The Simple Life

thanksgiving in idaho...

yay...it's been a while since we've been in idaho during the colder months, we went home for thanksgiving! it was definitely weird to see hardly any snow, it was windy as usual, and by the time we were leaving what little snow was there, had melted all gone! dirt and grass, and potato fields for miles. we had a good thanksgiving, always good to be home with my parents.

quick stop at the outlets to buy some pants for these boys! anthony has outgrown his, and has been wearing shorts still...good thing the weather has been decent! this tree is huge, and so was the moon, however it never shows as how you see it in real life. we should have been long gone on the road, but we had so many little stops, idaho here we come!

free Young Women opening exercises PRINTABLE...

i love using the Rhonna Designs app to create printables, available in the app store! best $1.99 spent! i designed this on my phone, super easy. thanks Rhonna for your creativity ♥ #rhonnadesigns

CLICK HERE for the PDF download. (2 on one sheet)

turkey trot...

we got up this morning and ran a mile together for the elementary school's first "turkey trot" fun run! i had to explain to gulianna that it was a running race, because she thought there was some fun with turkeys!

isabella did a pretty good job, however lots of whining in between...we did leave her behind a few times. gulianna and i ran most of the way, we had to stop and wait for isa. then at the very end i told gulianna to just run as fast as she could to finish the race! levi pushed the boys in the stroller. they had a drawing at the end and we won lots of gift certificates. after we headed over to the church, it was our turn to clean it as a family. gulianna has been waiting for our turn, she loves to help out. and of course they like to sneak in the primary room and sing in the microphone :)

trouble...

this little rascal... conditioner this time! he was sure proud of his little self.

primary program sunday...

 

enjoying these last few warm fall days...the snow is coming!

for now we still enjoy green grass and autumn leaves :)

today was our ward's primary program, they always do such a good job. they even did sign language on one of the songs. levi and i got to sing "The Family is of God" along with 2 other couples and the rest of the primary. at the last minute i didn't know whether to take jeremy up and have him sit behind us or let him make his way up to the pulpit on his own! he was a handful the entire program. lil stinker. luckily he went to a friend right before, and didn't even notice we were singing, he was content looking at a book!

family time...

levi came home from being in kanab for work for the week and decided to have some family time at the park. we ate pizza and played with these little rascals until it was time to go to the movies: big hero 6! anthony has been ever so impatiently waiting to watch this movie, and then he got scared during the show, what?!

 

the "hide out"...

this is my kids favorite place to run away and play! they call it their "hide out." it's on the property right next to ours, i wish we could by it, or even better have our friends move back home ;) 

they crawl right through the old wooden fence and haul all of their old treasures that they've collected and just play all day! i love that they get to play outside and use their imagination, just like we did as kids.

this is right next to our chicken coop, how i dream of having a miniature farm, with a small horse and a maybe a few pigs! 

sneaking back home...

this past summer, our new neighbors that are renting, had put their cows over there, and so when my kids would go out to play they would go under the electric fence...and they quickly found out that you get shocked when you touch the rope! the kids came home one afternoon and were anxious to tell how much it hurt when they would crawl under. gulianna was saying "sometimes if you don't bend down all the way and if your stomach touches it, it makes your skin all tingly!" and bro jumped right in and said "oh ya the stomach!" as he was rubbing his, that was the funniest story ever!

it's hot chocolate season! my kids love hot chocolate, we even picked up marshmallows this time. (not a fan of them) but i love my kids ♥

saying good bye to this crib!

we went to ikea on monday to go buy the toddler bunk bed that i've been wanting forever...and they don't carry it anymore!!! i was so disappointed. i was going to buy it back in september but i decided to wait another month or two. i did get the other little toddler bed that i wanted. and it pulls out to a twin. so anthony and jeremy will share together. someday we will have a house with enough bedrooms! 

Get Away Today giveaway

to celebrate Get Away Today's 25th Anniversary

they are giving away 25 vacation prizes including 2-night hotel stays and park ticket packages!!!

this is their biggest giveaway all YEAR!

so be sure to like Get Away Today on facebook and enter every day from now through November 10th!

winners will be announced on November 12, 2014.

hello november...

november first. twenty fourteen.

hello rainy saturday morning.

i love this pumpkin in front of this historic home. 

simple and lovely.

♥