Halloween

Here our Halloween pictures

I know it is well past Halloween

but I needed to post them.

We got to spend Clint's week off in Utah.

We decided about a week before to go

so we drove 20 hours straight and had a BLAST!!

Here is the only picture I took while we where there.

All of the grandkids on the Duncan side except for Josh.

I also decided that I wanted to do a theme Halloween again.

Last year we were the Flinstones and this year

Clint was Captain Hook

I was Wendy...the oriental version

(If you look closely I am wearing a kimono...)

Emmi was Tinkerbell and LOVED it

and Easty was Peter Pan.

I do have to brag for one second.

I can't make a lot of things but I made these costumes

and I think I did a pretty good job.

They were SO cute and had so much fun at the

ward trunk-or-treat.

Of course my child is the crying one.

Wendy

Petey Pan

With the hat

Hook...scary hair!!

Tink

She is such a poser!

~Easton Turns One~

I can't believe my baby is 1!!

It really seems like he was just born.

He is the sweetest little boy ever

and has such a fun personality.

He loves to

play with Emmi

snuggle

make huge messes

bite

make the funniest faces

books

Emmi

Mommy

Daddy

and playing outside.

He loves to eat

nuggets

cheese

crackers

and anything sweet.

He is our little sweetheart and

we love him more than life.

Happy Birthday Easy!!

Sharing with Emmi

Yes, Emmi is still wearing her princess outfit.

So excited

Just died!!

Emmi helping out

Just died...again

{daddy's day off and princesses}

Clint got the day off today and were so excited!!

It doesn't happen very often so when it does

we feel like we should always do something

fun.

So today we went bowling

It was so fun!!

Clint and I haven't been bowling for years

and this was Emmi's first time.

Needless to say it was a blast.

I love having a husband home!!!

Emmi has also been in the

princess stage

were all she does is watch princess movies

and then acts them out.

So also only wears dress-ups.

I promise I try to do her hair

and I try to get her dressed in real clothes

everyday...but that is a fight I am willing to

lose!! This is her favorite outfit

that she wears everyday....stylish huh?!?!

she is dead here...like sleeping beauty

Easy's first time bowling

just died... he is so cute

go Clint...get your game on!!!

just died again... she is so cute

Picture overload....mostly for Clint!!

So the kids and I have been in Utah for a couple weeks now
and we are missing Clint like crazy....
but he is missing us more
So he wanted me to post some pictures
So sorry for those of you who don't like pictures
but we are having a
~picture overload~

swimming and relaxing

all 12 of the grandkids

Emmi the future model

Em, Livy and Payton at Greggy's wedding

so so so so cute

my handsome baby with his new haircut

pre-haircut and chocolate chip cookie

me and my sister's whitney and lindsey...
and baby Jack

baby jack

in Denver at the zoo and splash park

Emmi and Livy

Summer Update

We have been having a good time here in Texas. We have had a lot of fun moments and a couple of bad moments. We will start with the bad and get it out of the way. Clint started work this month and it has been the LONGEST month of our lives. It really has been pure hell. He is gone ALL the time. He leaves at 5:30 in the morning and doesn't get home until 6-7:00 at night. Then he is on call every fifth night. So the nights that he is on call he doesn't get home until 10-11:00 at night. Then it starts all over again. The poor kids don't get to see him for 48 hours when he is on call. It has been hard on EVERYONE. He has only had 4 days off this month and it has been so hard adjusting to this life and going to everything by myself. I'm sure there are people in our ward who think that I don't have a husband....or at least not an active one. The good news is that he only has one more week of this rotation and then it will get better...at least I am crossing my fingers that it will because this has been SO hard.

The next piece of bad news is Texas itself. Whoever thought living in a place that is hot, humid and that has GINORMOUS bugs, rattlesnakes, FLYING cockroaches, and scorpions was crazy. I have been going crazy with the amount of buggy awesomeness in this place. I also had a run-in with a scorpion the other day. I was cleaning the bathroom and I had just put cleaner in the bathtub and here come a scorpion out of the drain. I screamed SO loud and freaked out a little. Of course I was alone and had to catch AND kill it all by myself. I told Emmi that if it got out of the pitcher that I caught it in it would kill her and suck out her blood....needless to say I may have been a LITTLE dramatic. But the rest of the week I couldn't stop thinking about this scorpion and all of his little friends that are going to invade my house. I am a little paranoid now.

There have been some great things about being here. We have found some GREAT friends. We have been to BBQ's, Dessert nights, parades, swimming playgroups, and of course BACHELORETTE NIGHT!!!! It has been really nice to have people that we can hang out with and for me especially to find a great group of friends that I love being with. We also bought a new car...a MINI VAN for me so now I can get around and not be trapped in my scorpion invested house!!! It has made a world of difference. Emmi has a good group of little girls that are her age and she is starting to get some fun friends. Easton is getting so big and is CRAWLING everywhere. It is so fun to see him crawl and explore. He loves to open every cupboard and is starting to climb up the stairs. He has had a few accidents and a few head bonks but still loves to do it.

We are actually heading to Utah next week for my brother's wedding and we are so excited to see family..(when I say we I mean me and the kids). Emmi is so excited to go on the airplane and to go to "Livila's" house...Livy.

































At the Parade on the 4th of July












































Our new van...I LOVE IT!!!!






















Chick-fil-a day...dress like a cow and get free food!






























Emmi in her element...NAKED!!!!
(It was raining and we couldn't find her...
than we looked outside and found this. :)




























Just swimming



















The scorpion that ALMOST killed us and sucked out our blood.