that stayed on our porch all day. even Bastien got to play with him when he got home from school. finding a nice bug like this is a big deal for little boys!

playing with that cornstarch-gak stuff. ive been trying to be more relaxed about fun things for the boys that make big messes. i need to get over it..kids are supposed to be messy, right?

10 pm-Embry just barely fell asleep. my night owl.

after a trip to LeeLee's we stopped for a Boba slushie! We used to get them all the time at this Boba Cafe right near our apt in Oklahoma. I can only handle a few of those smooshy balls in my slushie but the boys love them. embry yelled "I love eating those brown balls!"

Jasper making Finnick laugh

i tried a recipe on Pinterest, finally! These Pink Lemonade cupcakes turned out so cute and yummy. I'm only a fan of the cupcakes that have a dense-thicker texture (like Sprinkles cupcakes) and these were like that! The flavor basically came from using Pink Lemonade Concentrate, i wonder if they would turn out just as good with other flavoring?

Embry called dibs on Finnick's leftover babyfood.

Quik Trip slushies after playing bball with daddy.

Finnick is 6 months!

he has his 2 bottom teeth, and 4 more coming in up on top.

i was saying how well he was handling it. but then a couple days later-he started screaming about everything and woke up the next 2 nights. I guess 4 teeth coming in doesn't feel too great. He has a cute mad face, though.