Thanksgiving

This year we spent Thanksgiving with the Vidoni's. Before dinner we went to Monkey Island which is a place full of inflatable slides. The kids had tons of fun and I think the adults did too. Kids and parents played tag all throughout the building and have fun running up down the slides. Ethan loved playing with his dad and cousins and even went down the tallest slides all by himself. Don't mind the blurry pictures. Me and my camera couldn't keep up with everyone. 

These first few pictures are of Ethan and Jared going down the slides.

 

 Here is Uncle Jimmy going down. I'm pretty sure he's running from Jared during this shot.

 Margy, Race and Rachael all playing tag too.

Macie sliding down. 

 They also had an area for the younger kids. Ethan, Fisher and Lucy loved playing on this slide. 

 Fisher, Ethan and Lucy...such good friends.

After a few hours of playing here we went to Jared's brother's house for a beautiful and delicious meal. It was a wonderful Thanksgiving full of happiness and memories. I'd have to say it was one of my favorite Thanksgivings.

Halloween

This year for Halloween I made both kids costumes. Ethan was Woody and Madelyn was a witch. The kids went trick-or-treating at Grandma Burch's with their cousins Adysen and Paycee.  

Next we went to Jared's work and went trick-or-treating to all of his co-workers. This is always fun for the kids because they get tons of candy and Jared's work has a decorating competition between each department. So the place is always looking great.

After that we went to our ward's trunk-or-treat.

To end our fun Halloween weekend we went to Ray and Amy's for their annual Halloween party. We have yummy food and fun Halloween games. Sadly I didn't take any pictures but Amy always does a great job and the kids always have fun. 

Turning 3!!!

Say what?! Three? Yes my little man is now three and it is so hard to believe. I'm sure I'll be saying that with each birthday that my kids have but it true. It's exactly how I feel with each year that passes. This year we decided to do a family party instead of a big family and friends party. I was super excited for his birthday and went with a cars theme. We decorated the front room for his birthday day with streamers and balloons. 

He opened one of his presents from us which was a cars t-shirt and a new movie

Then in the late afternoon we took him to see Despicable Me which he loved.

After the movie we went home and opened his last present, a scooter. He loves scooters and has been asking for one of these for a long time. So he was very excited to get this present.

After presents we had cake and ice cream. I made the cake and was pretty happy with the way it turned out. I made my own fondant to create the checkered flag around the cake and colored some coconut for the grass on top. When Ethan first saw his cake he said "wow" which totally made it worth all of my hard work. 

Happy birthday little man. We sure love you!

Carving pumpkins

This year we actually got our pumpkins carved before Halloween so that we could enjoy them for more then a day. For the most part Ethan enjoyed carving pumpkins except when it came to sticking  his hands in and pulling out the "guts" (just look at his face in the 2nd picture).

Helping dad carve the faces

Our pumpkins even had hair!

What a cute kid and awesome pumpkins!

Madelyn's namesake

I love my grandma very much and feel very bless to have her here with me. This is who Madelyn is named after and I hope that she is able to grow-up loving her as much as I do. Ethan love his Great-Grandma Burch and often talks about going to visit her. What a blessing it is to grow up with your grandparents. 

Madelyn's blessing

Madelyn's blessing was a beautiful fall day and we could not ask for more perfect weather. Bright and early Sunday morning Jared blessed Madelyn and it was so special and touching. I love nothing more then to her Jared blessing our family. Below are a few picture take just after our church.

After Madelyn's blessing we went to PG to be apart of our nephew Jenner's blessing. Madelyn and Jenner were born just 8 days apart. He was a very handsome little guy and we are so glad to have Jared's family close by. Here are a few pictures of Madelyn and Jenner together.

Since Jared's parents would not be here for Ethan's birthday they had him open his present early so that they could watch him open it. They got him a new book (which we read all of the time) and a remote control car.

And here are a few more pictures of Madelyn in her pretty dress with her dad.

I made her headband and flower :)