Maryland

At the end of September we made a quick trip back to Maryland to see my family, specifically my grandma. The kids and I flew out on Monday and Marked joined us Tuesday. The kids were champions  on the flights out there! Coming back to Idaho was a little bit different of a story.

The only pictures I have of the trip are of one day while visiting with my Grandma. Emmas middle name, Mae, is also my grandmas middle name. I'm so glad we were able to go and do this!

Garage Shelves

I love having a garage and I'm sure I will love it even more when it starts to snow! 

Mark and I went to Home Depot while Dana was here to pick up supplies. For the record, it is way more cost effective to build shelves yourself, but as far as sanity, it may be worth it to have someone else do it. Who knew there were so many different options as far as wood and design goes.

D helped Mark get to work and loved using the electric drill.

                     

The beginnings:

And the finished product:

It is so nice to have it organized and have everything have a place!

POST graduation

Mark graduated from POST (Peace Officer Standards & Training) on September 13. My mother in law came to our house and we made the trip to Boise. Here are some pictures of graduation:

          

Mark & Chief Smith

 Each year the classes have a plaque made and present it to their instructor. THis thing was heavy!

                                                           Close up of the class!

 Speakers. It really wasn't too bad as far as length goes. It probably helped I had some treats :-)

                                                                   Being sworn in!

                           And it's done! It was a 10 week course, similar to basic training.

 Our family! (Excuse my hair!) I think this was hardest on the kids, especially Dave.

Mother & son!

Mark is now a certified police officer. Congrats to Mark!

Through Davids Eyes

David has figure out how to take pictures on my phone. It has its perks, and some down side (thinking deleting 100+ random pictures).

 I took this one one morning. He loves to get in the crib with Em! 

For Pioneer Day, Sugar City had a Community breakfast at the park. David and I headed over and enjoyed pancakes, eggs, sausage, OJ, fruit, music and a nice community togetherness feeling. 

Shortly after, we all headed to St Anthony for the parade. Mark had to work it, but we were able to sit by him, so it worked out. 

As chilly as it was, David still wanted some ice cream :-)

As we were walking back to the car, Emma fell asleep. 

After naps for everyone, we headed to Island Park for Marks Aunts first husbands side of the family family reunion. It was good to see some family, enjoy yummy BBQ, and just relax. 

Em & Owen are just a little bit apart in age. She kinda looks a little crazy. Her hair is all over. 

I Am a Child of God

I have song "I Am a Child of God" and "I Love to See the Temple" to David since he was a baby. And now, they sing it in nursery and David likes to sing it, as well as others. Tonight, we were able to catch it on camera! So cute, melts my heart!

Davids 3rd birthday and life

First up, a house update. When we moved into the dining room wall was a deep red. It wasn't awful, but it was just too dark for my likening. Plus, I knew that we would be putting down a wood color floor. I love green, a lot of my kitchen items are green, so what better color option? Green!

I love it! This year, we bought a season pass for Bear World. It has been worth the money and we have gone enough already to make it worth it. Probably Marks favorite part, is the stuffed room. Haha. He dreams of having something like this on our wall...I just dont know yet. 

Happy 7 months baby girl! She is so happy and sweet. Her smile just melts my heart. She lasted a month longer than David did in the infant seat. We'll be getting David a convertible/booster seat soon and moving Em into the Diono.

We had wind damage 3 days after we signed (welcome to home ownership!) so we opted to get a new roof now. While the roof guys were here (4 full days and 1 half day-rain got in the way) my kiddos didn't nap well...or at all. Em finally became tired enough despite the banging that she fell asleep in the bouncer. 

3? 3? Really? My baby forever, growing into a handsome little man. He got the birthday thing this year. When I went in to get him in the morning, he said "is my birthday here?" Haha. So cute. We started the morning off with one of Davids favorite foods-donuts!

Random picture, Em was rolling around in the play thing and knocked it over. 

Davids party. I found someone who did face painting. It was a huge hit! 

It was a firefighter themed part. David was spoiled all day and we're so grateful he is a part of our family. We love you Dave!

I stole these from my friend Ashleighs blog. 

-What's your favorite food? Bread

-What's your favorite sport? soccer

-What's your favorite book? thomas

-What do you want to be when you grow up? astronaut 

-If you could be an animal what would you be? giraffe

-Who is the prettiest girl in the world?  emma