moments

being a mom is filled with moments!  

it's taking a moment and noticing it, soaking it in, that makes me happy in my heart.

notice something good today and take time to feel it:)

halloween

found this gem.

my, how time flies.

happy almost halloween.

gotta get a move on it around here.

we're goin' to pinto!

dave grew up going to 

PINTO

 for his family reunion--every summer.  

i'm not going to lie, he had to pretty much beg us to get on board to attend his 

family reunion this last summer.  

he really wanted to share this part of his life with our kids, so out of pure love for him, we went.

it actually ended up being a highlight of our summer!

pinto is a beautiful place. 

i liked hearing stories about his ancestors and talking with some of his extended family.

the kids really enjoyed exploring, playing games, meeting new cousins (especially max-everytime i looked for him, if would find him sitting at a table with new people, playing card games.)

vivian and jade's first balloon toss.  highly entertaining:)

real men shoot pink guns, i guess.

we went on a beautiful hike.

fun exploring, and we only lost two people, which kind of freaked me out, but it all ended well:)

bacon eater.

back at camp, mimi kept the girls busy with art projects and headbands.

MAX LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT PINTO!!

highlights not shown:  

the river and crawdad hunting.  abe only got in stinging nettle once...but it was totally worth it.

thanks dave, for sticking with us, and encouraging us to go to pinto.  let's do it again!

doodling

abe loves to draw.  

ever since he was two, i would find little doodle papers laying around.

it's something i want to remember.

here are a few recents.

     

....and lately, i find things like this as my screen saver or in my phone pics.

 he even helps his little bros create.

AND 

 ...we can't forget about etch a sketch!!

moab

dave and i went on a quick trip to moab.

dave keeps me adventurous, for which i am grateful.

we enjoyed mountian biking, shopping, and eating out.  

we found a campground and slept in our car with a blow up mattress.
thanks to our little projector, we watched a movie on the ceiling--the bugs liked the light so 

we had a few friends that slept with us.  ugh. 

the next day we drove to a bunch of look out views and took in all the beauty.

my favorite thing i saw on our trip--this trail marker!   

it made me laugh- it was HUGE!  

i thought, in life, when we have big decisions, wouldn't it be awesome if we had big trail markers like this!!  then, i realized i have had big trail markers with every big decision i have ever made.  

i'm SO grateful for the gospel and the holy ghost. 

keeps me on the right path!

i am a winner

a few pics of abe's soccer team.  

they played in a tournament a few weeks ago and won the whole thing!

abe made the most of the very low key award ceremony:)

"yay abe!"

vivian actually really likes going to her brother's soccer games.

i love when she cheers for them.  sometimes, she will yell for abe when he is out 

on the field.  i think it surprises him, so he 

always looks over at her and smiles.  

it's my favorite.

well played boys, well played!