Happy Halloween!

Meet the characters of Toy Story: Jesse, Little Green Alien and Buzz Lightyear

To Infinity and Beyond!

 

Mallory was not up for a individual photo

We met Woody at the Ward Trunk or Treat

and Mini Jesse

First day of School

 

This girl was SO excited for kindergarten. We had been talking about it for months and months.

Maxwell is going to preschool 2 days a week.

 

They both have had a rough time with the adjustment to school. I think we are finally getting the routine down and are actually excited to go to school.

Big Birthday Bash

The original idea for Lucy's birthday party was to make use of our huge backyard. We were going to set up the pools and have water and games and a good time. Of course, the weather decided to put us to the test and give a slight chance of rain. The morning of I finally had to move it to the church as I couldn't risk having to fit all these people inside my little house. And of course my text messages didn't work so people showed up to the house.... Anyways the morning was a bit of a mess. But finally everyone arrived and we had a good time.

My friend let me borrow her bounce house when we had to move it inside. The kids loved it. Most of my planned games couldn't be moved inside as they involved water.

We ate lots of good food. I tried to stick with a rainbow theme. We had hot dogs, rainbow goldfish, fruit loops, rainbow licorice...And a rainbow fruit and veggie platter.

 

 

Lucy requested a Princess Luna birthday party. I was quite sure what to do with that request so...she got a Princess Luna piñata.

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Singing Happy Birthday

Her cake had a special rainbow surprise in it.

 

And of course she was spoiled with presents.

 

Long overdue

I spent the last month looking for these pictures.... Only to find they were still on the camera! Oops.

Lucy was thrilled with her birthday, which makes mommy very happy too. Lucy and Mallory's birthday's are only 5 days apart so we had a combo birthday party. We had a couple family friends join us for the festivities.

Lucy isn't a big fan of cake; she just eats the frosting. So rather than make a cake we had a donut cake. Give this girl a donut and its gone in 10 seconds flat. She loved her Donut cake.

Singing "Happy Birthday" and getting a little giddy and bashful.

Delicious!

 

We had to do a good old cake smash for Mallory's first birthday.

 

Look, no hands!

Waiting for the sugar rush

Just going for it

 

Loving her cookie monster.

 

 

Daddy testing out the new toys.

And this little cutie was there too. Love is beautiful smile.

 

A Couple Random Tidbits...

Our new favorite game... Empty the DVD case

A trip to the DC Temple

Smelling the flowers

Isn't it beautiful?

We left Daddy some pictures for Father's Day and for him to treasure while we were gone for SO long in Canada.

Thanks Daddy for letting us leave for so long.

Farewell Summer! You Treated Us Well

Our summer flew by and was wonderful. Our first stop of summer was a whole bunch of fun in Canada.

Salmon Family Reunion 2013

Salmon Babies - Charlie, Ruth and Mallory

And she down. Sorry Baby Ruth

It was too cold for swimsuits. But that didn't stop the kids from getting wet.

Salmon Talent Show - Singing "I am a Child of God"

 

 

Onward to Grandma's House....

 

 

I'm not even sure what's on her face. But it doesn't matter because we are at Grandma's!

Matching cousins!

We love Auntie Jodie

Enjoying rides at Calaway Park

Everyone had a good time, except Lucy :(





This was by far his favorite ride.

 

Baby Crawl. Mallory won :)

Happy Canada Day!

July Birthday's Party

 

This cake is delicious!

 

Our last stop before farewell's was the Harvey Family Reunion 2013. More fun was had here, not many pictures were taken.

 

Thanks for all the good times!