Washington DC Temple

These pictures were taken back at the end of October while on our way to our next pcs. It is sad to say that we had been to this temple on numerous occasions while we lived in virginia but every time we visited I always managed to forget my camera. I miss Virginia's beautiful colors I was sad to leave newport news and not even having the chance to see the beginning of the fall. So you can imagine my surprise when we got farther up to the northern part of the state to find this beautiful array of fall colors, It was so pretty!! While adam was inside doing a session the kids and I drove around the temple trying to find different angles to take pictures..it was a lot of fun, I wish I had the money to take photagraphy lessons.

This would have been the kids only chance to play in the leaves since by the time we got to New York the fall was well done and over with.

I was hesitant to put this picture on here but I does have a story to tell. If you look closely you may notice big holes in the sides of the purple and yellow flowers. Kaden decided that while daddy and I were distracted he would hop from one flower patch to the other as if they were lilly pads. It is sad to say that I was actually not all that surprised, knowing my son this is a very typical Kaden thing to do. Adam went into the front desk to let them know what happened, but they weren't too concerned.

This picture was taken while driving on the freeway just after leaving the temple.

Were are finally settled down and now have a chance to get up to date with the latest. We PCS'd (permanent change of station) to New York. We had to be to our next station on the 1st of november which meant that we had to travel over Kenidi'd birthday. We decided that we would celebrate her birthday at the ward trunk or treat that was on the 28th. Kenidi was a ballerina, Kaden was and army guy and Britynn was was a giraffe. We had the whole ward sing happy birthday to her, she loved her giant sized kitty cupcake. We were in the process of getting our stuff packed so we had a blast in an empty apartment. We rented a penske truck to carry the extra belongings we had that exceeded our weight limit and caravaned together, it was about an ten hour drive. We decided to do the move in 2 days and spent the night in a hotel close to the Washington DC temple since we had planned to visit the temple we wanted our stay to be close by.


It was actually kind of nice not having an overload of candy

Most of our stuff got ruined in the move including our couch that was already in not the best condition, you can tell they didn't pack things very good which explains the damage. I was most upset to see our fairly new dresser with dents scratches and dings all over it :(

This is one of my last memories of virginia I took this picture from our apartment on the third floor. The picture just doesn't do it justice, it probably didn't help that the screen on the window faded it out.

In the process of moving and packing we came across Adam's birth control glasses, the kids look so cute! This picture of Kaden reminds of of his uncle Jason when he was a little boy.

Britynn is Four Months

Britynn has been really changing over these past few months. She started rolling onto her belly on the 26th of september and right around that same time she stated discovering her little toes. She is constantly pulling her hands together and putting objects into her mouth. She is such a loveable little girl, so peacful and full of smiles. She has recently started to giggle and loves to play Pat a Cake. Aside from being the cutest Baby in the world and always being such a delight to be around, she also has the most beautiful singing voice!! She wakes me up every single morning to her singing :) Which reminds me of another exciting new thing she has been doing and that is SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!! I am so excited about this I have been trying to get her to go for longer spans and she is now finally going from about eight pm to 6-7 am ahhhh! What a sigh of relief:)

NAS Oceana Naval Airshow

Adam took Kenidi and Kaden To the airshow on Spetember 18th. As a kid he and his family loved to go to the arishows. Adam desires to pass that same tradition on to his kids, he was reminising the night before the show about his childhood memories and the excitement of seeing the Blue Angles. I went to Williamsburg with my Dad that day and We had Sister Thorn Babysit Britynn for the day. I really wanted to go to the Airshow but I figured that with Williamsburg being so close to us I would go there instead and have some Daddy daughter time myself. I unfortunatley dont have any of the pictures from Williamsburg since my Dad took all the pictures, but We will be going back to Williamsburg again before we leave and I will get some then.

The conference packet this year had a bunch of fun activites, like finger puppets of the prophets and this fun little Liahona. Kenidi and I both had a blast making it. I wish I were creative enough to put something like this together whoever it is that combines these activity packets must be very creative.





It is fun to pretend like it is the real Liahona that Lehi and their family used, I explained to Kenidi that it only works the same as it did for Nephi and that is you have to be faithful in order for it to work properly. She keeps calling it her basket though ;)

I was consumed in cleaning the kids closet and organizing all of their art supplies. Once I was all done I turned around to find a little sleeping beauty!

The kids were so excited when I announced that we would be painting our rocks!! I asked them a couple of weeks ago to start collecting their favorite rocks, they were so excited and didn't waste anytime with accomplishing this task. One of my most favorite books is titled "Way To Be" by Gordon B. Hinkley. He has listed 9 different ways to help you be happy and live a productive life The kids picked their favorite ways to be and then painted the rocks. Kenidi's rocks were Be Smart and Be Humble, both are things that she is very much striving to be every day. Kaden painted his rock red and chose his favorite way to be which was Be Grateful. I painted my rock white and chose my favorite way to be which was Be Clean. Adam later joined in and picked the Be Positive way to be. We were actually going to have family home evening based off of each of these ways to be and with each new lesson we would paint a rock, as you can see that didn't quite work out so well. We will have to do some catching up:) We still have 4 more ways to be left. I love my family and every single moment I have as a mother to nurture my childern and raise them with love and learning. Family nights are by far our most favorite day of the week.

Little Britynn was so sweet and helped
by pulling the table cloth all while singing
to herself. She has always got a grin on her face!