Sugar and Spice...

My kids decided to be a Bumblebee Transformer and Snow White for Halloween. There were about 6 other Bumblebee Transformers running around at our Ward party. Connor is so not unique with his costume picking. He just wants to be big, bad, and mean, but still fit in. Kadee walked into the day care yesterday, took one look at a girl named Cheyanne in her princess costume and said, "mom, Cheyanne is prettier than me." So matter of factly, it was so sad. I told her she is beautiful and turned her in the opposite direction. Rory came to see the kids costumes, one of my students, Harrison, pointed to Rory and said, "Hey! You don't have any hair!" It was hilarious.

Kadee is famous for saying inappropriate things. I have washed her mouth out with soap twice (is that considered child abuse?) for saying naughty words. We were reading a story in preschool, parents were there, and Kadee yells, "Stop Swiper the butthole." Yes, that is my daughter, don't say anything you don't want her to repeat.

Sugar (Connor pictured above)....





Spice (Kadee pictured above)....





Sugar and spice...

Congratulations Deputy Bradley!!

For the past 11 weeks Rory has been in Sandy at the POST training academy. He has been doing physical, academic, scenario, and tactical training. This is the third and hopefully final school he will have to go to. He has already completed his Corrections and SWAT certifications. He just graduated on Wednesday, October 21 with his POST certification and we couldn't be more proud of him! He has worked very hard and has made the Sheriff's office proud. They gave him a taser to carrry around (which he is very excited about) and his parents, grandma, my grandparents, and I went in on a new duty gun for him.

We went up on Tuesday after school and went with my grandma to dinner at Winger's. After that we met Robby (Rory has been at school with him this whole time) and Brandie at Chuck E Cheese. The kids had a blast as they always do!

The next day I had a class on how to support my husband the police officer. It was a very interesting class and I learned a lot! I can't believe how much our officers go through on a daily basis, it is so important to support them, but keep them grounded at the same time. I love my husband so much and I am so grateful for all he does for us. He is a great daddy, an awesome husband, and a fantastic cop!


Rory with Sheriff Cordova, Captain Adams, and Lt. Sherman



The graduates/roommates/and very good friends- Rory and Robby Riley



Kadee with Logan Riley. I think they like each other, I want them to get married someday.



Connor was so funny, he fell asleep during the ceremony, but everytime we would clap he would wake up long enough to clap a couple times and then went back to sleep.

Pumpkins and Tutu's

Sunday we went to Debbie's house and carved pumpkins. Every year we go to her house for Halloween and do something fun. This year we weren't sure when we were going to get to have a dinner, so we decided to do something new and try pumpkin carving with nine kids. The kids had so much fun painting their pumpkins and digging the gunk out (actually Kadee wouldn't touch the gunk!). Rory and Derek carved some really cool pictures into Valyssa and Kadee's pumpkins and did a really good job. I didn't get a picture of Derek's though, because when Valyssa picked it up she knocked out the center of his carving. She was devastated! We kept telling her it was ok, but she felt so bad about it. Debbie had treats, so after we were done painting and carving the kids had cookies and jumped on the tramp. They all love their oldest cousin Taylor, so they took turns riding him like a bull. He is such a great sport and made sure everyone that wanted a turn got one. Poor Zac was sick with a fever, so he spent the evening in the house. My kids love our little family traditions and always look forward to them. They can't wait to see what we cook up next!




Rory's cool carving









Connor with his pumpkins (he loved the baby pumpkin)







Kadee with her cute monster pumpkin

















In my last post I mentioned that I bought some stuff to make Tutu's. Well here is the finished product. It was so easy and actually lots of fun. The best part is that I didn't have to sew one bit (I hate sewing). I think it turned out really cute and I can't wait to get back up to the fabric store to buy more tulle.



Yes, Kadee is standing in first position. She is such a little ballerina

Heather's Baby Shower

My friend Heather is having a baby girl and so I thought it would be fun to have pedicures and a little lunch date to celebrate. I convinced Candee to go up with me so that I didn't have to drive alone. We went to the Primrose Retreat in Spanish Fork. We met Heather, her mom Vickie, and her sister in law Megan and got pedicures. The pillows we sat on were super soft and it was so fun to relax and visit. After that a few of Heather's other friends met us and we had lunch at the Bistro there. The croissants were to die for! They were sooooooo good! It was such a relaxing day and so fun to be with the girls. Heather is so cute preggers and I am so excited for her to get a girl to spoil. After that Candee and I went to the fabric store to buy stuff to make no sew Tutu's. I hope they turn out cute!