Jace's Baptism

Jace got baptized on Nov. 28th. Bryce, his father, baptized and confirmed him. It was a really special day for Jace and we are so proud of his decision to be baptized. I love seeing my kids all dressed in white with their dad by their side. The stake took care of the baptism and they did a nice job. It made it nice for the parents, no stress, we got to just enjoy the occasion. We had a lot of our family come to share Jace's special day with him. After the baptism at the stake center we went to our church and had a lunch for the family. We had homemade chili and made frito pies. All of Jace's aunts brought yummy desserts. It was a great day and we are so happy for Jace. We know he will be a great member of the church.

This is all of the family that came to Jace's baptism. Front row: Brinley, Cambree, Connor, Kimball and Jacob. Middle: Great grandma Reynolds, Joshua, Victoria, Jeff, Heather, Rachel Marlie, Grant, Grandma Hancock and Jace. Back: Grandma Johnson, Grandpa Johnson, Uncle Doug, Aunt Lynnette, Sadie, Uncle Shawn, Aunt Missy, Grandpa Hancock, Keaton, Uncle Scott, Bryce, Aunt Katie and Jody.

Jace is Eight!!

Our cute boy Jace turned 8! Every year on his birthday I can't believe he is the age he is. I can't believe he is 8! He is the sweetest boy. He is kind and loving and always wanting to make me happy. He is so easy going and never gives us any trouble. He has been such a great kid and I feel very blessed to be his mother. He had a fun birthday. He was so excited for his birthday this year. His teacher said that he about drove her crazy talking about when it would be time to do his birthday celebration in his class. He has had a new found interest in skateboards lately. We gave him a skateboard (and safety pads). He also wanted some "Tech Deck" skateboard toys . I asked him what he wanted for dinner on his birthday and he chose Barbque Chicken Salad. I was surprised he chose that but he does has very good taste in food. He likes just about everything, especially healthy foods, which is rare for a kid, like I said he is such an easy kid. He wanted a Butterfinger cake, another great choice! We had a fun celebration with Jace and are excited for him to be baptized soon.

Look at that cute face!
make a wish!!!

Pumpkin Patch

We have a family tradition of going to the Red Barn's pumpkin patch every year. This year it was so fun because Melanie and Moe (and Casey) happen to be visiting from CA and they went with us. Shawn, Missy, Brinley, Cambree and baby Sadie went too. It was really fun for the kids to have their cousins come along. We rode the wagon out to the pumpkin patch and wandered around looking for the perfect pumpkin. The kids all liked petting the horse there. It was a warm, perfect fall day!

My little pumpkins!!
The DeLuca patch.

Connor petting the horse.
Marlie helping Casey pet the horse.
Moe "eating" C.onnor

Marlie, Jace, Moe and Connor on the wagon ride.
Shawn, Brinley, Cambree and Missy.

Talk about Scary!!!

Pretty scary! I found this dress at a yard sale. It is vintage dress from the 60's. I was trying to pull of the "60's mom" look but ended up looking like Mimi from the Drew Carey show! great. We were dressed up for Bryce's work Halloween party. Doesn' t Connor's Nacho costume look so cute on him?!!

Halloween Fun

Look at all of these cuties!

L to R: Owen H., Jace, Sam H., Blake H.. Gabe H., Jace A., Kate W., Drew W., Lilly R. and Connor. We went trick or treating with our friends on our street. It was so fun watching the kids get so excited. It was hard for the smaller kids to keep up with the big kids because they wanted to run as fast as they could from house to house. Connor didn't last very long because his feet and legs were hurting. He got plenty of candy though, more than one kid needs!

Jace the 80's rocker and Connor as Zorro! Connor said he'd be too cold if he wore his Nacho Libre costume" because tights are like nothing". Too bad he looked so cute in his Nacho costume!

The kids at the Walker's house.
Run Connor!!

Marlie trick or treating with her friends, Robbie, Emily and Emily's sister Abbie.
Connor's stash.

THE SCHOOL PARADE

Marlie and Emily, the hippies. Marlie took Connor around the parade route with her class. He looked so cute in his Nacho Libre costume!!
NACHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Pumpkin Carving

Okay, I am a little slow getting Halloween posted! I haven't had any time to blog lately. September and October were full of photography appointments and I didn't have time to to much of anything besides pictures. So here is the pumpkin carving event. Keaton decided that he wanted to participate with the family this year and joined us in carving. Connor didn't want to touch the pumpkin or help much. He didn't like the way it smelled, funny huh? I never really noticed it had much of a smell. The pumpkins turned out great and we had a lot of fun making them!

Connor and his over-active "smeller". He didn't like the smell of the pumpkins.

OOOOH GUTS!!

Bryce had a baby brother that died of sids at about 7 weeks old. He was of course buried in CA. My mother and father in-law moved to Ut a few years ago and decided they wanted to move his grave to Ut too. They moved him to Ut and we had a grave dedication at his new resting place. It's hard to imagine what the family would be like today with another sibling. I wish he was here to be an uncle to my kids and another great brother-in-law. Someday I'll get the chance to know him along with the rest of the family. He hasn't been forgotten and his parents and siblings still miss him.