Elise's Special Day

Elise was Baptized last weekend and it couldn't have gone any better! On Friday night we picked up Grandma & Grandpa from the airport and the kids were over the moon of course! Friday night we spent making and decorating sugar cookies to bring as refreshments. We had so much fun coming up with cute ideas. Corbin's Mom has a church cutout that was so cute for cookies. Saturday was a GORGEOUS day! My Mom and sister, Lori arrived just in time to leave for the church. Elise was very nervous and very excited! It just so happened that there were 5 other kids in our ward getting baptized too, so there was a great turn out. I was so proud of her and Corbin. Corbin did a great job! I kinda forgot that he had a big part to play too! He was awesome with both the baptism prayer and the confirmation and gave Elise a beautiful blessing as well. Later that night we headed over to the Smith's for a Cafe Rio themed dinner and cake of course! We sang "Happy Birthday" again to Elise, giving the Grandparents a chance to celebrate her special birthday a little late. Sunday was also a fun day. Grandpa and Elise sang "A Child's Prayer" in sacrament! Wow! It was amazing, so beautiful! There was not a dry eye in the house and so many people came up to me and just gushed over how well Elise did! I was such the proud Mama all weekend! The kids spent the rest of the day playing every game imaginable with Grandma and fixing things around the house with Grandpa. The kids were so in their elements. The weekend was such a great memory that I will treasure forever. My testimony grew so much just realizing that I am so lucky to have been lead to the Gospel and that my kids have the opportunity to learn the Gospel in our home. What a blessing!!!

Trick-or-Treat

We had so much fun this Halloween! Elise was a snow princess, Ella was a witch, and Easton was Buzz Lightyear! We went to Elise's Harvest Festival at her school, our ward Halloween party, Ella's school program, that was THE cutest thing ever, Elise's school program, and trick-or-treating of course! On Halloween night we ate dinner with friends then hit the neighborhood and ended our evening visiting our awesome Bishop and hanging out with family! It was such a fun night!!!

Carving Pumpkins

Our kids love to carve pumpkins! We always do it for family home evening the week of Halloween. This year Corbin and Easton teamed up to make a bat that turned out more like a spider and I helped Ella carve a cat. For the last two years Elise has done it all by herself and has done such a great job! They were so excited to put them outside and see them all lite up!

Birthday celebrating continued...

On Elise's actual birthday we took her to her favorite place to eat, Olive Garden! We love being able to take time to do something special for her. Elise is such a sweetheart! She is always very helpful to me at home and is such a great example to her siblings. I am so grateful that she was sent to our family and we just really enjoyed being able to go out to dinner as a family!

Elise turns 8

For Elise's 8th birthday she invited four friends to go roller skating. After roller skating we came back to the house and had pizza, opened presents, played freeze dance, and had cupcakes. They were so cute and had so much fun!