PICTURE OVERLOAD

As many of you out there, this is the start of my absolute favorite time of the year. The weather cools down, the kids are happy-always looking forward to the next celebration, and pure joy just knowing what we are experiencing at the moment and the joy to come from what we will experience in the upcoming months to come. We are able to spend November focusing on what we are thankful for (which is soooo much but that is for another post). December brings such a beautiful spirit to our home with celebrating with family and focusing on our Savior Jesus Christ. Last but most definitely not least, January will bring the birth of our fourth child which I am so excited for I can hardly stand it!

Now on to the Halloween festivities:


Every year we have the opportunity of spending time with some great people in our neighborhood at our annual Pumpkin Carving Party.

Kash had his 1st Halloween Parade at his pre-school. Doesn't he make a great Batman!

Dani as Dorthy in her school parade.

Madi as Selena Gomez from Wizard's of Waverly Place.

Madi at the donut eating contest.

Kash was lucky enough to have a turn.

Most of the Grandkids at Nanna and Grandad's.

My sweet Kiddos.

Kash showing off his Batman skills.

My girls with my Mom and Dad.( Kash was being a booger and wouldn't take a picture)

I want to take a minute and and publicly announce my love for my children. My babies have been SO patient with me the last 7 months. There love for my is unconditional and they are such great examples of everything good to me. I hope they will always know and feel of my great love for them.

I found Kash watching TV in this basket last night in our room. He is so funny and creative.

My girls got to cheer at the MVT game this last weekend. They did so good. I was so proud! It brought back some fun memories for me. Maybe these two will have the same picture when Madi is a senior and Dani is a sophmore:)

A Good Start to A Good Week (Hopefully :0)

We started out this October Break by taking a quick trip up to Pine Top to help some cousins move their Semi Truck full of stuff into their rental and storage unit. It was a long day but it was so great to spend time with some great people that we hardly ever got to see seeing as how they lived in Alaska!

We rented a little cabin and made a mini vacation out of this trip. Here are the kids actually getting along. Gotta cherish these moments right?!


The kids did so good helping out where they could and just staying out of the way, we took them to Denny's for dinner. If you look at Isaac's face (the only one looking at the camera) you can tell what kind of day it was.

The kids played outside all day, everyday. The weather was fabulous and they were so tired from running non stop all day they fell asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow. How great is that?!

We took the kids to the park and let them run wild once again. Jake had to get in on all the fun. Is it just me or does swinging never get old?

We took advantage of the beautiful weather and drove up to Sunrise and rode the ski lift to the top of the mountain. I was so proud of my kids for not freaking out!

The weekend was a blast. Now I just hope and pray that I make it through this next week without being a witch of a mother. I am trying so hard to pretend that I have enjoyed this pregnancy so far but who am I kidding? I am miserable for some reason, I am a flippin' HIPPO, and I have been so grumpy and moody. I have never been of felt like this with my other 3 pregnancy's so this is all new to me and I have no idea how to handle my crazy self! Anyhow thanks for letting me vent.

GOOD WEATHER AND GOOD FUN!

Let the festivities begin! I am so looking forward to this Holiday season. For one, I love my kiddos and it's so nice to see them having so much fun and being together as a family more than we usually are, and for two, I am looking forward to this pregnancy flying by through the season! I HAVE HAD WITH THIS ONE! I am soooooo excited to have this sweet baby boy in my arms and with our family but, HOLY COW, I have despised this pregnancy!

Anyways, onto the fun stuff, my awesome sister-in-law Amber was in charge of our monthly combined FHE and she had the funnest activities planned for the kids. She is so creative, I love it. We started out with a sweet game of Halloween Bingo, then we made spooky spiders with ding-dongs (I forgot how much I love those things), black licorice, and red hots, then onto the creepy popcorn hands. It was such a fun night. Once again I am so lucky to have such a great and fun family! Thanks Amber!

Now for the good weather. Now that my girls are back in school I get to spend some quality time with my Kash Man. This little boy is sheer entertainment for me. He's crazy but he is such a good boy, has the best and funnest personality, and most importantly he loves me :) We have enjoyed this great weather so much. The park has never been so much fun!

Allen Family Reunion '09

A few weekends ago we had the opportunity to go down to Wilcox, Az for the Allen Family Reunion. We had a great time. How can you beat good wheather, good food, good company, and great fun?! You just can't!


While we were there we had the chance to drive to Safford to see the new temple that is being built. What a beautiful sight!



On Saturday we went to Apple Annie's Apple picking farm. We missed the hay ride so we found a trailer the was parked and tried to convince the kids that playing on the hay was just as fun. Everyone but Kash (in the background) was convinced :)



I tried to teach Kash how to look cross eyed.

This place had the yummiest suckers, ice cream, fudge, and so much more!

My Sweet Babies ....

My Hubby took our barrel train up there and entertained the kids for hours on end!

I am so thankful to have such a wonderful family! I am so blessed to have been born into a great family and to have married into such a great family as well.

Ok, I know I haven't posted in a while but let's be honest here, I'm pretty sure I am the only one who reads this thing anyways. I am posting today because I need HELP! How do you tidy housewives keep up on laundry? I can't do it. Well, it's not that I can't do I just plain HATE it! I feel like I am drowning in laundry. Is there anyone out there who has any tips or a good system that helps them get their laundry done and not hate every minute of it?

Today is my baby's 3rd BIRTHDAY! I want my little Kash man to know how much he is loved by his mommy and daddy! My relationship with this little boy is almost indescribable. As some of you may know, I would have been just fine having all girls. Not because I didn't want a boy but because I was so used to girls and I loved the boys and frilly dresses. I am so glad to know that the Lord had a different plan for me. I love my girls very much and I will always cherish my relationship with them but me and this little boy really have something special! When this little boy looks at me he literally melts my heart. I want to wish this sweet boy the BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!! Kash I love you, you are so special to me and I am so thankful for you !

I LOVE YOU MR. KASH!!!