Halloween

 Braxton wanted a scary costume this year and decided on the  GRIMM REAPER!  I have to say his costume was pretty creepy especially when they eyes glowed red. 

 Our ward primary did a service project of trick or treating with the elderly patients at a assisted living.  The kids were not to sure of what to think about that but it was good for them to get out of their comfort zone and talk to people.  Corbin was really good about giving people hugs.  I think Dylan even did it too.

 Corbin was a Ninja Turtle Leonardo and Dylan was a Dino Power Ranger.  Dylan loves Power Rangers and watches it all the time it cracks me up that he likes it so much and he is almost 3 yrs old. 

 We did a trunk or treat at the YMCA parking lot because we were going to be out of town on Halloween.   Kevin had a counting education course to go to in Utah so we were there for Halloween.  The kids had a lot of fun trick or treating with cousins.  Jessica and Brian even took them around their neighborhood.  Lets just say these kids had more then enough candy!!

 On our way back home we stopped to visit the Grandparents.  I think this was their first time meeting baby Ella!   So it was a fun visit!

While we were out there Jessica also had her wedding shower so it was nice because I was able to come and help out a little bit.  We are really excited for Brian and Jessica they will make a great couple.

Fall Fun

 My Parents came down for a visit so we decided to go check out a show and went to see Zarkana it was interesting.  It was definately a Cirque show and they did some really cool tricks. 

 This is a picture of some of the Zarkana Crew.  We took pictures outside of the Aria it is a pretty cool hotel.

 We went to a little pumpkin patch that had fun rides for the kids to play on.   Little miss Ella loves being held by Grandpa!

When you are the youngeset girl of three boys you learn how to use a sword pretty quick.  Ella at 8 months swinging the sword!!

Baldwin family visits

 Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin were able to come visit and they even brought Jaxton and Khloe with them.  Corbin was so excited to have his favorite two cousins here!!   We had to take them to check out the M&M Factory they all had a lot of fun there. 

 We all know how Grandma feels about Coke so we had to take her picture with the Coke Bear.   The kids had a lot of fun doing sleep overs in the play room and just playing around.  It is so fun when family visits.

 Se celebrated Kevin's Birthday he is 32 years old!!  Man we are getting old!   He is such an amazing man and are lucky to have him in our lives.  Little miss Ella is getting so big she is about 9 months here and growing so fast!!   At her 9 month appointment she was ~23 lbs- 95%, 29 inches- 85%, 18 inches head- 90%.   She has always been a little chunk but she is so happy and always has a big smile on her face!!

We went to Gravady and the kids love it there.  Ella always wants to be doing what ever Dylan is doing.  So she went in the foam pit too!  We love these crazy little kids!!

Back to school

This was the kids on the their first day of school.  We had to snap some pictures before they headed off.  Corbin is going into Kindergarten and was so excited to go to school.  They just changed it to all day Kindergarten this year which I was excited about and Corbin did great!  Corbin's teacher name was Mrs. Rivarde we were a little nervous because she was new to the school this year and we did not know much about her.  But man did we hit the teacher Jackpot she was Amazing and Corbin loved her!

 Braxton is heading into 3rd grad and his teacher was  Mrs. Proffitt.  He was a little nervous because it was a new school but at least he knew one kid in his class.  He was a little sad that summer was over and did not want to go back to school yet.  Corbin was so excited though!!

The kids get to ride a bus and they ride with some friends from the ward so that makes it even better.  They ride with the Eves kids.  Dylan and Sarah were waiting and watching so closely as their siblings boarded the bus.  Corbin was so excited this was his first time riding the school bus!!  They are getting so big!

Corbin's 6th Birthday Knight Party

This year Corbin wanted  to do a knight themed birthday party.  We found all these cute helmets and swords at the dollar store so we decided to go with that theme.  It turned out fun and the kids loved it.  Those toys have lasted I still have swords and helmets around my house from it.

 We had it all set up on the table so the kids could grab it as they came in and we had two teams for the kids to be on for the tournament. 

 We had a Tournament of Knights and even had a treasure to go with it.  The kids battled then of course they needed refreshment.   Corbin does not really like cake so we had a bunch of different kinds of cookies.

 All the cute little knights!!! 

We had to have a Dragoon to slay and man did they have fun attacking the dragon!!!  Who would not want to fight a dragoon that spits candy!!  It was a great party and we love celebrating this amazing son of ours!  Corbin you are getting so big!  You better stop growing up so fast!  We love you!!

Summer Fun

I was surprised I did not take more pictures of our trip to Big Bear California!  But we rented a cabin and went and stayed up there.  Our friends the Sessions joined us!  It made it a lot of fun to have them come with us.  The kids had a great time together, as did the adults.  We went hiking, rented a skido for the day and played on the lake, we went down the Alpine slide and walked around the cute little town.  It was a fun little trip and not to far away so it was really nice. 

 Ok this is our crazy moment we decided to buy a fun playset for the kids.  Problem it only came in 1 billion pieces!!!  It took us a week to put it together and that was working on it a lot!!  Next time I think we will pay to have it put together that was not a fun project.  Plus it was hot so we were sweating our guts out!!  But in the end it turned out pretty great and the kids like it a lot!   It is nice to have a park in your own backyard!

 My cute little Ella I could not resist taking a picture!  I think she is around 7 months.

 We went to an outdoor play up in red rock and watched Tarzan.  It was a lot of fun and the kids actually did pretty good and stayed entertained so that is always a bonus!!

So our Neighbor has some dessert tortoises and he let us have some!  They were so cute and fun to watch the kids had a blast with them.   The only problem was the birds!  Who knew that  the crows eat them!   The flew in and stole our tortoises.  The kids were so sad about it that is how they convinced us it was time for a dog.

Here is our new addition to the family!  Fluffy.  I am not really a pet person at all but the kids really wanted to have a dog so I told them they have to take care of it or I would give her away.   They have done a pretty good job.  I was an adjustment having a little fluffy pet in the house but she is pretty good.   I liked her a lot more once we got a dog door and she was potty trained.  Oh the joys of owning a pet.  But the kids are so happy and it is cute to watch them with her!!!

Fourth of July

We had a pool party and fireworks at our house with the Sessions family and the Torres Family.

 The kids loved all the fireworks and swimming in the new pool!!  When it got dark we sat in the front yard and watched the neighbors firework show!  Plus you could see a lot from all over.

Ella and Dylan on the 4th Getting ready to go swimming!

More Fireworks, they loved running through the smoke bombs.

We were making a card for my Mom's Birthday so I took all these cute photos of the kids with balloons!!  I love how it turned out  these cute kids are my world.  Braxton is 9, Corbin is 5, Dylan is 3, Ella is about 7 Months.

Utah Trip/ Braxton 9th Birthday

While we were in Utah we made a fun trip to Lagoon and the kids loved it!  Braxton thought it was awesome because he got to go hang out with Brian and Jessica and go on all the big rides!  All of the kids had fun through even little baby Ella who is about 6 1/2 months old!

 Corbin and Jaxton Loved going on the rides together!  Every time we go to Utah Corbin, Jaxton and Khole just play around the whole time they absolutely love it!

 We had a Birthday Celebration for Braxton while we were out there.  He had a Peanut Butter Cake and Ice cream.  We swam and of course he was spoiled by the Grandparents!!

Crazy KIds

The Many faces of miss Ella!!  She is seriously one of the happiest babies!   She is always quick to smile and laugh we love having her in our family!  She is about 6 months old here.  She is sitting on her own.

 Shortly after moving into our new house Crazy little Dylan was taking a nap and decided that the walls needed a little art work.  Well he did not have any Crayons or pain in his room so he used what he had at his disposal.  POOP!!!  So gross he wiped it on the walls the door and the Carpet.  I wanted to puke!  Let's just say I was not a happy mom!!

 This cute little chubby girl is 6 months old and so cute and fun we all just love having her in our family!!!  She is keeping up with Baldwin tradition and has her tongue hanging out!

 This made me laugh so hard!!!  Ella was sitting on the bed and Dylan go in front of her and said here Ella eat my body!!!  Love them!

This is the boys monster faces!  I was trying to tell them to be monsters and this is what it looks like!!  I do love these crazy kids though even though they drive me crazy. 

Family Photos

We needed to have some new family pictures with this cute sweet little girl.  So we had Megan Gnetting a girl from our ward meet us at the Smith Center to do our photos.

 We all just adore this sweet baby girl so much!!  She is 4 months old in these pictures and just cute as a button.  She was pretty tired though so it was hard to get her to smile normally she is the happiest baby around.  But she is pretty somber in some of these but still so adorable!  We love you Ella!

 These boys all adore their little sister.  Plus they are all such handsome boys!   They are getting big to fast.

 This is how most of our pictures turn out most kids not looking and making faces but still cute!

 Braxton is almost 9 years old in these pictures.  He is so smart and such a big helper.  He is really into studying maps right now.  You can ask him where anyplace in the world is and he would be able to tell you.  He reads an atlas for fun. 

 Corbin is so fun and sweet.  He can be the sweetest kid ever or turn evil.  He can have a Dr. Jekyll/ Mr. Hyde personality but he is getting better every day.  He is loving preschool and loves all his friends there. 

 We often refer to this guy as Mr. Personality  he loves to make faces and be the center of attention.  He loves to do things that get you to laugh.  He love following Corbin around he does everything Corbin does.