Adam's Recital

Friday night, Adam had his very first piano recital. He started lessons in March and has just done amazing at learning an instrument. He has been working on his recital pieces for a few weeks and he did an excellent job performing them!

 His piano teacher is Becky Hansen and she is wonderful! I hope we get to keep her for a long, long time!!

Way to go, Big Guy!!

First Snow

Yesterday we had our first snow of the season! The kids were SO excited to see it falling from the sky and even more excited to go play in it. As soon as Adam and Tessa were home from school, everyone got suited up and headed out back for some snow fun. 

We bundled Caleb up for some pictures and then took him back inside to stay warm. He does not like to be cold!

 The first thing they did was make their tracks for Otters and Geese. 

 Snow Angels were a must!

 And they had to have a snowball fight!

 After about an hour they were ready to warm up with some hot chocolate and Mommy had the fun job of putting all that snow gear away. I love this picture though. To me, it means there are happy kids in this house.

Perfect Attendace

Last week, Adam and Tessa both brought home perfect attendance awards for last term. I can tell you now, we are going to have 2 devastated children if they ever have to take a sick day from school. Not only do they love their new school, but they love being rewarded for doing good things!

3 Months Old!

I can't believe he is already 3 months old. Time just flies by. He is the perfect baby. Always so, so happy and easy going. He is a wonderful sleeper (for the most part) and is growing like a weed. He has started to giggle and that just thrills the other kids to pieces!

This photo shoot was a bit more challenging than others have been because I had some competition. Gwen insisted on getting her own shots of him with her princess camera and Caleb was way more interested in his fun big sister than boring old mom.

Life with Gwen

Life with Gwen around is never dull. She keeps us on our toes!

 Last week she dumped my foundation all over the bathroom. 

 Then over the weekend, she decided to glue some paper to the wall. It happened to be Tessa's part for the Primary Program. Gwen has been obsessed with gluing things lately. I'm still not sure why she felt the need to glue something to the wall, but when you're two, most things you do don't make a whole lot of sense.

Happy Halloween!

Another successful Halloween come and gone. The kids have been excited for days to go Trick or Treating. The couple of days leading up to Halloween were busy for us and the kids didn't have school on Halloween, so we finished up the last of our countdown activities and Mommy made oozing eye meatballs and spaghetti for dinner before we headed out to go Trick or Treating. Ma, Pa and all the Aunts and Uncle's who were around came down to our house this year. After Trick or Treating, the kids sent themselves into a sugar coma while we watched "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and Bob Hope in "The Ghostbreakers".

It was a fun Halloween!!

Scarecrows on Main Street

October in Spanish Fork means Scarecrows up and down Main Street! We love this tradition. We spent one morning and another afternoon, walking up and down Main Street, getting a closer look at all of the fun creations this year. After the first couple of scarecrows, Gwen was too scared to get close to the other ones. Olaf was everyone's favorite!