Bradley's Baptism

Bradley was baptized on Halloween day.

These pictures weren't on his invite, but they show a lot of his personality.

Here he is on his baptism day. All ready to go.

It might not have been Jacob's baptism day, but he still wanted his picture taken.

With Grandpa and Grandma Hatfield

Papa and Nini and Grandma Jones all made the trip up from Arizona to be here on his special day.

It made it an extra special day that he got to share it with his cousin Logan.

Aunt Heather

The baptism was wonderful. Bradley and Logan were the only two baptized this day. Mackayla and Jaden offered the prayers. Nini gave the talk on baptism and Grandpa Hatfield gave the talk on the Holy Ghost. Bradley and Logan sang the baptism song, I Like to Look For Rainbows. They did such a great job. We were all so proud of them. Aunt Amy played the piano and Logan's Grandma Holt led the music. They were both baptized and confirmed by their fathers. It was a perfect day!

We had some cookies afterwards in the gym. I only got a few pictures of some of the people there.

A week before the baptism we tried to have Bradley and Logan practice singing their song for us. They did good but just couldn't help but get silly by the end. :) They were perfectly reverent and adorable at the baptism though.

 We are so proud of Bradley for this decision he made and for all that he has done to prepare for this day. He finished reading the entire Book of Mormon before his baptism and studied a lot about the baptismal covenants. We love you Bradley!

A few more pictures from the baptism photo shoot. Bradley loves this little girl so much!!

Halloween and October

This year we had a butterfly, a vampire, a minion, and Abby Cadabby for trick-or-treating. Halloween was a fun day. It was also Bradley's baptism that morning.

These individual pictures were taken before the ward Halloween party, a couple days before Halloween.

Caitlin wanted to by Elmo for this party.

Family picture at the ward party. My mom and I set up the picture background.

 Jared and Melissa on their way to a party with some friends

This was Friday morning before school.

This was a last minute decision of Caitlin's to be Abby again on Halloween night.

Ready for trick-or-treating

We usually try to face time both sets of grandparents on Halloween so they can see the kids all dressed up. Because of Bradley's baptism, we got to have all the grandparents there with us. What a special treat!

Looking at all the candy she got.

Jacob and Cannon. The Holts joined us that night.

Hanging out with Papa

Aunt Heather all dressed up

Jacob loved getting to visit with Grandma Jones over the weekend.

The rest of October was also filled with fun. Here they are cleaning out pumpkins, and getting ready to carve them.

Their jack-o-lanterns.

I've enjoyed getting to run with the kids at mileage club once or twice a week. I run with Mackayla for the first half hour, and then they boys for the next half hour.

Caitlin always looks so stylish when we drop the kids off at school in the mornings.

She always wants her picture taken with the dog if we go to Target.

Helping Daddy wash his truck one morning

Mackayla got her braces on! She'll have an oral surgery soon to hook a chain onto that lost tooth, and then we can finally pull it down. It's been over two years that she's had that empty space, so this is very exciting.

I got to go with Jacob on his kindergarten field trip to a pumpkin farm. He's always ready to pose!

This is a very typical Jacob face right now. He has a natural swagger that seems to come out for most pictures. So cute! Posing with Isabella.

Riding my bike with my little doggie outside of our storage shed.

• Bradley planted a pumpkin seed in a cup last spring at school. It never sprouted but he didn't give up on it. We hauled that little cup of dirt all the way on our move here. Then one day it miraculously started growing. The plant grew like crazy, but no pumpkins! Then at the end of summer, one pumpkin finally started to grow. It never turned orange but this lone pumpkin is very special!!

Helping make an apple pie

They decided to make it look like a jack-o-lantern

Bradley wanted to paint his green pumpkin orange

Everybody had wonderfully messy spaghetti faces one evening.

The entire time Jared was building the tour house, the kids would play in the house, and they each had their own room that was their "house." They wanted their pictures in their houses before he sold it.

This was Halloween weekend also.