Happy Halloween!

It always seems to get really busy around the end of each month, I guess now with all of these holidays coming up so quickly it won't get any better. These last few weeks have been filled with chasing after my two VERY energetic children (and all of the Halloween candy only contributes to the craziness!!!):), doing visiting teaching (now I have to drive about 15 minutes to visit each of my sisters, no more walking a few feet to do my visiting teaching!!), we've been going out with the missionaries at least once a week to visit with investigators, we've been going to playgroups and a ward trunk or treat, we've been to the library, shopping, cleaning, etc, etc, etc, etc...I think all of you can relate...it's just been so busy...and my two kiddos continue to keep me on my toes every second of the day!!!:) They have so much energy and are so curious, I just can't keep up with them sometimes...with Scott being gone all day...sometimes it's overwhelming doing it all...but we've been managing to have some good fun among all of the chaos!!!:)

Our ward had a "trunk or treat" this last Saturday...it was pouring pretty much all day so they had to move it inside. They decided to decorate a few classrooms instead. We got to decorate our classroom with another couple (Bobbi and Troy), I'm soooo sad that I didn't take any pictures...it turned out really fun! Bobbi brought a bunch of fun decorations and combined with our stuff our classroom was looking scaaaaryyy!!!!!!! The kids went trick or treating and ended up with a bunch of candy! We had a great time!!! Braden was spiderman...he refused to wear the little mask that came with the costume...oh well...Scott and I decided to take the easy road and we dressed up as doctors!!!

And...Miss Brielle of course wanted to be Cinderella...she LOVES everything princess.

We finally got around to going to a pumpkin patch! It was windy and chilly that day, but Brielle and Braden always manage to have a blast no matter what! They had these really fun tunnels and they played there for about an hour.

On Sunday, we had the great blessing of going to watch the Joseph Smith movie at the visitor's center with the elders and our new friend Sergio. Scott has been going with the elders to teach Sergio for the last month and he is getting baptized in two weeks!!!!!!!!! We are soooo happy!!!! He is such a great guy. So, this last Sunday the elders invited Scott and I to go with them to watch the movie and walk around the temple grounds. I have to say that I bawled my eyes out in the movie!!!! Oh my heck!!!!!! I don't think I've cried that hard in a long, long time. What a powerful movie! If you haven't seen it, you better go watch it! It is amazing! What an awesome production and what a testimony builder of Joseph Smith.

My sister spent a few days with us this week, it is always nice to have her come over. The kids have a great time with her and I'm grateful for her help. We went to Chipotle on Tuesday and it was one of those great days that could have turned into a tragic day. We were walking out of Chipotle and we were taking pictures right outside, this place is like an open mall with shops and restaurants and roads between strips of the stores and restaurants...I don't know if you can picture it...but I got distracted for a second looking at the pictures in my camera that we had just taken. Braden was in the stroller but Brielle was walking. We were standing on the sidewalk, when I looked up, Brielle had ran onto the road and was about to get run over by a car...I screamed and everything just started to go into slow motion...I saw the car...then I saw Brielle...the guy started to slam on his breaks, but he wasn't going to stop in time...then my sister grabbed her (she was closer to her than I was). She seriously was 3 feet from getting killed...just writing about it makes me cry. I bawled my eyes out...It was the worse scare I have ever had in my life...we had a serious talk about holding an adult's hand at ALL times when we are outside...and I just held her for a long, long time and I couldn't hold back the tears. I love my kids so much. I can't see my life without them...it is amazing the love that you feel for your children...you just can't describe it with words. I'm grateful that Heavenly Father was watching over Brielle that day and that my sister was with us.

What would I do without my favorite little girl???!!!!:)

Have I mentioned how much I love my little Braden??? He is a boy after my own heart, he LOVES sucking on lemons or limes! Brielle does too. Growing up I'd always suck on limes with salt...hmmmm!!! soooo good! And I put lemon or lime juice on everything! Somos verdaderos latinos!!!!:)

I promise I don't talk politics with my children...ha ha ha!!!! I seriously don't know how she caught on to that...the only tv we watch is Dancing with the Stars and every time, she's says Barack Obama when he comes on and she also knows John McCain...but I guess...she's decided that she'll be voting for Obama!!! ha ha!!!!!:)