The cutest litte doctor!

We had our ward Halloween party on Friday. We all dressed as doctors, it was a fun, easy, and cheap costume choice. We would have never gone as doctors in Kirksville because it would have been too cheesy since half the town was in medicine, but not here. We got lots of compliments since we all matched. Sami loved her costume and kept her hat on most of the night. She's the cutest little doctor we've ever seen!

I barely fit into Jonathan's biggest scrubs. I chose to wear J's old lab coat that came down to my knees, so I could cover up in front and back.
Jonathan represented the Elder's Quorum in the pie eating contest and HE WON! He won a gift certificate to Cold Stone Ice Cream, yumm-o! Too bad he was sick the rest of the night. After the pie eating contest, we did the trunk-or-treat. One little boy, about 3 years old, came over to us then turned around to his mom and started crying saying "shots first, then candy?" She laughed and said, "no, they just want to give you candy." It was sad and funny at the same time, we never guessed that our costumes would be traumatic for some kids.

We're so glad when Daddy comes home!

Samantha loves it when Jonathan comes home, he's the perfect entertainer. This video proves that I'm not very good at recording, but we love Sami's laugh and wanted to share it. Jonathan is running backing and forth and she thinks it's hilarious.

On the farm with friends

This past Saturday was the perfect day to visit a farm. For the first time since we've been in AZ, the temperature was less than 90 degrees, it was heavenly. We had been looking forward to visiting this dairy farm all week, especially because we were going with our friends Colby, Suzanne, and their daughter Julia. We had a blast! After the farm, we went to Costco and had hot dogs and soda. Then the boys took the girls home and Suzanne and I went to a consignment sale. It was such a fun day!

Sami on the tractor:
Here we are with our friends Suzanne and Julia. Sami and Julia loved the cow and she (or he) gave each of them a kiss.
Notice that I am wearing a sweater around my waist. I listened to the weather man on Friday night and he said to make sure we had jackets for any outdoor activity since it was going to be "cool and breezy." It was in the high eighties, and I felt foolish for packing a coat for Sami. I am learning that "cool" in AZ is not the same as cool in other parts of the US.
Feeding the goats:
Jonathan and Sami with the horse:
These were the weirdest looking chickens I have ever seen. Sami thought so too:

Our Monday Morning

When I woke up this morning, I realized to my delight that it was 7 am and that I woke up without Sami's help. In fact, I didn't hear any sounds coming from her room. I went to check on her and found her sitting up in her crib playing with her blanket. She was so excited to see me and when I picked her up, I realized she was wet all over. Not only was she soaked, but so was her bedding. She LOVES to drink water, so yesterday I let her keep her sippy cup on the floor and anytime she wanted a drink, she just crawled over to her cup and helped herself. Turns out she drank a lot of water, too much for her diaper to handle through the night. So I changed her, and then the bedding, then I gave her a bath. Since it's Monday, my laundry day, most of her play clothes are dirty. So I found these pants in the drawer and decided they were perfect for play. Well, not so perfect since they're already too small but she looks so cute in them I decided to leave them on for the day. This is what I found during her morning nap:

Sami, you keep my smiling all the time! Thanks for the fun times you give me all day long.