Trick-or-treat

Happy Halloween

This is what we saw tonight in our neighborhood. The sun was coming through the clouds at sunset and it made the trees look like they were on fire. The picture doesn't do it justice, it was really cool. We also saw these cute trick-or-treaters...

Don't forget about Super Mario

Trick-or-treating is so fun!

Even Mitch got a treat. mmmmm cereal

oh and in case you were wondering, I dressed up too. Molly has been insisting for weeks that I dress up as a witch for Halloween. So my official costume was witch-photographer.

FaMiLy pictures

My friend sarah took our pictures a few weeks ago and I love them. Do I even need to say how fabulous she is? Thanks Sarah.

5 months

My baby is growing way to fast!! He is 5 months as of yesterday so I decided it was time for his first taste of food. Don't let that chubby smile fool you, he was not fond of the taste. I don't think he even ate any of it, he just spits it out everywhere. The 2nd try went much better, and I think he is starting to like it, although it still gets everywhere. Molly is quite paranoid about him getting messy, so she is always ready with a rag to wipe up all the spills.

Mitch is still as happy as can be. He is such a mellow easy-going child, and is always smiling. He is rolling, scooting, and almost sitting. I really need him to just slow down and stop growing for a bit. I like him as a baby, he is just too sweet!

Ethan is also playing soccer right now, and Molly wishes she was. So far weather-wise this year is much better than last. (Last year was way too cold and rainy) The new thing this year is that instead of running all over the field chasing the ball, Ethan would much rather play goalie. He is really good at, and stops everything.

The kids have been gathering quite the collection of fall leaves this year. So we made this tree in our house as a way to display them. It was fun to make, but now all the leaves are crunchy and making a big mess so I think it's time for the tree to come down.

Fall=Love

The PERFECT day! Monday was the most perfect Fall day, and thanks to Columbus Day, Scott was work free. The weather was so nice so we hit up Patterson's Farm and it was like Heaven on Earth... it was so beautiful.

Tonight as I was loading pictures I noticed that I took some of the exact shots last year. It was fun to compare how grown-up Ethan & Molly have become in the last year.

Pumpkin Patch

Isn't Mitch seriously so cute in these pictures

Slides

The slides are always the highlight of the day. They have these slides all over the woods at Patterson's Farm, and they are really fun because you go so fast on them. Ethan liked going head first of course. Molly liked racing against Scott, and Mitch even went a few times.

Fabulous Friday

Last night we had our big craft night for our ward. It was a lot of fun, but it was also a lot of work, so today I'm feeling happy that it's over. Here are some of the crafts we did...

Matchbox Advent

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4th of July blocks

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Birthday Board

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By far the most popular of the night, Marshmallow shooters

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Abby did these cute photo blocks

Tile coasters found here:

Cute scripture covers by the talented Meghan

we also made some cute fabric flowers. Like I said it was a really fun night. Thank you so much to everyone that helped. I couldn't have pulled this off on my own.

It's October

Time to start thinking about costumes!!!

Since I love advents and I already have a few xmas ones I thought I'd make one for Halloween. Ethan is pretty excited about changing the blocks everyday to make a new number. Special thanks to Becky for the vinyl.

ahhh apples

I love apple picking in Ohio and last Saturday we went and came home with about 18 lbs worth. It was a beautiful day and the kids had fun filling our bags full of delicious apples. After the bags were full we found a little playground and while the wee ones played I sat on a bench and looked out across the orchard and thought about how much I love days like these. It was really peaceful and got me thinking about how beautiful our earth is. I truly love when I get to share those moments with my family.

On the way home we talked about what to do with all our apple, and since Ethan did not like the apple crisp I made last year, they decided we should turn the load into Apple Sauce.... and have been reminding me of that ALL week. Well tonight was the night we finally made our apple sauce and it was delicious. While it was cooking, Ethan thought up ideas for several apple mashing inventions. I love the stuff he comes up with.

Also this week we enjoyed a quick visit from Dangle and Feather on their way to Albany. Ethan missed school for the day and we went to Kirtland and then to the beach. It was fun to get to spend some time with them and we are glad to have some family out east with us again. Molly was sooo sad when they left and has asked everyday since when Feather is coming back.

PuMpKiNs

Fall is officially here! The weather is cooler and crisp, Football season has begun, (Go BUCKS, BYU, & SUU!!!) and we have a harvest of pumpkins from our garden! Fall is always my favorite time in Ohio, although, this year I'm not as excited about the change in season as I usually am. I think part of it is because summer was just too short for me this year, and the other part is because I know what's waiting for me after fall is over. But it is here so I guess I will enjoy it :)

Like I said we have a huge harvest of pumpkins. I LOVE PUMPKINS!!! They are all over my house and it makes me happy. I put up all my fall decorations yesterday and I had an empty shelf soooo.....

I made these cute wooden pumpkins to go on it. Scott thinks they look like carrots?? I don't know what he's talking about, but I really like they way they turned out.

Fall also brings School. Ethan started school this week and he is really excited. He is going to have so much fun and has a really great teacher. Molly will defiantly miss him, but she is excited to do fun stuff with just mom. When I was taking pictures of Ethan on his first day she didn't want to be left out so she ran to get her backpack.

HAPPY FALL!!!

workin' for the weekend

So far this year Scott has had most weekends off. Which has been really nice for me and the kids, and we have been trying to take full advantage of it while we can.

Last weekend we went to the fair. Animals, fried food, tractors, and the big slide.... what could be better! My favorite part was the cute baby pigs that were cuddling, so cute.

This weekend we went to an Indians game with some friends. It was perfect cause the game went really quick (which is good for kids at a baseball game.) Also the Indians won, and there were fireworks after the game.

I'm hoping for a LONG fall with a lot more weekend fun!

the end of summer

We went to Utah to visit family for a week. It was way too short and we wish we could have stayed much longer. The kids had so much fun playing with ALL of their cousins, and we actually got to see them all. (Except poor Bella who was having surgery in Vegas)

Ethan said his favorite part was swimming. Molly was quite the little fish and was hardly out of the water. Mitch also tried swimming for the first time and was okay with it until he got splashed, then he was not very happy.

FISH LAKE with the SORENSEN'S

We spent a few day at fish lake at my Grandma's cabin. The weather was perfect, the lake was gorgeous, and the kids had fun playing together and exploring. We did a little fishing, went for a hike, kayaked on the lake, roasted marshmallows, played games, and had a really relaxing time.

Mitch's Blessing Day Mitch at 3 1/2 mo. I was glad that I could still squeeze him into his blessing outfit. It was nice that most of our family, from both sides, were there for the blessing. Mitch was a very happy boy of course.

All 17 of the Yeates cousins!!! It makes me sad that all these kids see each other all the time and my three are the only ones that live away :( Also Molly and her cousin Jocelyn in there matching dresses from Grandma Sorensen.