I'm Thankful for.........

A million things, but something that brings me so much joy is being a mom to these four little monkeys. Love you guys!

Halloween

We had a great time carving pumpkins, all of the kids got right into it!

I was surprised that Savannah was okay digging into the pumpkin. Usually she hates to get dirty.

Liam even had a pumpkin!

Such a sweetie, Savannah told me exactly what shapes to cut for the eyes and nose, and to make it a happy pumpkin with teeth.

Brett, the proud Utah Football player!

Emily was Hermione Granger. To see a more on her Birthday see the previous post.

Savannah was a Utah Cheerleader.

Cute little Liam had two hand me down costumes, so we put him in both! Here he is as a caterpillar, and below he is a little pea in the pod. On Saturday I had to work so I dressed up as a Utah fan and then the kids came to the hospital to go Trick or Treating. It was nice to spend a little bit of time with them on Halloween.

Hogwarts Birthday Party

I am so behind on blogging! We had a friend Birthday party for Emily. Right now she is really into Harry Potter, and wanted to have a Hogwarts Birthday Party.

Emily dressed up as Hermione Granger. Mike planned a lot of fun activities. The kids went on a scavenger hunt in Hagrids pumpkin patch. We hid little pumpkins all over the yard. Each of the kids got a cauldron and a wand when they came.

She had six of her friends come over.

We decorated the basement, trying to make it look like the Great Hall. I loved the idea of the floating pumpkins!

The kids were all so excited to see Dumbledore. It was such a great party, and Emily had so much fun! My favorite part was when we sorted the kids into their house with the sorting hat. Mike hid a walkie talkie in the hat and then hid in the other room. I would place the hat on the girls head and Mike would talk in a British voice and tell them what house they were in. The kids loved it! We also had a rat race, ate chocolate frogs and Bertie Bots Jelly Beans, and of course we had a pinata. Mike was so creative in planning the whole thing, and Emily thought it was amazing, she loved being Hermione for the day at Hogwarts.

Cereal!

Recently we gave Liam his first bites of rice cereal. He wasn't too sure and kept making some funny faces, but he managed. He is getting better, but always gags his way through it. Our little boy is now 4 months old! I keep telling him to slow down and stay little for a bit longer, but he seems to be in a hurry to grow up!

Emily's Baptism

Emily has been looking forward to her baptism day for a long time. Here is the cute invite my sister made.

About a month before her baptism, Jen took her out and took some photos of Emily in her baptism dress. I think she looks so beautiful and grown up!

Cute photo she took of herself right before we left our house.

This picture was taken right before Em was baptized, she was so excited and a little nervous. But, Mike had practiced with her and she felt a bit more confident. It was such a neat experience to see my little girl get baptized. I am so proud of her and the choice she made to become a member of the church.

Afterward, we went to the house and had a BBQ and her Birthday party. I will show more pics of that later. Here she is with her Granny. Granny gave her a picture of Jesus with the children that had a baptism quote, and a picture of Emily too. We have it hanging above her bed so she can remember her special day.

Great Grandma and Grandpa Frenette, so happy they could come!

Emily with her Grandma. She gave Em a journal, and she has already written in it, remembering how she felt when she was baptized.

Emily and Grandpa

With Papa and Liam.

When I turned eight, my mom made me a baptism quilt, and I wanted to carry on the tradition and make one for Emily. I couldn't have done it without every ones help! I had each family make a quilt block and then I put it together. When I gave it to her I reminded her that the Holy Ghost is a comforter. I hope that she will always remember how much her family and Heavenly Father love her even when things get rough.

Love you Emily!

Las Vegas - final post.

Last Vegas post! Sorry there are so many, but I make a book from my blog and I want to capture a lot of the pictures! Here we are by "The Vegas Sign", you truly haven't been to Vegas unless you get a picture by the sign. This view must be shared by all, because there are always so many people waiting for their chance for a photo shoot.

One of the highlights of the trip was seeing the giant fish tanks at Caesars Palace. We were there for over an hour looking at all the fish and chasing the sting ray - awesome entertainment, especially since it is free!

There were a bunch of interesting people in Vegas, always providing the best entertainment in people watching. I think to many we provided a great chance to gawk as we walked past them, Mike pushing Savannah in a stroller, Emily and Brett running to keep up and me holding Liam in the baby carrier. People would just stop and stare, many would be counting out loud as we walked by. Seriously, you would think we had 10 kids! I think we were great entertainment. A lot of people stopped us and either said we were so brave to attempt such a feat or that we had a very cute family. I agreed to both statements.

Here is a guy on the sidewalk with a snake, we saw a couple of them. Brett was impressed and was excited to touch it.

Another random character, Spiderman was super chatty and continued talking to Brett as we were walking off; telling him to stay in school, make good choices and to not do drugs. He was a preaching Spiderman, Brett thought it was pretty amazing, to meet Spiderman on the streets of Las Vegas.

Treasure Island! We didn't stay for the show, it is no longer "Family Friendly" apparently. The kids were excited to see the Pirate ships.

Emily turned eight while we were on the trip. We celebrated by going swimming and then going out to dinner at The Rainforest Cafe. Super expensive place for the mediocre food, but the kids loved the atmosphere and had a lot of fun. I will post later about Em turning eight and her baptism.

M&M World is a must when on the strip. The kids had fun looking at all the fun M&M characters.

One of our favorite places to eat is a restaurant called "Gonzalez Y Gonzalez" in New York New York.
We shared a yummy drink.

I thought this picture was too cute to pass up! Liam's hat says "Lil' Ute"

In front of the Luxor.

We found a park on our last day there and the kids had a great time running around and playing.

A Daddy is a perfect place to snuggle and take a nap.

The rest of the kids napped while in the car on the ride to the airport. It was so funny to see them all doing the head bobbing while falling asleep.

Savannah in one crazy position! Mike and I couldn't stop laughing!

I love Liam's face here, so funny! This is in the plane on our flight home. We had such a fun trip, but honestly, the best thing was being able to spend so much time together.