Great Pumpkin Halloween

Grandma Hoisington's for the traditional Great Pumpkin search. They always have so much fun with all the cousins.

New Member of the Family!

Our neighbors cat had kittens and Miley and Kyle fell in love with this kitten. They ended up droping her off earlier then I thought. She was super young and would cry all the time. It has been just over a month now and her and Lolly are getting along great and she seems to have settled down a bit. If you see scratches on me or my children its the darn Kitten. Miley is the owner of this cat but Lilly thinks she owns this kitten. She will not leave her alone. She is tolerent of my 2 year old carring her like a baby. She even wraps her up in her doll blankets.That is what Lilly calls her Baby Boo. Lilly doesn't even care if she scratches her. I end up having to move her into the laundry room away from the 2 yr old terror. Miley named her BOO because she is black and we got her a couple weeks before Halloween. She loves to cuddle. She is a baby and loves to play. I was so Happy when our older cat decided to be friends with her. Now they play and get along well. They are right now sleeping right next to each other on Belle's bed. I haven't dared let her outside yet she is so small and I know for sure she would be eaten by something. She can learn from Lolly our older cat how to defend herself. So when I feel confident that she can go out all the time I will.

Gabby Volleyball

This fall Gabby did Volleyball at her new school. This seems to be a sport she loves. I think she will keep playing every year.

Belle's Birthday at Great Wolf Lodge!

For Belle's 8th Birthday we had an opportunity to go to the Great Wolf Lodge.
Kyle's brother Steve had a Prepaid Legal Seminar there and we were able to get a great rate because of the seminar. We had so much fun and we are so grateful for Steve inviting us to go. We had a small party for Belle at Jack in the Box for dinner. Where she opened gifts and we had strawberry shortcake. Belle loved the wave pool. Gabby and Miley pretty much just hung out with Connor, Simon. They went on all the large water rides many times. We went in the water park both days. The girls played and played and played. Lilly wasn't sure of any of it the first day and wouldn't let me set her down. The second day she didn't want to leave the water.
She was mad when we had to get out.

They also had Trick or Treating which was fun for the kids and a DJ and dancing in the lobby. My girls were loving it all.

Thanks Steve for making Belle's Birthday so much fun plus we were able to spend it with the cousins and family Uncle Mike, Uncle Steve and Rylen, Ava, Simon and Connor. With so many Uncles there we were able Kyle and I to go on some of the big water slides.

If you ever get the opportunity to go there it is worth it!

Happy 8th Birthday Belle

 

I can't beleive that it has been 8 wonderful years with you my dear. I love how sweet you are and how you are always looking out for your little sisters. I am looking forward to your baptism and the many more wonderful milestones for you in the future! We love you!!

Labor Day Weekend a visit from Cousins

We had a wonderful visit over Labor day Weekend. My cousin Harmony and family came for a visit. My kids love her kids and they love to hang out. The last 2 summers she has invited my older kids to spend a week at her house with her kids. She owns a horse training center. Where she has 50+ horses there. My kids are always in heaven.
So we had a great time hanging out with them. We also spent a day working on getting My Uncle's House cleaned up for my other cousin. It was a fun filled weekend.
Harmony and Dan we look forward to your next visit.

Slug Bug

 

The girls lately everytime we are in the car are playing that slug bug game. Where when you see a VW bug they slug you. So the girls down loaded this picture so the could slug each other when they are home. I had to go over the rules of the game and that pictures don't count. I also told them no punching hard. So I can't get in the car without anyone saying slug bug. I remember playing it with my siblings.

Girls Camp

 

This year I was able to go to Girls Camp with Gabby. This was her first year and she was very excited. I was along with 3 other ladies in charge of 17 1st year(12yr olds). They were so much fun. I loved how excited they were to do everything and learn all the camp songs and just have fun!

I was Lucky to be able to work with one of my friends who since I moved out of her ward we don't see each other very often. We had so much fun together!! It made everything bareable.

Gabby had a fabulous time. She made some really good friends that I think she will be friends with for a long time. She is still singing those camp songs and teaching her sisters too. I think they will know most of the songs long before they ever get to go to camp. If you see her you should ask her about the Mormon boy Rap song. It cracks me up.

I was a little nervous at first to go since we were sleeping in tents this year. It all worked out. So we will see if they ever ask me to go again.

I wish I had pictures of the mud ball they played. One girl in our ward I could only see the whites of her eyes. It was kick ball in the mud. It looked like tons of fun!! Gabby loved it!!

The crafts were fun too and they had a slip and Slide. Instead of a polar dip they did a polar slip!

I will say at the end of the week I was so tired I could barely keep my eyes open and was looking forward to a shower and my bed.!
Girls Camp 2011