November

I did forget to mention that Rick and I had our 9th anniversary in October!  We celebrated by leaving the 3 older kids with my mother in law for the night and we went to Park City.  We ate at the Eating Establishment for dinner and stayed at The Yarrow.  We sat in the hot tub that night.  It was very cold outside, but it wasn't until later that it started snowing and the trip back to Salt Lake was kinda scary due to slick roads and the first snow of the season.  It was so nice and not long enough. :)

Carlyn Tumbling class

Carlyn took a tumbling class that lasted for 6 weeks.  She loves to do backbends, cartwheels, & especially handstands.  I never got a really good picture because she never stopped moving!

Carlyn's 6th Birthday

Of course, it was Carlyn's birthday on November 5th. 

We started with our traditional decorating of the room. 

She wanted a Halloween party and this was the graveyard cake I made. 

They played the mummy wrap game and had a blast. 

Actually, my kids were playing it for days after the party. 

She wanted a costume parade so they went around outside.  It was cool, but not too cold. 

We got a funny book called "Goodnight Goon" from a book order and if you know "Goodnight Moon" you might like it.  Carlyn wanted me to read it to them at the party.  She also wanted me to dress up, thus the devil costume.  She told me she knew I was the devil even before I dressed up :)

Blowing out the candles! 

My favorite.  What a little lady :)  After her friend party Rick's family came over for a party.  That weekend we went to Moroni to my parents for a party there too.

I just thought this was cute because when Charlie was born Josh didn't even want to hold him.  Now they are buddies and Josh seems totally at ease with him. 

One of the rare moments when Darren stops long enough to fall asleep during the day.  In Papa's arms.

Another cake after celebrating with the Utah cousins, Grandma & Grandpa, Mathew & Carisa.

Sharice wanted to paint her face for her birthday.  Looks pretty good and it really makes her eyes look big!

Emily & Lucy's Visit to Utah

She came to Utah just before Thanksgiving and was here for 4 days, so we went to Moroni and had Thanksgiving dinner there on Sunday.  It was really great.  We also had Thanksgiving dinner at Rick's grandma White's house, but silly me didn't take any pictures of that.

Okay, what is cuter than 2 little chubbas together?  They were so funny.  Charlie was born in June and Lucy was born in August so they are just over 2 months apart.  They are just too cute!

My favorite.

Grandma Hilton's Birthday

We celebrated my mom's birthday twice, but I only have pictures of the first time and I was in Moroni with only Charlie.  Rick was really sweet to take the big kids back to Murray so I could have some quality time with my sister while she was here from Texas.  In the above picture is Jayce, Sharice, Charlie, Grandma, Lucy, Evynn, & Aili. 

Carisa, Mathew, Me in back. Emily & Mom in front.  We really missed Barrett and it would have been great to see him, but we still had to get this picture while Em was here.

Dad, Mom, & Grandma Hilton

We were trying to pose him, but he wasn't having it. 

Charlie and the Christmas Tree

Random Pictures

D asleep on Daddy's legs

Charlie loving the Christmas tree lights.  We got it up the day after Thanksgiving this year! 

Dad and Dare asleep.

Grandma Potter loving Charlie.  She gets really frustrated because she can't see, but she keeps saying how cute he is!

October

Belinda & Josh's wedding. 

October 21st

It was a beautiful wedding and I was happy to be in the background while the rest of my family got to shine!  Charlie and I were just there to look cute :)  Carlyn was a train girl (holding the train), Annie was a flower girl, Darren was the ring bearer, and Rick took their Dad's place since he passed away years ago and walked her down the aisle and had a dance with her.

Annie and Josh's niece walking down the aisle as flower girls and forgetting to throw the petals.  So cute!

Dashing Darren in a tuxedo.  Too cute for words.  It was covered in chocolate by the end of the night.  Glad it wasn't a rental.  I especially love how he carried the ring pillow. :)

Rick's sweet sister Belinda walking down the aisle on her big brother's arm.  Doesn't he look good in a tux?  If you look closely, you can see Carlyn's head just behind Belinda.  I didn't get a picture of Belinda and Josh, because I wasn't smart enough to have my camera and these were the ones emailed to me.  She was beautiful and so was the wedding.  The kids were great and we had a great time.  We're so happy for them. 

This was the only decent picture of Carlyn.  She was holding the train behind Belinda's dress and looked adorable, but she didn't smile in any of the pictures. 

Charlie growing up

Daddy and Charlie bonding.  They have a cute relationship and he smiles everytime he hears or sees Rick.

He learned to roll over and was sucking his thumb.  AWWW.

Halloween

Since we call him Charlie Brown, we thought we'd dress him as the great pumpkin.  Just kidding.  A friend gave this to me and it fit perfectly.  He didn't love the hat, but looked adorable anyway.

Carlyn was a Barbie witch.

Darren the monkey boy.  Very fitting.

Tinkerbell Annie.

We had lots of fun at our ward carnival and the library party and watching Carlyn in the school parade for the first time. 

On Halloween Annie wanted to be Snow White, but wanted pink hair like Carlyn, so Carlyn called her Snow Pink.  It was funny.  Her jack-o-lantern got ruined. 

Darren with his spider pumpkin.

Carlyn with her heart pumpkin. (Notice the pink hair?)

Annie's ER trip

Annie went to bed in this under the bed tote that Carlyn's jammies are normally in.  Too funny!  She woke up in the middle of the night screaming from pain on the 30th.  She had a stomach ache so bad she wouldn't stop crying.  We thought she was a little backed up but couldn't get her to go.  Rick finally took her to the ER and spent the night there with her.  They did determine that she had a UTI and that she was really constipated.  Poor kid.  Her infection ended up in her kidneys and the next week we ended up at the doctor's office 3 days for shots.  No fun. 

A little change

I hate to go private because I find it harder to go to a blog that I don't know is updated.  But, things being the way they are, I felt it was necessary.  That's part of the reason I haven't put any new posts up lately.  I've also just been really busy lately too.  I'm loving the Christmas season, but wishing it felt less hectic.  I sent my Christmas cards out with an invitation to email me if they wanted to see my blog so I'd better get it together and get some recent stuff on here.