Halloween!

Thanks to my friend Heidi Mills, we got some Halloween costumes (we didn't bring any with us to NV!).  The kids got pretty creative!

Trick-or-treating with the Leyvas!

Adam's birthday party!

My amazingly talented friend, Amanda Adams, made these cakes for her son's birthday!  She does amazing work and has made countless creative cakes for different holidays and occasions.  We're grateful for our Sparks/Reno friends who invite us to fun things like birthday parties when we are in town!

Flying machines at Rancho

Fun times in Sparks

We went to the library up by the Reno temple.  They have this great room with puppets.  The twins put on a show!

What is life without an occasional tea party?  Especially if you have a really nice tea pot and tea cups (from my Mom's china cabinet)!  These delicious treats are semi-healthy.  They are called "Aussie bites" and they came from Australia...I mean Costco.  Cozy Chamomile tea before bedtime rocks. 

Found a geocache!

doTERRA Convention!

We had a great time at doTERRA convention!  We learned a ton and had lots of fun!!   

Our awesome Australian friend Salana doing some serious dance moves!

I'm so glad my parents made it to convention this year!  Isn't this a cool back-drop of oil bottles?

Convention ended Sat. night.  The Sharedoterra team organized a tour of temple square and a live performance of the Mormon Tabernacle choir on Sunday.  It was beautiful!

Here we are waiting for the choir to start singing. 

The kids wanted to go on the bus after the choir performance.  Everyone had a wild and crazy time!

On our way to the gala. 

Jacqui and Salana- our Aussie friends

Salana was so excited because a lady gave her this purse.  She told Salana that her purse matched her dress and shoes perfectly, then she emptied the contents in her purse and gave it to Salana as a gift!  Salana did a joyful "purse dance" out of sheer joy :) 

I almost didn't post this picture, but Natalie and Andy are some of our very favorite people in the world, but we all have white glowing eyes!  We kind of look like zombies (it wasn't lack of sleep from convention- it was weird lighting from the camera).  I decided to post it anyway.  Just pretend we all look normal.

Despite our weird eyes and blurriness, I had to post these pictures too because this is my wonderful friend Laurea Stirling, and I love her lots!  I still remember the first day we met at our home in Pleasant Grove.  She came over, introduced herself, sat down on our front lawn, and I'm pretty sure we shared our life stories with each other.  We've been friends ever since!

A mighty one among giants!
(Dave Stirling, Salana, and Colin)

While we were at the tabernacle listening to the choir, Colin took the triplets to the visitor's center.  There was an age limit in the tabernacle because it was a live performance and it was broadcasted.

Fun on the bus!

These are some of the new doTERRA products released at convention.  Loving ALL of them!!!

Jacqui, Salana and Michael - Our great Aussie friends!

THE PURGE!

We are moving at the end of December!  Where are we moving to, you ask?  Into an RV!  That's right, you read correctly.
So, if we're moving from a home that's a little over 5,000 square feet into an RV, we figured it was time to get
rid of some things.  Major consolidation is happening around here, plus numerous trips to the DI (donation place).  I have never been a "stuff" person.  I don't like lots of things or clutter.  When I was little, I used to draw pictures of my
"dream home" and my "dream bedroom".  There was one desk, a bed, and that's about it.  No clutter, no frilly things, no decorator items- just the necessities!  I do love walking into homes that are nicely decorated with pretty items.  I am decoratior-challenged though, so it's not a hobby I engage in.  So, we're simplifying by majorly downsizing and going for the experiences instead of the "stuff."  We're planning to head to Southern CA first (San Diego I think) and see where we go from there.  Traveling the US (and eventually outside the US) to enrich our kids' home school experiences has always been a goal of ours.  Now with doTERRA as the "vehicle", this goal has become a reality, and we are excited to embark on our journey!  How long will we travel?  I guess the best answer is, however long it's working and everyone is enjoying it!
So, what am I doing in this picture?  I consolidated 3 huge blue bins of craft stuff into this box with Eyore on it.  That was the first thing I did in getting rid of stuff.  Picture memories take up much less space than the real thing, and I wanted to remember these items. :) 

I made outfits for these Easter Bunnies over 10 years ago.  Time for someone else to enjoy them.

Easter crafts I painted- bye bye!

I had to throw this picture away because it was stuck onto a broken piece of glass and frame.  So here's a picture of the picture.

Some of Devon's graffiti art

When I was in the Relief Society presidency in our ward at the Utah State University trailer courts, I was given this pretty picture when I was released.  It's the Relief Society theme and I love it! 

These outfits were from all the musicals I was in in high school: Guys and Dolls, The Music Man, Hello Dolly, and The Sound of Music.  I saved a few of the outfits, but most I gave away.

I wore this dress as a flower girl for a friend's wedding when I was around 12 years old I think.