General Conference

My brother was on TV!!! I got this picture from a friend in my parent's ward.  I didn't think to screen shot it.  He was in the MTC during Conference and was able to sing with the MTC choir.  It was a dream come true for him.

These were my pictures

Not quite as good as hers.

Kids doing conference coloring activities during Elder Hale's talk.

At home

We went to Grandma & Grandpa Stephenson's on Sunday to watch conference with them.

The twins liked putting q-tips through old spice containers.

Christopher cuddling Zachary.

Joseph is showing me a frog on a rock....its dead.  When Michael was 2, he also showed me a dead frog on a rock...too bad Joseph wasn't wearing the same hat Michael was.

Christopher building during conference.

Makayla tree climbing.

While the boys played flag football with friends.

BYU football victory with Michael

Michael and I went to the BYU football game together.  It was late (started at 8pm!), but he stayed awake the whole time....probably because we scored so many times in the last quarter.  It was an exciting game to go to!

Pregame band designs.

Mommy and Michael field selfie,

I took a picture of the color guard to show my sister Cambrai (who did one year of colorguard at BYU) their cute new uniforms.

Michael played corn hole to win a water bottle.  I'm glad I had this fun activity to spend with Michael.

End of September

Too bright to look at mommy. We were walking Makayla to preschool.  Matthew loved riding Makayla's scooter and was faster at it than she was.

Makayla loved riding her bike there.  So handy it was only a block and a half away!

Matthew liked pushing Makayla's bike around.

Cute preschool clothes.

Had to include the photo bomb.

Making roads with blocks.

#pintrestfail  This is a breakfast pie with bacon laticed on top.  Didn't look half as nice as the picture and was really hard to cut.

Park time! Joseph's balance has gotten so good over the course of the summer.

These are inbetween flag football games.

I'm amazed Matthew was running slow enough to make it in the picture.

Twins in matching clothes playing blocks together.  In this first picture, notice Joseph is putting a block on the tower.

They are actually taking turns.  Now its Matthew's turn!

Hey Mom!

Christopher's yogurt cup pyramid.

He had me take a video of him collapsing through it.

Too much in the bowl perhaps?

A very rainy game. Joseph is dressed for it though! Grandma & Grandpa Stephenson were troopers and braved the rain too!  They even shared their umbrella with us.

Then we went to their house and watched the BYU game.

Happy Matthew in his BYU jacket.

Cheering on the Cougs.

mmmmm...bean, spinach, sausage soup

Makayla wanted a picture with the mommy and baby pony.

The kids wanted a picture with their new shoes....now I wish I had them stand in a circle, toes touching.  oh well.

Sorry, the series of shots was funny.

The older boys shoes are only 2 sizes off, and they have to be careful not to put on each other's shoes.  The twins are the same style, different colors.

Silly poses

They older boys were excited to be twins for the night and wear the exact same thing to bed.

Makayla is proud to ride with no training wheels.  She continues the tradition of being 4 when learning to ride a 2 wheeler.

I noticed the kids were giving each other blessings.  They would each take turns who was sitting down.  They were paying attention when Rob gave "father's blessings" at the beginning of the school year.  Too precious.

I always wanted a twins slide picture!  That's what these are made for, right?!

We walked to the kids school one day and saw a praying mantis.  Someone got too close to it on the scooter and it wrapped its arms around it.  Makayla saved the day and pulled it off.