Barbie Slumber Party

Another precious moment by Anamarie. She must have done this one night when I wasn't looking. Every single barbie was all snuggled up next to each other for a sleepover :)

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Family Birthdays

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Brett found mommy's makeup

Yes, even 2 year old little boys like makeup. The funny thing is that he thinks mascara and lipstick both go on lips; notice the mascara :)

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~ Beautiful Girl ~

I couldn't resist; I had to put this one on here just to show how beautiful Maddy is. At 11 years old she still get's straight A's, sings like an angel, and is so kind to everyone. I just love her!!!!!!!

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Heiner House Construction

Our home was finished in March 2002. We spotted the land in October of 2000 and we fell in love with the area and the plot. We had looked all over Orem and Saratoga Springs for land, but we happened to accidently drive to upper American Fork where we found our future home lot. It was one of those "This is the place" moments. There wasn't any hesitation on whether or not we should live here, we just weren't sure if we could afford it. Within a few months things were moving. We were approved for the loan, and the building permit and building began. With the many man (and woman) hours of Brady, myself, Kim Heiner, John Burnes, and many others, plus many broken bones, and near death experiences, and over-nighters the home was completed in 14 long months. At 4900 square feet, our home has given 7 people more than enough room to grow into. We love our home, and our neighborhood and we are blessed to live here among Great people.

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Halloween 2010

All dressed up for the first time ever! I am usually the one that doesn't like to spend the time or money on costumes for myself, but this year things had changed. I bought everyone a new costume, including Brady & I. Friday the 29th, our family was invited by our friends (Bill & Emily Thresher) to a Family Halloween Party, with pumpkin carving, contests and dinner; everyone had a blast! Madison won 2nd place in the pumpkin carving contest out of 18 kids; she lost 1st place to her best friend Kaysha. She also won 2nd place for the best kids costume. The Heiner family won second place for the best family costumes. Brady, Madison & I were all Hippies, Taylor was a Haunted Woopie Cushion, Anamarie was Super Girl, Brett was little Frankenstein, and William was a baby.

Saturday the 30th was officially Halloween in Utah. I decided to not only "go big" on the costumes, but the candy as well. I bought 3 large boxes of regular candy bar sizes from Costco; Snickers, Reece's Peanut Butter Cups, and M&M's. When the trick or treaters came to the door they had to roll a dice, and depending on the number that they rolled, that would be the candy bar they got. 1 or 4= M&M's, 2 or 5 = Reece's, 3 or 6 = snickers. The kids thought it was fun; especially Anamarie & Brett. When the kids would leave the door, Brett would yell "aah ow-een"; Translations: Happy Halloween!

 

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Taylor's 8th Grade Band Concert

Taylor is playing the Bass Clarinet this year in band. He is only 1 of 2 people in all of 8th grade who is playing this difficult instrument. He enjoys playing, and he is very good at it. He had a concert at the American Fork HS with about 1000 people there. They were playing with the AF High School Marching Band who have taken 1st in State for numerous years now. It was fun to see Taylor play so well.

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Daddy Daughter Halloween Party!!

Dressed up as Hippies, Brady & Madison attended a ward daddy daughter dinner at the church. They were surprised when they saw the menu because it consisted of Halloween food phrases like: Witches Brew, Witches Warts, a Witch Toe, and a Witch Broom stick. Unfortunately, Madison ordered the broom stick (fork) last, so she and Brady had to eat spaghetti, and salad with their hands. They had a super GROOVY night! 

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Anamarie's Costume Party

Anamarie was invited to a costume party by her friend Hannah Lesher. Her mother is a photographer and took the most adorable pix of them all dressed up in their Halloween costumes. As you can see, Anamarie is Super Girl. To my surprise, Anamarie knows so much about Super Girl. She has been telling me; "mom, Super Girl doesn't eat that!", "mom, Super Girl watches lots of movies", "mom, Super Girl is a really good fighter and is good at gym-mastics", "Super Girl has pink hair with zig-zags and sparkles". Who would have known; not me :)

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First Snow Fall

We woke up Tuesday morning to 6 inches snow; the first snow fall of the season. I captured the beauty before it melted away just a few hours later.

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