Our November...

So I can't believe November has come and gone.  With Thanksgiving being in November it seems to make me reflect on all of my blessings a little more than usual.  I truly am one blessed girl!!  

Here are a few of our November events...

Tristen turned 17!!  Sure do love this kid.  We are so proud of the improvements he has made over the past year!!  We are grateful he is ours!!

The Johnson family came to visit and tour Jace's mission with him.  He comes from a great family and it was fun having them here.  It was fun making new friends!!

Tate and Tanner

Jace's Family that came to visit...Tate, Tanner, Janie, Jace, Julie, Dave, Britney, Lacy, Ashley, & Addi

We celebrated Elder Strong's Birthday!!

We watched the Mustang's take State!! 

Our annual Christmas Tree Cutting!!

I guess I now know how he really feels about me!! hahaha

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner out at the ranch with a few of our Porter cousins.  It was fun to have them there with us this year!!

Heidi, Nicole, And Tara

We celebrated Caden's 9th Birthday!!  We love this freckle faced boy!!

We attended Thanksgiving plays!!

Miles is the cutest little indian ever!!

And of course we made our annual gingerbread houses with Grandma Tenney!!

Utah Trip...Johnson's homecoming!

 We went up the end of October to visit Brandon's parents and to go to Elder Johnson's homecoming.  We had a lot of fun!!  Jace(Elder Johnson) gave an amazing homecoming talk and it was fun to meet his family. 

 After Jace's Homecoming luncheon

The night before we came home we went outside Cedar City and made tinfoil dinners.  It was FREEZING but still a lot of fun!!

 the kids loved playing on the rocks

 you're never too old to swing with your kids!  i guess i'm still a kid at heart!

 crazy kids

 porter

 Maron and I

 Yes...I made brandon get a picture with me!

 Emily, morgon, and miles

 beautiful eva

 Dad Martineau and Brandon....fixing the worlds problems

 I thought this tire was so cool!

 Our yummy tinfoil dinners

One of the days we were up there we took the kids to the St. George Temple to do baptisms.  It was a great experience and it was fun to have Jace join us!

 I can't lie...this kid is my favorite!!

 We love having our oldest five able to to do baptisms

After Jace's homecoming we got to meet the Strong family...their son is currently serving here in Heber and they drove 4 hours one way to come to Jace's homecoming and to pick up some stuff we had taken up to them since he is heading home soon.  It was great to meet them!!

 Strong Family

  Jace and I after his homecoming

Also while we were there we took the kids to watch 'Meet the Mormons'.  Such a great show!!

 I'm not sure why paul and mallori look scared

 Miles swinging

 Eva, Dad Martineau, Michelle, Mark, Porter, Emily, and Brandon...We stayed at Mark and Michelle's house and it was great to spend time with them!!!

We got to bring Jace back home with us for a week and our road trip back was more than fun!! 

Happy Birthday Morgon...

Morgon turned 9 on October 20th.  I cannot believe he is already 9!!  Morgon is seriously one of the funniest kids I know.  He is always speaking in other languages and knows how to flip you off in 5 different languages.  Makes a mother proud!!  He either has us laughing or pulling our hair out!!  We are so grateful Heavenly Father sent him to our family!!

Happy Birthday Morgon Lane!!! We love you!!

happy 12th to Amelia!!!

 Okay so it's been over a month since this beautiful daughter of ours turned 12!!  We can hardly believe she is in young womens.  It seems as if it was yesterday we picked her up at the CPS office and she was a terrified little 3 year old.  We fell in love with her the moment we met her.  Our road to making her part of our eternal family was not an easy one and was filled with lots of bumps in that road...but we are grateful that she is ours and will forever be!!  We are so proud of the young woman she is becoming.  She has the funniest personality with a dry sense of humor and is always making us laugh.  For her 12th bday she wanted to go to the temple with her two cousins that turned 12 the same month...So as soon as the temple reopened we took them.  It was a beautiful day!!

Happy Birthday Amelia...WE LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW!!!!

 Amelia, Nate, and Tessa...cousins are the best!

 Tristen, Eva, Porter, Amelia, Nate, Tessa, and Michael

 The Martineau Kids

 Amelia has ALWAYS been a daddy's girl!!

 We love this girl!!

 I would like to think she likes her mom a little too!

I don't think she knows just how much we love her!!