5 years ago...........Happy Halloween

I've been cleaning out old emails lately and I found this picture.....This was taken 5 years ago.....Travis was 6, Taylor was 4 and Megan was 5 months! It's amazing how fast they grow up.......Such cute kids!

What A Random DAY!!!!!!

I PROMISE I don't' dress my kids like this daily! Today was NERD day at school...taylor LOVED getting dressed up for today. She spent an hour last night perfecting her outfit....She was SHOCKED we didn't have any suspenders....(I laughed so hard) So she came up with BELTS as her suspenders! I was proud of her for coming up with her outfit all on her own....As a side note Megan had NO desire to dress up.....She thought that was such a dumb idea! Two different kids..that's for sure!


Travis left for Science Camp this morning....he was so excited to go! I'm sure they are having a great time and hopefully they aren't freezing!

We got to watch baby Jaxon today.....Anney was in heaven! She loves him and always says......."baby Jaxon is SOOOOO cute!" She wanted to hold him so bad, when I let her she said..."mom, take a picture!" I've trained my kids well!

We had our ward trunk or treat tonight....it has been really cold today so we had to revamp our Halloween costumes...our little ballerina ended up with tights, socks, tennis shoes, long sleeve shirt and a warm sweater! She doesn't look much like a ballerina. She is so proud of this Superman bucket, it cracks me up!

Some People are Happy to be Student Of The MONTH!

So Megan came home from School today ACTING like she was excited because she won Student of The Month in her classroom.....She was so proud holding her certificate, her "my child was student of the month" bumper sticker and her coupon for a free kids meal at Chick-Fil-A. Megan was the most excited about the bumper sticker and couldn't WAIT until she could put it on the suburban.......well I had to intervene and say...HECK NO...that is NOT going on my CAR! She looked at me like she was the first kid EVER to have a bumper sticker like this and wouldn't I be SO proud to have it on my car...UM NO!!!!!!!!!!!! I told her to feel free to put it on any folder, binder, etc. Well a few hours later I find it STUCK to my HUTCH in my dining ROOM....Luckily I got it off..and the poor thing went to the trash!

Anyways...fast forward a 1/2 hour later when Travis comes home and he's like...Megan what the heck was your problem today? I guess he saw her in the hallway crying hysterically cause she DID NOT want her picture taken with the other students in the school who were also student of the month....but more so SHE DID NOT want her picture taken with the principal!!!!!!!! So sorry Mrs. Edman, I guess my kindergartner isn't a huge fan of yours YET!

Family Halloween Party!

Happy Halloween EVERYONE! Tonight was our big "Ferrin Halloween Party" at Grandpa and Grandma Ferrin's home. This is the party that the kids look forward to EVERY year! THEY LOVE IT! We eat dinner (we have HALLOWIENERS....hotdogs and brats) We decorate Pumpkins, Aunt Shari and Cousin Ashlee make a yummy witches brew and then we let the kids trick or treat through grandma's house. All the adults go in a room, close the door and we let the kids trick or treat.....THEY LOVE IT!


I was in charge of bringing some appetizers so we brought Spiders and Fangy TEETH!

Cousin Chloe and Anney.....They are 6 months apart and so cute!

Becca, Chloe and Anney!

Timmy, Travis and Blake eating dinner

Hannah, Emmee, Taylor, Sara and Spencer

Witches Brew...the kids are fascinated!

Travis was showing off his delicious drink...he loves this stuff

Shari and Anney

Yummy bugs in their drink!

Anney was NOT happy about the bug in her drink!

The kids all have to see who can end up with the biggest bug or rodent in their drink....YUCK TRAVIS

I love this picture...I wanted a picture of my kids with our "witches" and Megan was scared and didn't want anything to do with them....

I told them this needs to be their new facebook Profile pictures....attractive ladies aren't they?

Megan decorating her pumpkin....so cute!

Taylor decorating her "side" of the pumpkin..

These kids are hilarious with their facial expressions.....They all look so cute in their costumes

Trick or Treating at the Bathroom Door!

Uncle Bill was in the pantry handing out dog treats, canned food, v8 juice, all kinds of gross stuff....he was SUPPOSED to be handing out candy! You can see Travis to matters into his own hands!

This was Uncle Rob's room...he made the kids knock on the table and then would give them candy!

taylor's doggie treat from Uncle Bill

Lake Powell Triathlon

Yesterday randy competed in the Lake Powell triathlon....This was his first triathlon doing the olympic distance. Olympic Distance means a 1 mile swim, 25 mile bike ride and 6.2 mile run. He really wanted to swim in a lake for a triathlon so he figured this is a great opportunity and he loved LAKE POWELL. His time was 3 hours and 9 minutes. If you remember he just ran a marathon 2 weeks ago and he said he still felt some of the effects of his legs as he was biking and running, but overall he was happy with his time. It was beautiful scenery and the weather was awesome. I'm glad I got to come along and watch him....Good Job Babe!


Just starting the bike ride...I actually got to volunteer in this spot telling the bikers to turn and stay in the left lane....I said it a MILLION times, but it really was fun. Look at the scenery also....breathtaking!

Getting ready to start the second loop of the bike ride.

Coming in from the bike ride....Time to ditch the bike and helmet, change shoes, and start the run!

Just finishing the run.....

F.H.E. at the Park!

For F.H.E. we met at the park with my family. We had so much fun. We ate sub sandwiches, played basketball and football, had a team building activity, and played leap frog. We get together once a month and this time we chose to do it at the park because the weather is so nice.
Anney LOVES the baby swings....Grandpa and Aunt Reagan pushed her for hours.


Great idea huh...did you ever think to double up on the baby swings. Here is Anney with my cute niece Gracie.....


I promise Travis really had a great time...he just hates having his picture taken!

Anney and her Cheesy Smile!

"team building" activity...Everyone gets in a circle, crosses hands and then tries to untangle themselves.

Grandpa played leapfrog with Gracie, Olivia, Anney and Megan.

Phoenix ZOO!

Yesterday we kicked off our first day of fall break by going to the Phoenix ZOO. Randy took the day off work and came along....It was WONDERFUL having him there. He carried Anney around most of the zoo and if he wasn't carrying Anney, he was pushing Megan and Anney in the stroller. The kids had a great time and LOVED seeing all the animals. If you ask Anney what animals she saw, she can name all of them and the sound each one makes. What a fun day!


The giraffes.....pretty obvious!

I love this picture of Anney's face...She didn't want me to take her picture!

how Anney spent most of the day!

She is counting the zebras...

Petting Zoo!

cute Picture!

Megan

The famous cactus slide...obviously it's a little quick at the end and this is Anney's outcome!

The End of the day....we were in seeing the monkeys and the kids were hot and tired!