Denver...

I had the chance to go on a girls trip to Denver to visit my aunt Susan for the weekend. We did some shopping, jewelry making, game playing, and a lot of chatting. I was so ready for a break from everything and to just hang out and relax with these fun girls...

This is my sister Alise, my neice Kaylee, Me, my aunt Julie, my Mom Nancy, and cousin Brianne.

This is my aunt Susan who we were visiting. She had the most amazing Halloween decorations throughout her whole house and yard. Here she is posing with her skeleton. Thanks Susan for making our trip so fun!

Makenna turns 6!!

Oh my, I really cannot believe Makenna is 6 years old. She is such a sweet happy girl and we are so blessed to have her in our lives. This year Makenna wanted a "tea party" for her birthday. We invited over 12 of her friends and she had a great time. We played a few games, decorated place mats, got fancied up by painting nails and dressing up, and then we had our tea party. We had ham and cheese and pb&j sandwiches, fruit, mini cupcakes, and mini donuts, and of courst birthday cake!

Here is Makenna's tea pot birthday cake. I was a little nervous about how it would look, but it turned out better than I expected!

Playing games

Here are all of Makenna's cute friends at her tea party. Can I tell you when you get 12 little girls together you may need to have some ear plugs!

Makenna with her cake...
Make a wish!!

I thought this picture turned out so funny. Look at all of her friends intently watching her open her presents!

This is Makenna on her actual birthday. We took her to dinner with my parents and Alise and Kaylee and then they all came over to watch her open her presents. Makenna was so spoiled this year. She got some new dress ups and new clothes, but best of all she got a trip to DISNEYLAND! I think it took her until the next day for it to sink in that we were actually going to take her to Disneyland!

Makenna got a Minnie Mouse outfit with a note that said "We are going to Disneyland!" This is her reading that note. Happy birthday Makenna, we love you!

First lost tooth

Makenna lost her first tooth on October 2nd. If you know Makenna, she freaks out at the sight of blood and is not very pain tolerant. So as you can see from the first picture, she was traumatized. She had a slightly loose tooth for a couple of weeks and on this day was playing "doggy" with Dallin. She put a stuffed animal dog in her mouth and was shaking it around and that's when her tooth became really loose and started to bleed. There wasn't much we could do to calm this girl down. For pretty much the rest of the day the held a washcloth in her mouth. Finally the next day I looked at her tooth and it was literally just sitting in her mouth. She put a tissue in her mouth and next thing we know it comes right out of her mouth. At this point she was jumping up and down with excitement. She was so excited that it finally came out.

Piano Recital

Makenna had another piano recital back in September. I was so sad that I forgot to take my camera, so here she is at home practicing her 2 songs. The first one is called "Music Box" and the second one is called "Brisk March".

Student of the month

Makenna is loving Kindergarten. When you ask her her favorite thing about Kindergarten she will tell you "learning". Back in September Makenna's teacher nomitated her from her class as student of the month. They had a program with students from the other classes and their parents. The principal read to them a tribute that their teacher wrote about them and presented them with a certificate as well as a bunch of free kids meals to some yummy restaurants. Good Job Makenna!!

Makenna first tap class...

I signed up Makenna for a tap class this year. She was so excited and was grinning from ear to ear on her first class.

Our garden produce 2011...

Here is just some of our garden produce this year. We had an over abundance of peaches from our peach tree this year. I would say we had at least 800 peaches. I ended up canning 52 quarts of peaches, made three peach pies, lots of peach jam and peach raspberry jam, and gave a lot away!