Hilarious Halloween

On the 22nd, we had a super fun Halloween party with the Carpenter's. They invited us over for dinner and a pumpkin carving contest. Adam and Lincoln's pumpkin was a team effort and they won! Great job everyone!

Hello Fall!

We have had a beautiful Fall season this year! Here are some of my favorite views from my drive to the kid's school each day.

BFWC 2017

On October 12th the girls and I went down to the Valley to attend the Annual Burk Family Women's Conference. We drove down on Thursday morning and spent the day antique shopping in down town Mesa. It was funny seeing the girls reactions to the "Old" things that were comonplace when I was a child.
The conference didn't start until later that night, so we had some time to go check out the Mesa Temple visitors center. We haven't been there in a very long time and we enjoyed all there was to see and do there.
Women's Conference was awesome as usual. It was fun to have my girls there with me for the first time, but I missed Amanda terribly. In fact,  it seemed that no matter how much fun I was having, I was always on the verge of tears. It ended up being a pretty emotional weekend for me. Just before heading home, the girls and I visited Amanda's grave for the first time. I was able to let out a lot of the emotions that I'd tried holding back all weekend and it felt good to just cry for a bit.
I love women's conference and all the women who attend. They are all such great examples for me and my girls to follow.

Fall Fun with Gurr Cousins

Last weekend Travis and Becky came up for a visit. On Friday night I enjoyed a girls night out with Becky, Calli and Elana. We did some shopping and went out to eat. It was SO fun!
On Saturday we all went to the pumpkin patch in Snowflake. It was fun to see how excited the younger kids were about all the pumpkins!

Fall Choir Concert

On October 3rd, the Trio had a lot of fun singing in their fall choir concert. I'm grateful my children enjoy singing!

Hutch makeover.....Do over

A couple years ago, I picked up this old hutch and painted it black. Right after it was done, I wished I had painted it white. I finally got around to re-painting it. I love how it turned out!