Devil's Kitchen

 Grandma Nessi and Grandpa Steve came up for a visit.  We took them to see Devil's Kitchen and had fun wandering and climbing.  Dakota said that climbing was her life ;) too cute!  Some how they didn't get into any pictures but they were there.  We also walked by the ponds and just had a nice visit!

Bristol and Dad!

Bristol is 7 months old

Peek a Boo!! She won't sit still long enough to play but I felt lucky to get such a cute picture!!  She's all over the house and pulling herself up on the furniture.  Her favorite place is the ottoman but it's not as exciting now that I moved all the magazines she was trying to eat!  She has waved at Daddy but doesn't do it regularly yet.  She loves to talk and blow raspberries.  She says, "Dadadada." And "mumumummuma." It's so fun to talk with her because she talks back to you when you repeat her.  She hates baby food but loves pumpkin muffins at moms work and tonight I tried feeding her oatmeal with peas and she refused so she ate pieces for white bread.  She wants the real deal.

She's crawling everywhere and getting into everything!!

Everything goes in the mouth!! No teeth yet, thank goodness!  

Walks up towards to the furniture, but doesn't cruise yet.

She loves toys and playing with her sisters.  She is very busy and would prefer to enjoy all of that instead of sleep!!  She found her lungs and likes to scream! I just love this girl when you smile at her she smiles.  She is so good, so happy, and so loved!!!

Halloween

I got to see the girls at their school for the costume parade!! Make friend sent me this picture!  Very cute!  Then I raced home and made a cake for a funeral and cupcakes for Paiges class.  I brought treats for her class. I came and watched Cloe perform a play for her Class.  It was really cute.  She was the Narrator and then I stayed and did some creative movement Halloween style with the Paige's class.  We pretended to be Monsters and ghosts and Cowboys!!  Paige loved having me.  I helped her pass put her treats and then sat and ate with her.  She even wanted to make the rounds around the school passing out all the cupcakes.  It was fun seeing her enjoying putting smiles on peoples faces.

Princess paige, cheerleader Kota, vampire Cloe, and butterfly Bristol!  

Bristols first Halloween!!  She did get a sucker with the wrapper on!  But other then that and the nerds she found on the ground she stayed pretty sugar free! She enjoyed going around the festivities and chewing on her butterfly antennae!

We went downtown did the trick or treating there and train ride and hayride!  

Then we went off to the retirement center haunted house and the church trunk or treat.  Then we hit a couple friends door to door and we surprised our friends the Hoffman's for a drop off and a nice Halloween visit!!!

Happy Halloween!!

Cloe's Birthday

 Cloe's birthday!  She turned nine!! I can't believe it!  I am so proud of her!  She is such a sweet, kind,  smart, and funny girl!  She has a wonderful teacher this year and she is just blossoming and finding herself.  I love to see her say what she is thinking!

 Her and her sisters made her cake.  I was attempting some marshmallow fondant and I didn't quite get it right but the girls made the best of it, had fun, and it turned out great!

We took her swimming and she took her friend Katelyn and then we headed to pizza hut.
We had waffles and ice cream for  breakfast and did gifts.

Pumpkin and Party

 Bristols First Pumpkin Carving.  She was checking it out and trying to taste the goo, it was really cute.

 We all got gooey!  Thanks to the Anderson's for Yummy Family Home Evening Treats of cinnamon rolls.

 Cloe made a cute cat, Kota made a horseshoe, and Paige made a one eyed pumpkin face!

 Face Painting at the Harvest Party!

 Kota and Mom

Kota with her warty witch fingers.

We also had fun at the costume skate this year.

Balls, Bucks, and Babes

 Cloe's first season of volleyball.  Dad helped coach.  She did awesome!

 Busy baby Bristol!

 Paige and Kalli fun friday!  Dress ups, cookies, Nail polish, pedicures, watching Frozen, and running around like crazy.  Awesome night we got to keep her until late!

 Paige and her buds at Muffins for Mom...Paige is well liked in kindergarden.  The girls keep fighting over her at school so I'm having to teach her to speak up and say what she needs and wants.

 Mom and Cloe at Muffins for Mom

Kota and Catcher at Muffins for Mom

 Brent helped pass out /muffins for Muffins for Mom and then on a run!

Cloe, Kota, Brent, Bart, and Ryan went hunting and Brent got his deer.  They had a lot of fun.

HOA BBQ playing in the leaves.  We also had a game of softball.  Fun Day!  Love the Hoffman's we're so happy we're neighbors.  Their daughter is so cute she kept chasing the girls saying, "Casey Girls, Casey Girls!"

Family Photo Shoot

I don't even know what to say except, "I love my family!"

Thanks to our friend Tenika we got family photos this year!!  We were grateful to be apart of her pay it forward experiment!  Read her blog for the details  http://tenikaleigh.blogspot.com