Happy Birthday Emmerlyn and Happy Halloween

Safety first, even for the snacks

Twinning. Brevick has one too but he didn't come get in the picture.

Entryway/mudroom with all the shoes in the baskets. Anchor was proud of his hard work

Taking his general conference notes

Homemade pizza and perler bead mess.

Spa day face mask time.

Happy Birthday Emmerlyn! She wanted the cake to look like her cute little rat had nibbled it out so that is what we did.

She is the sweetest most caring girl (almost always :) I don't know what we would do without her. She works hard she is brave. She loves crafting, baking, cooking, organizing, and her animals. She has been so courageous this year making new friends and trying out for the swim team. She is responsible and dependable and hates P.E.

More screens

Darth Vader Banana. I don't know where he gets it!

Pumpkin carving. We had one small injury when Brevick cut his hand but it mended well and he is back to practicing his knife skills.

Ben made a pumpkin for the contest at work. Anchor was his assistant.

William dressed up with his band group but i didn't get a picture. I don't know where he was when we were taking this one. The kids had a great halloween and got tons of candy which they are still eating but we are pretty much down to the stuff that nobody really likes.

Cute Sousaphone player. He has worked so hard in band this year and come a long way. I am proud of him. He is even taking it a step further and trying out for some honor bands. Which he played in the Lee honor band a couple a weeks ago and did great! 

One more hulk picture to end with

 

Moving, again.

Got the couch set up. This couch is for the basement but until we get a couch for the upstairs it is staying up here.

And yes, we've said that before.

Charley ran XC with the high school this year and had a great season. He shaved his time down over the season by 8 minutes which was amazing. He worked so hard and I am so proud of him! 

The Chattanooga Choo Choo with Grandma and Grandpa Rydalch. I don't know why my phone was all wonky with the light. The kids had fun climbing all over the train though.

Robot Anchor. He loved playing with all of the boxes so it's a good thing we had a lot. 

Brevick tried a new food at school called papusas. He loved them so much he wanted me to make them. I don't think I did a very good job because nobody else really liked them but he wants to make them again.

Kindergarten really wears him out. If he is up and running around he does ok but if he sits down then he really struggles to stay awake. Lucky for us Pollee was on her way to lick him.

Just trying to survive. We have a serious M&M addiction going on here and I have nothing but praise to Allyn and Sallee for sending me these miracle sodas.

 

Happy Birthday Anchor and the First day of School

This lego master celebrated his 5th birthday this year. He is such a great kid. Loves to do anything, super social. Hates to try foods. He loves chicken nuggets and breakfast. Super excited for school. Always wants somebody to play with him

Starting out the school year in a new school is super hard. These kids were really brave and made through the first day!

 

Summer Time, the aquarium

William had to help me and the movers unload the truck into the storage unit. As you can see, it was exhausting

Emmerlyn found a cookie recipe that she wanted to try. They were twix cookies and they turned out to be really yummy.

We tested these for Allyn. Turns out, they were actually delicious.

We went to build a bear. They are taking such good care of their bears.

Just Pollee

Sallee, Nathan, and Fletcher came to visit us. We had such a fun time but it looks like we maybe wore them out.

Lots of screen time.

We took an adventure to the downtown aquarium. It was pretty cool. There was a lot to see. We were all tired by the end of it.

Ben just chillin with the build a bear

Worn out.