Halloween Week

Spirit Day at Brynn soccer

We tried to have everyone dress in purple. Our whole family had purple except for Brett and Brayden so I made them wear lays. Brayden had purple in his hair like the rest of us, but Brett refused. I tried to get him to just spray his mustache, but still no good. :)


PUMPKIN CARVING

This is one of Amber boys. Brayden is right in the middle of her two boys. He loves playing with them. It is so nice for him to have boys around. :)

We went over to my friend Amber's house for FHE to carve pumpkins.( She was a former roomate, and now she like one street away from me, yeah). We had a soup pot luck with some friends and then carved pumpkins. The dads and moms worked hard carving the kids pumpkins. :)

APPLE BOBBING

After we were done carving pumpkins and most people had gone home, my girls decided they really wanted to bob for apples. Jacob and Caden (Amber's boys) had never done it before, so my girls showed them the ropes. Everyone got very wet, and everyone ended up with apples.

HALLOWEEN KIDS

Brayden loves holding Kali, but most of the time it doesn't last long. She gets rather scared.

Aubrey got to have a pj party at her school on Friday. She was so happy because she got to wear here glow-in-the-dark Halloween pj.

Brynn got to wear black and orange on Friday. Also, the night before she lost her front tooth. She was so excited to lose it. I thought it was a perfect time because she was being a witch for Halloween, and they are always missing teeth.

These are the girls at the ward trunk or treat. The two girl with Brynn and Aubrey are their little friends from school. Brynn says Emily is her "best friend".

Brynn was a witch. Later on in the evening when Brynn was trick or treating she told Brett she felt sick. I think from looking at this picture I should have known she wasn't feeling well. :)

Aubrey said she was a "princess" ghost.

Brayden was Luke Skywalker. He was so excited to look the same a Dillon. Dillon and Charlie (Jenny's boys) are Brayden's idols. Brayden got his costume made a week before Halloween, and he wore it everyday. He also laid it next to him when he slept. It was so cute.

Here is our decorated truck for the trunk or treat party.

Little Kali was a bunny. She didn't really like the hat, but I made her wear it because it was so cute on her.

Brett enter a ugly mustache competition at work, so yes this is his really mustache , but not really hair. :)

Brettt and I had a 70's party a week before Halloween, so we just decide to keep the costume for our other costume parties.

This is why I love being a mom!

At the end of the day, regardless of what happens, I have four cute kids that smile at me.

Julian for the day

We decided to head to Julian for the day. It is about an hour and a half away from us. We wanted to go pick apples and be in the crisp fall air. It is up in the "mountains" so to speak.
Anyways, it definitely wasn't like the Utah and Idaho fall's that we are use to, but it was a fun "first" family out since having Kali. It was just nice to get away. It didn't even seem like we were still in Cali. Julian is an old mining town. They had this little place right outside of the town that was set up as if it were still a mining town. After digging for "gold", playing in the hay, feeding the goats, seeing a picked over pumpkin patch, trying to wash clothes we headed to a little pie shop for apple pie. Brett and the kids loved it so much that we order a whole pie to bring home. It was a nice relaxing day.

Outside the "MOM" apple pie shop.

This is where the kids mined.

The kids loved playing in the hay barrels.

This is the old barn were the goats and other animals live.

Kali trying to feed the goats.

Aubrey trying to wash clothes.

The poor pumpkin patch was so pick over. We should have come a week earlier. Oh, well. We loved it regardless.

Fun with Family

BRETT AND BRYNN RIDE BIKES TO SCHOOL

Brynn been wanting to ride her bike to school for a while. It was super fun that on Brett time off they got to ride their bikes together. We only live a mile and a half from the school.

KALI'S FIRST PEDICURE

One Sunday I decided to paint all the girl toenail, which included mine and Kali's. It was so fun painting Kali's little toes.


BEACH DAY WITH BRETT'S BROTHER CORY AND HIS FAMILY

Brett''s brother Cory and his family came and stayed with us for a few days. It was so fun to see them and the cousin had so much fun being together all day and all night. :)

BRETT 35th BIRTHDAY PARTY

Brett turned 35. It was fun having his family her to celebrate. We had a party for him in the park, and then the kids also had a Star Wars party for him. We are sure glad he was born. He is the best husband and dad.

CORY PARA GLIDING OVER LA JOLLA

Brett got these sweet pictures of Cory gliding over the beach in La Jolla. Cory loves to para glide, and I am glad he got a chance to do it when he was out here.

BRETT'S FAMILY AT LEGOLAND

Kali's didn't get to go on to many ride. Just here stroller.:)

It was fun spending the day at Legoland with cousin's and grandparents.

MY BABY SHOWER

My too kind friend jenny threw me a shower. I told her I didn't need a shower because it was my fourth baby, but she insisted. I said I wanted to have it to celebrate the fact that "I am done" having kids. ;) Anyways, it was an awesome shower. So many people from the church came and helped. Also, my good friend, Jana, from San Diego made it up to the shower. It was a wonderful time. Kali and i got spoiled.

DINNER AT RUBY ON THE PIER

Brett's parents came out to see cute Kali. It was so nice to see them and have them her for a few day. We did some fun things while they were here.

BRYNN'S FIRST GRADE PICTURE

Fun in the California Sun

OUR "BABY DOLL" KALI

The kids love to dress Kali up. The kids love it when it is their day to pick Kali's clothes. Kali is a pretty good sport most of the time being the "baby doll".





BRYNN'S FIRST SOCCER GAME

Brynn's first soccer game was right after Aubrey's party. So Brett took Brynn to the game early and Aubrey and I met them at the game. Brynn is the girl in the picture just standing there. She hasn't quite goten into soccer quite yet, but I am hoping with time and practice she will get into it more. She had a hard time with the fact that Aubrey went to a princess party while she was at a soccer game, but Aubrey was nice and shared her new hat with her.

AUBREY'S "GIRL" PARTY

Aubrey went to the cutest princess party on Saturday. They girls wore pink gloves, and made hats, necklaces, colored paper dolls, and had a little tea party at the end. Aubrey was in pure heaven.

LABOR DAY

On Labor Day we went to the Del Mar beach with the Mathews and Williams for a little surfing, boogie boarding, and a picnic. It was nice and relaxing. There is just something about being at the beach that is soothing to the soul. It is especially nice when you are surounded by good friends. We always love living next to with the Mathews and now the Williams again, both were our good friends from Phoenix and now we all live here.

FAMILY FUN BEACH DAY

The kids had so much fun with their aunts and uncles at the beach. It was so fun having my family come down and spend time with us after Kali was born.

KALI'S ONE WEEK BIRTHDAY BASH AT THE BEACH!

We thought it was fitting that she got use to the beach since part of her name sake comes from being born in "Kalifornia".

MY MOM'S VISIT

My Mother came out to help out after Kali was born for 10 days. It was the best gift. She helped with the kids, made yummy food, cleaned my house, and most of all she was a friend to talk to. The day before she left we celebrated her 55th birthday. My Dad, Kelsi, Shane,Daniel, Kylie, and Justin came for the celebration. It was a fun time. I am so grateful and thankful for my wonderful beautiful mom. She has always been one of my greatest blessings.

BRAYDEN STARTS KINDERMUSIK

He LOVES it. He get so into it. It is so fun to watch him dance and get so excited.

AUBREY'S FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL

She actually likes it this year. YEAH!

BRYNN STARTS FIRST GRADE

KALI AND DANIEL'S BIRTHDAY PARTY!

We celebrated Daniel and Kali's birthday the day Kali and I came home from the hospital. My brother Daniel and his wife Kylie and friend Justin came out and stayed with us for a few days on their move to LA to start dental school at UCLA.

LITTLE FEET, BIG FEET

THREE GENERATIONS!

HAPPY BIG SISTER!

A VERY HAPPY BIG BROTHER!!

THE PROUD PARENTS!

OUR HAPPY FAMILY!

This was a our first family picture taken right before I left the hospital.

Baby Kali

Kali Karlene was born Friday the 28th. All went well. Brynn, Aubrey, Brayden were all super excited to see here. She make the long nine months worth it.

Art Camp

The kids did a mini art camp this week. Some friends and I each took a day and we made crafts with the children. I think it was one of Brynn's highlights of the summer. She loves doing crafts, so to do multiple crafts in one day was pure heaven. The last day was mine to host. One of our activities was a hand print t-shirt. (Inspired by my cute apron that my friends from San Diego made for me last year when I moved to FL). Anyways, they turned out so cute, and it was a fun way for the children to remember their week at art camp.

FINGER PUPPETS was the next activity. They got to design there own finger puppets out of felt and a rubber glove. They were all super creative. Brynn ended up using her finger puppets in church today as props for her talk on families and temples.

FOOD ART was what we did for snack time. I just put out fruit and different finger foods and the kids designed their own creations, and then of course ate them. Brett actually had the day off so he was there the whole time helping. I don't think I could have done it with out him. He helped out so much, and the children loved having him here.

PUDDING ART was another activity that we did. I just bought different flavors of pudding and dyed them different colors. The kids had more fun eating the pudding than using it, but they came up with some cute designs. (The last time I did pudding art was when I was at my 8 year old birthday party:)).

Anyways, I am so glad the kids got to do this. I hope we do this every summer.

WICKED

For my birthday my sweet friend Jenny gave me a ticket to see WICKED in San Diego. I had been wanting to see this for a long time. Anyways, we had such a good time at the show. It was nice to see it, and it was super nice to just have a girls night on the town with Jenny. (She has been so awesome to help me get through this last little while of pregnancy. She is always planning something, so I have things to look forward to. She really has been a lifesaver. Thanks Jenny!)