Quick update

I have been awful in blogging as of late! So just to give you a quick update...

Troy is now 14 months old. Walking everywhere... climbing everywhere and getting into EVERYTHING!!! He loves to just play! He loves to play with trucks, basketballs, footballs and bouncy balls. He it just all boy and I love it! He knows how to say Mom, Dad and will say another word here and there but other than Mom and Dad he just really doesn't feel the need to talk...

Abbigail is 3 years old now and is as cute as a button. She still LOVES (understatement) to suck her thumb. We'll be lucky if she stops sucking her thumb by the time she goes to school... She's very independent and likes to do everything on her own if she can. She dresses herself, feeds herself and gets into everything and doesn't listen at all! She is very much our drama queen and we love her to pieces. I don't think there is anything Abbie (as she likes to be called) can't say or express. She's still a tiny little thing running around in size 2 clothes and can still fit into Troy's diapers... We're currently attempting potty training and I think as soon as I can really spend the time at home and focus on it I really do think she would be potty trained but for now she's wearing "big girls" (potty training diapers). I will admit that she's not afraid of the toilet and has no problems just sit there until she feels like she's ready to get down. Another funny thing about Abbie is she loves to play favorites. She's very much a mommy's girl until I don't give her the answer she wants and then she usually tells you "She's not talking to me" and will go off and ask her daddy who is now her new favorite person for the same thing and daddy will cave depending on what it is.. She's just too funny...

Allison is now 6 years old and boy has the time just flown by with this little beauty.. I can't believe that my baby is now 6 years old... Allison has finished kindergarten and LOVED it! Her teacher was Mrs. Coral Werner who lives within our stake boundaries and loves seeing her at church on Sunday's. She's made tons of new friends through kindergarten and loves talking about them all the time (Vanessa, Serena where her two best friends in class) She did have 1 crush in kindergarten and his name was Jason. I can't tell you how many stories I've heard about him and how he has crushed my little girls heart when she heard that he was now crushing on a new little girl in their class. Even though school is now over she still does talk about his and how cute he is... Funny little girl.. I think I'm in trouble if this is how she is in Kindergarten.. ha ha... Allison has also been taking voice lessons and has been doing really well with that. They've learned a bunch of new songs and are hoping to either get her in a play or have her start singing in church or in public to build confidence. Allison also took dance this past year and studied ballet and tap. She loved both and just had her last class for the year this past week. They also had their dance recital this past Friday and Saturday and Kyle, myself, Abbigail, Grandma and Grandpa Ellsworth, Aunt Karly, Uncle Eric, Cousin Nick and Brandon were able to attend. She was a cute little paper doll in her tap show on Friday and was a beautiful butterfly in swan lake on Saturday. She did beautifully... I'm actually really sad that she's done with dance as it really was fun to watch her every week... Allison loves anything crafty and loves to play outside ride her bike and play with her friends. Allison is most definitely my social butterfly and has no problems making friends and just playing with everyone.

Kyle and I have been very busy updating the house.

Please help

My cousin Nicole and her huband Toby are looking to adopt. We would love any and all help to get the word out there to help this beautiful family adopt a little angel... Here's their story ”>.

Once again...

Here we go again... Here's a fast update of pretty much just pictures starting with Halloween and going backwards (sorry I didn't want to move the pictures around)...Troy's first halloween he dressed up as a teddy bear and stayed in the entire night because the poor boy was SICK!Allison in her school parade of costumes

Allison dressed up as Strawberry Shortcake this year

Us carving pumpkins with my mom, dad, Eric and Nick...

Abbigail dressed up as Rapunzel

My parents came up the weekend of Halloween and we had tons of fun. We went on the Heber Creeper and did the haunted train which was interesting to say the least but fun to spend time together. The following day we set out for the perfect pumpkins.

Us waiting to board the Heber train.

Allison at her dance class. The week before Halloween the kids were able to dress up.

Kyle's parents came up in October and spent a week or so with us and had tons of fun. We went to Cornbelly's for the first time and had a blast!

As at the end of the fun filled night...

Kyle and Allison climbed the wall...

The girls all went jumping on the big balloons...

Allison and I both had some fun on the bull... I did pretty darn good!!!

Kyle and the girls went on the bikes

The girls (Allison, Abbigail, Myself, Debbie) and Troy went on a little ride..

Me sitting in my cow

Debbie helping Abbigail with the duck races

The girls playing

Me helping Abbigail put on her jacket (IT WAS COLD!!!)

The girls on the horse

The girls dressed up

Allison dressed up

Mike made sure to keep Troy nice and warm.

Witches Night out. Kelsey, Meleah, Sandy, Krista, Myself and Allison (Ellsworth cousins)

Witches Night out Kristie, Myself, Allison, Sonya (Bishop cousin)

Witches Night out with the Ellsworth Clan

Some of the few crazy witches we found

Allison with the witch and her toad.

Allison and I at Witches Night Out

WITCHES NIGHT OUT!

Allison's field trip to the pumpkin patch and maze

Allison with her 2nd pumpkin pick (she ended up with her third choice)

Allison playing

My group of kids in the maze

Allison's Kindergarden class

Allison on the bus

At the lake with Mike and Debbie

Debbie playing with the kids

Abbie giving Grandma Kelley a flower

Me with my shot

Allison did a cheer clinic and LOVED IT!!!

She cheered at Provo High football game

Troy relaxing

Troy crawling

Allison at her dance class

Abbigail at the Little Gym

Little gym

Troy attempting to crawl

Abbigail on the boat

Allison on the boat

Abbigail being herself

Allison getting out on her first day of school

Allison on her first day of kindergarden

Allison possing with Mrs. Werner's sign

Troy, Kyle and Allison walking to school

Just had to post this cute little girl having some fun.

Allison's first day of kindergarden

Troy's first solid food

Kyle spent many a day out on the lake (taking the boys leaving on missions out one last time before they report, youth activity, taking a good friend wakeboarding for the first time)

Kyle got out to do a LITTLE bit of fishing with his cousin Clayton (sorry Clayton all the pictures we had of you were you trying to kiss or eat the fish and I didn't think you wanted me to post that... haha)

Bridal Veil Falls with the Marshall's (Loren in the background)

Hope you enjoyed this little update... More to come with November, December....