Halloween 2012

I may or may not be shedding a few tears while writing this post. Rusty cut off Blake’s adorable baby hair last night. Rusty thinks it was hair only a mother could love. Sure, it looked a little like a hair piece plopped down on his baby head, and he was almost bald underneath the…

In Primary yesterday we were talking about temples. The Primary President was making the analogy that sometimes our houses get messy and chaotic, but that the temple, God’s house, was always clean and peaceful. The PP asked the kids if their houses were ever messy and Halle STANDS UP and yells out, “My Mom and…

SNOW DAY!!  We made snowman and tie-fighter pancakes for breakfast and enjoyed our day off school. (This was the day before the big storm hit.  I always shovel the snow at our house. I like it, Rusty hates it.) I bought Halle and Blake new sleds at Costco this year.  They were TERRIBLE.  So, Josh…

   Little Miss Halle was lucky enough to get to spend her 8th birthday in New York City!  Rusty was speaking at the AdTech conference, which happened to fall right on Halle’s birthday, so we decided to tag along with him.  The boys stayed with Susan.  We arrived in NYC at about 10:30pm, and immediately…

We had a fun time celebrating Rusty’s birthday this year.  The night before his birthday I took him on a fun hike up Eldorado Canyon.  It’s been a long time since the two of us went hiking, and we had a great time.  The view from the top is breathtaking!  After the hike we headed…

Remember this picturesque, serene pond at the Conservatory Gardens?  Well, leave it to Blake to spoil the mood.  The kids were enjoying the beautiful flowers, and loving looking at the giant goldfish swimming peacefully in the pond.  Blake was making his way around the edge, when all of the sudden we heard a giant SPLASH. …