Thankful Hearts...er, bricks

Yesterday we had our annual FHE on gratitude.  Each year we cut out red bricks from construction paper, write things we're thankful for on them and build a fireplace to hang our stockings by for Christmas.  This year I got smart and cut them out the day before and had them LAMINATED so I don't ever have to cut the squares again!  Wahoo!  Next year all we'll have to do is write new things we're thankful for!

 The finished product!

When we began I thought, "Whew, there's a lot of bricks here.  We might have trouble filling all those in."  But my girls just went to town and had idea after idea and they were filled out lickety split, all 72 of them.  This is one our most treasured traditions.  We've been building our heart(hs) since Israel and I had our 1st Christmas together and I'm so thankful that we've continued year after year.

So Many Levels of Adorable!

Did I mention that we have a LOT of pink going on at our house?

Halloween Night

I'm silly and like to dress up for Halloween too.  So this year I was an FBI agent.  I modified my work badge from last year, to look somewhat official.

We have a Halloween tradition of having homemade Chili and cornbread for dinner...yeah....this year the tradition changed to, "Hey, be happy you got dinner!"  I still tried to make it fun though and colored our milk green and the ranch dip orange.

Israel had to work this year so the girls and I were on our own.  Gratefully, my friend, Shari was in the same boat so we combined forces and got this gaggle of children out around the neighborhood in the frigid Idaho air for candy, candy, candy!  At least it wasn't snowing, right?

There's a woman in our neighborhood that hands out candy AND balloon animals!  The kids LOVE it!!
This year the girls chose to participate in our dentist's "Candy Buy Back" and earned $1/lb of candy turned in and then they donate the candy to the troops overseas.  They were very excited to share their candy with the soldiers and I was excited to have ALL the Halloween candy gone by Wednesday. Win, win!

Sageview Ward Trunk or Treat

We go to our ward's Trunk or Treat every year.  Emma dressed up as Minnie Mouse.

                                                   Lilly was our impromptu "Flower Garden".

                                                    And Maggie dressed as a Rock Star.

Everyone had a great time in the cold Idaho wind enjoying hot cocoa and french fries!

Preschool Fire Station & Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Demonstrating STOP-DROP-ROLL

We had so much fun despite the slight fever she was experiencing.  We're loving her preschool this year, Thank you Mrs. Taft!