Happy Twentieth...

 She spent her birthday

 in the place of her birth...

Charlottesville, Virginia

Happy Birthday Cj.

10/10/12......Z has a birthday!!!

Z had a birthday yesterday and it was a big one for her!!!
12.
12!

Turning 12 means...

starting the Young Women's Program
 with all the kids (boys & girls) in church from 12-18 yrs old.

and

the wearing of mascara!!!

think about when you turned 12...
 IT"S KIND-OF HUGE!

We all gathered around her bed at 6 in the morning and sang Happy Birthday,

she woke up happy and ready to celebrate her special day.

we gave her a few gifts,

like new clothes and earrings

cuz every girls has to look cute going to school,

she took cupcakes to share with her class,
After school she had her last soccer game,
and as it turns out, her coach couldn't be there
 so Kurt volunteered to coach,
 it was so fun to watch Lynzie play and Kurt coach,
he did a great job and had all those little girls hyper,
they won the game,
and on the last play Lynzie almost made a goalie,
she was just an inch away...
she was sad, but we were so proud of her!!!
then we came home and ate a delicious salmon dinner
that Kurt took time to prepared for over 24 hours...

Lynzie wants a cookie cake and so I'll make her one tomorrow,
that's one of the beauties of having a birthday,
stringing it out through out the week.

We love Lynzie,
she is sweet
and spiritual,
she's sassy and smart,
she's feisty and funny
and
we love having her as the caboose of our family.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYNZIE
WE LOVE YOU!

 (photos by my dad)

I can't believe it's autumn,

it's refreshing and fun,

I love the fresh, crisp chill in the early morning air,

the colors

and

 how everything changes,

did you ever notice how people's personalities change with the seasons as well?

Time has been just a flying by..... really!

I had my 46th birthday this month, which was such a nice way to feel loved and special.

Lynzie's birthday is next....

she'll be 12 and in the Young Women's program at church!

she starts back on school track tomorrow.

We enjoyed the Brigham City Temple Dedication last week

and walking through the temple a couple of weeks before that...

what a neat experience for the kids.

speaking of...

the kids are doing great,

I love how Candice and Caitlyn are best buddies,

they do everything together,

they are so close in age and are experiencing the same things right now,

it's fun for them to go through it together!

they have started going to a personal trainer,

(who.... was my 1st mission companion, they love her dearly,

 and I can totally understand why they do, cuz way back when, I did too!)

they are always talking about boys, and their future husbands,

and I'm finding myself praying for them and their future husbands....

Life is just good right now,

it's not perfect, but good...

I love having all my kids at home,

I love how they interact with each other

(except when Spencer and Lynzie fight... but, that too shall pass!)

I can't believe the holidays are upon us,

once you start putting up Halloween decorations it's all down hill from there,

before you know it, Christmas will be here in just a few minutes!

which doesn't seem possible cuz it's still so fresh in my minds eye from last year.

My neighborhood sure looks cute with all it's witches and goblins though.

and

there is nothing like the mountains full of color!

it's breathtaking.

The season of the Siamese twins....

 During the next 6 months of their lives....

Candice and Caitlyn are in a phase or season of life where they are required to wear black scrubs everyday!

What are the chances of that???

Caitlyn is working in a dental office, training as a dental assistant,

and

Cj is going to school to be a Master Aesthetician..

which has been a fun little adventure for us as her family,

we've offered to be her guinea pigs for such things as facials, waxing, pedicures,

next up is chemical peels, botox and fillers....

(you don't have to twist my arm twice!)

it's a fun season to have siamese twins.
and we love them.

#14th....

This is what one HAPPY 14 year old boy looks like at 6:46 AM!!!

We have a little birthday tradition with Spencer,

(he requested this tradition the night before he turned 3 yrs. old)

he said, 

"mom, i want everyone to stand around my bed and sing Happy Birthday to me and wake me up"

and so,

 we did,

and so, we have every year since then...

this year we invited our good neighbors over bright and early for the tradition,

(we have good neighbors)

then of course,

Spencer had to test out his new birthday present!!!!

so this is what one happy birthday boy looks like!

and lucky for him,

the day isn't over yet!!!!