Pack Meeting...

Garrett had his very first Pack meeting and was so excited about it. He had lots of support with his brothers who think he is the coolest because he is in scouts and the couple of times they called him up the boys would just light up and get so excited. Garrett was also very excited to have Grandpa and Grandma Stephenson and Grandma Sue come to watch him receive the Bobcat Trail patch. He sure does make quite a handsome little scout. I know Trevor is so proud of his little cub scout.They had a fireman come and teach fire safety and he passed his helmet around for the boys to see...This was learning a special applause I can't remember what they called it. They had quite a few crazy ones...Garrett trying to figure out how to put my bobcat pin on...

HALLOWEEN

The boys favorite holiday is Halloween and they had a great time this year with plenty of parties and they made out like bandits with their bags of candy!

Garrett was a karate kid for one party...Porter stayed true with being a cowboy...The pirate for year #3...Brody the lion...ROOOOOARrrrr!Garrett was Anakin Skywalker for his school party and trick-or-treating...This is Mase the pirate minus the flavor savor but with a little scruff...

Veggie Tales..

Who knew I could be a creator on Veggie Tales??!! Porter had a school project to turn his little gourd into something. Porter wanted to turn it into a vampire but I couldn't figure out how to really make that work so I played up the idea of a sumo-wrestler and he eventually jumped on board after showing him some fun sumo wrestler costumes and some fun facts that Garrett has in one of his books. Then a few days later we were at Aunt Amanda's house and they had checked out a Veggie Tales DVD from the library and much to my surprise was a little sumo-wrestler veggie that looked just like the one Porter and I put together minus the hands and feet.

Stephenson Family Photos...

When Aunt Lou and Uncle Matt came for Garrett's baptism Carol called around and found the sweet Tara Criddle to come and take some quick shots of the family for us all. She did such a good job and we are so happy with the big family photo...Grandpa and Grandma Stephenson...Uncle Matt and Aunt Megan Stephenson family... Uncle Bob and Aunt Amanda Sainsbury family...Uncle Matt and Aunt Emily Smith family...The Trevor Stephenson Family... Some CRAZY kids... (missing Matt and Megan's kiddo's)

Cowboy Days...

Mason had cowboy days at preschool and so we took a couple of photos of him one day all decked out. Brody thought he needed to dress up for cowboy days too so when we dropped Mase-O off we came home and got Brody cowboy-ed up...Brody posing for me all on his own. Such a silly little boy.

VISITORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trevor's family has taken over Trevor's role of spoiling the boys and I rotten. We feel so blessed that Matt, Emily, Nate, Bay, Jack and Ry would take the loooong drive from Arizona to be here for Garrett's baptism!! It was so fun to have them here to play with for some of the fun Autumn events. We spent a lot of time just hanging out while the kids were lost up on the hill playing, building forts and running around and in various rooms playing games or watching movies between Grandma Carol's apartment and Aunt Amanda's apartment. PRICELESS!! Thank you guys for coming to visit and help us get through life without Trevie. We LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!

Waiting patiently to head to Greenbluff...

The gang that made it to Greenbluff minus Grandma Carol......she is behind the camera.We played...Fed the donkey and ponies...And picked yummy apples...One night we made some YUMMY Carmel apples with the apples we picked...We were so excited to get to spend one evening celebrating Jack's big birthday turning 6. He is such a cute and fun kid. All the kids got to watch Spooky Buddies at the movie theater room in the apartment building which they loved in the lazy-boy recliner seats with big bags of popcorn.Then we all came back for some spooky fun treats...

We miss you guys and can't wait for you to come back and play again!!!