Our Flag

Happy Veterans Day!

I just have a quick, cute story I wanted to share from earlier this week.

On Tuesday I took the kids to the Pediatrician for Ryan's 18 month wellness checkup. The office is at the new hospital. As we were walking up Rylee (4) noticed the big American Flag that was flying on the flag pole in front of the entrance to the hospital. She got VERY excited and started saying (very loudly) "Oh Mom, Look! It's my FAVORITE flag!!! It's the America's Flag Mom! Oooooh....I LOVE that flag!!!" As we walked up the sidewalk and approached the valet parking area, there was an older gentleman and he had tears in his eyes. He told me that if the rising generation were more like her (my Rylee) he wouldn't be near as worried.

Rylee has a strong bond with the Flag. My mom designed a Title of Liberty Flag (http://www.latterdaybanners.com) that she is promoting to fly with the American Flag. Rylee loves getting both flags from her and displaying them in her room and waving them around. I look forward to as she gets a little older and we can teach about our great nation, our freedoms and the great men and women (and their families) who sacrifice so much for us.

I am so thankful for our veterans, for all those who served, are serving and who will serve to protect our Rights, Freedoms and our Constitution. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Thank You. God Bless America!!

HaLLoWeeN FUN!

I LOVE Halloween! We have so much fun! It felt like we celebrated for weeks and I loved every moment. There is something about the crispness of fall in the air and the light in your kids' eyes that just makes the holidays so dang fun!

We started off with a friend party. I love my community! All the gals are super sweet and sooo creative! Amy had the funnest Halloween party and it was so nice to let the kiddos have fun and to visit with so many awesome women!

A few weeks before Halloween we got together with some good friends from highschool- Malinda and Camie and we decorated Halloween Sugar Cookies! I spaced and forgot my camera, but Malinda has some pictures of it up on her blog! We had a lot of fun, and I am thinking we need to make some more for Christmas, because let's face it, I make some dang good cookies, and they never last long enough =) Plus we have lots of fun getting together with friends!

The Monday before Halloween our neighborhood had a really fun get together.

On Wednesday night we carved our pumpkins!

Friday morning Rylee had her preschool party


Friday Afternoon my Sister Kim came into town and we took the kids out to the Staheli Family Farm!

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My family all came into town Friday night. We were up until after 2 am playing games, visiting, eating TONS of snacks (don't forget the Pepsi!), and just having a lot of fun!

On Saturday, Cody and I took the kids over to see his Grandpa Chamberlain. It's been a tradition of ours every Halloween to take the kids over in their costumes. Loraine and Corine love seeing them, and they always have a $2 bill and some candy on hand.

That night we took the kids Trick-or-Treating around the neighborhood. My family came with us! It was so fun to see the kids go door to door. Ryan would try to go into all the houses and it brought back memories of Rylee doing the same thing in past years. Rylee got TONS and TONS of compliments on her costume. I loved the way she would light up and come and tell me someone else loved it. =) I sure love my kids, and I cherish these fun times and memories we are able to share.