NOT Pregnant!

Just a quick note to tell everyone that my bulging belly in my Halloween pics is just a pillow! No baby growing in there! (not for awhile anyway)

The Twilight Series

Fire and Ice

Some say the world will end in fire.

Some say in ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice, 

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

Robert Frost

A friend of mine introduced me to a new book series about vampires and werewolves.  I know it sounds strange but it's a love story and I'm hooked.  I read all three 500+ page books in a week.   Needless to say the kids were fed but not much else got done.  The author is an LDS (BYU graduate) stay-at-home mom who had a dream one night and wrote it into a novel.  Now the third book in her series knocked Harry Potter off the #1 spot of bestsellers.  I was so sad to read the last few pages of her latest book because I didn't want the story to end.  I wasn't ready to let go of the characters that I'd fallen in love with (yes-it's that good).  I went to the authors website and was thrilled to learn that she is working on book 4 which will be released next fall and a movie will begin production this winter.  Critics are comparing this new author to J.K. Rowling and think her series will be just as popular as Harry Potter.  So, I'm encouraging everyone to jump on the bandwagon and read these books.  You won't be disappointed.   

Book titles are: Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer.  Her website www.stepheniemeyer.com is pretty cool too!  

Happy Halloween!

Vampire, pregnant nun, ballerina, and cowgirl. Our family is very diverse and we LOVE Halloween! You can't see very well in this photo but Addy has on pink cowgirl boots! Thanks for the cute outfits grandma rosie!

I think the nun and vampire are a couple!

Pretty Ballerina.

Addy isn't sure whats going on or if she likes it.

Ahhhhhhh...the joys of trying to get 6 kids under the age of 4 to pose for a photo.

Take Two!

Addy's taking her hair out. That means it's time to go home.

Our celebrity look-a-likes

I think Addy's matches were somewhat accurate.

I have no idea who the first three people are!

Umm, seriously?  What's with the pioneer guy?

Wow!  I think Mark's is the most diverse.

Hyer look-a-like meter

What a fun website!  I would have thought the girls would have looked more like me.  j/k

Feeding the elk

The elk we were feeding were massive!  They had a hard time getting close enough to the fence because their antlers were so big and sometimes they would get frustrated and try to ram it.  Pretty funny that we were hand-feeding elk while my dad was hiking all over Dead man mountain looking for one.  

Feeding the ducks

We took an all girls trip to St. George in Sept. to visit my sister Rachel and enjoy the warm weather. We fed some ducks, we fed some elk and took a little spin on the boat at the local reservoir. I'll probably be backtracking with my posts for awhile until I get this thing up to date. Please bear with my everybody. (Doesn't Addy look cool in her Sunglasses?)

Quote of the Day

"To be a righteous woman during the winding up scenes on this earth, before the second coming of our Savior, is an especially noble calling.  The righteous woman's strength and influence today can be tenfold what it might be in tranquil times.  She has been placed here to help to enrich, to protect and to guard the home--which is society's basic and most noble institution.  Other institutions in society may falter and even fail, but the righteous woman can help to save the home, which may be the last and only sanctuary some mortals know in the midst of storm and strife."

-Pres. Spencer W. Kimball