New Family Photos

Spencer's cousin Andrea took photos for us this past weekend and they ARE SO CUTE!!! Here are just a few of them! ENJOY!

I LOVE THEM! Thanks so much Andrea!!

Catch up....

Scarecrow Festival...
I was lazy to post all of these photos but here they are! The Scarecrow Festival is put on by West Ridge Academy where Spence and I work so we get to work there every year and take the kids for FREE as well!! We got the cousins together and had a great time!
Lyla just loved riding the pony! She really was excited the whole time she was on it and was giggling and just having the time of her life!

Here is sweet Tori on her Pony

Abigale on her pony! She didn't even need anyone to walk by her side this year!

And cute Mayli on her pony!!

We went to the face painting booth and got the girls faces done! Here is Mayli before...

And after as a beautiful butterfly! Lyla before...and a little apprehensive

And after with a cute little heart on her faceTori before...After with her dolphin Abigale before...

And after as a kitty! She was a kitty last year too! She was so excited to get her face painted again! JUMP JUMP!

Sweet girls!

Here is a pic of my sweet Abigale! I was trying out her hair to see if we were going to be able to get it into pony tails for her Halloween costume! It worked!!

This is Abby with Cosmo at the last BYU game! She just loves him!

Had to get a photo with the Cosmobile...Here as our pumpkins this year, of course a Y and a mummy face

And a bat. My sister in law Mandi did the BOO pumpkin!

Here are my girls at book babies the Wednesday before Halloween! They were excited to get dressed in their costumes!

Here is Abigale before going to the ward trunk or treat. My little Abby-Caddabby!

Here is a pic of the girl cousins...Tori was a witch, Abby was Abby-Caddabby, Mayli was Dorothy, and Lyla was a monkey!

My sweet monkey!Here are the girls as they did the walking parade! Notice Abby's little pageant wave...

Lyla couldn't resist digging into any candy bowl in her reach! So silly!

Halloween was such a Blast this year!! I think everything is better now that I have my two little girls! I love to just watch them as they learn new things and enjoy life! I hope that everyone is doing well and that you all enjoyed your holiday!

My little girls are growing up too fast! Lyla will be 1 in less than two weeks and Abigale will be 3 in a month and a half! CRAZY! I never thought that my life would turn out like this but I am so glad that it did!!!

Update...

Well, it has been a little bit since I posted so here it goes...BYU Football season is in full swing now and my family is just LOVING it! We got season tickets again this year and my cousin Amanda and her husband Bodi are right next to us which is so great! My little Abigale can't get enough of the cougars and especially Cosmo. Usually during the games we will send her over to her grandparents who also have season tickets one section away from us...so convenient! Or we will send her down to her Aunt who is in the student section on row 2...behind the BYU players (which Abby loves because she gets to see Cosmo up close!) Anyway, when we are in the car on the way home from the games Abby will just be in her seat yelling GO COUGS! Yeah COSMO! Go Cheerleaders!! She is just so silly! Lyla on the other hand, being a wiggle worm like always, does not enjoy the games as much and in so doing makes it hard for Spencer or I to enjoy them to the fullest. But it's alright! Here is a photo of my girls before the Utah State/BYU game last weekend. Don't worry, when we got to the game we put long sleeve shirts and jackets and hats and gloves and tights and all that good stuff on them to make sure they would be warm!! :)Other news is that I can't believe how fast time flew with Lyla this first year...her birthday is coming up and it really makes me want to cry every time I think about it! She is a little character and is always getting into things!! Her new thing to do is walk around with a walk and ride and when she runs into something like a wall or whatever and can't move she will first try to back up and ram the item and then after doing that a few times she will scream until Spencer or I go and turn her around so she can walk more! I think it's funny, Spencer doesn't so much!

Lyla has been a joy in our lives so far and has just made our family that much more happy! She is so cute! She doesn't have any teeth yet but is roaming all over the place, waves hi, claps, says mama...dada...lyla....baba, she is almost always smiling, is sort of giving up on nursing as of late, and loves her mommy, daddy, and big sister Abby! I am so grateful to Heavenly Father for allowing me to have stewardship over these little angels in my family and also for the wonderful loving father that my husband is to them. Joy can be found everywhere even in these hard times!!

The Park and Sister Love

Last Wednesday we went to the park after book babies and the girls just loved the swings! Lyla kept laughing the entire time! Spencer said it was hard to get good pictures when the girls were going back and forth...so you get what you get!

Lyla and Abby enjoy each others company so much! I just love these two girls!!!

It's here People...

FOOTBALL SEASON is upon us! Football and I have a Love-HATE relationship...I Love going to the games and getting into the cheering and winning and all of that, but I HATE the fact that my husband is a super fanatic and has to watch and re-watch the games, listen to sports radio all of the time, watch all of the other teams that BYU will be playing to see how they factor in...yikes! It seems that every year I go through all of this, but I learn to deal! We are so excited for how BYU is doing so far this season, and can't wait to start using our season tickets next week!!

Pudding Painting!

Alright kids...I am going to be lazy on this one since I am not at my own computer but check out the link I posted below and you will go directly to my sisters post about our fun activity we did yesterday...

After book babies we went over to my sister Natalie's apartment and the kids got to paint with pudding! My sister also made all of the kids these cute matching aprons that they LOVE and they were oh so helpful with the pudding! Thanks Nat. Anyway, the kids really loved it and that's what matters most!!

http://theolsenfamily-utah.blogspot.com/2009/09/pudding-painting-anyone.html

New Food, Crafts, Camping, and Fishing...

Lyla just loves Spaghetti! We were eating it the other night and she kept smacking her lips and yelling at us so I put some in the handy dandy food processor and she ate it all! YUM!

Last Wednesday we went to Provo and did book babies with My Sister Natalie, and Sister-in-law Nikki and their kiddos and then afterwards we went over to Nikki's house and did crafts! We made these fun necklaces with Cheerios and fruit loops ( Thanks Natalie ) and the kids really enjoyed it!

Look at my necklace... Daddy made s'mores...and Abigale loved the marshmallows!

YUMMY! Notice the marshmallow on her cheek...so funny!

Just enjoying time around the campfire!

Abigale got to go fishing and she was really lucky when Daddy was fishing with her, she caught two fish before anyone else caught one!!

So proud!

We had a blast camping in Mantua, Ut with my cousin Amanda and her family and my brother AJ and his family! It was super fun, we each had a tent and the one we borrowed from Spencer's parents was HUGE!! It was an eight man tent so each of our girls had their own rooms off of the side of ours. Lyla slept like a champ, but Abigale got to have a late night around the campfire! The next morning we had breakfast and then went fishing! It was pretty fun and the kids loved it. On the way home we stopped at Maddox...YUM! We brought home a dozen of their rolls with raspberry butter!! And we also stopped at a Farmer's Market in Brigham City and got some PEACHES!! They are SO GOOD! Melt in your mouth!! It was a great little trip!! THANKS GUYS!!