Halloween

Two posts in one day!! How amazing - at least for me. Actually, I probably would have procrastinated this one too, except I'm going into the hospital for surgery tomorrow and want the peace of mind of being caught up on all the fun stuff!

The kids each picked out their costumes this year. These were taken at our ward trunk-or-treat last night. Enjoy!

Tyler, Spencer, Kelsie & Meghan at the ward fall festival.



Tyler as a bumblebee. He loves making the buzzing sound and has a cute little lisp as he does it.
Spencer really wanted to be a doctor this year. He tells us that when he grows up he wants to be a real doctor. He goes back and forth between a brain or heart doctor and a dentist!


Meghan was really excited to be a Notre Dame cheerleader! They could use all the help they can get this year.
Kelsie decided to wear a costume that used to be Melanie's when she was 10. She is a California Raisin - and even learned the song! (one of her favorite parts of the costume are the sunglasses that used to be Grandpas in the 80's!!)

Back to School

Here are some photos from the kids first day of school. I can't believe how fast they grow!!


Spencer & Tyler on Spencer's first day of school.











Spencer is in pre-K at Sugar & Spice pre-school.


Tyler is enjoying his time in "Mommy School" this year. He is my sweet and very smart handful!





Kelsie & Meghan on the first day of school.






















Meghan is in 2nd grade at Crestview Elementary. Her teacher is Mrs. Price








Kelsie is in 5th Grade at Crestview Elementary. Her home room teacher is Mrs. Meador. This is Kelsie's last year in elementary school!

Summer Wrap-up

I thought I'd wrap up our summer vacation to Utah with a few of our favorite photos and memories. We rode the alpine slide and coaster, went swimming and shopping, played with friends and cousins, and had a great time with our Grandpas and Grandmas! It all made for a fun summer.

Kristie, Ruth, Margaret & Kathy had a good time catching up with each other. It's the first time in a long time that we've all been together. We spent an evening at Ruth's parents talking and the next morning getting manicures and pedicures together. It was really fun to be together again, even if it was only for a short time!



One funny moment of the summer was when I went to leave my parents house to go to Ruth's. My mom was out of town, so I had to wait for my dad to return from a business trip to leave the house. (I didn't think it would be wise to leave 4 sleeping children home alone.) When he got home, I asked him if he would listen for the kids while I went out. He looked at me and said, "But it's 11 o'clock at night!" To which I replyed, "And I'm 35!" I guess parent never really stop worrying about their children, no matter how old they get!

Kelsie & Meghan had fun with their cousins Henry and Leah. We were all together with Grandma Cummings at Moroni's wedding. It was a really nice night.

Kelsie & Meghan with their best friends Everett & Matthew made these signs for their big High School Musical 2 Premiere party. They planned everything by themselves. They came up with the menu, made assignments and hosted the party. It was a huge success! Their menu consisted of: Burgers a la Buzz (thanks Grandpa!), chips and salads, blue punch with umbrellas in the cups (like Sharpay drinks), and eclairs and sugar cookies for dessert.

This is the other sign the kids made for the party. This sign welcomed everyone as they came in the door -- along with the soundtrack playing all throughout the house and on the back patio (thanks Grandma!)

Tyler, Meghan, Spencer, Clayton, Annie, Kelsie, Everett & Matthew enjoying their High School Musical 2 party.

After dinner we watched the premiere!! Joe, Kristie & Grandpa figured out how to show it movie theater size on the side of Joe's garage while we all sat with chairs and blankets on Buzz park. We had tons of people come watch it with us. It was a great way to end a fun summer vacation!

Finally . . . some photos!

I finally took some time to sit down and post something. Thanks to friends and family who have some great photos of their own families on their blogs, I finally decided to step up and set up ours. It only took me 6 months of procrastinating to get it done!

My hope is that it does not turn into a blah, blah, blog, but just a few photos and info about the kids, since they're the ones ya'll really want to see and hear about anyway!!


These photos are of the front of our house. I'm proud of our green thumb in getting all these to grow! I'll bet you can't guess what one of my favorite flowers is ...

... maybe daylillies!!



















The kids have all had fun playing with their cousins this summer. Tyler and Brendan (Jeff & Melanie's) are only 3 weeks apart, and have so much fun together! We have to fit as much cousin time in as we can when we're together since we live about 2,500 miles apart.

Spencer, Kelsie, Meghan, Brendan & Tyler having fun!



The Woods men all went to Alaska in June. Chris, Jeff, Mike and Dad are all holding the biggest fish caught on the trip. An eighty pound halibut! Notice that Chris has the biggest smile - since he's the one who landed the fish!


Kelsie, Kristie and Meghan have had fun hanging out together this summer. It's fun to have girls to shop with and who get as excited about a pedicure as their mom does! We've also had fun learning all the words to the new Hannah Montana 2 cd. Next on our agenda is planning our big premiere party for High School Musical 2. If any of you are going to be around, come party with us at Buzz park on August 17th!


Spencer played t-ball this year for the Grasshoppers. He was a great hitter and played 3rd base, short stop and catcher. His team won trophies at the end of the season!
Tyler is our adventurous (to say the least) child. He tells me that when he grows up, he wants to fly a rocketship and an airplane. His favorite jammies are his rocketship ones. He likes to jump off the dresser with them on! I wouldn't be surprised to visit the ER a few times in this child's lifetime!

We've only just begun ...

We decided to jump on the blog bandwagon, so that you can hopefully remember what we all look like in between visits. I'll add photos as soon as I figure out how!