New backsplash....FINALLY!

Before .....

..... After

I LOVE IT!!!! It says Sara!!! It's been fun redoing things in our home, part of what needs to be done when you move into a space decorated and designed by someone else. Don has been so great about letting me paint and change things up. He promised to get this backsplash done before the Holidays and he just barely did it, but it's done! We are having Thanksgiving in our home and I am super excited to have this done.

Seattle Trip

So... we went to Seattle over the weekend for a quick trip. This was how Snoqualmie pass was to drive through, I am taking a picture from the side of the road, where we are sitting with a flat! Yep... a flat. I was driving and hit this pothole that I couldn't avoid and my hub cap flew off and my tire popped. Ironically, we had JUST put those tires on that morning! But... luckily my husband is awesome and would he would like to report that he had our tire changed in about 12 1/2 minutes. :) It was actually pretty scary for me and the two boys in the car waiting, we were on straight away, but the roads were bad and I was so afraid of someone hitting us while we were sitting there. Cameron, Jaxon and I prayed while we sat there and that was comforting. A ton of big trucks were pulling over while we sat there and putting chains on. But, we did make it safe, and the way home was totally clear. It was an adventure!

 

 Not too far down the road we were sitting for about a half hour waiting for an accident to clear, so we watched Megamind. It has to be one of our favorites!

I guess after all the excitement from the drive there, we totally forgot to take any other pictures, so this is the only one. We had a BLAST together. We dropped the boys off with their dad, who lives over in Everette for the weekend, and then we went SHOPPING! Not the typical kind though... one of the things we love to do most is go to thrift stores and see what kind of deals we can get, so we looked up about everyone we could between about 4 cities and went to them all. It was so fun! We found some great items for great deals. I wish I had taken a picture of our car, it was loaded! But we got a lot of our Christmas shopping done for a fraction of the price, which is important with 6 kids!

                                                       

Ok...maybe there was one more picture. SO, we had a hottub in our hotel room... and I hope this isn't a dirty picture, its not intended to be!! But, Don stepped into the bathroom and I put bubbles in the hottub and turned on the jets, not thinking, so when he came out there were bubbles EVERYWHERE!! It was so funny.

A weekend away

 A few weekends ago we took my three boys and went to Kalispell, MT and Glacier National Park for the weekend. Don had to be there for a few days for work so we thought it would be nice to just get away since his kids were going to be gone too. It was a fun little getaway that I think we all needed.

 "He's got moves like Jager"

I PROMISE even though there is also a Prius in the picture, my husband is not gay.....just different! But, this is why I love him so much!

The boys asleep....

...and awake.

  There wasn't alot to do in Glacier because the season was over and it had closed a few days before we got there, but it was a nice sunny day and we stopped along our drive to skip rocks.

He is searching for the perfect rock.

We also swam in the pool... Easton LOVES the water. He and Jaxon were in the

 pool every chance they got.



Halloween Thrill(er)

So this last Halloween was the best one EVER!!! Me and a group of girls, about 10 of us all got together and learned the Michale Jackson Thriller dance. We dressed up as zombies like his music video and flash mobbed our dance all over! We did 4 church carnivals and trunk or treats one night, then we did Wal-Mart and our local Halloween Super Store. Then on Halloween night we went to the biggest and craziest neighborhood in the Valley and did it about 10 times all over the neighborhood. It was SO FUN!!! People followed us waiting  for us to do it again and the cheers from the crowd were so fun to hear. Don followed us in our car and shined his lights on us and another car played the music loud. It made for a super fun night.

  Don and I at our Halloween Party for the ward. He was a vampire.

 Grandma Carlene and Easton on Halloween... that morning he decided to wash the dirt off his boots and       from there he became a cowboy for Halloween instead of Spider Man.

 Our Family on Halloween... Cameron was a zombie, Landon a gangster, McCall a little witch, me a zombie and Jaxon, our clown.

He was the cutest cowboy. He named his horse Bullseye.

Maine.... Sister and Grandma

 I was home from my girls weekend one day and two nights and then left for Maine to see my sister Jennifer and Grandma. My grandma grew up in Maine and has gone back the past few years to visit, she's amazing! She's 92 and still traveling on her own. It was good to see her... and my little sister, who's  pregnant with her second little girl right now. We were able to watch General Conference together on Saturday and Sunday, and Jennifers sister in law made Haddock Chowder for Sunday dinner, my grandma loves Haddock!! It was really good! We had a good time visiting with her for a few days.

        My sisters little girl and I at the beach.... not really beach weather... her name is Regan, she is a doll!!

 I just adored her! She is a ham!

This is the cute little outfit her aunty Sara bought her. :)

Annual Girls Weekend (McCall, Idaho)

These are two of my best friends... Stephanie Pyrah and Sarah Stice. We grew up together in Alaska when I lived there. We all met when we were about 11 and started Young Womens together. Some of my favorite childhood memories and spiritual experiences from my youth happened with these girls. We have been getting togehter every year for the last four years. This year was in McCall Idaho.... it was the cutest little town. The weather was perftect! We had a great and relaxing time. Next year we are considering getting together with our husbands... we will see! :)

 Sarah is a super fit mama! He husband and her have this cute gym attached to their garage. Sarah is certified in CrossFit and teaches out of her gym to a bunch of women from her ward, so Steph and I decided we'd try it. It was tough!! But so fun!! She was incredibly encouraging and motivating. And SUPER STRONG!!!

 This was our fun little trip to the local thrift store :)

 FACIALS!!

 COOKING

 And RELAXATION... hot tub and pedi's.

This was the house we rented.

Easton turned 4!

Easton turned 4 on the 6th of October. We started the day early as usualy with scripture study and had him open a few gifts on Don's lap so that we could have a little party with the family before the day began. We are rarely all together at home!! So we had to do it early. He had a great start to his day!

            He had a Spiderman/Superhero party.

It was fun to set up for him, he was REALLY excited!

 He got a Transformer outfit.

 Don did a magic show for all his little friends. (such a nice perk to be married to a magician!) All the kids LOVED it!

 We played Pin the Spider on the Web.

 We also went to Build A Bear.... it was really neat to do with him. He named his bear Peter Parker and dressed him in a Spiderman costume. He was able to help stuff him and pick his heart and even gave him a bath... and also he was able to record his own voice for the bears voice. It was really fun.

It was a fun day for him.