Random Pictures

Here are a few happenings from the month of November:

 The big boys' favorite new homework spot; my bed.  They crack me up!

 Snuggles with my Buds and his bear, Chaucer.

 Preston came up to me one day, holding a pencil in his hand, and said, "Mom, there is something that I've always wanted to try.  I'll just have to take my glasses off to do it."  Then he removed his glasses, and put the pencil behind his ear.  He informed me that he saw he preschool teacher, Miss Jen, do this all the time, and he thought it was really cool.  I sure do love this kid!  He is always making me laugh!

 On November 17th, we had the opportunity to go to a CU game with Vivi's class.  Her teacher, Mr. Kennedy, got free tickets for his class members and all their families, along with free kids meals.  It was such a fun day!  Mr. K is the best!

After a long and busy day, (doing I don't remember what) this girl completely crashed.  We got home, carried her inside, undressed her, changed her diaper, put her pajamas on, and laid her in bed, all without her waking up even the slightest.  That's when you know she's tired!

Vivi's Baptism

We have a tradition in our family that the week before someone gets baptized, they get a "special" cookie for each day of that week. The first day is a "B" (for baptism) cookie, and we talk about what baptism means. The next day is an "A" cookie, then a "P" cookie and so on. Doing this has given Trent and I a great opportuniy to talk with our kids about the importance of baptism before they get baptized.

"B" is for Baptism.

"A" is for Atonement.

"P" is for Priesthood.

"T" is for Testimony.

"I" is for Immersion.

"S" is for Sacrament.

"M" is for Missionary.

Getting ready.  Buds was so sweet to help Vivi get her dress buttoned up.

Cute siblings.  Preston was so excited for Vivi's special day.  He even let me comb his hair, which is almost unheard of.

 The big day!  Vivi was supposed to be baptized the end of September, but we wanted to make sure all the grandparents could be there, so she ended up being baptized on November 3 instead.  We were so excited Great grandma Chapman could come!

 My girl and her daddy.

 Vivi had lots of people come to support her on her special day.  From left to right we've got Janet, Steve, Kristie, Sean, Grandma Guercio, Vivi in the front, Dustin, Jilly, Trent, Grandma Chapman, Colson, Jan, Trenton, Mike, me and Preston.

Jilly's favorite part of the day; dessert.  It was such a wonderful day.  We are so grateful for our sweet Vivi, and for the wonderful decision she made to be baptized.

Birthdays

My brother and mother-in-law both had a birthday a couple of months ago.

 For my brother's birthday, my mom made an amazing caramel apple cheesecake.  It was so delicious!

 I have been horrible lately about remembering to bring my DSLR with me, so all I've got are a lot of fuzzy cell phone photos.  I guess it's better than nothing!

 Preston just can't help himself.  If there is a present around, he has to get his hands on it and open it!  I love the look on my Dustin's face here, as Preston helps himself to opening my brother's present.  Does that look say "get your hands off" or what?!  Ha!

 Dustin reclaimed his present.  :D

 Happy birthday bud!

A few days after celebrating my brother's birthday, we got together to party for Janet's big day.

Another blurry cell phone picture.  We had pie to go along with that big tub of ice cream, in case you were wondering.  ;)  Happy, happy birthday Janet!

Halloween

Here is the crew, ready for some trick-or-treating!

This year we've got Calvin and Hobbes, Psy, a bumblebee, two cute ghostsies, and Trent was a burglar.  I forgot to have him put his beanie hat and jacket on before we took the picture.

Here he is with all his gear on.  Can you see him?  :D

 Preston couldn't wait to get into his candy.  He went into his candy bag head first, searching for his favorites.  Between the ward trunk-or-treat and trick-or-treating on Halloween night, the kids got gobs and gobs of candy.  We usually ration them, but I was too lazy for that this year.  I think the boys ate through all of theirs in less than two weeks.  Vivi still has almost half of hers left, almost two months later.  It was another great Halloween!

Little Climber

Jillian loves, loves, loves to climb on the table, any chance she gets.

Little monkey.