Thanksgiving

This year we were blessed to be able to go to Orem to get to have Thanksgiving with Luke's Family.We left on Monday to have a few days to get some things done up there and Luke had a side job to do. It was so nice to get to be back up there for a few days since we all know how much I love it there. And then we were ready to just relax and be with family on Thursday. We were all there except for Lukes brother Eric and his wife Ashlie who came up after we ate, and his brother Kiley who lives in california. Marty and Mary hosted us all and their home is large enough for us all to fit and enjoy ourselves.It was so fun for my kids to play with all of the cousins and the adults were able to chat and play games and enjoy each others company. Oh and the food was unbelievable of course. We had planned to leave after dinner to go to St. George for Black Friday shopping with my family but the Beaumont's begged and begged and begged until they talked us into staying. I in return talked some of them into shopping with me which ended up being a good trade off. Eric, Ashlie, Amber, Carrie, Luke and I went shopping at nine that night to wal-mart, target, and toys-r-us and we totally scored! I was able to get everything that I wanted and then some, but I must say it was a way crazier experience in orem than it is in St. George. We were back in bed by three and then Ashlie and I shopped together the whole next day which was fantastic. No whinny kids, no whinny husband just good wholesome shopping, now I'm almost completely done with christmas shopping Yay!

Chalyn and Myana were princesses all day

The kids table (a few of them at least)

Chalyn, Beck, and Myana waiting for their dinner.

This is all of the Beaumont girls (minus Eric's wife Ashlie) in the kitchen just before we ate.

Bad Hair Day

So as you all know I have a thing for hair. When I was a little girl I would sit and play with dolls, only I wouldn't really pretend play with them I would just sit and comb with their hair for hours. When I got into high school I spent a lot of time figuring out new hairstyles for myself and took pride in my long blonde hair. That lead me to want to do hair school where I really figured out how much I love hair. I love combing, curling, coloring, styling, cutting, straightening, running my hands through and doing hair. So you can imagine how fun it was for me to have a baby girl who grew into a little girl with beautiful hair to style and play with. Most days it was a bonding experience to sit her up on my bathroom counter and chat and watch her funny faces in the mirror while I took the time to style her hair in fun new ways. so if you can also try to imagine then how devastated I was to wake up the other day to find a large chunk of that hair cut all choppy at the hands of said three year old little girl. I cried and cried and cried (Her response to those tears "It's okay mom Jesus will give me new hair" and then I got up and finished the haircut by trying to preserve what I could and cutting it into a pixie cut that has absolutely no styling options. I went out and bought bows and headbands and am trying to remind myself over and over that which my hairschool instructor taught me that "It's just hair"

Halloween 2011

This year Halloween was kind of put on the backburner since we were moving last weekend. When Monday rolled around though we actually did really good and had a way fun Halloween. We decorated that morning and then let the kids carve their pumpkins before taking them out. Our new neighborhood was awesome for trick or treating, and afterwards we were able to go with Lukes sister Amber and her family to a carnival which the kids LOVED!

Trick or Treating

She made sure everybody knew she wasn't a mermaid she was Ariel.

My cute little Referee. Thanks mom for making his shirt!

On our new front porch.

Yummy cotton candy. She didn't like the texture so i got to have it.

Such handsome boys.

The kids in the bounce house.

Playing at the carnival booths.

My kids with Amber and Bens kids Maddax and Linden

Checking out the loot. They seriously scored, and now I have to be the bad guy.

This was his 7th, yes 7th sucker of the day. That's where I drew the line.

Sacramento Trip

Here are a few pics from our trip to Sacramento a couple of weeks ago. We went with Eric and Ashlie again and were able to leave our kids at home with my mother in law. Sacramento isn't my favorite city, but it's still fun to see new places and we always have a fun time with those two.

I always upload my images in the wrong order! This is returning home to our kids with souveniers from the candy store.

Lake Tahoe with the fall leaves was absolutely BREATHTAKING! This was definately the highlight of the trip.

This is where the Donner Party had their struggles. It was closed but still neat to see the spot.

We stepped out of the car and it was Freeeezing!

This is seriously the worlds coolest candy store with everything you could ever imagine. We stocked up and it seemed like that was all we ate the rest of the trip.

Pumpkins

This year we grew a cute little garden in our backyard and Luke was all about growing our own pumpkins. I kinda kept thinking they would be weird shaped or something so I was secretly planning on buying some still, but when they got big they actually were really cute. The kids watched them, anticipating when they could pick them and carve them. We finally carved them like an hour before we went trick or treating on monday and they turned out so fun. I love this tradition even though it seemed so hard to find the time this year.

Chalyn and Her Daddy! She is still the biggest daddy's girl.

We tricked Beck to stick his hand in the first time but then they both did great cleaning them and everthing.

Right after picking them.


Chalyn was really excited and begged everyday to carve it.


Kind of a funny story. We actually had one of them stolen but were able to recover it. After we picked them we set them on our front step and the little girl from upstairs thought it was hers so she took it and painted it. I was a little devastated since we had watched them grow, so Luke ever so nicely asked for it back and we washed it so it was good as new. I felt really bad but we were attached.

Update and Move

So I sat down to finally do the circus post and of course with my luck I lost the cd with the pics on it. Maybe someday I will find it and do a post. In other news we got everything moved in at our new place in Cedar and to be honest it all feels a little surreal. Everything happened so fast. We went to Sacramento two weeks ago for five days and I had only packed like five boxes so I pretty much packed our whole house, cleaned two apartments, set up a new house and did all our Halloween festivities all in a week. I am completely exhausted to say the least but at least it's in the past. I had such a hard time leaving Orem and all of the memories we had there as a family. I absolutely loved it there and am very unsure about Cedar but hopefully this new adventure will be good for us.

Labor day at the cabin.

We always have such a blast on the Fullmer reunion, and this year was no exception. We hung out around the cabin chatting, playing games, eating, laughing, and ate some more. On Sunday we had lots of time to go fishing and the cabin is right by Lebaron so we headed there a couple of times and totally killed em. We fished like two hours and caught like eleven fish so the kids had opportunities to reel them in too. It was fun. Here are some highlights.

The Fullmer cabin. Such a beautiful location and so many fun memories

I totally caught him in the act. Funny!

Daddy and Beck on the zip line. They loved it, I was a wreck.

Chalyn was so brave to do it by herself. She LOVED it and probably did it a hundred times.

This is how the kids loaded up.

The sawdust pile was once again loaded with treasures.

Goofing of at bedtime.

He was playing peekaboo with me for a long time, so cute.

We played the Fullmer amazing race and there were ten stations we had to race to complete. Here they are stringing fifty noodles onto a thread to make a necklace.

Luke hunted all morning so this is where he was often found.

Chicaco Baby!

As I Said in my last post Luke and I were able to go to Chicago for five days in August without any kiddos. Eric and Ashlie invited us last minute to go with them since they travel doing scrapbook conventions. They needed another person to help out and so the company paid for my flight, hotel, food, etc. all we had to do was buy Lukes ticket. We left on a Wed. from Vegas and when we were in the Phoenix airport switching planes my mom called and said Janeece had the baby. On the day I left! She had her third adorable little boy named Mckay. Our flight got in late so by the time the boys picked out a rental car (they picked a black mustang) and found our hotel we crashed. We spent the first day walking and hanging out in downtown Chicago which can I say was absolutely AMAZING! I fell in love with it immediately. We went to millenium park to see The Bean and other sculptures and from there we walked and walked and walked through the city it seemed like every turn we took there was something else we wanted to see. We found an amazing chicago style pizza place called Bella Bacinas which was right by the river on Wacker. It was a beautiful day so we sat out front under the umbrellas right on the main road. The food was unbelievable, our waiter and his brooklyn accent was so fun and friendly and it was cool to soak in the excitement of the city. He told us to go to the Bar at the top of the John Hancock building for an amazing view of the city so we walked all the way checking out shops, the river, and the giant marilyn monroe statue. The whole city seemed like a giant mall with huge futuristic shops along the entire bottom with skyscrapers on top. We rode to the ninety fifth floor of the Hancock building (instead of paying to go to the top of sears tower) and decided not to go into the bar so me and Ashlie went to the restroom to find that there were huge windows with the view we had hoped for. From there it was way close to walk up the coast on Lake Shore Drive and up the river walk at sunset. After walking so long we had to hit the jacuzzi that night. The next two days we worked in the booth at the convention and did fun things at night. on Friday night we ate at a yummy Indian restaurant and in trying to find frozen yogurt came across the cutest downtown area of a small town where they were having a car show with music and dancing so we just pulled over and hung out there, it was perfect weather and it was cool to just chill. Saturday night we went to dinner and after being duped the night before trying to find fireflies we went to a park to play around and find some, (Luke hadn't seen them so we were determined.) We just got up Sunday and headed for home. I was really missing my kids by then. Chicago was a beautiful city and it was such a fun experience especially to be with Eric and Ashlie who we always have a blast with. Thanks you guys!

Our last night at a cute park searching for fireflies. We found some but found more mosquitos. Still fun.

Friday night looking for frozen Yogurt we found a car show in the middle of a blocked off downtown area with people hanging out and dancing in the street. Amazing!

Hanging out on the riverwalk at sunset. It was so so beautiful.

Eric and Ashlie were a blast!

This is the view from the ladies bathroom in Hancock tower. You could see EVERYTHING.

Seriously the best pizza i've ever had.

Bella Bacinos in downtown

Historic Chicaco Theater

This is the view from underneith The Bean. So so cool.

The Bean and fountain in Millenium Park


The Boys were so giddy about the car and every chance they got in a big open spot we all bailed out while one person spun brodies. It was pretty fun/scary.