Church Halloween Party

 We went to the ward party last night at the church.  Like always, it was a lot of fun!  The girls had trouble deciding what they wanted to be, but we ended up with... 

A Witch:

 A Lion:

 And a Ghost:

 The trio together:

 And where you have lions...you have to have tigers too!  

We need a bear to complete the picture:

 Kim looks so much like Lee that a friend wanted her to go as Lee, and Lee to go dressed up like her, but she was a little fussy and we didn't think we had the energy to pull it off.  Kim had surgery Monday to get tubes in her ears as a result of too many infections and it has left her a little cranky! We think her first word is "yes" and she is now starting to pull herself up to stand.  She got really tired of the lion hat, so here she is hat-less:

 Lee got together with our friends Matt and B and carved these pumpkins.  They are the members of the bishopric in our ward and they turned out awesome!  They won a certificate for them and they got a ton of compliments on how cool they turned out.

 Taylor's latest love in life is Mario Brothers so she loved the costumes our friends, Matt and B wore.

Who doesn't love Mario and Luigi?

 I think my favorite costume of the night was worn by my friend Melissa.  She danced her way across the stage in this and you couldn't help but laugh.  One of my favorite things about her is that she isn't afraid to have fun!

 Hope you all have fun this Halloween too!

Bursting at the Seams

Last weekend, my sister Liz visited and we were able to get all the grand-kids together in one shot.  It's actually a pretty awesome picture for how hard it is to get ANY of them to sit still.  We had a large Sunday dinner with family and the house was ready to pop!  It was great and it was fun to see everyone!  These are all of my mother's grand-kids:  

Carson, Chase, Taylor, Kimberly, Kadie, Brayden, Korben, and Emmalee.

Goofy Girls

 Taylor and Kadie both got to learn about the local fire department at their schools.  Taylor got to tour the fire station and a truck came to Kadie's preschool (she didn't like it much).  Here are my two fireman girls:

 Artwork from school:

 The many hilarious faces of Kim. Her standard look right now is to raise her eyebrows and make the "o" with her mouth.  Too funny.  She is currently clapping her hands and nodding her head while attempting to say "yes."

 Not the best picture of it, but Kim sticking out her tongue is hilarious.  She can do better than this and reach her chin with her tongue!

 Did you hear that?  (once again with raised eyebrows..)

Need a Good Laugh?

(The two videos are slightly different)

I couldn't get enough of this!  I've never seen Kim laugh so hard and her laughter is so contagious.

I love my three girls!  Hope we made your day brighter with a smile or a laugh!

Kim Scooting On Her Bum...

Here comes trouble...

 Kimmy has recently started 'crawling.' She either scoots around on her bum (her preferred movement of choice), or she army crawls on her belly.  She started doing it one day and now she is getting faster at it every day.  One of the hotspots: the bookshelf.  She loves to crawl over to it and take off all the books she can reach!  Kim turned 9 months old this past Wednesday and got her first tooth on that day as well.  She is now sporting her two bottom front teeth!

Big News!

 Grandma Ferris got Taylor some new dresses.  (Since there are three other girls to pass them on to if you count Emma, we thought they would be worth it.)  The first dress is covered in ladybugs.  Taylor was super coordinated and even had ladybug earrings in!

 Kadie said I needed to take her picture too:

 To pass the day (Sundays always seem super long to me and I don't nap well...), I made some flower hair clips for the girls.  These were the color combos that I came up with.  It was nice to use a little creativity and a hot glue gun always makes me feel crafty!

 And finally, the BIG NEWS!  Taylor lost her first tooth today!  She had been wiggling it for over a month now and her tooth was starting to turn gray.  Lee went in the bathroom with her and after 30 minutes and the use of floss, fingers, and pliers, the tooth came out.  Taylor now ranks among the toothless!  

Way to go Taylor!!!