hApPY HaLLoWeEn!!

Happy Halloween everyone!! this is one of my favorite holidays, why you might ask.....

well of course, because I get to dress up with my kids!! :) (and also cause I work at the school and we have a parade that people from the community can come and watch. I don't have any pics of the parade, cause of course I was in it, but maybe my mom took some, and I can steal some from her. but the others are at school during the halloween parties in Porters and Braxtons classrooms.

Bryn walked (more like I carried her) through the parade with me. arrr matey!

this is out of place... its at my moms when we went trick or treating

group shot. yes we were all pirates except one. (didnt realize that one till I had bought all the costumes. oopps) it was pretty funny though cause he would tell everyone he was a "stow away" on our ship.

this is a couple kids from Brax's class.

Easton, Tanner, Brax, and Bridger

captain Jack Sparrow

China man.. anyone want ham frie rie?!

Porters halloween class picture


Porter and his teacher Mrs. Issa

PumpKiN dAyZ!!

It's that time of year again!! Today was our yearly Pumpkin Days at Grandpa and Grandma Utley's house. We started it off with of course.... food!! boy was it delicious! yummy! we then bobbed for apples, (yes even I did it,and I was the first to get an apple. thank you, thank you! but sorry no pics of me) then we painted and carved pumpkins, decorated cupcakes and make blood shot eyeballs! We had a blast, and can't wait until next year!!

Uncle Maury G. starting off the apple bobbin'

Brax tryin it out

Now Porter's turn

Bryn was hesitant about doing it. here she is thinking about it.


finally deciding to dive in...

YEA!! she got one! :) she was sooo excited to get one too. I couldn't believe she could actually do it.

cousin Scarlett painting her pumpkin


Bryn painting oh so carefully. and of course its....PINK

Stockton decided Bryn needed to have some body art :) they all had so much fun painting (yes I did take her pants off, less mess! paints easier to get off of legs than clothes :) )

Porter carving his pupkin all by himself!

frosting her cupcake.

brax diggin out the goo

His finished product

Porters finished products. I think you can tell which one he did all by himself!

10 Things I Can't Live Without....

Jennie tagged me on 10 things I cannot live without...well most of these are things that I just simply DON'T want to live without!! (they are my comforts) :)


#1: of course my husband Josh.
I dont know where I would be without him. He is the best thing that has happened to me and he is the best father to our kids.


#2: definitely my kids! they are my everything. of course, they can be little turkeys at times, but I still wouldnt trade them for anything.



#3: the church, I wouldnt be here where I am without it. (I put this picture of Christ instead of an actual church, because I absolutely love this pic, it is one of my very very favorites)


#4: lets just say I have serious issues with this....I LOVE LOVE LOVE to shop. whether it be for me, Josh, the boys, or of course my favorite Brynlee. its just sooo much fun to buy for little girls!



#5: I seriously could just eat chocolate all day long! it doesn't really matter what kind, but I do get on kicks where I only feel like a certain kind, then it switches to another kind. mmmm...now I feel like eating some :)


#6: my cell phone. well actually any phone will do for me. whether its talking or texting, I like it


#7: DR. PEPPER....yummy! I seriously could not live without it. if I don't get atleast one everyday, lets just say I am not the happiest person :)


#8: um hello, blogging! I seriously could sit in front of my computer for hours at a time. if you ask my hubby, he would say I already do! (somedays its close) whether its blogging, emails, shopping, or even browsing, I'm there.

#9: DVR... I record all my shows I can't get to and watch them at night or after I get home from work. (cause the boys are still at school and Bryn's taking a nap)



#10: my camera. ya I wish mine was this nice! but I love taking pictures of the kids. (so I can blog about it later) well some of them anyways. but its so I can scrapbook them, if I could ever keep caught up!!

Well there it is....all my wonderfull things I DONT want to live without. Now I tag.... Rachel, Lindsay B., Amy M, Liz, and anyone else wanting people to know about your crazy must haves!!

Caynon Pictures

This week our family and some really good friends of ours went up the canyon and took each others family pictures with the leaves. they were so pretty when we were up there on Sunday, we decided to go back for pics. here are just a few we took of the kids. (note: I posted some pics of all of us off to the side also) :)

we took pics of Brynlee and Stockton and he planted one on her!

Sunday evening we went up to the canyon with good friends of ours, The Roberts family, both the Parsons family, and the Rollins family for a great time. It was great enjoying each others company, the beautiful leaves, and the awesome food. Thanks everyone for coming and having a good time.

the leaves were amazing up there!


Tad, Becky, & Kendi Rollins

Jenn, Brylee, Kendi, Becky, Brax, Linsey, Stacey, & Porter

Josh, Tad, Reggie, & Trayl

Josey and Jenn

What a goof!


Stockton & Brynlee had sooo much fun! they were sliding down the hill on their bums!

getting the fire going! Brax, Port, Lance, & Josh

Reggie & Trayl

me & Brylee


the boys were excited to finally get the fire going

I'm at it again....

yep, that's right, I'm bottling! This time I done tomato juice. I only done 14 quarts, because I started late and we were planning on going to dinner with some friends on Saturday night, so I didn't want to still be doing them when it was time to go, so I opted for less and figured since there are more tomatoes that need to be picked, I would do more later this week. I was lucky enough to have Josh home, so he was so kind and helped me with it. thanks so much hon, I really appreciate it & love you for it :) We also had lots of help from the kids, which turned out fun cause we were all helping and having good family time!

all the mixins cooking away

Porter said he was in charge of stirring the pot

I had to help a little (making sure it wasn't burning on bottom):)

Can you tell she was a big help?!

both boys were in charge of getting the "leftovers" and putting it in a seperate bowl

the finished product. sure does feel good to get something like this done.