love letters.

Bella & Luca kept getting out of bed.  We may have raised our voices a little. 
Bella wanted to tell us "something" of importance, I'm sure. 
We ignored her. 
This is what followed. 
A couple hours later...kids asleep. We were just about to go to sleep ourselves. We find this on our bed.

She often expresses her feelings in either love letters or what I like to call, "not-so-nice-notes".

I often reply back with a love letter.  Usually something simple.

Before I went to bed I went to the office where Jordan was working & told him I wrote her a little love letter. 

He said, "So did I Dear, I'm already a step ahead of you."

So sweet, I cried.

just being girls.

I just LoVe both of these pictures!

Bella is in a Campfire USA girls group this year.  I think she is really enjoying herself.  She has become good friends with many of the girls & the mom who teaches is soooo great with them!!  Izzy told me that they had a guest speaker who came & helped them do their hair & took pictures.  So cute!

Boo.

Not sure I like this new formatting blogger thing.  I can't do what I want--and I don't want to spend extra time learning right now.  Anyhow, we had a healthy and fun Halloween.

There was our annual "chili & mummy cookout in the Coddington's garage"--we always have so much fun catching up with our fun neighbors.  A couple of families were missing this year because of little sickies & out-o-towners.  We missed them too! 

After trick-o-treating we usually go back to the Coddington's to get warm, drink hot cocoa & let the kids run around so much that they are begging us to take them home.  Ahh, fun times!

Izzy wanted to be a kitty cat, formerly Jaden's (cousin) costume!  Yeah, I didn't have to think & be too creative this year.  Luke wanted to be a skeleton.  Simple.  I love it!!

Lot's of school partying go'in on--Lily, haley & Bella

...and mak'in fun crafts too.

Showing off his proud Halloween kitten craft---that he did all by himself!

Going to work with DADDY!

A couple of weeks ago, Jordan asked us to go with him to Pullman--of course, we gladly accepted!!  The kids loved going out to eat then going back to the hotel to swim.  He had to work Saturday morning at Washington State University in the Vet building.  Vet students could bring their dogs & cats in for a free home again chip & listen to a little workshop with a vet doc that Jord lined up.  The kids & I were able to see the animals get chipped.  I was a little hesitant since Izzy doesn't have the best history with dogs, but she was soooo good!  Luke LOVED going around and petting all the dogs & cats!!  And all the students LOVED him!!

At WSU they have a place where they study bears.  It's outside so we killed some time looking at the beasts.

I look sooo thrilled!!  Actually Izzy wanted to take a picture of me & I wasn't ready.  I look annoyed-It was FUN, really!

Luke fell in love with this cat named Kaleb.  He was an alley cat that one of the students rescued.  Luckily the poor cat was so friendly that he let Luke just about maul him.  Jordan gets offered a dog or a kitty almost every day at work.  Maybe one day he will accept.

Gone Fish'in...

Jordan went fishing on the Snake River and caught 4 big Steel-head Salmon.  He was pretty excited!!

I was so impressed that he not only caught them he cleaned and cooked them as well.  The kids had so much fun watching him prepare the salmon dinner feast!! 

Luke was so funny---he kept saying, "Umm this chicken is sooooo good!"  Ha!!  I think he ate 1 whole fish himself.  He loved it!  As for Isabella & I we tried it.  Let's just say that it doesn't make it to our "we could eat this every night" list.

family pictures

One of my MOST favorite pictures!

Aww--show'in the love!

This is my other favorite...

...and this one

...and this one...

...and this one too! So hard to choose a fav!

I love this one especially because she is missing a tooth!

I love this family one--I just wish I wasn't so far away from Bella. Luke was being ridiculously silly for this shoot. I wonder where he learned it from?? Check it out & you tell me...

Yep, that's right...like father, like son.

This night was so much fun!! A gal in our ward is a photographer & she did a great job! I LOVE the graffiti! Jordan wasn't so sure about it until we saw the pic's!! I thought they turned out phenomenal! She captured exactly how our silly family just...............is.

I stink at this blogging thing!!

I don't come to my blog very often anymore---but when I do...I keep thinking I need to update my pic's & life. I think I might be finished with blogging. We will see. Here are a few new pic's though.

We went to Sea World.

I LOVE this boy!!

I LOVE this Bella baby!!!

Luke's pre-school co-op graduation--some great entertainment!!

Doing a lot of hanging out with the kiddo's!!

One of our favorite rides & only picture of proof that...YES, we did go to Disneyland (camera memory card trauma--so, so sad).

Uncle John & Aunt Heather treated us to an Angels game. The best fireworks ever!! What a GREAT Memorial Day!

Grandma & Grandpa came to visit!!

Ahhhh, I love this picture!

Shamu!!

This was one of the kids favorite things to do at Sea World.

Such a GREAT picture!

This show was so GOOD!!!

We loved the beluga whale!!
..and for the next couple weeks Luke & Bella will be doing this...hopefully not landing on the instructor every time.

Oh & I can't forget...the very late nights of playing outside, staying up late & sleeping in forts all around the house. We are such suckers for the summer. I LOVE it!!!

Ahhhh, the silence. This, I love.