Halloween Witches! BOO!

We had a good time with our little witches for Halloween. Even though the girls were sick the week before, we still pulled together a fun night.

We went to Witches Night at Gardner Village. It was really really crowded, but we were able to salvage the night with a yummy dinner at Mimi's.

The two littlest witches were buddies, I couldn't get over the cuteness factor.

All the little witches hoping for a treat.

I am not a big scary fan. Ghosts, goblins, haunted stuff, unless it is all cartoony and fun. I like pumpkins, fun decorations, but if I see a skeleton, it just makes me cringe. I am sorry all you scary fans out there, but no, I just don't like it unless it is cute.

Pumpkin Time!!!!

Look at us, we picked our own pumpkins that we grew in our OWN garden!! WOOOO HOOOOOOOOO! I loved it. I am going to grow more next year because it was so fun. The girls loved it. We picked them then drew faces on them and later we carved Jack-O-Lanterns. This was us getting ready for Halloween.

Belle was thinkin' she was pretty Hot Stuff with her own pumpkin.:)

Miss Ella found a couple of pumkins underneath some big leaves.

We had a good time.

Fall Football

Aaron loves playing sports. It is so fun to watch him.

Belle and Ella loved it, even though it was Fricken Freezing Mr Bigles-worth!

I wrapped up our neighbors too! All the Daddies came out to play.

Well this is our August and September. We spent some of it recovering from the Trip from ...., and some of it recovering from the birthdays. But, mostly we just hung out. Which was OK with me. I am a person that prefers a simple life. I don't have to be busy all the time, in fact I prefer not to. I think it is nice to have periods of time to relax and just enjoy. The girls are so fun and entertaining. They have such big imaginations.
It was hot outside so we would go out in the evenings when it cooled off. Then when the whether got nicer we spent a lot of time in our garden and picking fruit and we canned and dried and made a ton of salsa. It was actually really fun doing all that food storage type of stuff. And I enjoyed having a garden this year.
I have been able to do a few projects at home and love the feeling of actually being productive. But, only when Aaron and I stay up till midnight. So many days I would get to the end of it and have no idea what in the world I accomplished. I do know that sweeping is a huge part of my existence currently. Man I keep vowing that the girls are going to be practicaly slaves when they grow up. I don't think it is possible for any children to be messier eaters than mine. I sometimes look at the kitchen, like I did this morning and just want to pull my hair out. I just don't know. I look back at all the stories of mine and Aaron's ancestors and think, Wow! how in the world did this woman feed all those kids, keep her kitchen clean and the kids cloths wearable and all that sort of stuff, with no space and no modern conveniences. It depresses me actually. Like, what is wrong with me. Maybe I have way too much time on my hands, or maybe I sleep way to much, or maybe I should never be enjoying myself. I shouldn't read or do anything for myself, like all the shows and professionals tell you to. Well, I guess I will just have to get better at it. It is tuff not being hard on yourself sometimes. Well enough of that rant.
So, after all that fun of bottling and stuff, September ended with some fun shopping with my mom. We got the girls some boots and cloths and some fun witches hats and stuff for the Witches night out at Gardner Village. Hopefully we will get to go.

These are many examples of why we don't let Children dress themselves. And why not to let children to themselves with a lot of things.

Ella's Birthday

Ella's Birthday was July 28Th. It was just after a crazy week of vacation and sickness. But I want to thank everyone who helped us celebrate.

Gabriella Sophie Biesinger was born two years ago, and I have truly soaked up every moment with her. She is a joy to be around, she is happy and loving and a bundle of energy. We have lost many dishes to her curious hands, and had a broken arm and many many other injuries on a smaller scale. But she is a tough cookie and a little monkey. When she was born I knew she was mine and still I can't believe how blessed I am to have her. I will take broken dishes any day if I can be with her.

Ella has a funny way of saying things. Lately she was talking in her sleep about band aids and owy's and even though I was up in the middle of the night, I still loved being apart of that moment and her little self.

Thank You Ella for letting me be apart of you life and bringing so much joy to my life. I love your smiles, laughs, tears, crusties, tantrums, dances, hugs and kisses!!!!!!!!! I love you Ella!

Camp Epidemic!!!!!!!!

So to continue our crazy week...

See me, this is what death looks like... This was after I nearly passed out and lost all my lunch, not to mention the dinner before, on the grass.

This trip ended on a sad note, I think every single person up there got this illness. It was the worst flu I have had in a long time. With more than twenty five people sharing one bathroom. It was exciting!:(

Vacations

One Crazy Week

The week started off with some crazy fun. The cousins love getting together, so when Kristin brings in her family the cousins go bananas! We end up having a marathon week of play. This time we were only able to play with everyone for a couple of days before we headed out for a family vacation with Aaron's family.

OK so I know this is a lot of pictures. But you have to see how much fun the kids all had. Even the adults went down. There are no pics of me going down the slide because I was the one taking all the pics. Saturday started early with all of us heading for Salt Lake to be in the big Pioneer Parade for the 24Th of July. The kids had fun waving and marching. I wish I had some pictures of it, but I don't. After we went to Grandma and Grandpa's for some water fun on the big blow up toy. We were able to borrow this from Aaron's Brother's fiance', Nicole. Thanks Nicole.

We had fun this weekend with all the kids. They are so funny they got into some lawn flags it the Garage and took off like a little parade themselves. Waving the flags and following along. They are so much fun. The only one that didn't participate in these festivities was Kellen because he can't walk yet, but when he does, LOOK OUT! Seven little Campbell grandchildren on the loose.