following the rules can be fun

This is what my kids wore to school today instead of costumes.  The younger two were not allowed to wear them and Buddy's wasn't finished yet.  So I found $2 shirts and small pieces of fabric and made some designs using my Cameo.  The kids were excited to wear these!

 

fall photo shoot

I forgot how hard it can be to get all three kids smiling and looking at the camera at the same time.  It was windy and cold out.  But it was also the first time the sun was out all week!  I meant to take pictures with the kids in these shirts back in June, but life got busy.

 

someone had a birthday

It's true.  I am no longer 28 or 29 for that matter.  Actually, you can add a few more years onto that number as well.  But not a lot.  Buddy and Dad made me a cake.  I got lovely gifts and Sunshine drew me a fabulous picture on her white board.  I feel loved.

 

night at the firehouse

Every year the firemen have an open house during Fire Prevention Week.  We had an extra hour to attend this year.  The kids were excited to see this giant blow up slide and a obstacle course.  We had dinner there as well.  And to finish off the night, we got to ride on an antique fire truck.  It was so much fun!

 

general conference weekend

I love that Sunshine makes countdowns for just about everything.  We were fortunate enough to watch General Conference this weekend and listen to a prophet speak to us.  There were some amazing talks.  If you haven't heard them yet, take time and watch or read here.  Turtle cracked me up as we were singing one of the hymns.  He stood on a chair and tried to lead the music along with the conductor.  Adorable!  We also had our traditional cinnamon rolls, for which 7 missionaries showed up to help eat them.  And we had lunch for them as well.  They were happy.  And so were we.

 

 

first day of school for my littlest kiddo

First day of school for my Turtle! He was so beyond excited to start kindergarten.  He came home super happy as well.

first day of school for the older two

Mandatory 1st day of school photos.  My kids are adorable.

just a little holiday at the lake

We got invited to spend the day with a few friends up at the lake for Labor day.  Dad chose to stay home and get ready for the first day of school.  The kids had a blast! Buddy kayaked for the first time and caught on so fast.  He gave rides to anyone who wanted one.  Turtle loved swimming in the water.  Sunshine was busy playing with friends as they used water squirters for a little battle and she also built sandcastles.  We had lunch and then the kids really got to enjoy themselves inner tubing. I got pictures of the boys, but Sunshine did her time way out on the lake and I didn't get to see her.  I was surprised to see Turtle come in all by himself.  He can be hesitant to try new things at times.  We had a lot of fun and I am the only one that got sunburned.

natural history museum

We love museums.  So that was why we were so excited to go a museum that Dad and I hadn't gone to since we were little.  There was a special display on Mammoths at the time.  They were really big!