Happy Halloween

Michael sold so many cookies for his school fund raiser, that he was invited to enter the Money Machine and try to catch money. He was so excited! He even asked Jake to pray for him at breakfast so that he could do well.

Not too bad! $6 and a free taco in 10 seconds. He was pretty happy with that.

Happy Halloween!!

Friday Michael wore his Jedi costume to school and Jake wore Robin. They wanted to dress up Jared, so we tried on the Devil costume.

So Cute!!

Saturday was rainy. We made a quick trick to the Trunk or Treat.

We had 30 min without rain and then it started coming down again.

It stopped about 6:30, so Todd was able to take the boys to some houses.

I was a princess with my Dragon

Here is Ironman, our Dragon, and Robin


My Hero!

And who is Robin without Batman!

Looking good Boys!

You'll want to see this one

We had a Dr Seuss birthday party for Jared.

Here are the Thing 1 and Thing 2 cupcakes

Green Eggs

A Cat in the Hat cake.

Unhappy until he tasted it. . .
He tasted it and then grabbed the whole thing

Opening Gifts

And then the final gift was from Todd and I.

Here it is. . . .

Yup. That's right, Jared is going to be a Big Brother.

We are expecting #4.

Due April 14, 2011.
It was quite a surprise, but we are excited about our new addition.

Are they Brothers?

Just looking at pictures of the boys today. I've never thought Michael and Jake looked much alike. You can definately tell they belong to Todd and I, but I don't know if people would pick them out as brothers. However, after looking at photos today, I definately think Jared ties them together or is a mix of both. What do you think??

Happy Birthday Jared!!

Jared was born 1 year ago. I can't believe it. Here is a look back to see how he has changed.

On his Birth Day

Blessing in Dec

Playing with Dad in January
February

Memorial Day

Our Water Baby - June

August Sept
Watching his brothers play in the backyard. Sept.

His Birthday 2010!!

Opening his first present!
This in the 1st wrapped present he has ever opened. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Carter. If you listen close, Michael wants to know if it's a hampster. What!!

It was pretty funny to watch.

What have we been doing?

I feel like we have been busy, but I don't have a lot of photos to show for it.

Michael played soccer again. He even scored this year. Much more focused than last year, but still room for improvement :-)

My youngest brother Ryan was Married

Oct 9th to Laura in the Salt Lake Temple.
Welcome to the family!

My cheesy boys at the temple

Our Family

Todd was called to serve on the Stake High Council. He was ordained and set apart on the 17th. He then followed by giving his 1st talk in the 7th Ward.
Well done Todd!


Michael is now in wrestling again, which he loves. He is doing very well in kindergartern. Jake is in pre-school with Ms. Ari and Loves It! He is often upset on the days we take Michael to school and he doesn't get to go.

This week I took my 1st visit to the ER for Kidney stones. Worst Pain of my life!! Had another attack Thurs. night, but not as bad, luckily! Trudy came and stayed Monday and then my mom came Wed for a few days. It sure is nice to be taken care of once in a while.

The End of Summer

A few weeks ago we attended the Parker reunion at Cherry Hills.

Jared loved the water and charged right in. Jake hates it and is scared of everything and of being splashed. He was afraid the dragon water slide was going to eat him. Michael loves it and thinks he can swim.

Michael and Jake loved the miniature golf. It is my favorite course as well. I love that tons of stuff moves and the holes are fun to play. I tied my Dad for the win.

Just relaxing after lunch.
Today was Michael's first day of school. He was pretty excited. We went in on Monday for his assessment and he did really well. He choose his seat and toured the classroom. We've been counting down the days.

He's pretty proud of his transformer backpack

This is Miss Morris his teacher. She seems really nice.

I can't believe I have a boy in kindergarten!

See, it's not just me

Michael and Jake went to spend a week with Grandma and Grandpa Davis.

Jake of course has pulled some tricks.

The first night we left he and Michael in bed and ran to the store. I guess no one mentioned to my dad that he should listen for them. When we got back there was an extremely strong smell in the house. Michael ran out of the bathroom and said, "Jake sprayed me in the face." Yeah right, like he's innocent. But we went in and Jake had climbed up on toilet and the bathroom counter, had gotten down my mom's makeup baskets and a bottle of perfume. He had completely emptied the bottle which had been about a 3rd full. (that's a lot of pumps!!!) The smell was so strong it made our eyes water and stayed in the house for 2 days.

My Dad told me earlier in the week my mom had made the boys breakfast and then went to do something (probably shower, or water the garden, or something productive )

Anyway, Michael runs into the bedroom and tells Grandpa that Jake is throwing his cocoa on the wall. Sure enough when he goes out, Jake is loading cocoa in the spoon and catapulting it against the wall.

Grandpa gave him a rag, made him clean it up, and told him if he EVER did it again, there would NEVER be anymore cocoa for Jake at Grandpa's house.

Way to be tough!

And in other news. This is a super cute conversation Michael had with Allie.
Last night he told Allie, "I love you." She said, "I love you more" to which he responeded, "I love you best." She told him, "I love you infinity". Michael thought for a minute and then said,
"I love you in California".

Oh! It makes me laugh! I guess Finity could be a place, but how does he know about California?