Category: Kids

Pre-Christmas fun

Watching the primary kids sing at our ward Christmas party

Frosting and decorating our Christmas Trees
Painting some new Christmas ornaments
Finished ornaments
Samuel isn’t crawling yet but he rolls and scoots around. He ended up making his way over to the tree and started messing with the presents and ornaments
He actually ended up grabbing his own present and started trying to rip it. I guess being curious about your Christmas presents starts young!
We got our cat Grey a pet bed for Christmas and the kids couldn’t wait to give it to her. She instantly curled up in it and has loved it ever since. And she normally isn’t in the house but since we went through that cold spell where temperatures were in the negatives most of the day, she stayed in the mud room for those few days (but she is outside again now, though she’s not happy about it)

Recent Pictures

We got a little snow when we were in Utah for Thanksgiving and the kids were super excited, since we hadn't gotten any snow yet in Idaho
We got a little snow when we were in Utah for Thanksgiving and the kids were super excited, since we hadn’t gotten any snow yet in Idaho. We didn’t bring any of their snow items but they still wanted to go out and play.
Over Thanksgiving we went and saw Moana
Over Thanksgiving we went and saw Moana

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Tried to get a picture our Christmas lights but my phone doesn't take pictures in the dark very well
Tried to get a picture of our Christmas lights but my phone doesn’t take pictures in the dark very well
Decorating the tree
Decorating the tree

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Watching AFV Sunday night
Watching AFV like we normally do on Sunday night. The kids all wanted to snuggle together.
Seeing Santa Clause.
Seeing Santa Clause.
William was really excited to see Santa (until after, when Santa didn't give him a present and he had a meltdown)
William was really excited to see Santa (until after, when Santa didn’t give him a present and he had a meltdown)

Halloween fun

It was a fun Halloween this year. We carved pumpkins, decorated sugar cookies, went to a Halloween carnival at Lucas’ school and went to a couple trunk-or-treats.

Cleaning out the pumpkins. William wanted nothing to do with this part of it.
Cleaning out the pumpkins. William wanted nothing to do with this part of it.
Samuel didn't get to carve his own pumpkin but we watched and ate some puffs
Samuel didn’t get to carve his own pumpkin but he watched and ate some puffs

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Finished pumpkins
Finished pumpkins

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Playing a football game
Playing a football game
Trying to win some prizes on Plinko
Trying to win some prizes on Plinko

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Decorating Halloween cookies
Decorating Halloween cookies
Ready to go trick-or-treating
Ready to go trick-or-treating

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Fair

We haven’t gone to the East Idaho State Fair the last few years, as I really don’t like the crowds, but we decided to brave it this year. The kids loved seeing all the animals, they loved asking us to buy them everything they saw, and they enjoyed an animal show we got to watch (with sea lions).

Crowds weren’t too bad until about dinner time, but we lucked out and got ourselves a table, which made things a lot easier.

Getting to try milking a cow
Getting to try milking a cow
Lucas wanted a turn as well
Lucas wanted a turn as well
The sea lion show
The sea lion show

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Recent pictures

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Samuel constantly rolls over now, but he doesn't know how to roll back onto his back yet, so he gets upset and you have to roll him back
Samuel constantly rolls over now, but he doesn’t know how to roll back onto his back yet, so he gets upset and you have to roll him back
McKinley loves her little brother and she's a great help in watching and playing with him. She can always get him to smile and laugh.
McKinley loves her little brother and she’s a great help in watching and playing with him. She can always get him to smile and laugh.
The other day our cat jumped onto my lap, while holding Samuel. She snuggled up to him and started licking his feet. He kept grabbing her fur and pulling it and trying to get it in his mouth, but she was super patient and loved him.
The other day our cat jumped onto my lap, while holding Samuel. She snuggled up to him and started licking his feet. He kept grabbing her fur and pulling it and trying to get it in his mouth, but she was super patient and loved him.

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Checking out the animals at Reeds Dairy, after getting some ice cream
Checking out the animals at Reeds Dairy, after getting some ice cream