The Nativity

We had a fun time doing the nativity with our family and friends. We had my dad and his family, the Peterson family, and our neighbors the Websters over. Everyone who participated did a great job!Aren't the 3 wise men just cuter than cute?
Our neighbor Mark Webster narrated the story for us!

The Peterson Family

I had the chance to take pictures of Jon's sister's family, the Petersons. We kind of did it on a whim but we got some great shots. It's been so fun to have them as our neighbors just 2 houses down!

Lego Mania!

For the past couple months Caleb has been learning about Robotics and built a robot out of legos with a team. This last Saturday was the big competition they've been working for. He had so much fun! There were 3 rounds and Caleb was able to lead in one of those rounds. No prizes this time, but the experience was prize enough!!

Really Happy Snowman!

The first big snowfall that actually sticks and Caleb and Andrew are out there immediately! They used the snow on the deck to make this cute little guy. He wasn't taller than Andrew. Take a look at that humongous smile!!

Halloween haunting...well treating really!

Halloween was pretty fun this year! On Thursday the boys had a parade and parties at their school. And on Halloween we had lots of family together. From left to right we have: Madalyn holding Evelyn, Caleb, Vaughn (in front), Joshua, Andrew, Maryn, Mckay, and Isabel.You like Caleb's new haircut?
Little Bo Peep found her sheep!!
The cutest lamb you'll ever see!!

I have the cutest niece!

This last weekend I had the privilege of taking pictures of my niece, Evelyn Grant. They turned out so darling that I couldn't help but share them! Thank goodness for pictures to be able to remember that sweet face forever!

Fire Station Field Trip

Yesterday Andrew's preschool had a field trip to the Fire Station. The kids had a great time!
Look at my cute little Fire Chief!

The best part! Spraying the hose!

Our sweet Joshie's special day

What a wonderful day we had on saturday! We had lots of family and friends that came to support Joshua. We almost filled up the relief society room with just the people that came for Josh...what a sight! And it was great to visit with everyone back at our house. I'm just so happy to see my son making such amazing choices!

I was taking the picture for this one.

Got a little brave!

Recently my good friend Stephanie asked me if I could take some pictures of her kids. I usually don't do portrait photography (something I want to get better at) but I thought, what the hey. I had a fun time taking pictures of her kids and even more fun playing around with the pictures! Here are a couple of my favorites.

Our beautiful Moon!

The moon came up over the mountains so beautifully tonight that I couldn't resist taking a picture of it! I just admire the amazing things God has created so much!

10K accomplished!

See that big grin on my face...that's because I was at the finish line! I really pushed myself and was proud that I ran the whole thing and 10 minutes faster than I was planning! Going for a half marathon next year (if I can ever get rid of this annoying side ache I have!)

It's soccer time!

Soccer season just started and so far the boys are lovin' it! Josh played hard in his game and got a goal in! Caleb played well too especially as goalie. He loves to be goalie!

Can you believe Caleb gets to play with a full sized goal!? He looks so little!

I can't believe Joshua is 8!

Our second son Joshua just turned 8 a couple days ago. He requested a monster truck cake so I did my best! When the candles were lit it actually looked like the monster truck was going to jump through a ring of fire. It was pretty cool! I'm just so proud of Joshua and the special son he is to me!

Sunflower heaven!

One day I was looking over at the hills across Inkom valley and noticed a yellow haze all over them and realized that it was sunflowers. Thousands of them, so I ventured into the hills to take pictures of them. You just can't not be happy around sunflowers!

To love the swallows or to not love the swallows...that is the question!

Starting last summer we've had little friends building homes on our house. By all means I love birds and the little nests they build and the cute little babies that make cute noises, but.........I do NOT like the mess they leave! If they want to live here I really wished they'd clean up after themselves!

Scouting with Jon

On Saturday we all went with Jon to do one of his most favorite things...any guesses as to what that is? Yup you're right...look for elk! Jon is the master spotter and he found some of course. They were too far away to take pictures of though.

Instead of where's waldo, let's play where's the deer? The first pic is a doe. Someday I would love to get a high power zoom lens!This one was a little buck.
We drove right by this cute little fox. Sorry it's blurry.
We also drove by this beautiful hawk.

And there's nothing like an amazing Idaho sunset! The pictures don't do it justice!

The Stosich Reunion

Well thanks to one of Jon's cousins, Jeanne-Marie, we were able to have an awesome time at a family reunion. All because his cousin had a dream, that all the family was together she decided to dig in and plan it. It consisted of the family from Jon's mom's side. (She's from a family of 11 kids...yep you read right...11 kids!!) And there were very few people that didn't couldn't make it...it was awesome!

There were so many fun activities like eating cotton candy!A huge blown up water slide!
Playground sets to play on!
Water fights! Yes everyone got wet...everyone!!
Ruth brought 2 horses for horse rides.
Jon helped her.
Marshmellow guns!
And the fun just went on! Thanks so much Jeanne-Marie for putting on such a great reunion!!