Elizabeth's 4th Birthday

Lizzy turns 4 today. I can't believe that it has been 4 years already. She has had a week of celebrating. She started with going to dinner and to the book store with Grandma and Grandpa Turner. She went to Burger King and ate Macaroni and Cheese. At the bookstore, she choose a princess book with a little piano attached to it.

Then Wednesday, we celebrated her birthday at school. The class sang to her and she got to bring a poster board with pictures of her growing up. She got to tell the class what each picture was about. That was a special day for her.

Friday I made her birthday cake. She got to choose with type of cake I made. She even got to watch me decorate it.

Lizzy choose a princess cake.

Then she had a birthday party at home on Saturday. She invited 5 of her friends, some from school and ballet. She had so much fun playing with her friends. She got a princess outfit, a Dora book, a stuff animal, a Dora blanket, and a Princess Barbie.

Serena, Caitlin, and Emma play together.

Serena and Torry pose for a picture.

Lizzy opens her presents.

Lizzy blowing out the candles on her cake.

Then Sunday she was sang to in Primary. She got a birthday bag with popcorn and a pencil.

Then today she gets to open presents from Mom and Dad, Travis, and Grandpa Cox and Grandma Tina. She is going to love her presents. I will post more pictures of her tonight when she opens her presents.

Snow!

Well we have reached snow season. This weekend we got hit with a good storm. We still have another big storm today and tomorrow. They estimate between 4-10 inches today and tomorrow. The kids love the snow so they had fun Saturday.

This is what our truck looks like this morning.

The kids love playing in the snow. The flakes are huge.

Catching snow on their tongues is lots of fun.

Halloween

This year was full of Halloween activities. On Thursday we went to Lizzy's preschool for a trick-or-treat. It started with reading a Halloween book. Then the kids got to go around the parking lot and trick-or-treat at the cars. There was even a little spooky trailer for the kids to walk through. They had so much fun.

Travis choose to be a dragon this year.

If you ask Lizzy what she is, she will tell you "Fairy Wings."

Then Friday we had the ward Halloween party. The kids and I made a bunch of cupcakes for the party. They had fun decorating the cupcakes. The kids had fun playing the games and trunk-or-treating at the party.

Saturday Eric wasn't feeling well so I took the kids to Boo at the Zoo with Michele and Serena. They had so much fun looking at the animals. There was a costume contest and the kids had fun dancing on the stage. They danced for 1/2 hour. Then when the contest started, they didn't want to be up on the stage. I had to stand up there with them. They didn't win the contest but they had fun. It was so fun to watch Lizzy. Every time Lizzy would see one of those big inflatable decorations (ie pumpkin, ghosts, gorilla...) she would get so excited and run over giggling. The kids had so much fun this year. They can't wait til next Halloween.

Last Minute Mini Vacation

The kids and I went up to Billings MT 2 weekends ago. Grandpa Vorhauer had bypass surgery and a heart valve transplant. My Mom and Aunt Diana flew up to see their Dad. We went up to see my Mom, Aunt Diana, Aunt Angie, Uncle Barry, DJ and family, Grandma, and Grandpa. It was fun to see everyone. I got to spend a couple of hours at the hospital with Grandma and Grandpa. The kids and I also got to go play with DJ's family one evening. It was great to see everyone. Grandpa is home from the hospital and recovering quickly.

Puppet Show

During our family reunion, Lindy and Ryan put on a puppet show. I'm just finally getting it off the camcorder. The long show is on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y75viA9mXf0

This video is when the kids were given a puppet to play with. They had a blast!

Preschool

Lizzy started preschool today. She is so excited to be going to school. She didn't even cry when Travis and I dropped her off. She is going to have a fun day.

Cake Decorating Class

I have been taking a cake decorating class for the past 2 months. It has been fun. The first class was the basics and used buttercream frosting. The second class was using fondant and gum paste.

This is the first cake I did in class.

We got to decorate cupcakes. We learned how to fill cupcakes too. These are filled with chocolate pudding.

This is my final cake for the buttercream icing class.

This is the final cake for the fondant and gum paste class. We also learned how to make roses, carnations, daisies, and mums.