First lost tooth

Afton lost her first tooth on November 30th. I couldn't believe that she lost a tooth already. Her bottom two front teeth have been loose for awhile now, but I didn't think she'd lose it so soon. I don't think I lost my first tooth until 1st or 2nd grade. Jason was flossing her teeth and bumped the tooth so it was kind of just hanging there and Afton was freaking out. She was crying and Jason just started wiggling the tooth back and forth and it came out. Afton was so happy after that. She was excited to leave it for the toothfairy. The next moring she got 4 quarters and a note from the toothfairy under her pillow. Now she can't wait for the other tooth to fall out.

Missionaries

Two of Jason's young men are leaving on missions in a couple of weeks. On Saturday, November 29th, they went through the temple for the first time and received their endowment. Jason was the escort for one of the boys so we were able to go with them. It was really nice to be able to go to the temple and to be their for this special occasion. Jason is so proud of these two young men and the decision they're making. While at the Temple, I hung out at the visitor's center for a little bit and got to see a sculpture exhibit there. It's entitled, "The Healing Power of Christ", and are sculpture's of Christ and his life and they are so amazing. It's on display there until January and I'm so glad that I was able to see it. They were very beautiful and very touching. The detail in each one of them was so amazing. If it ever comes on display to a temple near you definitely check it out.

Chris and CJ Fallentine, Kyle, and Jason






CJ and Kyle the missionaries to be.

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving, we headed over to the Daley's. There were lots of people there and lots of yummy food. They rented a bounce house for the kids since it was such a huge hit at the party. The kids loved it again and it was nice to have something to keep them occupied. They also got to make some fun little crafts. We made apple and oreo turkeys and then we made button snowflakes. Jody and Misty are always so crafty! It was great to hang out with the Daley family and I'm so thankful that we do have some family close by.

Our future piano player. He had fun playing along with Jared.

Jumping in the bounce house and making their turkeys.

Afton and Dylen

Dax with his famous cheese.



Jody and Max

This kids with their apple turkeys



Max after he had eaten an oreo cookie

Me and Misty

Funworks

The week of Thanksgiving, Afton didn't have school, so on Tuesday (11/25) we met Misty, Dylen and Max at funworks. They have a huge playground area for the kids and it's all enclosed so we let them run wild. They had lots of fun going down the really fast slide and playing in the ball pit. Afton and Dylen have matching dresses so Misty and I planned to have them wear it together that day. They were so excited to have matching clothes.

"Daley" Commandments

For family home evening, we talked about the ten commandments. Then we made our own commandments for our home. We called them the "Daley" commandments. We let the kids come up with two commandments and then Jason and I did three each. It was lots of fun. Now we have them posted in our living room so we remember to keep our commandments.

We let Afton write each one of them down. I can't believe how big she's getting.




I guess I should list them because some are hard to read.
1. No hitting
2. Be respectful
3. No bad words
4. No whining
5. Share
6. Clean up messes
7. No tooting on people (I think this one was Jason's)
8. No spitting on people (my kids like to spit on each other)
9. Help mommy (I like this one)
10. No throwing toys

Of course we had to do a silly face picture.

Michael's Birthday

On November 22nd, we went to a birthday party for Michael. He is Jason's cousin, Ryan's little boy. And I have to say he is the cutest little boy. He turned 2 and he is just so adorable. He has the prettiest blue eyes with long lashes and dark curly hair. He's definitely going to be a ladies man. The birthday party was atRyan and Val's new home. They had food and a big jump house for the kids. The jump house was a hit. The kids played in that thing the whole time. I tried putting Logan in there but he didn't want to have anything to do with it. He had more fun playing with a football and throwing it into the weeds. He was so funny. He'd throw it into the weeds, go pick it up and then do it again.

Max and Logan playing with the football. Logan was mad because Max had the ball.

Logan loved that football!

Dylen and Dax

Afton and her cute friend

Jody did another amazing job with the cake. She's so talented!

Everyone eating the yummy cake.

Pocahontas

The Friday before Thanksgiving Afton got to dress up for school. They were allowed to wear something to go along with the Thanksgiving holiday. Afton borrowed a Pocahontas costume from her friend Paris. So she was able to dress up that day and I have to say she made a pretty cute Pocahontas.

Afton's Sleepover

Afton finally had her sleepover for not sucking her thumb anymore. She invited her friend, Halle, and they had their sleepover on the 21st of November. They were so excited and couldn't wait for that day to come. They have ballet together and during ballet they were all giggly. Their ballet teacher is actually our next door neighbor and heard that they were having a sleepover so she brought them a special treat....some yummy cupcakes. That night they ate some pizza, played dress-up, played barbies, ate their cupcakes, watched a movie and went to bed around 9:30 p.m. The next morning they were up bright and early. They got to play a little while longer and then we took Halle home. They had so much fun together!

Twliight Premiere

Way back when this came out I actually went to the midnight showing. I went with my friend Krissy and then met up with some other friends at the theater. Her older son, CJ, was already there and in line so we were bad and cut in line with him. It was crazy how many people were there. They ended up opening up three theaters to make more room for everyone so the actual theater we sat in wasn't too crowded. It was fun to actually get out with some friends and freeze our butts off. It was pretty cold waiting in line. But we got some hot chocolate and played some skip-bo.

Logan 16 months

Just some new things that Logan is doing.

He's discovered that he can climb on things easier if he takes this little stool around with him. He sets it next to the couch and chair and climbs right on up. He also enjoys spitting which he learned from his brother and sister. When they start making spitting noises, he chimes right in with them. He still loves to eat and has the tummy to prove it. He loves to play basketball with Dax and actually has a really good arm and can make baskets all the time. Some new words/sounds he's saying: ball, meow, dadoo (for Daxon), he tries to make an oinking sound for a pig. When I ask him for kisses he bends his head down so I can kiss his head or he'll turn his cheek so I can kiss his cheek. He won't let me kiss him on the lips anymore.