Happy Thanksgiving

Well, our Thanksgiving plans didn't quite work out the way we had planned. We were supposed to eat dinner with Lynnae's family on Thursday and then head to Idaho for the weekend. Unfortunately, our little Mackenzie shared a bug she picked up with all of us. She came down with the stomach flu on Monday, and then proceeded to give it to Mom (who had it Wednesday night and Thursday), Dad (who came down with it Thursday night), and then Aiden (who came down with it when we were actually driving to Idaho Friday morning; we had to turn around and come home). Grandma even caught it.

We did get to share a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Baker and Uncle Scott and Aunt Krissy, and were grateful we were able to do that. Aunt Krissy took a few photos of the day. Here they are:

The Blackwood Family

These pictures were taken of the Blackwood family on November 15, 2008 at the Salt Lake Temple and the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. What a special day for their family. The baby, who they adopted six months ago, was sealed to them. She is beautiful! I feel really priveledged to have been able to take some pictures for them to remember the day. Congratulations, Blackwoods!

The Hill Family

I took these pictures of the Hill family at Memory Grove on Saturday, November 15. The little boys were absolutely amazing. We took pictures for two hours and the held up the whole time. I had a lot of fun with the whole family.

Aiden's 4th Birthday

Aiden turned 4 on November 8. I can hardly believe he's getting so big. We had his first friends birthday party in honor of the day. The theme was construction site (big surprise to anyone who's spent more th 2 minutes in conversation with him). He begged for a dump truck cake (which only took about 6 hrs to make and decorate), and we decorated the house with caution tape and orange, black, and yellow balloons.

The kids that came were Aiden's cousins Tyler and Aspen, and his friends Ethan, Hailey, Toby, and Allie, and his sister, Mackenzie. We played lots of fun games like tag, pin the construction cone on the site, bean bag toss into a dump truck, red light/green light, and nail, nail, hammer (duck, duck, goose). The kids also enjoyed a construction site sack lunch made up of PBJ's, dried apples, chips, and capri sun.

The grown-ups who came were Grandma and Grandpa Hymas, Grandma and Grandpa Baker, Aunt Krissy and Uncle Scott, Aunt Kara and Uncle Troy, Uncle Clark and Aunt Katie, and Veronica Andrew. The grown-ups enjoyed croissant sandwhiches and brocolli cheese soup.

After dinner, we had cake and ice cream and opened presents. It was a really fun day.

Happy Halloween

We had a really fun Halloween. Aiden wanted to be a zombie because he wanted to be something scary. Mackenzie got to be a jack-o-lantern. And Mommy was a Jedi Knight to go a long with the Star Wars theme at work. We went to Mommy's work party and got a good start on our trick-or-treating. Then, Aunt Krissy, Uncle Clark and Aspen, joined Mom, Dad, Aiden, and Mackenzie for some trick or treating around the neighborhood. It was nice to have such a warm night to go trick-or-treating.

Family Pictures

I guess I should include our own family photos that we took October 26, 2008 at Murray Park. I had 3 shoots that weekend at the park, so I got to see just how popular a photo location it is. It was CRAZY! At any given time, there were probably 4-5 different photo shoots going on.

Everything else is pretty status quo. Rich is still really busy with school. I stay really busy with my photography hobby, working 1 day a week at Cephalon, and taking care of the children.

Carter Family with new background

Here are the walking pictures of the Carter's that include more of the background at Wheeler Farm.