halloween

On Saturday night we went to Grandma and Grandpa's ward trunk or treat. Maelie was a ghost, Kyla was Mickey Mouse and Jaxon was Buzz Lightyear.

trick or treating at Grandma's house .... the halloween costume parade

All done trunk or treating, hanging with Grandma and Shannon .... the cutest Buzz ever!

Jaxon with Shannon and Zac the monkey.... Kyla got a Mickey painted on her face

Kyla and Anna dancing .... Maelie with her face painted

the kids picking out their pumpkin to color.... Kyla picking her prize at the cake walk

Jaxon loving the prizes... Kyla with Anna the hippie chick

Maelie with Jakob the family tree.... Alissa the ballerina

Jaxon did not want to put a costume on this year, but after we gave him some candy he got over it, phew!




Maelie wiped out with her hand in the candy :) Happy Halloween!!!

Oh, and yes I made it thru halloween without eating any sweets~ I also took 1/2 of the kids candy and put it in the freezer for their stockings. :)

Annual Pumpkin FHE

Last night was our pumpkin FHE! We made our own Jack-o-Lantern Pizza. Then after our lesson the kids painted a pumpkin and Jonas and I carved the Jack-o-Lantern just the way they wanted it.

Maelie is a ghost this year and the only one with her costume ready. She had a bday/halloween party on Saturday and here she is, the cutest ghost around. Today she had crazy sock day and I thought she looked so cute. Originally she was going to wear flip flops with the socks because they are toe socks but she had PE...

I have done the firm and stayed off sweets for one week! Woohoo! It is still hard but it feels good to be in control and doing something. It is hardest to make myself do the Firm everyday actually because it is wasting me so bad! Just keep swimming, just keep swimming... :)

my goal

So I have been pretty depressed oh since Jaxon was born but mostly in the last year. I have been gaining weight out the wazoo and it's so not good. I have decided to quit all sweets until March 1st. I have done that before when I was at BYU-I and lost some good weight. I am the type of person that has a hard time keeping sweets limited so I think it's better for me to quit them completely. I realize this is hard and I realize completely cutting it out may cause you to binge. But I'm doing it anyway. I have done it before and I am doing it again. And what better time than right thru the holidays? No halloween candy, no thanksgiving pie, no birthday cake, and no Christmas treats. I CAN DO IT!! Jonas is doing it with me. I hope I have the will power for this because I really need to do this. I am starting TODAY and I am also doing the FIRM every single day (except Sunday) or something else equally difficult as well as taking the kids to the park in the stroller a few times a week. I did the FIRM this morning and it kicked my trash because I am so out of shape. I know that it's good to be happy no matter what but I am having a really hard time shaking this depression and I need to get healthy anyway! For me and for my family. I am also trying hard to just eat really healthy, lots of fruits and veggies and less processed. So here we go!!!

CANADA

What a trip! We drove straight home without stopping and I can barely think straight. I have no idea why I am doing this now. Totally procrastinating the kids showers ~ school starts tomorrow!


cute kids watcing movies at Grandma and Granpa's house

our first Sunday there we went to the cemetary and walked around the temple.

the kids playing in the cabin/playground out back where their daddy played.

riding on Grandpa's manlift :)

Wednesday we went into Calgary to pick up Leland at the airport! Welcome home Elder Stanford!!

We went to St Mary's reservoir, the kids had lots of fun there with their uncles.

Levi drawing cool pictures and the kids watching the aliens grow!

deer in Waterton!

Cameron Falls in Waterton

throwing rocks and logs at Waterton Lake

fun times at beautiful Cameron Lake

Leland's homecoming day - all 5 brothers together!!! And we did stop by Pocatello and see 2 of Jonas' sisters, so we were able to see 6 out of 7 of Jonas' siblings!