Temple Sealing and "honeymoon"

So it's official, our family is forever and the kids will NEVER get away! On November 8th we were sealed as a family in the Mesa Temple. I, of course, cried and cried so most of what I saw was a blurry mess!! My dear friend Ruth made my dress and Taylor's dress as well. She decided a week before to tackle this amazing project and stayed up all night for several nights to make it happen. They are absolutly beatiful and I will take a picture and post it. We also have a few pictures of us in our church clothes before we went to the Temple, but it's only because our wonderful friends Chy and Cara took some before we left, after it was dark so those are the only pictures we have. I will get them from Cara and post them asap. It was a wonderful experience and I will never forget all the people who came to support us. Thanks to Starr and Kory, and especially Starr who helped us out at the distribution center =). Thanks to Clint and Ann, who did the classs with the whole family and put up with us! Thanks to Ruth and Shane, Ruth your dresses are amazing, Shane I'm sorry you lost your wife for a week so she could make our dresses. Chy and Cara, for coming all the way from Utah and helping us get ready that morning and for being our dearest friends for 13 years. Bruce and Nancy, they made the trip from Utah and flew in during the middle of the night, all because they are awesome. Scott and Ondrea, you are the best, Scott thanks for being a great Home Teacher. Mark and Kaylene, it means so much you would come just for us. My bro. James and sis Ashley, you guys came from Globe, and I know Ashley missed a trip to be there, family is the best! Mom and Dad Memmott, thanks for all the support and encouragement. Mom Parker, you came from Utah to be my escort, it means the world you were there. Dad Parker, you drove all night to get home after, thanks for your willingness to be there for us. Monica and Kara, you guys are such awesome women. I am blessed to be working with you and love that you came to share this with us. I am amazed at the love and support that all of you showed. Now I'm gonna cry again so enough with the mushy stuff...
So we went back East for our trip after, it was beautiful even though most of the leaves had fallen already. We went to the Poconos, Niagra Falls (US and Canada sides) Palmyra, Lancaster, Washington D.C., and New York City. It was busy and there was a bit of driving but it was an awesome trip! I was cold the whole time however...
thats what happens when your blood doesn't circulate, mine just so happens to be congealed, don't ask, it has a lot to do with eating twinkies

Halloween a bit late!

So here's our pumpkin carving! We had a friend of Aaron and Taylor with us for a few days while her parents were out of town so she got to carve too! And the picture of my friend Starr and I needs explination I think. On Halloween some of us ladies got together for lunch to celebrate Ruth's birthday. While at lunch we got to talking about dresses worn to weddings and how "special" the dresses were. Since it was Halloween and we were getting together to trick or treat and have dinner Starr and I wore our dresses for a minute. We took them off after the picture though!

Kids Pictures

So I finally got the kids pictures done. Aaron and Taylors pictures from school wern't great so I needed to get some for the official "school year photo" and then of course Kyle wanted some of just him too. I won't post all of them because there are like 40, but I'll pick a few of the best... I need to figure out how to put in a slide show, help JaNae & Kristi!!

Here Kitty Kitty

Poor Kyle, when I got up this morning to take the kids to Seminary I glanced in Kyles room. All I could see was the cat lying on his pillow, so I took a closer look. The cat had kicked Kyle off his pillow and taken over. He has a bunk bed and sleeps on the top. The cat climbs his ladder. It's hilarious. You can see his little head to the right of the pillow in the picture...

Those Vampire Books

So I finished the Twilight series, and I bought a t-shirt, for me, and Taylor, and Ryan rolled his eyes, alot. And we talked about the stories at dinner. Because even Aaron has read them. And Ryan rolled his eyes, even more. And soon Kyle was asking questions and wanting to know about the characters. And Ryan rolled his eyes so hard they got stuck up in his head for a few minutes. Then we started talking about the movie, and watching the trailers. Then we talked about going to the midnight showing. Even though it is on a school night (Taylor's grades are awesome so we decided it's ok as long as she still goes to Seminary and school, without complaining) and Ryan (being sweet again) said he would take us. He said this with a straight face so I bought him a ticket. I think I forgot to mention that he took Taylor to get the book when it first came out. He went to Barnes and Noble at midnight with her and all the teenage girls and mom's. He was the ONLY dad there. There were 3 teenage boys there with their girlfriends, or I'm sure he would have been the only male, I'm still not convinced he was the only one there without expecting some sort of "appreciation" or maybe those teen boys are just whipped? Anyway, I found a t-shirt online that was perfect for him. I bought it, and he laughed, and wore it. I'm so proud...

Kyle and Ryan go to the game

So Ryan splits season ticket to the Phoenix Suns with his parents. Since I am such a lover of Basketball he often has the opportunity to take someone else to the games. Out of all the kids Kyle is the one who loves the games best. Taylor likes to go and Aaron thinks it's ok. I can handle 1 or 2 games a month but any more than that is more than I need. So at the end of last season Ryan promised Kyle that he would take him to the first game this season. Kyle has been waiting and waiting, sort of patiently, for this day to come! It was on Monday night, and it started at 7:00 I think. It was a good game I guess because it went into double overtime. Yup I said double... Ryan said Kyle was cheering for a triple overtime but the Suns pulled it off and won by 3 in the second overtime. Needless to say they got home REALLY late, and I let Kyle sleep in until the very last second Tuesday morning before I had to get him up for school. Ryan got less than 5 hours sleep because he had to get up and take the kids to Seminary Tuesday morning. I asked him if he wanted me to drive but being as sweet as he is he got up at 4:45 and did carpool. Then last night (Tuesday) he went to the Metallica concert with his brother. He was supposed to take Aaron but as I stated earlier, Aaron is grounded from everything he knows and loves, so he was unable to attend. Again he got home Really late, even later than Monday. I imagine he's going to be super tired. Again. What we won't do for our love of sports and rock bands...

Kyle's Specs

So I get this letter from the school 2 weeks ago, turns out Kyle can't see. Who knew? I took him in for an exam (I only had to hold him down while they put in the eye drops, amazing) and I let him pick his own glasses out. He's been asking every day since if they were in. You'de think he'd won the lottery today when I checked him out early for the fitting. I think he did a pretty good job with the frames...

September

Well, we are officially into the school year, Aaron is grounded again for not doing his homework. We go through this routine every year. He spends 80% of the school year grounded in one way or another. I would love it if we could get him to do his work without taking everything else away, but never fear, now that there is nothing to distract him he'll be back on track. Or we'll put him up for adoption on ebay...
Tayolr is doing great if we could get her to stop reading the Twilight book series for the 50th time we might even be able to talk to her again. The binding on her books aren't even holding together anymore. I guess if she has to have an obssesion this is a good one, she's even got me reading them now. (I say reading but what I mean is listening to the audiobook on my ipod, at least I can do that and still get everything done I need to) At least her grades don't suffer. Unless you freak out over getting a B like she does...
Kyle is back to his old self. You know the one where DANGER is his middle name. He's back on the trampoline, playing sports, and driving me nuts in a way that doesn't include me having to carry him around or letting him play WAY too much playstation. He's decided that arguing with me about everything is a good way to go. "Testing his limits" I've been told. When do I get to test my limits with him?? Ahhh the joys of children...