Cleaning day

she loves to study things and see how they work...

Stella has loves to help us clean up the house! She is one big helper.. She loves to hold the dust pan while I sweep... this has become helpful now that I'm starting to get a belly! She loves to help vacuum, dust and mop. We will usually end with a dance off... Stella loves music and loves to dance! She sure is growing up and not a baby anymore :(

fort

I love when Dale has a day off, they come very rare and so we definitely take advantage of them! We get to stay in our pj's pretty much the whole day, be lazy and do whatever we want. We made a fort... and had so much fun playing in it!

Stella would climb through and reach the top and say "BOO:.... and giggle

Here is our finished product

I love this little grin..priceless!

SURpriSe...

We are having baby #2 and couldn't be more excited!! This pregnancy has been very different and started off a rough but I'm starting to feel better and hopefully getting back to my semi normal self... I am feeling a range of emotions... but couldn't be happier to have this little peanut become part of our family! I am grateful for friends, family and neighbors that have been very helpful.

Bryce BIG 12!

Happy Birthday Buddie! I hope you had a great day! I love this kid so much... He is so great with Stella, I couldn't ask for a better helper. He is ALWAYS doing some type of sport activity with Stella and teaching her how to do things. I love how determined he is to do something and will never give up when it comes to sports, I love that he still has a very tender heart and always concerned with how things are going in his older sisters lives. I love you bud!

Look at these fine men! Bryce was able to get the priesthood. He has been very excited
about receiving it, and is glad Bryant will be right there to help him out.

I love these guys so much! I am glad that my grandparents make special effort to be to the important things in our lives and the sweet spirit they share while visiting.

More halloween fun...

Our ward this year did a Halloween carnival for the kids... Young Men and Women put it on and we had a blast putting it together, it was a lot of fun! I think Stella was trying to figure out what was going on the whole time but she sure did like getting the candy from each booth..

Nothing like the good old bing bag toss..

I cannot decide if Stella loved this one because of the candy that was being given or if she really liked throwing the ball threw the tire. Either way she was super content.

Later on that night we had the Burnett Halloween get together..

Dale and I decided that we would just go as each other for Halloween. Dale made a perfect girl :) Stella went as a little skunk.. My mom made this costume for Byrant when he was little, she has such talent. I hope one day I can learn to sew like her.

The jail birds with some of the grand kids.

Our Little Stink!

Christensen visit..

Katie and Dan came out for a quick visit during the fall. It was so good to see them, I felt like was a dream cause it went so quick! We managed to get a lot into the days... We took Stella on an adventure on the LTD bus and got some Aggie ice cream, played game, had a Halloween Party and managed to squeeze in a well needed/updated family photo shoot. Thanks Chalet!

We miss you already guys! I think that sometimes you take advantage of family and when they are thousands miles away you learn to love and appreciate the little moments you get to share with them, even if it is a quick visit. We love you!

Ellis halloween 2011

Our Ellis family party was another success!! This year we did it at our house... I had a lot of fun getting the house all decorated, putting together games (with the help from ALyse & Rach) and have a yummy spooky dinner.

We played some fun games...

In the back ground you may see the T.V. on... Dales Cardinals were in the world series and we couldn't risk missing any detail of the game! The Cardinals ended up winning this year and I had one happy hubby!

So worth sticking your face down in a bowl of whipping cream and finding gummy
Halloween treats...

We got some pictures of the group and each couple...

Thanks Family for making our get together very fun and a good memory to always remember