HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Kailey, Kaden and Buddy Trick or Treating

We met Denise and Grant and Stephanie and Kaden at Sunshine Terrace to take the kids around trick or treating. They have a program where all of the residents sit outside of their rooms so the kids can go room to room getting candy. Kailey and the kids LOVED it!
Isn't it BIRDS and BEES, not FROGS and BEES??

Trevor helping Kailey get candy from one of the residents. I think they loved seeing the kids in their costumes more than the kids liked getting candy. What posers! Aren't they so dang cute in their costumes?

Making a Cake with GRANDMA!

To Become as a Little Child

Last week we went home to see my parents. While we were there, my mom told me that they took our dog that we have had for 10 years to the vet because he was really sick. We ended up getting the news that the best thing would be to put our dog Tanner to sleep. We were all devasted! Tanner has been the best dog. So we got Tanner from the vet late Friday night and stayed by him most of the night petting him and crying! Saturday morning my mom and dad took him to the vet to be put down. We buried him out on my parents property overlooking the reservoir. It was so sad! When we got in the truck after we buried him, Kailey made the comment, "Tanner go home." How do little kids know these things? We talked quite a bit about Tanner the rest of the weekend. But then again yesterday, while I was making some breakfast, I heard Kailey say, "Tanner go to Heavenly Father". We haven't talked about Tanner for at least 5 days so why she was thinking about it I don't know. I am constantly amazed at how little kids are so close to the spirit. I think the veil is definitely thinner for them and they can understand things a lot easier than adults. No wonder the scriptures tell us that unless we become as a little child, we can not enter into the Kingdom of God. They are so meek and perfect! I'm so grateful for Kailey and the joy that he has brought into our lives!

Puddle Jumping =Wet Kids!

As Kailey would say, "Up in da Mountains"

Senior Pictures

Hillary's Senior picture 2008.

Merritt Family Picture

Because we were all together for the reunion, we decided to update the family picture.

Here's some more pictures

Pictures

We took some more pictures today. But we took so many, we have to filter through them to see which ones we want to post. Thanks Nathan for being our photographer with your "Sweet Skills". More pictures will come!

Time Out

Today Kailey put Piglet in time out! Do you think that is a sign that we are putting our kid in time out too much? (She knows how to put herself in time out too. Yesterday she dumped popcorn all over the floor and then went straight to the laundry room for time out and shut the door. Then she started to fake cry) Talk about a 2 year old!