Halloween

Trick-or-treating with Logan and Brock. The kids thought this was so fun. Especially Calen. He was such a trooper. Gentry was a witch and Calen was a chicken. We all thought it was so fun to watch them run from house to house.

Halloween

We went to a friends house for Halloween this year. We had a good time!!! Shane was a deer and Aimee was a hunter. Shellie was an army girl and Jed was a nerd. Chad and I were eighties. I had a good time doing my hair!!!

New Zealand

This is the temple in New Zealand. It was so pretty. We went to New Zealand for four days just before we went to Australia. It was so fun. Just my parents and me. Just like the good ol' times-right Mom and Dad:) We stayed in a really nice hotel with two bedrooms and a kitchen. The first pictures are of us on the airplane. It was a 12 hour flight but wasn't too bad because they feed you pretty good food and we had our own entertainment system on the back of each chair. Plus my Mom was prepared and had sleeping pills for us. We went to the Skydeck where we ate lunch and it was $40.00 a person. I decided that New Zealand is pretty expensive. The nice thing about it though is our dollar is worth more there so that made it a little easier to spend the money. It is the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere. This was our lunch and did you know you can eat those flowers? I didn't and they were so pretty and really good. Also you can dive off this building and walk around the edge so we took a picture of these people doing it. CRAZY!! It was so funny to watch them. It was windy and everything and they still did it. Another day we went to the Auckland muesem where we saw the Mauri culture and they put dances on for us. Then we went to the botanical gardens and that was beautiful. On Sunday our old stake pres. and his family (who are serving as mission pres. in New Zealand) came and picked us up and we went to the temple, had a picnic and listened to a fireside they did for their missionaries. That was such a treat to get to see them. I will post more later.

I'm Leavin

So I did all these posts because I had to get ride of all the pics on my camera cuz I am on my way to AUSTRALIA and New Zealand with my parents. We are off to go and see my sis. and her family!!! So excited. Next time you see me I should have some really awesome pictures!!!

FHE

I have been wanting to take Gentry to the temple and explain a little to her so we finally went. Here it is just a few min. away and I don't think she has ever been. We talked about how this was our Heavenly Fathers home and I think that scared her a little bit. I said- "do you want to go in some day?" She said " no I don't want to go in there." She is so funny. Then we went to the visitors center and this sweet older missionary came and talked to us about the Savior. Then he let the kids go up and touch him- they thought that was pretty cool.

The last horse race of the year

This was one of many of Chads jobs this year. He trained and took care of the race horses. Here we are cheering for it to win!!! They are such pretty horses.

Chad's brother Ryan got his kids some pigs to raise and there was one that just had babies. Chad was so excited to take the kids up to see them but of course they were so scared-especially Gentry. They were so cute though.

I was so grateful my mom came here for Gentry's b-day and of course we had so much fun. I just love my mom and miss her so much. I am so grateful we have the telephone so we can talk everyday sometimes 2-3 times a day. Thanks for all your help mom- I love you and appreciate all you do for me!!

My baby is 4!!

Gentry turned 4 this year and I cannot believe it. She had her first friend party and they were so cute. We will do a friend party everyother year though. She decorated her own cake too with these edible markers. She made out good too with all her gifts. We are so proud of her and love the sweet little girl she is. She is the best big sister and loves to play, play and play some more. She also loves to sing. I'm hoping she got her poppie Welch's musical talent. We love you so much Gentry!!!