School Pictures...

CARTER is 4 and in preschool.

He loves to TALK and TALK and TALK.

He can put together a puzzle of the United States better than any of us can.

He wants to be a MONSTER TRUCK driver and a

BASEBALL PLAYER when he grows up.

JOSHUA is 8 and in the 3rd grade.

He is taking GUITAR lessons and LOVES to PLAY SOCCER.

He is really into BAKUGONS right now.

HAILEY is 11 and in the 6th grade.

Jr. High next year? Help me....

She is taking PIANO (she doesn't like it at all! But I told her she doesn't have a choice)

She takes DANCE and LOVES to PLAY VOLLEYBALL!

She is getting braces in TWO weeks! :)

They really do grow up WAY TO FAST!

Since we are in the season of being thankful, I'm very grateful for my family!

Halloween Night!

ARGGG! This little pirate went trick-or-treating all night long! I thought he would get tired after going around the block, but he lasted 2 1/2 hours! PHEWWW! I was the one that was pooped! :)Josh and Hailey went with friends and he was wondering which friend he should go with. I had to remind him that he's only 4.

Josh and his buddies, Justin and Brayden. Afterwards, they went to Justins house, which was totally decked out for Halloween with a coffin and graves, and they would jump out and scare people. Josh thought that was the coolest thing ever!

Hailey and Janae just doing their thing! PEACE OUT! They decided that next year they want to be roller derby girls so they can go faster from house to house. :)

This is the part Mike and I love! Dumping out the candy! Then we can grab some of our favorite treats!:) Now we are all on a sugar high!

The Stringham Halloween Party!

This is the first year that Joshua wanted to actually be something gross. He loved squeezing the heart and making blood run down his face. GROSS!! Of course, my darling daughter that still likes being a fairy! Hope she never grows out of it! :) And then Carter would not wear his pirate hat, until he saw that Cameron was wearing one. That made everything better! I love that Jaxon is a little UPS man! He's wants to be just like his grandpa!

Carter was so EXCITED that he got invited to a primary halloween party! His teachers are so much fun and put a lot of thought into getting to know the kids. He came home with a stash of candy and said they played BINGO!

Check out our BIG BERTHA pumpkin from the garden!!

I guessed 30 pounds, Mike 35 pounds, Hailey 40 pounds, Joshua 54 pounds, and Carter 1,000,000 pounds! :)
Drum roll please......

50 POUNDS!!

We couldn't believe it! The kids thought that was very cool! Hopefully I can remember what pumpkin seeds I bought so I can get them again next year.

Cleaning out the pumpkins guts!

WITCHES FEET!

I just wanted to share the witches feet that Hailey made for her teachers. I think they turned out very cute. Make the shoe and fill with candy. What a fun idea. We found the template on Sugar Doodle under visiting teaching messages for October.

Off to California.

The kids were so excited to go to Disneyland! I think next time I won't tell them so far in advance. Hailey and Josh were so excited and Carter kept asking me how many more sleeps.