Late October - Early November 2016

Our family said goodbye to our first home of our ownr. It was bitter-sweet and I still can't really look at the pictures without getting a little emotional. So many wonderful moments, memories, hugs & kisses, and beautiful friendships were made here. Our little red brick home will always have a special place in my heart!

When the girls went into their room, empty...that's when I got really sad. We brought my two sweet babies home to this house.

We packed three U-Boxes full of our stuff to send to Boston

We played in the front yard one last time, enjoying the fall leaves.

Jayne hugging "her" tree goodbye

We wrapped up the sale of the house just in time for Halloween. We trick-or-treated in my parents' neighborhood. The girls both loved it! Jayne's little legs got tired pretty quickly (we'll have to remember that for next year!) but both girls were thrilled that people just wanted to give them candy!

And one last picture, from a dinner out at our favorite Art City Trolley (we will miss this place!), complete with a free birthday slice of cheesecake.

Cornbelly's 2016

 We love our Cornbelly's :) 

It has gotten a little crowded over the years which we don't love, but we knew we were moving out-of-state this year so we decided to give it one last season of fun!

I think Jayne was the most excited out of all of us this year because she could remember her favorites from last year. It was so cute! She ended up really liking "Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" after we checked it the movie out from the library earlier this month, so the theme of Peanuts for Cornbelly's/the corn maze was perfect for her.

Jayne's first request was the Cow Train, so we went straight there :) She was thrilled!

The corn pit is always nice and cool, so it was perfect for the heat of the day

Next up was princess playland. They have dresses the the kids can continually dress-up in, and that's just what Jayne does. Dress on, dance & twirl, switch dress, repeat...she loves it! Plus this year Elle is mobile so she loved just standing on the stage and watching/admiring Jayne.

Just watch Jayne in this video, she could twirl forever. There's something so sweet about it:

  

The royal princess in her coach

This area is a little girl's dream

My mom and Jocelyn are always our Cornbelly's buddies. We love spending time with them. Jayne really enjoyed the big pink slide this year and wanted to go on it over and over again, with everyone. Here's a video of some of the fun:

Giant pink slide for the win!

Aunt Jocelyn!

They had a fun trick-or-treat parade this year. The girls got to go around to different characters/business mascots and collect candy. Needless to say, they loved it!

We had some dinner and then headed back for a bit more night-time fun. Love these cuties!

 I love watching the weather evolution throughout our Cornbelly's visits. First shorts and tees, then jackets and jeans, and then back to short sleeves. That's Fall for ya!

Jayne was thrilled to meet Lucy this day...its all because of that movie!

  

One weekend Heather and Kevin & kids came to join us. Jayne loves her kiddos and we loved having the company! They played on the hay tower slides for a long time. It was great!

Elle discovered she could stand up on the pumpkin train and LOVED pointing out anything/everything on our ride. Her little fingers and excitement were adorable. 

Holla to our pals in the back!

Not sure when we'll be back, but thanks for the memories Cornbelly's!!

Fall Photo Shoot - October 2016

We had some photos taken to celebrate Fall, pumpkins and adorable kids! :)

Seriously though, I love these photos and will treasure those kissable faces forever.

Halloween 2015

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. We started off the season by carving pumpkins. Jocelyn joined in on our carving fun this year. She did Boo, I did the minion and Phil did Mater.

Jayne was excited to wear her super "bwooo" (blue) dress every time we put it on. She got to wear it a few times, for Phil's work party, to trick-or-treat at the Riverwoods and on actual Halloween. When we went to Phil's work, its on BYU campus so Jayne got so many adoring looks from students and faculty as she walked around. She loved telling us she had an "S-dress, wike daddy's S-shirt".

We went with the whole "super" theme this year with both girls being super girls. I mean, who wouldn't want to put their little baby girl in this cute tutu outfit!? She is soooooo cute!

My super girlies! 

Phil and I joined in on the fun as Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Jayne liked matching "daddy's S-shirt"

It was fun to take Jayne trick-or-treating because she actually comprehended what was going on this year. Poor little thing was pretty sick and worn out but she just asked us to carry her between houses and would still say "trick-or-treat" and then "anudder house" after she'd received her treats. :) She lasted a fair bit making it through the trunk-or-treat and my parent's neighborhood. She got quite the loot for being a sick little girl. Halloween was definitely more fun this year with a kid who understood it all and was excited. Kids make holidays so much fun!