217 day, 31 weeks Update

Here we are now in November!!! YAYA!! The time started to slow down around September as the dates got closer to October. Adam left Afghanistan and arrived in Fort Bragg October 25th!! Now we are waiting to hear when he can come home. People keep asking me if we have a date yet, but this is how the Army is.. haha .. They never give us dates before hand because it can compromise safety and security of the troops. So as soon as he is on the plane is usually when I know. It's hard to plan anything around it. We are just hoping he is home in time for Thanksgiving. Adam is wanting to surprise me and the kids also so it will be very likely that I will have no idea when he will arriving anyways. And for those that will know don't tell me anything!! ;) We are just so excited to get him home we can hardly stand ourselves! Kyly is certain he is still in Afghanistan, which is fine its hard to understand at her age. Until daddy is home he will be there. Its just such a relief knowing he is safe again. This Friday is his Birthday he will be turning the big 30! I wish he were home to celebrate with but we will for sure be making up for it when he gets home... 

Halloween was good fun this year. The kids were so shocked that I wasn't in my typical holiday spirits.. ok so was everyone.. But I did manage to get some decorations up and an awesome front porch scare for Halloween night! Keplar was a ninja and Kyly was a Fairy princess and I was a futuristic goth. We went trick-or-treating with our good friends and neighbors the Anhder's as always! :)  The kids had their fall parties at school the following day and I was able to attend those. Kyly's was cute and fun she had a really good time. Keplar's was amazing! We have some amazing parents at our school who step up and really do an outstanding job! They did a Harry Potter party and even had a magician!! I got a video of it I will post later for you all to watch. As for me I have been staying busy with my Photography and my It Works business. I'm pretty well consumed with being a Mother, photographer, church callings, and everything else! :) I'm starting to be able to breath again after Fall family pictures are over. They all have turned out beautiful too!! I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween too and are looking forward to the upcoming holidays as well! :) 

Halloween Party

Due to sickness at our home the day before Halloween it has caused us to cancel the Halloween Party that I have been planning. I'm really kind of sad about I was looking forward to having so much fun with all those cute kidos. Next year I will make sure and do it sooner so in case I need to cancel I will have plenty of days to reschedual it.

Yellowstone Bear World 10-10-09

With Keplar, Kaiden, Kyly, and Grandma Stoddard we loaded up in the car and headed down for a fun afternoon at Yellowstone Bear World. Wow, was it amazing. The animals were all very active. The bears and the wolves were all over the palce. Never have a got to be so close o a bear as it was right next to the car as we drove by. Kyly slept through the driving part, but Kaiden and Keplar were loving every minute of it. Afterwards, we went into the petting zoo. It was so much fun kyly loved the animals as they would come up to her and receive her loves. Kaiden was a big help guiding Keplar around seeing all the animals. He really wanted to pet a chicken, but relized they were a little to fast for him. Then after that we watched the bear cubs. They are sooo cute!! They are like little teddy bears that look so loveable.

Then of course the RIDES!!! They were the highlight of the trip.. I even rode on the roller coaster with Kyly and the boys. It was alot of fun to watch Keplar and Kyly having so much fun.

Bear Lake 10-3-09

For General Conference as a Bagley family tradition we go to the condos for the weekend. It was really fun. We went up there with Sue and Cleve, Skyler, and Jen. It was great just enjoying each others company. Keplar and Kyly had a lot of fun playing out at the playground on Saturday. I took Keplar and Kyly down to the lake and spent some time playing down there. I was amazed to see that what I thought were rocks were actually thousands of tiny little shells. It was really neat. We played in the water although, it was a pretty cold day we didn't get wet. To bad I have never been there to go swimming. It was really pretty all around the leaves were starting to change colors and the crisp Autumn air was refreshing. It only could have been better if Adam was there with us to share these memories.

Halloween

If you can't tell that I love halloween and I am so excited for it this year. I am doing a halloween party for my neices and nephews. I have started planning this and have found some really neat ideas for food receipes. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them. So far everything is planned out, but there is always room for improvements. I hope ya'll have a haunting good halloween.