First snow of the year!

This was the first snow of the year, and the kids were dying to get outside to make a snowman. so instead of a regular snowman, it turned out to be a REAL snow DOG! It was fun watching them bury each other and laugh. So glad it will hopefully be a white Christmas!

Let's go dancing!

This is Annies new skirt. She found it at Costco took it off the rack walked it over to Paul and held it up to him and said "pease", "pease"? Of course he couldn't deny his princess, so she now has a fluffy skirt. We brought her home and she carried it everywhere. So on Sunday we got up and the first thing she wanted was to put on her skirt, and she twirled and danced around all day! She is so funny!

Trick or Treating!

This year we went Trick or Treating in my moms neighborhood. Cori and Lexi joined us and we had a total blast. We got huge candybars and way more candy than can be consumed in a month. so it may just last us till next year!

Will was the Oogie Boogie man, and Emery was Jack Skellington from the Nightmare before Christmas. My kids love that show for no reason I am capable of mustering up. So we will just leave it at that. Wills costume was fun to make. I had so much fun with the details from the bugs on the costume to the balloons to stuff him with. Emery we got to paint his hair and face, and by the time we finished he could have played Jack in the movie himself. He wasn't too fond of the paint, but he looked amazing! This year was a great Halloween year, Boo! Hee, Heee, He He!

Halloween party of 2009.

This was the ultimate year for costumes! We went as "The Nightmare Before Christmas"! Emery was born on December 25th. So instead of getting his birthday as close to Christmas as possible, we went with what he loves most. And that is Halloween! One of his favorite movies is "The Nightmare Before Christmas" so we went with the theme. Emery was the Pumpkin King himself , Jack, and William was the 'Oogie Boogie' man. To make sure the theme continued I myself was Sally, and let me tell you that the hair was just gross. I was finding red in my food and my nose, I know gross! Paul was the evil doctor scientist, and Annie was the ghost puppy 'Zero' I had a complete blast making, yes you heard me making all these costumes. It took its own sweet time, but its what I love. Sewing is my passion. especially creating something out of my head. I couldn't have done it without the help of my family. My dad even chipped his lab coat and gloves in! Even Pauls grandma got in on the action and came dressed in her nightgown and curlers, ready for bed! That is how I would go if I could, Comfy! Hope everyone had a safe and Happy Halloween! Oh and have to mention that we got the "Best Costume" award! Awesome!

"Humperdink! Humperdink! Humperdink!" "Have fun storming the castle!" Pauls mom and dad decided to dress up as the old couple off of Princess Bride, and Jordan, Becca and Cadence were the snoopy crew. Nikki and Eric were cards representing a Peanuckle hand (sorry about spelling) Their kids dressed up as a ninja, a devil girl, and an angel. Cute costumes Everybody!

And the fun kept coming, we played games, and ate yummy creepy food. The kids recieved all sorts of prizes. of course the costumes got warm, and they had to be taken off, but it was a great party, and so much fun!

Just last month our family went on a hike to Donut Falls. It was a blast. The boys got filthy dirty, but they had a blast. We didn't get to hike all the way to the top, it was too steep. Even Annie liked the water and she rode in the hiking pack all the way up, then hiked with us all the way down. The kids were troopers. We stopped on the side of the trail to have a picnic, and to take pictures.

A weekend of FUN!

This is our trip to cornbelly's cornmaze!

William and Emery got their faces painted, Emery got jack skellington, and Will....I really don't know what that is.

Annie and mommie loved playing in princess land! We sat in our royal carriage and played in the castle, and Annie wants Grandpa to build her a castle just like this one in her backyard!

The corn maze was awesome! We have to admit, we did get lost. We answered Boy Scout questions that helped us through the maze, but finding the numbers was harder than we thought. I was seeing gold for the rest of the day!

The boys had so much fun racing these what-cha-ma-call-its, they wanted to do it all day! Emery

even got in on the action and raced kids he didn't

even know!

Annie was riding in style in the wagon, and William was brave enough to try the big scary blowup monster!

They caught themselves a few rule breakers as well. can you tell that Will is a professional photographer?

The boys and Annie absolutely loved the slides that were placed on top of haystacks. They were really fast too!

Annie had fun just playing at the playground Paulie was showing off by lassoing a bull head!

Pumkins Everywhere

We planted pumkins in our backyard this year and had them coming out of our ears! 37 in total! We gave some away and still have too many. Just our luck we keep getting more from other places that give them to us! We decided that it was so much fun to grow that we are going to plant even more next year. Two of the pumpkins we grew were so big that we had to give them names. Clyde and Berta, they just out weighed and out sized all the rest! We just loved sharing them. such a great gift for neighbors, and family. Happy Harvest!

Hey look whos back!!

So, I have been recieving some complaints that I have not posted anything on my blog for quite some time. I didn't think anyone really read it, or cared. So I am back and putting pics on of the fam. Just to warn everyone there is sort of a back log of pictures and Crosby adventures that will be posted just not coinciding with the month. So sorry I slacked and Enjoy. Love you all!

Happy Anniversary! Happy Anniversary!

This last Saturday June 20th Paul and I celebrated our 8th anniversary! It was a total blast. After having my 3rd kid we are starting to get back into hiking, and we decided to try Bells canyon! Straight up rocks and it rained the whole time. But I am not complaining, quite the opposite. The rain kept us cool and our surroundings were so beautiful that there was not one thing to complain about! We hiked up to the waterfall that was absolutely massive, and the river ran so fast and high that it created smaller waterfalls down the trail. When we were in the mountain we were engulfed in the clouds then as we got to the bottom of the trail we looked back and got to see what we were in. It was a little scary but completely amazing!
We also saw beautiful flowers, and I saw a Segolily for the second time in my life! We got drenched and loved every minute of it. Later that day we went to dinner and then to Hale Center Theater where we have season tickets and saw Hello Dolly! And if that isn't a romantic date I don't know what is! I am so grateful to Paulie for an amazing 8 years! I love you Wog and I am looking forward to eternity with you! Beat that cheesy!

Family pictures 2009

This last weekend my family and I went to the mountains to take photos. we only had one big problem, the attachment that holds the camera to the tripod, was at home laying on the garage floor. We didn't notice that it had fallen until we got there. Trying to use flat rocks and logs to get the shots we wanted really didn't help. Then to top it all off Annie didn't want to take pictures that day. The princess decided to not look at the camera once and was demanding we carry her every where. So Grandparents will have to wait a litle longer for their pictures because we have to do them again.