Last Soccer Pictures

Here are those final soccer pictures I talked about posting quite awhile ago. They're just too cute for me to leave out! :) 

Here are her official pictures that the city took. It was conference weekend so three teammates weren't there for the picture. 

Is she not the cutest little soccer player? I love the pose. :) 

Here is a picture collage that her coach gave to her at their final party. I love that it has all of her teammates in this one. 

The rest of the pictures are from another game that the coach's dad took pictures at. I love all the action shots.

When I first saw this picture I laughed because I thought it was catching her using her hands, then I realized she was picking it up to throw in. 

I don't know why, but this is one of my favorites! 

Looking forward to spring season!

How Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Currently (for the past several months, actually) my kids are obsessed with jokes… especially "how did the ______ cross the ____" jokes. The problem is that my kids don't really understand how these jokes work. Every evening at our dinner table Lila asks if we can tell jokes.  It usually begins with Lila looking at something in the room and then saying, "How does the cup talk to the other cup?" "By putting a tree on top and then it bonked it's head!" Or other nonsense like that. It NEVER makes sense. It's really quite cute. 

Even though her jokes don't make any sense, they at least have some variety in them. Brighton's joke EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. is "How did the cow cross the seed?" "By putting it in treasure and then it bonked it's head!" He also laughs really hard every time. It's fun! I love their jokes, even though they're ridiculous! 

The other night at the ward Christmas party we were chatting, when suddenly Brighton turns to me and says, "How did the cow…" You get the idea. I was surprised it came out while we were not at home, but it was adorable. :)

Kids are so weird, but they sure are amazing! 

P.S. If you're wondering why we haven't tried teaching them others, we have, they just don't get them. Lila hates knock, knock jokes… If I try saying "why" instead of "how" in my jokes, they still answer "how". Our jokes also don't have to make any sense, they still laugh every time. 

Life IS good.

Halloween 2015

      Halloween was so much fun this year. The kids were definitely into the holiday. Lila seemed to remember things from last year so all month she kept on asking if it was Halloween yet. We actually got to dress up several times during the month. First, for our ward party. Then, Lila and I each dressed up for school parties and such. Finally, the actual day of Halloween.

 On Halloween we simply went to my mum's ward trunk or treat and we loved it. 

      Lila was dressed as Minnie Mouse, Brighton was a cowboy, and I was the tooth fairy (thanks Bec).  Aren't we adorable?! Okay, maybe just the kids are, but yes, they certainly are! :) 

Here's my sister Sarah dressed as the headless horseman. I was very impressed by her costume. My mum's was also pretty groovy. 

The family that went to mum's party. 

       There was one big bummer for the evening… you may notice that Micah is not in the picture. He wasn't able to join us. Our dang car had problems again! He stayed home and dealt with that while I took the kids. It was so sweet that he still wanted to have the kids go trick-or-treating. Oh well, maybe next year. :( 

It was a calm year which I appreciated. The kids had a great time and I wasn't stressed about trying to drag them around to different houses. They got a lot of candy, but not too much. We got to spend time with my family, which is always fun, and then we got to drive home and sleep in our comfortable beds. A great way to end a holiday.  

The Scarecrow Festival

I really have loved having Thanksgiving Point memberships these past few months. It has allowed me to go to things that I otherwise would've missed out on because of cost. The scarecrow festival is one of those things. I really wanted to take my kids because I thought they would just love seeing so many scarecrows done up in such creative ways. I was right! The kids adored them!

There were so many cute scarecrows that the kids kept asking me to take a picture with, but after so many I finally had to tell them we weren't going to take a picture with every single one or it was going to be a very slow walk.

I do love their faces though! Oh my goodness they're adorable! :)

Brighton's face in these photos cracks me up!
I know the pictures all look the same to most people, but the subtle differences are what I love.

Brighton got distracted by all the leaves on the ground… Lila soon joined him.  

 

 

This scarecrow scared Lila.

I have to say that I think Brighton's favorite part was the burlap maze. It was really cute watching him go through it. Lila just loved following other kids through the maze to find her way out. :)

I thought this veteran couple was so cute.

They liked this maze too, but not nearly as much as the first one. I think it was too easy for them. ;)

I don't know what they were doing here, but I love the picture.

The pathway out was beautiful, too!

It was such a fun day.