Catch-up and getting ready for CHRISTMAS

We are teaching Kallie to run out some energy on a treadmill.

Haydn and his joy school group performed a nativity play at a retirement home last week. Here he is with one of his friends.

My sweet little baby is turning into a little monster! He's into EVERYTHING. One morning while getting ready for church I came upon this scene. He was happily helping himself to more cereal!

Decorating and trimming the tree...
Here's Connor working hard. We didn't give them any direction this year, we just let them go at it, and the tree actually looks pretty nice! Now if we could just get the dog, cat and baby to leave it alone that would be awesome!

Here's Haydn...


I'm not sure what Tristan is on his way to fix with that hammer but he sure looks cute!

The star is the most important part. It was Haydn's turn this year and he was in HEAVEN!

Somebody hit the BIG 3-0!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HANDSOME HUSBAND! We celebrated with my Dad and his family since they came to our house for Thanksgiving! I made Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars...


Here's the present the boys and I gave him...

Scott we LOVE YOU! Happy 30th BIRTHDAY!

I made the book through Heritage Makers! For more info. visit www.simplypreciouspictures.com

The First Snow

On Monday we were all surprised to find snow outside! The boys begged me to play and since school was delayed they went out and tromped around outside starting at about 7am! They LOVED it! It was so freezing and a mix of snow and rain was still falling so I didn't let Tristan out and he wasn't too happy about that. It was all gone by the afternoon but the boys can't wait until it snows some more.

Soccer Team

I coached soccer again this year and Saturday was our last soccer game. I had to get a picture of my team! Go Speedy Turtles! I think we won every game, not that that matters!

Brothers in LOVE

Is it too cold or do they just love each other? Maybe a little of both! I just LOVE finding my boys loving on each other like this. It warms my heart!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM MY JEDIS!

We had a Happy Halloween and we hope you all did too! Ours were Jedis this year. Connor was Obi-Wan Kenobi, Haydn was Anikan Skywalker, Tristan was R2D2, and our friend Cole was Darth Vader. Here are the boys posing at our ward trunk-or-treat activity:

Why I love FALL!

My boys spent an hour or more just jumping in a small pile of leaves! Can't get much better than that!

Apple Picking

We went apple picking on Columbus Day with some friends. The boys have been eating apples non-stop ever since. It was so fun! Take a look!
The Pumpkin Patch...

Mommy and Tristan riding on the hayride...

The BIG black cat...

The corn maze...




My little walker...

Face painting...


Croquet...



Tractors and slides...





Apple Picking...

Heritage Makers Projects

Check out some projects I've already made through Heritage Makers! It's so fun and easy to use.

Here's a look at a little swatch book(it's the perfect size to go in my purse!)


and here's a look at the big canvas I had printed of my boys!

My NEW Business....

I take TONS of photos of my adorable kids and our adventures as a family and I'm always thinking of new ways and places to display them. They are, after all, the most important thing in my life. Last weekend I was introduced to a business opportunity I just COULDN'T pass up. When I saw the products I was just in love and so I signed on to show others how awesome this is. Heritage Makers is a business that allows you to turn your pictures into awesome projects like photobooks, storybooks, playing cards, calendars, canvases, greeting cards and much more. But it's not your ordinary digital scrapbooking. They are the leaders in the industry and designed the ideas that make it all possible. Think you could never figure it out? They allow you to upload your photos and save them as you make your projects with THOUSANDS of templates and art pieces to guide you. If you think you aren't creative enough to write your stories, NO PROBLEM. You have access to story maps (questions that guide you in writing your stories), and cute and memorable quotes that you can look up by topic. You can edit pictures and change out anything you don't like simply with a drag and drop system. IT'S SO EASY! Can you tell I'm excited!? If I've intrigued you just a little, check this out...
What it's all about
and how to do it
The Business Opportunity

Here's my website. Click around and see what you think.

Because I'm a new consultant I get some awesome deals to get friends and family started up so let me know right away if your interested. You can get started as a client and I can help you through some projects or you can host a party and get your friends involved and earn products for yourself or you could even sign up to be a consultant like me and get some pretty amazing commission and products as well. I can even meet you in a "webinar" (online seminar) to tell you all about it if you don't live close to me. I'm so excited to show you this...Be the Heritage Maker in your family!
You can e-mail me at jenn@simplypreciouspictures.com or call (860)281-9311.

It's A......

GIRL!!! I have a beautiful little princess in my house! We named her Kallie. She's a 6 1/2 week old (tiny) black lab. She is just adorable and we are loving her a lot already.