Beijing, China

We made it to CHINA!

Tiananmen Square

They just kept pulling us in to take pictures with us.

 Lunch

 With Abby

 Forbidden City

 Temple of Heaven

 Summer Palace

Melinda took the best pictures.

We visited all those places in one day. It was the coldest day 

and we worried that we were going to freeze the entire trip.

That evening we walked to find dinner.

We got a kick out of this tiny "car"

 Our view from our room in Beijing.

Brought the kids to the movies.

 A note from Clark.

 I made Hanna get out of bed and come with us to this jump center.

She was very upset with me.

After being there a little while I went to find her and Van, when I came around 

the corner she was smiling and as soon as she saw me she stopped smiling.

Keeping Max in our prayers, we miss him dearly.

Van Turns 12

Van newborn, 1 year and 10.

Van is still are funny kid!

happy 12th Birthday Van.

 

 For his birthday they played kickball. got in the hot tub,

ate pizza, brownies, ice cream and played cards.

van was ordained a Priest and is now passing the sacrament.

 We love you Van!

Clumsy Boys

Now Max has a black-eye. He ran into a door.

Clark Misc.

Soccer Season Comes to an End 

 Unfortunately, we never won a game this season.

On the way to the car Clark said we won!

I said, "Oh, why do you say that?"

He said, "because we got this medal!"
Hahaha!

OUCH!

Poor Clark ran right into the little boy I babysit.
Clark got a black eye. 

Max Gets His Permit

Max is exactly 15 1/2 today and he passed his permit test! 

He was pretty excited! 

Not sure if I’m ready for this 😱

Toilet Papering

Me and a friend took our kids toilet papering last night. It was most of the kids’ first time toilet papering. We were caught on camera later that night 😜, but the kids had a great time! Thanks Bishop Wood for being such a good sport! He did kind of deserve it for passing out gold fish at the ward trunk-or-treat 😆

Bishop Wood says, next year he's bringing kittens!

Halloween 2018

My Preschool Class 

 Only the elementary kids can dress up at school.

 The carpool group all dressed up.

 I love that their school does a costume parade,

it brings back so many memories!

 Daisy and friends

 Daisy with Sienna. Clark decided to be a Ninja instead.

 Clark won a fidget spinner during his class party.

 We came back home earlier than the rest of the kids

and Clark and Jane enjoyed passing out the candy!

 A neighbor did the most awesome

Goose Buster theme decorations.

 Hanna ended up dressing up with her friend Anna.

They are both Donkey's

Oct. Fun

The real Sleeping Beauty lives here.

I brought Jane to Clair's with Daisy. 

Jane found a lot of  fun things she wanted.

Jane dancing.

 Is anyone else over pumpkin carving like me? I talked the youngest two into painting their pumpkins this year 👏🏻 and told Daisy she had to do the entire thing on her own, that’s called a mom that’s burnt out 😜. I did help her get the stem off, but she did everything else. And the rest of the kids are over pumpkin carving too.

 Jane with her painted pumpkin.

 Clark painted "It" on his pumpkin,

he sees it on the screen saver on the kindle.

 Daisy did a great job carving her pumpkin!

Spring Mt. Ranch

Thanks to Tom & Becky for getting us out of the house today! 

Spring Mountain Ranch was beautiful and so fun playing relay races as a family!

 Racing to the tree and back.

 Wheelbarrow races

 Hoping race. Love the one of Danny on the right.

 Family Pyramid

It was a beautiful day!