October

This scene did not last long but we LOVE lazy general conference weekend:) 

Fun setting up mama's old trolls!!!

OK, this was really funny.  I sat down with the girls to have a serious discussion about donating toys and this was the face I got and I could not help but laugh. Silly Knowie girl.

new baby brother 🤣

Dressing up ALL month long!!! 

Hilmar Cheese.  One of our favorite after school activities. 

Food of the month.  My mom made us this amazing pesto ^

^And Lils gave me a great pizza dough recipe!

And I made banana cake 

(never turns out like my mamas...even though its her recipe!?)

Sia & Halloween = BFF's

Band practice at Grandmas house!

Hilmar parade - Grandma and the husbands came this year;)

 The babies only care about the candy.  

New backyard grass/Beginnings of Jethro's blanket

Hanging out at home 🤣

Ward Halloween party! 

Pumpkin patch trip (she didn't want me to come with her 😏)

These pictures are taken by the many other parents that were there! :( 

I LOVE projects like this.
Turkey feathers for Noelle's class turkey art! 

before                                                                         & after

Apparently I let my kids sit on our counter?! oops...

updating our phones 🙂

loving Tia Stephanie 

We have TOO much fun being able to do theater movies as a family now!!!
wahooo!!!

dancing queen

Cara Jean's cat Kylo guarding the package I sent for sweet new baby boy Nico! 🥰

My parents are so much fun to shop with!
Michael loves it too because they help me make decisions...
So we bought...more than a few new pieces of furniture😁

"A little to the left..." Right...really...

my Uncle Don carved the eyes in these and I'm so glad he did because we just added mouths and called it good this year!

HALLOWEEN NIGHT!
SO MUCH FUN...trick or treating with Aunt Lili, Remi and Jethro!!!!

September

To begin September Michael Joe stressed me out with starting a Facebook search for a kitty to adopt, which he quickly found! Too quick for me.  I cried.  We had been talking about getting a black kitty as soon as we owned our own home...but I hadn't even unpacked yet.  We moved in August 30th and added a brand new member to our family (with fur!) less than a week later! He took me to meet our little guy first, of course, and promised if I was not 100% on board we would wait.  Obviously, I fell in love.  His name is Halloween and we are ALL smitten. 

This month we did Lake Tahoe again with our family.  I did not sleep at all the first night (seems to be my pattern when we do trips?) so I was dragging the next day and did not attempt wake surfing again.  We brought Great Grandma:)  We shopped, did sushi, got some more olive oil, pancakes for breakfast (made by Uncle Eli, because sadly mama got sick on this one), candy jars and oh me and Michael walked a couple miles to go on a date. Good times.  

One of our other main events of the month was gingerbread day with Noelle! I love it.  Its so fun and magical for them to search for their gingerbread men that have run away.  Sia walked with Noelle through it all (and even shushed some of her classmates in the hallways). ha!!

 Gwinna snuck in to say hi too and get a picture:)