Primary Halloween Par-Tay!

My new friend Emily Vorwaller and I are in Primary together and we had a halloween party and it was a HUGE success! Having 32 kids show up probably doesn't sound like very much to most people I'm sure, but for our branch it was amazing! We have seen such a huge growth of kids coming to primary these last few months.  It just makes me smile thinking about all the little miracles that are happening! We had such a good time! We have such cute kids in Primary!

We made Pumpkin Spiders...

Had Face Painting...we're so lucky to have an actual artist in our branch, Sister Cox.  She was the definite favorite of the night! The kids loved it and she did such a great job!

We had relays, decorated cookies, played pin the nose on the pumpkin, ring toss with a witch hat, and had such a fun night!  I'm so glad to be in Primary and to have Emily here now too!

Josey and Ruby, my friends adorable girls!

Only YOU can prevent forest fires!

We had the firefighters come to school this past week and the kids were SO excited! We saw them in the morning and I don't think they stopped talking about it all day! We had such a fun time!

They were so excited to see Smoky!  I was laughing so hard though because they kept asking,

"Are you really a bear?"  "If you're a bear...what do you eat then?" 

(We had just been reading about bears and what they eat...)

 I bet Smoky didn't think he was going to get an interrogation! :)

They were so excited to see a rainbow! They were showing the kids how far the water can go from the truck! Aren't those cute little Jr. Fire Chiefs!

The kids were beaming on that truck! I stayed behind with one of the girls who was really scared!

My cute kids! No matter how tired I am when I get home, those little smiles will always melt my heart!

We had a visitor...

First of all let me just say that this little thing looks cute in this picture but not so much when it's running around your house!  Yesterday morning I was sitting in my living room and saw something out of the corner of my eye run across the floor.  I thought maybe it was a big bug and then I saw it again and realized it was one of these beauties.  Of couse it led to me screaming for Raymond to come help...but it had already ran under my oven and we couldn't get it out.  So we went to Walmart and bought a bunch of traps and set them up around the house.  I was so bummed this morning when I woke up and we didn't catch it.  But tonight when we got home it ran into our living room behind our TV.  Raymond being the manly man he is got some gloves on thinking he was going to catch it with his hands (I don't think he realizes how fast they are but I wasn't going to tell him because I was having fun watching him try!)  He was trying to get behind the couch and was all over the place...but me being the ingenious person I am put a barricade in front of the hall going to our kitchen with a little place to run through that had a sticky trap and just like that he was caught! I was pretty proud of myself and I can finally go to sleep tonight without worrying about our little mouse! Hopefully it was the last...but we left the other traps up still just in case....our neighbors have had 3 in the last few weeks! Just thought we'd share our fun experience! Hope you all are great! :)

The Birthday Month!

September is a BUSY birthday month in our family! My sister Kelsey, two sister in laws...Aimee and Mary Kate, my Dad, our niece Emmie, our nephews Trenton & George, my birthday...not to mention I have a lot of friends whose birthdaya are in September, and two of my best friends just had baby girls!  CONGRATS to Leigh and Jillyn!
SO instead of making a bunch of Birthday posts I decided to do it all at once!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY! We love you guys!  My baby sis Kelsey turned 16 this year so it was a big one for her!   All my siblings and I went down to Cedar to surprise her! It was so much fun! Minus the fact that Raymond couldn't be there...
When we got there she was upstairs and my dad was telling her to come and help him with something...of couse she wasn't too excited to come help but when she came down and saw us she ran over to Brit and gave her a huge hug...then she saw Ryan and I and started crying saying "What are you doing here? How did you get here?"  It was so worth it to go see her for the weekend...I think she's a little lonely being the only one at home now. :) But she had a big Sweet 16 party that night with one of her friends who had just turned 16 too...there were 70 kids in our backyard so it was a crazy night but so much fun! We didn't take too many pictures on my camera but here are a few! Love you sister!!!

Ryan, Aimee, and my mom...we weren't allowed to stay long at the party! :)

WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

Summer Fun!

We had such a great summer! We got to spend a month visiting our family and friends! We loved our vacation but by the end we were ready to be back home and out of a suitcase! I guess that was the trick to finally making me excited to come back to Wyoming! :) We went to panaca for the 24th of July...I wish I would've taken more pictures but here's our cute nieces and nephews at the parade! Love them!

Robert & Travis!

Sarah with her kids!

Katelyn and her candy!

                         They were loving their suckers! :)

It was a lot different going home with Brittany not there...she's loving being in Provo though!We got to see Brit on our way back home...what a cute waitress! :)  Ryan & Aimee come back from Alaska soon! Can't wait to finally be able to hang out with them!

Our trip was so much fun but now it's back to work! I got the job I wanted in Kindergarten and I'm really excited! Can't wait until November to come back to visit! :)

San Francisco...

 We absolutely loved our trip to San Fran! The weather was beautiful!  We stayed right by Union square and Chinatown.  It was fun to be close to everything and walk everywhere!  It was the perfect trip!

So this guy got so mad at me cause I took his picture without giving him money yet and kept yelling at me...oops! :)

Boudin Bakery...yummy!

On the ferry over to Alcatraz...

We of course had to ride the cable cars...

and almost ran over a car because the cable car driver wasn't looking...

This was the best picture I could get of the Golden Gate bridge, it was foggy the whole time we were there...

 Ghiardelli Square...

My absolute favorite part of San Fran was going to see Wicked! Raymond was not thrilled at all to spend almost three hours in a play but he ended up loving it!

Thanks babe for the wonderful "honeymoon"!

Visitors!!

We finally had people come up and visit us and we had such a great time having family here! Raymond's parents came first and we took them to Sinks Canyon, the Shoshone days Pow Wow, and Martin's Cove.  Raymond has ancestors on both sides that came across so it was very special for his parents to be there. 

Love this picture with Raymond and his mom!

My parents and Kelsey came the next weekend for the 4th of July.  There's a Pioneer Museum in Lander that has some really neat stuff and Kels was having a blast! She didn't like the drive here too much though! She told us the only way she'd come and visit again was if we had a baby or got a horse! Ha!

We had a picnic up sinks canyon, it was such a beautiful day!

I didn't get any pictures really of the 4th but it was seriouslly the best 4th of July we've been to! One of the local dentists who's a member puts on a huge firework show put to music and tells the story of our founding fathers and it really put things in perspective for us of why we really celebrate.  We are truly blessed to live in this free country and I'm so grateful for those people who sacrificed so much for our freedom!

We always love people coming to visit! Any takers?? :)