Trunk or treat!

Happy Halloween, Almost!
We went to our wards trunk or treat and it was fun! Once he knew what was going on Collin was pretty cute. He would run up to the people and say something that could resemble Trick or Treat, laugh and take his sweet time picking the piece of candy that he wanted! I could tell his bucket was getting heavy but anytime I tried to help him or take it he would cry.

Emma was pretty excited to get her face painted. The kid doing it said that she was the stillest little kid he had done so far!

The day before it was like 80 degrees and that day it was 50 or so. I kept asking "Tinker Bell" if she wanted her coat and she never did until we were almost finished. Poor Collin looks so cold!

I made their costumes but Collins was harder than I thought it would be and I actually ran out of material! All and all I was pretty happy with them.

Emma loves Tinkerbell and looks like her so thats why we picked that for her costume.

These are out of order but we carved a pumpkin and this was taken in the dark! They loved when we put a candle in it.

After we finished the pumpkin we had some yummy cookies!

playing catch up

This was around March and Emma was going through a Bambi watching phase. It was cute because she called it Bani. I took this picture because she had just fallen down the stairs, head first. I dont know how she did it but I heard a lot of noise and she came in crying and this is how she looked! Poor girl!






Emma was helping me with Collins first birthday cake.

This was his cake. I am not very proud of it honestly. I should have used fondant but thought I could use plain ol frosting instead, note to self those who can use frosting are amazing but I am not one of them.

These where some of his presents. He was afraid of them actually! It was kind of funny he didnt touch any of them for a while!

We decided to take a family trip to Yellowstone and went the first weekend most of the park was open and it also ended up being a free weekend! This was in West Yellowstone at a bear and wolf exhibit.

This was the gift shop of the exhibit and the kiddos really loved this big bear. They almost didnt want to go see the real ones outside!

This is us waiting for Old Faithful. When we first showed up we were all alone and it was cold! We didnt know when it was suppose to go off again but eventually (45 cold minutes later!) a lot of people showed up and then 10 minutes later the geyser when off. It was cool and we got a video of it. On the way home we went through several buffalo herds walking on the road. The snow was pretty deep still so they all just walked everywhere on the roads. It was pretty neat. The kids loved it! Cory and I did too! Emma kept calling them cows and Collin would point out the window and talk. We really wanted to see a bear but never did although we heard some rangers talking about how one section of the park was kind of closed due to a lot of bear activity.

Cory started a summer family tradition where he would get a sleeping bag, the kids and their blankets and they would watch the stars come out. They would do this a couple times a week and had some good times doing it I think!

For Emmas 3rd birthday and kind of as a last get together before we moved to Texas she had a sleepover with her cousins Bradley and Danielle. It was her first sleepover and it went really well. We had dinner and dessert first with both families and then the kids watched Tangled, ate popcorn and had a blast with these little finger lights we had gotten. Everyone got a long really well and they all slept right there where ya see them.

We made some sugar cookies the other day. Some were regular shaped and some were "mickey" cookies. She got to put the icing and sprinkles on her mickey cookie and thought it was great fun!



I havent taken very many pictures with just c-man so I thought I would take a couple. He is getting soooo big! He army crawls, can stand in his crib and can even walk a little bit with help from this walker toy we have. This first picture is his new face. its pretty cute he makes it and then like hums to himself!



look at those cheeks! He has four teeth two on top and two on bottom.

Hes a pretty sweet little guy.

Thompson Square - Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not (2010 Video & Lyrics)

Thompson Square - Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not (2010 Video & Lyrics)

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Too cute, that's all I will say!

I cant remember if this picture was staged or not. But its cute!

Yep here we are the Derrick kiddos

There are so many more that have been added since then, its kind of amazing how so much can happen in just a few years!

The brothers

Our cake was so pretty!

Cute kids!

new and old

All the grand kiddos together at last! A good look'n bunch of blonds I'd say! This was over the Thanksgiving holiday at Grandpas and Grandmas house. A good time was had by all.





These are the newest of the new all born within a few months of each other.





SO now on with the old! I have been thinking about Cory and I because this month we will celebrate 4 years of being married! WOW I know! I decided to put up a few pictures of that most wonderful day!



This is a cool picture in more ways than one because the windows behind us are to the sealing room we were sealed in. I've always loved the Manti Temple for many reasons; first because it was where my parents were sealed. Second because it was the very first temple I ever went in, and because it is where I did my first baptisms for the dead and received my endowments. So of course I wanted to be married here!!!




I decided to show some of the "candid" pictures and show some of those who attended.

The proud mommas and papas. Thinking back now on that day and now knowing what was to come I am very happy that both Cory and I were able to have our moms with us that day.

Oh young love!!

Cory was so handsome!

I guess it was cold that day but I couldn't feel it!