Candid pics of the kids

We went to the park a few weeks ago and our good friend, Kylee, snapped these pics of the kiddos. Since it's been all summer w/out an update, thought we'd post these so you remember their faces!

Morgan - 7

Macy - 2 1/2

Macy- 1 month earlier

Preston - 1 year

Last Days of School

Morgan made it through first grade! And she made it with flying colors and wonderful memories. She was sad to leave her amazing teacher and her friends, but thankfully, end of the year activities made it all bearable.

Field day activities were held the Friday before school let out.
Here she is with her beloved teacher, Ms. Triplett.

Playing "dry, dry, wet!" with a bucket of water.

WET!!!

The students climbed the rope and then could swing
from the rope across half the gym.

Classmate and friend, Jackson Fobert (left)

Wall of Fame
Morgan made the Principals Wall of Fame. Their are only a few from each class that get chosen and she was fortunate to be chosen each term. Students get to have breakfast with the principal and their families. It is followed by an awards ceremony. They recieve a nifty certificate, their name on the "wall" of fame leading to the cafeteria and a bracelet. But their greatest privilege is to get a big piece of bubble yum and chew gum the entire day!

She and her best friend, Adriana.

Last Day of School

Morgan LOVES Ms. Triplett. She is an absolutely fantastic teacher.
Unfortunately, she will be moving so we will miss her tons. We are so
grateful Morgan had a loving teacher that made her entire year.
She will remember her forever.

Dancing to music the last day of school.

Ice cream social

After watching an amazing and touching slide show of the year,
Ms. Triplett read Dr. Suess' "Oh the Place You'll Go"

Ms. Triplett made memory books for each child.

Morgan, Ms. Triplett and Adriana

Saying good-bye was heart-breaking. Lots of tears...

What a wonderful world!

Swinging!

The kids headed out to get some fresh air and enjoy the swings. Preston loved his first taste of swinging with his big sister.

Morgan (7), Macy (2) and Preston (almost 8 mos.)

Check out Preston's teeth....we call him snaggletooth.
Maybe the Twilight series rubbed off on him in the womb!

Here's a closer look!

Macy has quite a set of teeth, too, as you can see!

Lovin' that swingin'!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!!!!

We had a very fun Halloween this year. We kicked off the weekend festivities with a ward Trunk-or-Treat. We attended with our friends, the Posts. Then we celebrated Saturday by Trick-or-Treating in our neighborhood and having a soup party at our house afterward. It was a fun weekend and the kids had a great time. Macy, Ellie, Morgan and Jaydeen at the Fall Festival party for our ward.

Morgan and Macy have authentic Chinese costumes sent by their grandparents in Taiwan.

Macy and Jaydeen living the high-life and getting the royal treatment between doors! Both girls sported different costumes this next night.

All the parents hanging out while the kiddos are knocking!

We had quite the gang. There were 10 kids trick-or-treating in our group.

Preston was cozy and warm and could've cared less about all the festivities!

He hung out in the stroller the entire time!

Ashley and Morgan - best buddies!

Macy and Joe Dirt, uh-er Wade, winding down. It was getting cold!

Here's the whole family. I'm a construction worker, Wade is "Randy", a creepy mechanic, but so many people thought he was Joe Dirt (I guess it's the wig),

Preston in his Peapod outfit and the Chinese girls. We had fun dressing up.

Daddy with his boy.

Preston looking cute in his Peapod costume.

Happy Halloween!!

Carving Pumpkins

For Family Home Evening on Monday night, we carved our pumpkin. Morgan was way excited and even Macy got into the "guts" part. Morgan wanted Cinderella with intricate details, but we talked her down to a more simple design. Phew, it was much less painful and she could help. It turned out cute!

Preston's first carving...not so impressed.

This is it, all lit up!