Burke Flag Football
Burke played flag football this year and he loved it!
Burke is big for his age. He is taller than his 10 year old brother so he is bigger than almost everyone on the team which meant he was on the line most of the time. He did great at blocking the other team.

I love Burke! He is so happy to just be wherever he is. He does what he is asked without complaint and is just happy to be on the team!

Braxton Arrow of Light
Braxton earned his arrow of light award in October and he was so excited! It is the highest award you can earn in cub scouts. I was very proud of him.
His Weeblos leader is the one next to me with the beard. He is amazing and he had planned an awesome ceremony that made it such a special night for Braxton.

PUMPKIN CARVING
We were able to carve pumpkins outside this year which was great! No sticky, icky mess in the kitchen!
We had out two nieces, Paityn and Briar, with us for the day which was lots of fun!

Brad showing us his guts.

We loved having Briar here for Halloween. She lives in Seattle so we don't get to see her enough- we all love her to pieces!!

Braxton carved his own pumpkin this year and he was so proud of himself. He did a great job!

Ellie turns 7
Ellie finally got to celebrate her birthday. She has been counting down for weeks and she had a great day!!
She wanted muffins for breakfast so of course that is what we had.

Ellie has wanted a denim jacket for months! Every time she sees one she begs for it. She was thrilled when she got one!

I surprised her by taking her ice skating after school- just the two of us. It was so much fun!! I love ice skating and we had a all together. There were hardly any other people there so we basically had the rink to ourselves. It was awesome!!

We went to Ellie's class to share a poster about her and read her favorite book.

We had a family party at the park that night. Ellie felt special the whole day and that is all I wanted for her. All girls should feel special on their birthday. I love my Ellie!!

Montana Fun!!
We went to Montana a couple of weeks ago and had so much fun!! This is Rick with Ash and Brad. Ashton loved the sea doo. Brad warmed up and decided that he liked it too. Burke sitting on the slide that comes off the dock!

Brax climbing up the slide!

Uncle Ryan with Ashton and Bradley. They love his canoe!

Ellie, Aunt Leah and Briar sitting and relaxing on the dock.

Ashton waiting for a ride.

The lake is cold so the kids often came out to warm up. I love this picture of Landon. He is so cute and the sky looks perfect!!

All the kids on the dock. Brad, Landon, Burke, Dalin, Briar, Logan, Braxton, Ellie, Haley, Emily, Ashton.

I'm so glad I took this pic because I would have forgotten this moment. These four were so cute! They collected all kinds of rocks and made piles and piles. We all had to climb around them, but they had so much fun!

Ryan and Leah work at a fancy resort restaurant and the adults went one night for the yummiest food! It was so, so much fun. Ryan was working, so he took great care of us. We all loved it!!