Dave's Dad Skills

I was recently scrolling through my recent pictures to see if any of them were pictures I might want to put on my blog, and these are what I found. Therefore, I thought I would dedicate this post to.... drum roll please..... DAVE, damizzle, the big mutt, big hun, the mink meister! haha, ( I am probably the only one who thinks that is funny) Anways, Dave is a really good Dad to Collin and Casen and husband to me, and I thought he deserved some props!

Here we have Dave and Shane (Jena's b_______d) helping me take off the broken Christmas lights on my tree. I thought it was really nice they helped me with this (on a Firday night). As you can see from the picture Dave is a little less motivated about it than Shane, even though its Dave's tree. Hmmm... But none the less, the tree was accomplished and I was very grateful!

Now that I have started working on Tuesday nights Dave has to man handle the C's all by himself for a whole night!!!! I always ask him lots of questions about how it went, how he got them to bed... on and on and on.... and I went up stairs to see this!!! So PRECIOUS! Dave said his technique works better than mine (each to their own room) his method calls for all going to one bed, the most comfy bed!
With the next picture we have Dave walking home with Collin's best friend in our ward and his dad! I had to stay a few minutes after church, and while driving home I caught this! Of course, I pulled over and took a picture. Pictures like this are priceless. I hope Collin remembers these kinds of things.

And finally, just because I am thinking of it, I want to post Daves new site and business he just launched. I am thankful for all the hard work he does for our family. :0)

http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com/

Check it out and refer it on! :)

Anways, Happiness to all and to all a good night!

Fight FOCA

Dear All,

I'm writing to let you know about a terrible piece of legislation called "The Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA).

FOCA would establish the right to abortion as a fundamental right (like the right to free speech) and wipe away every restriction on abortion nationwide.

It will eradicate state and federal abortion laws that the majority of Americans support and prevent states from enacting similar protective measures in the future.

Please read the expert analysis by Americans United for Life (AUL) and sign the Fight FOCA petition at:
http://www.FightFOCA.com

Thank you!

Halloween

This Halloween Collin was a scary monster and Casen was a cute little chicken. Once Collin figured out what trick or treating was all about he didn't want to stop. He loved it, and we were even trick or treating in the rain. The night before Halloween we had our ward Halloween party (which I was in charge of) so things were super busy up until then. I was a 70s girl whos feet freaking KILLED at the end of the night. Collin didn't want me to be a 70's girl. He told me that he wanted me to be a princess (because of a dress he saw). So the next night when we went trick or treating I dressed up as a princess in one of my high school dance dresses and tiaras. He was really happy I was princess :) (The things we do for kids!) The next morning on Halloween we went outside in our jammies and played in the new leaves. I don't know what it is about me and leaves... maybe I am kinda weird. But I just have so many fun memories of playing outside int he leaves when I was a little girl, that I guess I want my boys to have fun to also. Who knows?

During the day we made a run by Costco after visiting grandma Worley and the were hugging each other int he cart. It was soo cute! I had them wear their costumes (because we just showed them to grandma) It was so cute! Collin decided he had enough of it a few minutes into Costco.

Outside Fall Flings

So after the cold breeze that came through a week or two ago, we have been making sure we play outside as much as possible before the real winter air hits. Here are some fun things we have done:
Liberty Land- miniature golf, race cars and roller coaster rides. (Collin was a little traumatized afin this picture right after the ride!)

Playing at the parks... I will usually run to the parks with the C's loaded up in the stroller.

The Pumpkin Patch. WE went with some friends and had a great time.

We were also lucky enough to have Grandma and Grandpa Mink come visit us. Dave was "sworn in" to the law last week and became a member of the Utah State BAR.. Congrats hunny!! We are so proud of you (pictures will come later- when Kathy gets them emailed to me :)) While Grandma and Grandpa were here the guys went golfing and the girls went to CORNBELLY'S with the kids. That place is awesome! It seriously exceeded my expectations! We loved it. I took so many pictures... only half are even on here. We LOVED having grandma and grandpa staying with us. They are amazing grandparents!

So Precious... picture perfect :)

This is the Pumpkin Princess... who Collin so dearly loved. She was very sweet to Collin. I think he had a crush on her. Below is her carriage. Collin is sitting in the carriage listening to her talk with the other kids. It was precious.

Our backyard is COVERED with leaves! Its been fun for the boys to play in the leaves. Collin is really fascinated by all the different leaves ' shapes and colors.Casen didn't enjoy laying on his back so much...

And finally we had a great Halloween party outside with my family! The weather was great and perfect for playing outside.

Happy Fall everyone!

Zoosical House

Collin, Casen and I went to Kangaroo Zoo together. Just us three! It was soooo much fun.!!! The first hour Casen slept in his stroller, so Collin and I went crazy. We played so hard. When Casen woke up , he was scared out of his mind. After about 30 minutes he started getting warmed up. But the first half hour he wouldn't let go of my shoulder. You can see how scared he looks in the picture of me and him. I had to pry him off to get that picture. But Collin had a blast, he climbed up this slide and did it over and over and over!

Finally the little C warmed up to the place.
The 2 amigos and I made a Halloween haunted gingerbread house. Collin was so particular about where he placed every piece of candy. Collin is really into creating lines and patterns out of anything and everything he can get his hands on. As you can see below, Casen didn't quite enjoy it as much as Collin, I had him buckled in the high chair- watching and eating candy-

Dave has season tickets to BYU this season and we finally made it to a game together! Go cougs!

After the game Collin and I went to the "Suesical" with my mom and Coleson. It was adorable!!! Collin actually sat and watched it too- on the fun songs he jumped right out in the isle and started dancing! On one of the slow songs and longer scenes he ran out! But if you know Collin, its just Collin! Here are some pictures with the characters after the show.

My sister Jena and brother Sammy both had birthdays this last week! We have been celebrating quite a bit this month!


These are the cooks I made for Sam... they rocked, I 'll be honest.