October

October was one fun and busy month! Stressful but good :) Here are the rest of our random pics from the month!

 

Marlee is not a restful sleeper, poor girl. She always wakes up with pretty awesome bed hair, but this day was especially crazy. I had to take a pic, but felt bad knowing it meant she didn't sleep good, and this was only after a 2 hr nap!

She wishes she could sleep here in Brinley's bed... and so do I, she has the most comfortable bed in the house.

We had some pretty serious rain storms and the kids loved driving through the big puddles.

Sweet Marlee waiting to be seen by the doctor for what he thought were fever blisters but what turned out to be Hand, Foot, Mouth disease.

Love waking up to find this :) Ryan used to do this with Brinley when she was a baby

After dropping my little sisters off at the airport I took the kids to Town Center and we had fun playing at the playground there

After climbing around we had Wurstle hot dogs out on the grass and enjoyed the beautiful day!

We made a bathroom break and Marlee was so excited to find this mini toilet. It was too cute not to get a pic.

Casen made "Dallin's farm" (his cousin). It was complete with trucks, trailors, 4-wheelers, jet skis, horses and much more!

Marlee was excited to buy pumpkins, she kept hugging them :)

Nothing better than waking up to this sweet girl. Oh how I love her.

Brinley had been begging to have her new friends from school over for a pizza party, so we finally made it happen!

Brinley, Alyssa, Ella, Bridget, Breelyn, Bailey (her new friend from church) and Meg (Bailey's little sister), with Marlee and Casen in the background

Pajamas, Pizza, and a movie

Casen was excited about his sheriff gun he got from the dollar store. Sweet cowboy with his awesome and much loved Justin Beiber necklace. He begged for that thing for weeks.

Casen and his lifted trailer he built. He loves putting together trailers.

Love it when these two play together. Marlee loves playing with her big brother :)

Brinley takes dance from my friend Michelle in her home and so normally we just drop Brinley off, but she had a day where we could stay to watch.

It was fun to watch Brinley, she is super flexible!

She did a great job paying attention to pointing her toes.

Brinley loves the little dance they are working on. I can't wait to see it at their recital.

This is what Casen's lunch looks like when I let him choose. He always talks about being healthy :)

I came downstairs to find Marlee re-organizing the pantry for us, she did quite a good job :)

I had to go to the dentist on Halloween Day... Marlee entertained herself by filling up the water cups and then throwing them away one at a time.

This is how Casen helps me fold laundry...

Halloween is over!

After lots of Halloween activities, it all came to an end! We made one final trip to the Pumpkin Patch since we won't be here next year.

Marlee loved this ride and I loved watching her with her hands in the air  :)

Half the girls already took off but I had to have a pic with Marlee in it! She was asleep in the stroller last year :)

Casen wanted to were this costume to his Halloween party, he was one cute soldier!

Marlee in Brinley's witch costume from when she was 16 months. She loved it, but the hat was too small... I think she looked pretty dang cute with out it!

Painting Casen's feet at his Halloween party to make little Ghost feet. He kept laughing and saying it tickeled

Halloween night we grabbed dinner at Cafe Rio with the Flores' and then headed out to go trick or treating. Here are our cute kids: DJ, Daphne, Casen, Brinley, Marlee

Marlee LOVED walking up to the doors and saying Trick or Treat, or something that resembled it :)

This couple was so nice and invited me in to take a picture from the inside

Our little band of PIRATES!

We have never dressed up with our kids before but I thought it would be fun this year to dress up as a family, and it was fun!

We had to make one last stop before heading home and visited the DeMills. They are such a great family and we are thankful for their friendship.

Luebke Family Reunion - grand finale!

As long as I can remember my Mom's side of the family has had annual family reunions. Each sibling taking a turn being in charge, choosing the location, etc. They always rent out cabins, a big lodge, or even a big fancy home to have the reunions at, and not matter where it is it is always a blast. My Mom's parents got divorced when she was 14, but BOTH her parents and their spouses come to these reunions every year. It is a fun time for the whole family to be together. I always had 2 sets of grandparents on my Mom's side and feel so lucky to have them. I have always look forward to them even though I have only been able to go twice since getting married. Well it turns out this is the last year they will be doing the big reunion with all the Luebke cousins. They may end up doing 1 day get togethers, but no more vacation style reunions. Needless to say, I HAD to go to this last one! Ryan was at school, so the kids and I drove to Flagstaff on our own. We spent a day with one of my best friends (from highschool, college room-mate, bridemaid) Britney Walker Bassett, who now lives in Flagstaff. We had a great time. Then we headed to the reunion. We loved getting to see everyone who came, and definitely missed the huge amount of people who couldn't make it this year!

The kids were excited to make it to Flagstaff and eat dinner with Britney's family. He girls were so cute and sweet. My kids definitely raised the volume in the house :)

Britney, her baby Kate, and I. So fun to get to spend a day with her and her cute girls. We had fun playing at the mall and doing a little shopping. The best part was just staying up and chatting :)

Friday night we got there just in time to unpack and head out for dinner. It was my little brother Andrei's birthday and we were excited to get to celebrate with him. He was so nice to Casen, he has grown up a lot lately :)

They had a fun playground with old school equipment, the kids loved this merry-go-round.

The kids performed their Snowman song, probably for the last time! Casen couldn't see me after the first 30 second and panicked and then wouldn't go back in :(

My Grandma Schoenberg wanted to have all the women to this "Sisters" song. It ended up just being 4 sets of sisters... Barbara (my grandma) and Betty,  Debbie and Sharon (my Mom), Jennifer and I, and Jenn's daughters Laurie and Andelin. It was pretty fun, but most of all I think it made Grandma happy :)

MY sister, what an honor to be up there with her. Isn't she beautiful. She's the best sister and friend I could ask for.

Dad singing his German boyscout song, I LOVED this as a kid! "Vut iz diss" -- What is this?

Casen was happy to sit with the big boys for the talent show, he had a lot of fun hanging out with them!

My Mom and Dad did an awesome skit with my cousin Mark. They did P90X... Mark was the instructor and my Mom was doing it "modified" and my Dad was "Bringing it" :)  It was hilarious!

My Mom did a great job "modifying" and my Dad brought it so much that he had a heart attack. Mark was so into his work out he didn't even notice the events :)

Marlee cannot her enough of her "Pampa". These two are like peas in pod :)

Fun with Uncle Brian!

Brinley being held by my cousin Makenzie and with my sister Brooklyn. Casen and Brinley are always excited to see Makenzie. She lives just a few doors down from my parents.

Marlee was so excited to see her Grandpa! She literally wanted him the whole time we were there.

The kids and I sang "I'm a mean old Witch" before making the witching brew

Landon, Mark, Clarissa, and Hailey. They looked SO cute! Perfect super hero family!

Casen helping stir the whitches brew, and Marlee adding "flavor" to it :)

Laurie Loo and Marlee Moo dancing away to the "Monster Mash"

The kids and I had our own little cabin, it was just perfect. The kids slept up in the loft and loved it :)

After a long night of having fun I decided that even though it was late the kids definitely needed a bath. While trying to get Brinley dressed Marlee decided to shampoo her hair again. I had to laugh and take a pic to keep from screaming :)

Doing what she loves most, no matter where we go!

I loved being up in the pinetrees! The smell is the best and the cool chill in the air was a nice change.

Brinley had a great time with Andelin and Laurie, they were together almost the whole time.

Marlee, painting for the first time! Feel kinda bad I've never done it with her before. She had a great time, so cute :)

Best Friends :)

Brian was so helpful and fun with the kids. He gave a great lesson on the Savior's last day, he is a great teacher, which I could learn from him more often.

Casen insisted on bringing his bike, he likes to take it everywhere.






The whole crew! Or at least everyone that came! Too long to name everyone :) My kids and I are on the far left side.