Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun! We had lots of friends and some family, over the weekend. After we had a great feast made by my mom, sarah and I, Marc and I went to Grandma and Grandpa Lemieux's house for yet another meal. After eating way too much all the boys went out hunting and us girls mapped out our Black Friday conquests:) We had a really fun time shopping away...even though we lost the Lumbee:) Here are some various pictures from the weekend.

Uncle TomKari and Cameron

Sarah trying to play with Clate...but he was being a stinker

Cameron and Sawyer

Mommy and Me

Marc and Ross mapping out hunting spots

Mommy and Me dos

Mom and Hadlee making rolls...don't know what Kari is doing (maybe acting like she cooked something:)

Denton and Ross wrestling

Britt and Had

Marcus cutting the Turkey

These 2 like to pose

Aunt Sarah and Sawyer

Marc and I

Halloween Fun!!

This year for Halloween we went to our ward trunk-or-treat. It was fun to get to see all the little kids dressed up! I didn't get very many pictures, Clate was having a hard time behaving!!

I think Marc had a little too much candy...he was scaring Clate and Jayce

Clate helped dad pass out candy...he likes to run away while trick-or-treating

The Gang

Hadlee and Sawyer walked in the parade with Camilla and Shaylee

I took this picture right before Clate threw a tantrum and chucked his hat, kicked of his boots and started sprinting away from me screaming. It was quite the scene:)

My pumpkin, Clate's pumpkin, and Marcus's pumpkin

Clate carving pumpkins

Little Miss Frankenstein

Growing up so fast...

I was playing with my kids this morning and started thinking...man they are growing up way too fast!

I had to start packing away some of Sawyer's clothes today and move her on up to the next size. It made me a little sad thinking she is not so itty bitty anymore, but I am also excited to get to dress her in some different clothes (after wearing the same clothes over and over for a few months gets old...ha ha). She has been such a great baby she is so easygoing she just gets lugged around everywhere and gets smothered by Clate and Hadlee all day long, and she just takes it with a grin (most of the time). I love when she talks and smiles, it is the cutest thing. One of my most favorite things she does is SLEEPS so well (if only Clate could catch on), she sleeps from like 10pm to 5:30am eats and goes back to bed until like 7! For some people (AKA Lacey) this might not seem that great but too me it is AMAZING!!I love my sweet little girl, she has such a great personality so far:)

We have been working on sitting in the bumbo...she is a bobble head:)

She looks like Elvis ha ha


Look at that smile and those cheeks...love it!

More Bumbo time

Now onto Clate...he has become Mr. Independent lately. He has to do everything himself. He refuses to sit in his high chair, he has to sit at the table, but can hardly see the table while sitting. He has to feed himself, and quite frankly there are times when it would just be easier for me to feed him, so I don't have to give him a bath every hour:) He has to try to buckle himself in his car seat (can't quite get it). He thinks he needs to climb into my bed to go to sleep. One of my favorite things is when I turn on cartoons in my room and walk in to check on him (because he is very quiet...not a good sign) and I find him snuggled under my covers fast asleep! I love the little man he is becoming... even though he scares the crap out of me at times (when he thinks it is funny to climb on top of the couch and try to do a flip or something). There is never a dull moment with him:)

He loves to talk to his dog
feeding himself...not too messy yet


Goober


Finding things



The sister missionaries came over for dinner, and he just had to wear the helmet

Showing off his Muscles



First he smothers her with kisses.



then he pokes and pokes...



And now she is ticked!

Happy Halloween!!

Busy. Busy, Busy...

*ZoO, sOcCeR, cAmPiNg*

So we have been pretty busy the past week! One day I thought it would be fun to take a little trip to the Phoenix Zoo. It was nice to get out of the house and walk around, Clate had a lot of fun! Of course his favorite animal was the cows whenever he's sees them he acts like its the first time. Ha Ha. One of the funniest parts of the zoo was when Clate was standing right next to the glass cage where the baboons were, and one came and sat right next to him against the glass. He started crying and trying to get away ASAP. It was funny. This baboon was quite the character it totally put on a show for us while it was eating. It would pull food out of its cheeks and would chew it up then put it on the window, then look at all of us then lick it off the window...so GROSS!

Denton showing off his pearly whites!

What "pearls"

Sawyer and Papa

"See-food"

The baboon just sat down...Clate is trying to get away.

Hadlee doing her signs

Mommy and Clate

Jayce thinking he's cool

Can you see the enthusiasm?

My Mom, Hadlee, Clate, Sawyer, and I took a little trip up to Payson to watch my cousin Bailey play soccer. It was a lot of fun to get to watch her play, she did awesome (scored the only goal of the game)! We missed Cassadi and hopefully she'll get better soon so we can watch her too! The weather was so great!! I miss cool air and rain:(

Chillin' at the soccer game

The one and only time he wasn't in the puddles

Puddle time!

The weekend came and we took a little camping trip up by Canyon Creek. The trip didn't start out so well...on the way up Sawyers little bouncer chair flew out of the back of the truck (I tried telling Marcus that it was going to fly out...but who wants to listen to their wife?!) Don't worry he bought her a new one, thank goodness for Wally World in Payson:) THEN...As we were getting closer to our destination Marc remembers that he forgot the sleeping bags...SERIOUSLY ?! So then I asked him if he remembered the tent...he says, "Well ya! That was the first thing I put in the truck. I guess the second thing I should have packed was the sleeping bags." Hopefully he learned his lesson...Good thing the cabin wasn't to far out of the way!

We had a lot of fun hanging out with Ma and Pa Lemieux, Britt and her kids, the Sagers, and the Walkers. We are so lucky to have them in our lives and have them as friends:) We are also very thankful for the BIG trailer...the second night was really cold (our 3 sleeping bags weren't cutting it) and windy, so we got to crash in the BIG trailer. Nate and Michelle were lucky to leave that evening and I must say Ross and Sarah get a gOlD sTaR for sticking it out. Maybe there 3rd camping trip will be better than their first 2!

Woops the wind blew the chair in the fire...ha ha

close-up

Hanging out!

Clate and Jackson being buds!

Clate and the dog Lady (not my favorite dog..she's not very bright)

Giving loves to his dog

I think they are up to something

Grandma and Clate