Trampoline Fun

This is not our trampoline fyi, this trampoline is at Kurts parents home.

Fall Festival

Our ward recently had a Fall Festival, they don't do a trunk or treat here but they had all kinds of games and a chili cook off. The kids had a ton of fun, running from one game to the next trying to get as much candy as they could. We all dressed up for the festival. There were no masks allowed so I did a little modification on my costume. Kurt & I always do our costume as a pair, so he was The Green Hornet and I am his sidekick Kato. If you haven't seen the movie The Green Hornet, I highly recommend it. We thought it was really good. Anyway, we are all superheroes this year. Alaina chose Supergirl all by herself, Emmitt chose Captain America, and Maddox is Thor. When I took the kids shopping for costumes I could not believe how expensive they were. It took a while to choose since alot of them were $40 for one!

Back to the Festival, I made a creamy white chicken chili for the chili cook off. I'm pretty sure it was a hit because it was gone FAST! I was bummed that they didn't announce winners effectively so I have no clue what place I got. Oh well. The kids also got their faces painted. Alaina got a black cat, and Emmitt got a spaceship. Maddox just had a blast throwing his hammer at Kurt all night long, lol. Which reminds me how talented my husband is, we realized we forgot to buy Maddox his Thor hammer about 10 mins before we had to leave for the party. So Kurt being the genius he is, made this one all by himself, using a milk carton and a foam sword. Ta Da! Amazing!

Alaina playing the donut game, she had to eat the mini donut hanging from a string w/o using her hands

Emmitt building his gumdrop toothpick tower

Alainas gumdrop toothpick cat

Eliana, Alaina, and Bree doing the 3 legged race.

Love

I Love- my children. And the love they have for each other.

I Love- my new juicer! I have the endless possibility to make my own fresh fruit and vegetable cleanse juices.

I also love- the blueprint cleanse company, they have a book called the 2 day cleanse so you can create your own cleanse at home. LOVE it, check it out.

I Love- finding my kids fast asleep in the funniest places. (he looks like he's praying)

The Game of Life

Oh my, I just realized it's been quite a while since I updated the blog. Here are a bunch of random photos of the events in our lives.

Maddox getting ready to brush his teeth, When I tell Emmitt & Alaina to brush their teeth Maddox goes running to the bathroom, he love to brush his teeth.

Emmitt and Alaina playing cowboy/cowgirl at Grandpa and Grandma Shilligs house

Jamie Bennet (Padovich) & I at her parents home. Jamie went through the temple for the first time, I just love her and I know she did an amazing thing for her family by going through the temple.

A Primary sharing time visual aid I made, I was proud of it...ha ha.

Maddox in my running shoes and 2 "swords". This kid cracks me up.

When Alaina has bad dreams she likes to come into our room snuggle for a minute or two and go back to her own bed. This night neither Kurt or I heard her and woke up to help her into our bed so she made her own little bed at the bottom of ours wrapping the overhang of the comforter around herself. This is how we found her in the morning. so cute!

Dana Point Vacation

I probably should just do a vlog of our trip since it's probably alot to type but I'd rather type right now. Our vacation was lots of fun, and also a little stressful. The first couple days all 3 of our kids were fighting colds, Maddox more than the other 2. The first night was rough we got Maddox a port a crib thing from the resort and it was really hard so he slept terrible plus he had a fever. The next morning Kurt & I were very sleep deprived and a little feisty. We went on this vacation with Kurts Mom and sister Eliana, so we met up with them in the morning in the game room. Kurts Mom made some yummy breakfast and we all played pool or ping pong for a while. Emmitt loved playing pool with Grandma and Maddox had a fun time smashing the ping pong paddles around. The majority of our vacation we spent either at the pool or at the beach, or even in the room letting Maddox catch up on sleep. Kurt and I didn't get to do a whole lot of activities together which is to be expected when you have a baby who needs to nap. The ones we did do were the most fun though, like running along the beach and playing ping pong together. One morning Lark was nice enough to watch the kids while Kurt and I went for a run it was really nice to be together and look out at the beautiful water. After our run we took our shoes and sock off and walked along the sand it felt like a foot massage and the cool water felt great on our toes. We went to dinner one of the evenings with both of Kurts parents- his Dad was able to make it down for a night to hang out. We ate at this yummy restaurant called Kings Fish House, they have this macadamia crusted halibut with orange ginger sauce that is so darn good. There's so much little detail I could go into but it would take forever and the pictures I'm sure speak for themselves, so let's just say our vacation was so wonderful filled with sand, sun, food, and relaxation. The best part was having Kurt all to myself with no distraction from work at all.

this is how our vacation looked for a couple days, lol- poor pitiful sickie.

Emmitt playing pool like a pro

I was taking pictures of how cute Maddox was asleep and realized he and Kurt are in the same exact position, I did not prop Maddox that way nor did Kurt. ha ha.

On our run together

Good 4 mile bonding time

Checking out the waves

Little stud walking to the pool

Ah shoot this was so funny, so Lark and I are in the adult jacuzzi which was REALLY hot, and Kurt wanted to take a picture and every picture I could not for the life of me focus and look up at him, the steam was burning my eyes and I kept making this popeye face. So then we were laughing our heads off cause I kept making this funny face. In order to take a normal picture we had to move to the other side of the spa where the jets weren't working as well so there wasn't as much steam.

Ahhh much better..

Emmitt and Alaina trying to boogie board on their own

A swingset on the beach, what could be better?

3,2,1 blast off

In the cool of the pool

While we were all changing after a long adventure at the pool, Maddox passed out just like this standing up! Resting his head on the living room chair standing in between the chair and the couch pull out bed. I'd say he's tired.

The monster burrito I brought Kurt back from this mexican place called Carmelitas. Who will win Man or Burrito?

It's a no contest, Man wins! And now he's good for the next 3 days...ha ha

Elianas little friend gave these cute shades to Alaina

My little sand digger

Happy Summering!