Blessing Day

We had a wonderful day yesterday, we had Abby's baby blessing. Abby was blessed by Eli and the circle included just about all of our family. It was a beautiful moment to watch my baby girl be given a special blessing from our Heavenly Father and to be surrounded by the protective circle of the Priesthood. I was so worried that she would be crying but she did great. My mom made Abby's dress and everyone said how beautiful it was...thanks mom! We had a little get together afterward with both sides our family. Eli and I were both very touched by the effort that everyone made to come be with us on this special day. Thank You!!! We love you all so much. Here a few pictures that my sister took. I will try to post a few more when I get them from her since I didn't manage to get one single picture with my camera!!!

Happy Halloween

Just wanted to post a couple pictures of the kids in their Halloween costumes.

Abby was a cute little pumpkin.

Caden was a very, very tired but cute spider.

Abby, Caden and Mommy

I need a nap!!!

So since Abby has joined the family, Caden has decided that he doesn't need to take naps anymore! Lucky me! He might think he doesn't need the naps but from the pictures below I think we can all agree that he really needs naps still.

Caden asleep at the dinner table on a no nap day!

For family night we went to the pumpkin patch and Caden fell asleep in the car on the way. Needless to say he was not a happy camper when we pulled him out of the car. He pretty much cried and kept his ears covered the whole time. I guess that's what family memories are all about!

Weekend at Grandma Nancy's House

Last Saturday we went out to Tooele to visit Eli's Grandma Nancy, Grandpa John and Great Grandma Rimington. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time. Abby and Caden are 5th generation on Eli's mom side, so were able to spend some time with their Great, Great Grandma Rimington!




Abby and Grandpa John



Caden playing with Great Grandma Nancy



Abigail with Great, Great Grandma Rimington



Caden, Abigail and Grandma Rimington



Caden had a great time playing in Grandma Nancy's yard. He loved the swing!


Played in the greenhouse...



helped with some watering...



picked and ate some apples...



and climbed in the apricot tree!

Tying a Tie

Eli gave Caden one of his ties last Sunday and got this cute video of Caden trying to figure out how to put the tie on. There isn't any sound, but it's still cute to watch how hard he is trying.

Lots of Smiles!

Well it's hard to believe another week is almost over. Eli started a new job a few weeks back working for the LDS Church Audit Dept., it has been really nice to get to see him more since he is usually home around 6 pm instead of 9 pm. Anyway he found out on Monday that he has been assigned to the team that is going to Chile for 2 weeks in November! He is really excited to that he will be going back to the area where he served his mission. Caden, Abby and I will miss him a ton, but we are really, really excited for him!!!

We had our carpets cleaned on Wednesday so I gave Caden a bag of snacks to keep him busy in the kitchen and off the carpet. Well as soon as the carpet guy turned on the cleaner Caden headed for the laundry room. I found him sitting in the corner, I think it was just to loud for him!

I just had to post these cute pictures of Abby. This is the first time I have managed to get the camera in time to catch her smiles. Isn't she cute!!!

All Smiles.

So we are still having a hard time getting Caden to leave Abby's things alone (i.e. the bouncer, swing and the baby bathtub.) So I walked out in the living room the other morning and found Caden sitting in the baby bath watching a show. I am glad that I had the camera handy for this one!

Random Photos of the Week

So here are just a few random photos for the week.

Abby is only 6 weeks old and I think she is already sick of me sticking the camera in her face. Eli has informed me that he actually likes the big bows and flowers on her headband so I am sure you will me seeing many more of them in the future!

Peacefully Sleeping...for a few minutes anyway.

"Hurry up with the photos mom, I'm freezing cold!"

Caden wearing one of my shirts. I guess it's more fun to wear moms clothes then his own, and of course he would pick out a PINK shirt!

This is Caden's idea of helping with the laundry. Basically it consists of Caden throwing the clothes out of the laundry baskets.

Eli took Caden to the Circus last weekend. They got to meet the clowns and the got their very own red clown noses to take home.

So apparently the Circus is a pretty loud production and Caden didn't think the music and fireworks were very cool...to loud for him.

Caden did like the elephants and the tigers. Before the show Eli and Caden were able to watch the elephants do some artwork. They have a drawing were you can win the "elephant artwork", which I think basically looks like smeared paint. Anyway Eli and Caden won the elephant art.