Sunday, December 4, 2016

November 2016

Abby and I saw the "Trolls" movie one night when daddy was out of town and Noah was on a campout. It was the cutest movie and we had to go get some troll toys after as part of our GIRLS NIGHT OUT!


These pictures were taken the night before Grandma & Poppy left for the MTC...


As a surprise to them, the kids performed "So long, farewell" from The Sound of Music and even dressed up as the Von Trapp children!




I can never resist sleeping pictures of Abby. She was particularly cuddly on this night as she was coming down with a fever.

On my birthday, Russ took the day off work and hung out with Abby and I all day. We went out to lunch then shopping... and ran into Santa at Chandler mall. Abby wasn't very comfortable with it and only spoke to him from far away. She told him that she wanted a carriage and peppa pig toys. Santa couldn't hear her and finally said "email me!" haha

Dance picture day with friends Audrey and Kozie (and Kozie's brother Boston!)







We met some friends at Fiiz one day and Abby helped herself up to the bar stool and just hung out there for awhile!

Abby, me, Natalie, and Emily

Abby and Kozie's playdate was a funny one on this day... Kozie was pretending to be the mom (with her heels, hat, and "car")... and Abby was her daughter going to school with her backpack on.


After flying home from the MTC late on Friday the 18th, grandma and poppy drove out for their mission in Florida on Saturday the 19th. It was kind of sad to watch them drive away :(


Abby has been circling the things she wants from the Target and Toys R Us magazines. And by that, I mean that almost everything in both books is circled. She basically has both books memorized.


I have a guilty pleasure of getting a pedicure every month. Most times I take Abby with me just because there's nowhere else for her to go. She loves it and was so relaxed this time that she fell asleep!

We celebrated Thanksgiving with the Sherwood family and Grandma and Poppy's house even though they weren't there. The only thing missing besides them was the turkey. haha!! We originally planned to not even eat Thanksgiving food which is how the name "junks-giving" came about. However, we decided that we did in fact want all the good Thanksgiving carbs, but nobody cared to prepare or eat turkey. The lightbox was a hit...






We took this picture to send to grandma and poppy as a joke... that we were all slumber party-ing in their bed while they were gone. The lightbox says "it's wonka time" because the grandparents in the original Willy Wonka movie all share a bed.

We celebrated with Grandpa Price the day after Thanksgiving. Abby liked trying on his hat!

Abby and Otto with Grandpa Price. So cute!

Tired kids after driving home from Noah's doctor that's really far away...

3 going on 13...

We decorated the house for Christmas at the end of November and Abby was so in love with every single decoration. She wanted to decorate the tree and kept all the red decorations together then all the green decorations together.

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

October 2016

General Conference fell on the weekend starting October 1st, which meant that's when we updated our 72-hour kits. The kids love doing this as we watch conference, because they get to snack on everything that we remove from the old kits!
Russ took the kids on a few Teryx (and dirtbike) rides this month... here are some fun pictures they took:







 Abby and Davis finished up the 8-week preschool program that they did through the Town of Gilbert. They loved it! We took the next 8-weeks off and will probably sign up again next semester.


(With Ms. Debbie on the last day of class)

 Abby loves her aunt Suzy and sometimes I think that she wishes she lived with Suzy full time. She has spent the night with her a few times lately and also took a fun bike ride with her one morning!

We took a day trip up to the Flagstaff house during Fall Break - Abby had fun climbing on the dirt pile while Ellie and Noah hung out underneath the house doing some work for Poppy...
 

I'm sure it will be fun someday to look back on these pictures of what the cabin looked like before being completely built.

Abby hanging out with Lucy (and the other girls) at Jaxen's football game.

Ipad addict

 

Abby and BFF Kozie trying on their dance costumes for their upcoming recital!
 
While we were at Discovery Park celebrating Noah's birthday, Russ helped Abby try to ride her bike without training wheels. She had been asking for a few weeks to do this - although she did pretty well, I think she's still too little!



 
 

Abby had a blast at the Halloween store with me!

Posing at the pumpkin patch...


Abby attending a fun Halloween Party put on by Klorissa (Kozie's mom)... she was such a cute Minnie Mouse!






 We got to babysit Ivy one day while Danielle took Clark to the doctor. We had so much fun with her and Ivy loved swinging in our backyard!

Carving / painting pumpkins for Family Home Evening!



We had Davis over to play and this is what him and Abby did... I think it's a 3-year old's version of fort building while watching a movie!

We got pedicures one day with Abby's friend Ellie and her mom Vannie... perfect size seat for some cute little girls!


Cute sisters Abby & Sophie!

We had a girls' night out to celebrate Sophie turning 12! We went to Red Robin for dinner, then we went to her school carnival for a few minutes and picked up Roxy who was working at it, then we went shopping at SanTan mall. We ended the night with some Dairy Queen and had lots of fun together!




Trunk or treat night!



Noah's priesthood ordination with lots of family there!

 Halloween Night, Abby was in character!


She liked passing out candy even more than trick or treating!