Happy Halloween!

Coming up with costume ideas is my favorite part of Halloween! That and having parties! Our ward put on an amazing Halloween activity and you could tell everyone was having lots of fun. I really enjoy trunk or treating! They also had activities going on during the dinner. Josh was in charge of one and he made a yard ladder out of pvc pipe and had the kids toss the balls to get a prize. The kids loved it and Josh had a blast conducting it.
After much brainstorming a trip to a thrift store, and some paint, Josh, Kenzie, and I had awesome costumes! It was a hit!



I'm sure you figured it out, Josh is Sully, I'm Mike, and Kenzie is Boo.
(And when I say I'm Mike, I really mean the Boy is dressed up as Mike :)
It was such a perfect combo, we had to go with this theme. Especially since Monsters Inc. is the only animated movie that doesn't make her scared.


My Mom was so nice to send Kenzie some costumes for Halloween! One was a butterfly outfit with wings! So Kenzie was Boo for the activities and dinner and then we threw the dress and wings on her for the trunk or treat.





She liked them earlier in the week, but alas the wings came off.
This was Kenzie's way of getting the wings off.





Kenzie got the hang of trick or treating, Josh taught it to her about 30 seconds into it and she caught on really fast. Anything for candy, right!









One of the trunks had an actual photo booth there so we got our pictures taken and printed out right there, awesome!

Pictures of Princess Kenzie from earlier this week :)

It Must Be the Southern Air 2

Josh had time to cook one night so he made some fried chicken and potato wedges, oh and of course, nothing says southern like...




Can anyone say corn!!!
I didn't think Kenzie would take to corn on the cob, she had never tried it before, but I let her have a bite of mine. That bite turned into the whole cob! There went my corn but Josh was so proud!

Kenzie was pretty proud of herself too! Josh got her going in laughing fits at each bite, trying to take pictures.






I've picked up the crochet again, I made Baby Boy a hat and I made myself a hat. They're pretty cute, I really like the Boy's hat. Thank you Kenzie for letting Maria model for me.

I Love to See the Temple

Kenzie was looking at pictures of the temple in Sacrament meeting today and she kept saying, "temple, temple, temple" like she has been for a while. But today she also said, "going...day". She was starting to say, "going there someday" like in the primary song! It was so cute!! It definitely brought the spirit and made me realize she is going to the temple someday... wonderful! but does she have to grow up?

It Must Be the Southern Air

Maybe we're entranced by this warm southern weather, or maybe we're closer to ocean level, but it seems like we're out and about quite a bit. Between going to the playground and building blocks, we've been looking all over for ways to have fun as a family in our new home!

Let's just say, we go to the park a LOT! McKenzie LoVeS the sand!








We got new blocks! to bury Kenzie with and so Josh can practice his mad balancing skills.




We went to the Mall of Georgia and dressed Josh up like Mr. Darci, played in the playground, and tried to get Kenzie on the merry-go-round but to no avail.



My husband is a stud!









Kenzie has really grown up since we've been here. She can unwrap a banana and eat the whole thing, she can open doors (yike!) and climb the stairs to our house by herself.
But the neatest trick is naming letters in the alphabet and animals. I amazingly caught this video of her getting excited about the new letters I had just put up. (She didn't know I was videoing)

New life in Atlanta!

We did it! We moved 1,888 miles across the country!
Josh and I still look at each other, "Can you believe we're in GA?", "No, can you?"
It's been quite the change but so far great! Our apartment is in a great part of Sandy Springs. I feel like we live in a tree house because we're on the 3rd floor and we can't see anything but trees out our windows.
It's starting to feel like home and it's good.

When we first moved in it was hot and humid, yet comfortable compared to the Midwest heat wave. We went swimming a lot and waited for my generous Father to bring our stuff over from Utah. My sister Stephanie created a layover here on her way home from Study Abroad in Australia and the surrounding islands. So between Stephanie, my parents, Josh, and some friends from Utah who happened to be in our ward, we moved all the many, many boxes up to the tree house. Man was it hot!







My parents never had a chance to knight Josh as a BYU Graduate. My mom had found this hat and she wanted him to be declared a Chemistry wizard as he began his PhD.
...Oh my goofy, wonderful family!





We will be forever grateful to my parents for moving our stuff out here! And for everyone who helped us unload and to my Mom and Stephanie for getting me (mainly my food storage) unloaded and settled before they had to go.

Amazingly, all of our stuff fit into our apartment, even all the food storage! It's been fun to unpack and decorate and especially to ORGANIZE!! Yay!


My Mom is the bomb!!