Halloween Night

Halloween day we couldn't decide if wanted to crave our pumpkin. The kids can't even do it because they are too young for a knife so we went with Mr Potato Head pumpkin. They had fun doing it.

Then it was time to get them all dressed up and take some pictures.

Emmie the butterfly

Emmie and Sofie our neighbor

Hayden the Ninja AKA Lego Ninjago

Paxton as Mickey Mouse




We went over to my parents and ate some dinner then started to Treak or Treat on their street with some of my family. At one point we even went to our side of the neighborhood to Trick or Treat there too. It was a fun night!

Sk8 Lesson's Flyer

Hayden started Skate Board lessons a few months ago. I was in there the other day dropping him off and noticed he was on their flyer. The picture is from one of the times Hayden attended their skate camps. Being a mom I had to grab one to keep. :)

Paxton's 2 year old pictures

Before Paxton turned 2 I decided to take his pictures and not hire someone. I knew it would take a few sessions since he doesn't like to sit long for a camera. I did these on 3 different days and I am glad I broke up the days because he barely made it through each one.






Hayden isn't 7 yet but I got them these matching birthday shirts and I wanted to get a few shots with them together.

We just went to Disneyland for Paxton's birthday so I made him this shirt to wear there. I wanted to get some shots with him wearing it.








3rd and final session

Family Photos- Sneak Peak

While in California we got our family pictures taken. Aaron's cousin told me of this one lady she knew and I was so excited we found her. She was so nice, did a great job and she was priced right! I will be using some of these for our Christmas cards but here is some she posted on her blog.

Click on her link below
elovephotos PHOTOGRAPHY: Ray Family: {Laguna Beach Family Photography}:

Leah Lowe

My oldest dear friend Leah Bowles Lowe passed away Saturday October 29th 2011. She had been fighting cancer for awhile. At one one point we thought she won. Then it came back. After her bone marrow transplant several months ago she never officially got back to normal. She would take a step forward then 10 steps back. It finally was time for her to be on hospice the end of this week and let her go in peace. Late Friday night Aaron and I went to the hospital to be with Leah one last time. My time I spent with her there was so good for me to be able to sit by her side, hold her hand and allow myself to except she was done and she needed to go so she could finally rest in peace.

I met Leah when I was about 5 years old. We lived down the street from each other until we both moved out as adults. She is a friend who would do ANYTHING for you. We had so many fun times as kids, teens and adults. It was never a dull moment with Leah. There is so much I want to say about her. I have 100's of great memories of her but right now I just can't sit here and type them out. It's hard to put things into words right now. I will sit down soon and type up all I want to share and say about this great friend of mine. I pray that the Lowe and Bowles family will feel God's love and comfort at this time. I miss you already Leah!

Trunker Treat

Friday night we went to our wards Trunker Treat. Before we left I took a few pictures of the kids in their costumes. The kids had a blast trunker treating.

Emmie showing off her wings