a few new things:

and

We started our Thanksgiving out with this wonderful family:

Then Greg took these two boys and drove 3.5 hours to do this:

with these guys:

and loved every single minute of it!

While me and the two little ones stayed behind and worked on these:

and this:

wreath idea came from here but I added my own touch.....something about burlap this year....just loving it.

Oh, and we (me and the little ones) also loved every single minute of our few days together!

The summer here was probably the worst I have ever had to endure. Miserably hot and terribly humid.
The fall here has been one of the best I have ever had to endure. The weather is perfect and I have plenty of little company to enjoy it with!

Last week we took a little drive (um, sometimes it didn't really feel little but the kids were great overall in the 10 plus hours we spent in the car).
We visited:
Adam-ondi-Ahman
Liberty Jail
Independence, Missouri
The Hampton Inn swimming pool
St. Louis Temple
Cabelas
The Drury Plaza swimming pool
St. Louis Science Museum
St. Louis City Museum
The Drury Plaza Swimming pool
and we could not leave without spending a few more hours in the
The Drury Plaza swimming pool

The kids favorite parts: swimming, all you can eat waffles every morning and the City Museum.

Adam-ondi-Ahman

St. Louis Temple

The City Museum was really soooo cool and absolutely and insanely bazaar. We loved it.

Little Emmett tends to like the view from this angle quite often

The boys had a kitten for a day. She found a new home with a friend of ours.

And Greg has two weeks off for an expansion at work so we plan on doing a little traveling, sightseeing, and swimming.

The boys finished swim lessons.

And enjoyed a canoe ride in the end.

Dax thought he'd sell his big colorful rock....

for 50 Bucks! It's still on our front lawn if you're interested!

In an effort to listen to and act on this counsel from President Spencer W. Kimball

“It would be a fine thing if … parents would have in every bedroom in their house a picture of the temple so [their children] from the time [they are] infant[s] could look at the picture every day [until] it becomes a part of [their lives]. When [they reach] the age that [they need] to make [the] very important decision [concerning going to the temple], it will have already been made”

I had Perfect Printables put these together for Emmett's and Nolan's rooms.

Logan, UT Temple

Nauvoo, IL Temple

Lucas learned to ride his bike and now begs to go on a walk all day:


Nolan is officially potty trained:

Emmett is cruising everywhere and is adored by us all:


Dax is really enjoying school. His favorite parts are "doing work" (he loves to learn) and "recess":



And like all the other mothers I know, I am just busy with kids and everything else that involves. Life is good. I love this quote put together by It Works for Bobbi by Pres. Hinckley.