ALL of October!

 Casen got to go to a BYU vs Houston game with Dad and the Nelsons, he had so much fun!

 Brinley in her cheer class, I wish they would let us in to get some good pictures! :)

 I gave this to Brinley as a reward for another 100% spelling test, she put it together really quick!

 Marlee is such a good sport about sitting on the sidelines and cheering for Brinley and Casen.

                                          Beautiful girls, beautiful sunset, beautiful night!

 Seriously?? Marlee knows how to make everything more exciting! Here she is sneaking the bread dough :)

 Ladies night with the gals on Apple Grove! This is the night the FB page "Real Housewives of Apple Grove" began!

 Brinley and Casen made all these cupcakes for me for the Halloween party and they did awesome!

 All the crazy kids from the party! It was definitely a full house!

 Witches Brew! This has become a favorite Halloween tradition. Brinley was a good little helper!

 Marlee and Andolyn... classic Marlee face :)

 The Treat table! I could have eaten it all myself, but that would have been really scary!

 The Mummy wrap! Casen was a good sport and I would say that little mummy looked pretty good!

 Donuts on a string, this really was quite entertaining. Some of the Dads got WAY into it!

 All the Mamas! So thankful to have met so many wonderful ladies already!

 Little Miss Marlee helping cook her eggs. She loves to help in the kitchen.

 Brinley's school Halloween party! We were pretty excited for it and then pretty let down! Very few people came and there wasn't anything to do. Nothing like the HUGE parties that we had at her school in Vegas.

 Grandpa Charlie was in a nursing home while recovering from his ankle surgery. We went to visit him and he was sitting outside when we pulled up. He was definitely happy to see us. He told us the story of how he met Grandma and loved chatting with these cute girls. I didn't realize this would be the last time in this life I would get to see him, and I am so grateful I took the time to visit him. He is such a special man. Sure love his sweet countenance.

 I took the kids to a "farm" on the north side of Houston. Marlee's favorite part was riding the pony!

 They got free pumpkins before we left and Casen chose one with a giant stem.

 Trick or Treating!! So much fun with these 3 kiddos, although they really were hard to keep up with! They wanted to stay with the rest of the neighborhood kids but were good sports about waiting for Marlee and I.

 All the Apple Grove kids and a few of us Moms. Such a fun group of people we love by!

 She was cracking me up! Definitely excited about how much candy she was getting!

 We ran into Marlee's little friend Breezy from gymnastics

 The kids wrote this note for Marlee and it seriously made her SO happy! She made me read it over and over :)

 Our first neighborhood event! Picnic at the park! Sure love where we live! Marlee had fun with sister Ali Howell who we ran into while we were there.

 Marlee has become quite the master of procrastination by always wanting to go potty after I have already put her in bed. I'm usually pretty grouchy when I take her potty since I want her in bed, but who can stay grouchy with a cute face like this looking at you!

 Got all ready for Halloween and the kids had fun trying on last years costumes!

My Dad send this photo of me when I was 3, the kids had a lot of fun laughing at it :)

We got invited to swim at our neighbor Bill and Carla's home. The kids had so much fun, Marlee loved the hot tub!

Love when Marlee cooks for me!

I really wish I had a good picture of this, but I love when Marlee hugs, kisses, sings to, talks to, reads stories to my belly! Or should I say her baby brother. She is just so excited!

Nice Sunday walk with Daddy to feed the ducks.

My Mom gave me my old record player! We have had so much fun playing with it with the kids!

Darlene and her cute kiddos texted us their pic to say hello so we decided to do the same :)

Brinley put together this chair from IKEA all by herself!

Sage and Brinley Boo in their matching outfits.

Can't ever be too careful when it comes to hot food... which by Marlee's definition is anything above room temp :)

And this is just about how prayers and scriptures before bedtime go down in our house :)

On our way to AZ for Jessica's wedding! It was sure fun to get to spend the weekend with this cute girl!


 Jenn and I relaxing and chatting on the porch. So thankful for this sweet sister of mine.

 My Mom with some of her siblings and her Mom. Chris, Debbie, Grandma Barbara, Mom, Mark.

 It was fun to watch Jess on her dance with Dad. I remember mine being so special.

 Brinley had so much fun on the dance floor with her cousins and other little girls. It was fun to see her smile, she had such a great smile!

 Dad took the girls on a jeep ride! Quite the adventure! Wish I could have joined them!

Joe drove all night and surprised Jenn by coming to the wedding. She was in tears. Such a wonderfuk surprise. Seriously made me so happy!

Brinley waiting with her cute cousins for Jessica to come out, seemed like it took forever!

Brinley and the Bride :)

So fun being pregnant with Jenn! I love telling everyone she is having twins! So exciting!

Us girls were in charge of picking up some of he food for the wedding, we nailed it.

Um.... YUM! So wish they had Kneaders in Houston! But so glad they have them in AZ now!

We went to see Grandma's new addition to her home, so exciting!

These girls were so sweet, pushing Grandma all the way bac k to his room.

Got to go with these cute girls to my favorite Bahama Bucks!

Casen is getting so good on his bike, I just love watching him! Marlee decided to pull her own stunt :)

These two worked hard to put together this whole lego set! Love when the play nice :)

Two crazy girls! The weather was perfect so we met the Nelsons at the park after picking up dinner.

Group shot! We joined some gals from church on their preschool trip, it was a fun little "farm."

My hard drive was full so my Dad helped me order a new one and told me how to transfer all my memory and install a new one... big accomplishment for me :) And it worked - typing on that computer as we speak!

Beautiful Brinley! Ryan and I take turns taking Brinley to school in the morning, it's nice getting a little alone time with her. I got to take her on Halloween when she was wearing her witch costume :)

It was fun trick or treating with these cute kids and trying to keep up! Just wish Ryan could have been there!

The kids saved some of their candy for Ryan and set this on the counter for when he got home :)

Casen said he wanted a "ninja" pumpkin for school. He did a great job painting.

Angela Adamson and her cute kids stopped by to visit us on their way to San Antonio!

Marlee loves this Snow White dress, it was fun to see her in it and remember Brinley wearing it at the same age... man time flies!

Casen, Marlee, Matthew, Bailey, and Brinley.... That night was our ward Trunk or Treat and it was fun to have our friends with us!

Angela and I with all our kids! She is seriously one of the sweetest people ever! So glad we met more than 6 years ago in Mississippi and have still been able to keep in touch!

So glad Ryan was able to come tonight! The kids always love when he is there for activities, especially since he would be missing Halloween night!

Marlee holding baby Mia! All my kids LOVE this cute baby! After they left my kids would play "baby Mia" and take turns pretending they were her :)

Casen gets so into his football games! I love his determined fun, makes me smile every time!

As if the slide wasn't fast enough already they had to put the slip n' slide on it!

"Marvin" from the Memoirs of a Goldfish book, she chose him as her character for her book report.

This face kills me! Hello double chin! Love my Marlee girl!

We went to Killens Steakhouse with the Nelsons and had a great time, seriously best steak ever!

Brinley finally getting into her game! It was fun to see her really play! I am proud of her for sticking with it!

More help from my favorite little kitchen helper... I just need to realize it won't get done quickly if I do it while the kids are awake :)

Casen finally finished the reading workbook her started in NYC! He worked really hard and was excited to earn his lego set!