Family Pictures 2014

Taken by my wonderful/awesome friend Mandi at Mandi Ward Photography

SAY A PRAYER

This is how Elsee folds her arms for the prayer.  Every night when we are all sitting around the table, she will remind us to say the prayer.

Putting Our GRINCH To Work

 ....OH, DADDY JUST LOVES THIS TIME OF YEAR....

HAHAHA

Wobby's Helper

 Elsee loves to help Wobby do everything, laundry is her favorite, she loves to unload the clothes and then lay on them when they are all warm and just out of the dryer.

BLANKEY

 This little girl loves her blankey, its almost as soothing as her binky ('Dee Dee').  She will cuddle up to anyone when she is wrapped around it.  And the boys love to cuddle with Elsee!

MMMM...

....its SOUP weather!

STICKY BABY

LOVE

In our house, we have two doors leading you outside to the garage, one into the laundry room and one from the laundry room to the garage.  If you leave the laundry room door open, Elsee will run right into there and bang on the outside door, she loves being outside, and screams for someone to come get her and take her out.  If you forget, you will rush in and knock her off her feet, and usually she ends up scared and hurt.

Last Saturday, Branson left the laundry room door open and went outside closing the garage door.  Elsee, sure enough ran into there and banged on the door for him to come get her.  5 min later, he came back in, knocked her on her bum, and made her sad.  He felt so bad that he did this, so he stayed with her by the door and let her bang and have fun.  Ashton came stomping up, all ready to come in, and Branson yelled,

'DON'T COME IN!!  ELSEE IS BY THE DOOR....AND SHE IS TOO BEAUTIFUL TO MOVE!'

So they both waited untill she was done at the door and then Ashton was able to come inside.

LOVE HOW MUCH THESE BOYS LOVE THIS LITTLE GIRL!

ITS CHRISTMAS TIME

TODAY.....ITS SNOWING

YES....WE DECIDED TO DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS

YES....ITS ONLY THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER

YES...DADDY IS ALREADY COMPLAINING

YES....WE LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!

Looking Through The Ads

.....making our Christmas List for Santa.

Veterans Day Program

At our Elementary School, the 4th grade puts on the Veterans Day program, Ashton was apart of it this year.  Ash had a speaking part and a swing dance part, he wasn't too excited about the dancing, but he agreed to do it.  I am so proud of him, he is such a good kid!  This program was AMAZING!  They worked so hard and made it so special!  They were able to dedicate a special thank you song to the men and women who have served, especially those from Malad or family of those that live here.  Grandpa Les Downs, Grandpa Doug Downs (my dad), Grandpa Lyle King, Grandpa Willard Parker, and Chris Parker (Brian's brother) were showcased (pictures) at this special program.  That made it that more special and unique for Ashton....and all of us.

 We talked Grandma & Grandpa, Kylie, Libby & Seton to come up and watch.

After the program we checked out the boys from school so they could go home and play with Libby the rest of the afternoon.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SERVICE THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DONE FOR US, AND ARE CURRENTLY DOING FOR US.

CHRIS PARKER.....WE LOVE YOU!!

Prep Work

....for Wobby to go out of town shopping.

Good thing I save lots of money!

UH-OH

....Elsee has found the cupboards.

Movie Night

Daddy's Wallet

Elsee loves wallets and everytime she gets ahold of one, she will run and hide out and pull everything out.

Such a girl, she already knows which cards are the best!

Family Night

Monday nights we hold Family Night.

When its your turn for Family Night you choose:

Dinner

Dessert

and

Activity

This particular Family Night was Branson's turn.  He chose steak for dinner, cupcakes for dessert, and shooting for the activity.  We had to hurry because it gets dark fast this time of year.

This was a fun night for all of us!

Plug your ears....Elsee

Wobby is usually in charge of balloons, and after blowing up so many, I thought I should try it out....pretty fun!

Daddy thought Wobby needed to try out the shotgun too....it was OK...not my favorite....I don't like all of that power....Ashton said 'thats the best part!'

LOVE FAMILY TIME!

Wanna Go Bath?

Every time you ask Elsee if she wants to go bath, she books it down the hallway to the bathroom.  She tries to climb in while the water is filling up.  She loves bath time.

TRICK OR TREAT 2013

 This year we had a Cowboy, a Hunter, and a Daddy's Sweetie....

I know...SO ORIGINAL! :)  gotta love em!

 We start out at Thomas Market for the town Trunk Or Treat and then head out to our neighborhood/ward friends houses.  We have the best friends/neighbors, they spoil these boys with lots and lots of candy.  They had full bags by the end of the night.  And a total of 5 full size candy bars each...this was so fun for them :)

 And Daddy was home this year!! YAY!!  He has been gone the last 4 Halloween's, so to have him home was pretty fun for all of us.

WE ARE LOVING THE NEW JOB!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Halloween at School

I have learned Halloween is a BUSY day, but really FUN too!

I have volunteered for this holiday in Ashton's class every year for the last 5 years, so I told Branson it was finally his turn for me to plan and head up his Halloween party.

We started our day out with the parade.

Elsee got the backseat comfort for the parade watching:

 After the parade, we headed in for Branson's class party.

Highlights:

*Mummy Wrap

*Pin The Nose on the Pumpkin

*Ghost Bowling

*Halloween Sticker Sheet

*Yummy Treats

Elsee was my little helper and loved watching all of the kids in Branson's class have fun.  She would copy and follow everything they did.

Branson told me: 'That was the best party ever!' ...guess that means I did good :)

Now to hurry home for a quick dinner and then off we go to collect that candy.