Aislee's Dancer Thing

These are some pictures of Aislee playing her "dancer thing" as she calls it! For her birthday, Grandma and Grandpa Webster gave her a ballerina outfit, with a matching outfit for her American Girl Baby! She loves it!

The "Elders"

So, today in church, in Young Womens, our Bishop talked about testimonies. We have a lot of new converts, and investigators come to our ward every Sunday, so topics are pretty basic. He wanted the girls to understand what testimony meetings are, and how you get a testimony. I LOVE my bishop. He is so sweet. He comes from the Boston area, and so he has this great accent, which totally adds to his character. He was telling us about his experience when he was converted, and a lot of times in this ward, I have to stop and think about how weird some things must be for people who haven't grown up in the church like me. I love hearing conversion stories. Anyway, so he's telling us about how he had no idea anything about the Mormon church, he had no idea who Joseph Smith was, but he knew by the way he felt when the Sister missionaries were teaching them, that whatever they were teaching him was of God, and it was true. He told us he remembers telling the Sisters that him and his wife wanted to be baptised, and they were so excited and the Sisters told them that the Elders would be by later that day to interview them. The Bishop was so nervous at that point. He had no idea who "The Elders" were. What were they going to look like, who and what were they? He said he pictured them to be like the Amish people, with tall black hats, and long curly side burns. At the time, my bishop lived in a house with a long driveway, and he kept watching that driveway waiting for a horse and buggy to come along carrying "The Elders". (we were all laughing so hard). Then I turned to my YW President and Counselor and said....can you imagine....not knowing who the "Elders" were, how weird that must have been?? They both said, Yes, We Remember. I had forgotten they too were both converts to the church.
I guess, I'm writing this on my blog, because for one, I love the experiences I'm having out here in the mission field, and what fun, interesting stories I hear. But also, because I guess I want to share how thankful I am to be a part of this LDS church, and to have the knowledge of the gospel. I'm thankful for my parents for helping me live on their testimonies until I was old enough to earn my own. Sometimes, I wonder if I was not raised in the church and was approached by the missionaries, would I have been as faithful? Maybe God knew I wouldn't and so he sent me with parents who would lead the way for me. Thanks Mom and Dad, I'm so grateful for you and I am who I am today because of you!

All By Himself

Easton can drink out of his sippy cup all by himself, and he LOVES IT!

He thinks that it is the coolest thing. Good job buddy! (I've been changing a lot more diapers lately,

because he can't get enough of his cup!)

We're still working on the crawling thing, but no luck there yet!

Happy Halloween

Easton was a monkey this year for his first Halloween, and Aislee was Belle. In this sweet picture of her I told her to smile like Belle does, and that is how she posed! So cute!

Last night we had Trunk or Treat at church. Here's Easton with his best buddy Stephen, dressed up as Jack-Jack! Aren't they so cute!!!
The other picture is Ellie (superstar), Aislee (Belle), Lainey (Snow White), Cliff (Dash), and McKenna (Snow White).

3 Yrs and 9 Mos Stats

So, yesterday, I took the kids; Easton to his 9 month and Aislee to her 3 year, doctors appointments. They are both healthy and happy!
Here are their stats:

Aislee:
Weight: 31 lbs
Height 39 inches
50% across the charts

Easton:
Weight: 24 lbs
Height: 29 inches
90% weight and height, and 70% for head circum.

I was nervous because I knew they would both need a shot, and Aislee, without even knowing about the shot, was really nervous to be there. She would not let go of me. After the doctor did his checkups, I explained to her that she was going to get a shot, and I was waiting for the tears, but they never came. Apparently when I told her that they had sparkly band-aids, hoping it would get her through the anxiety of the shot, it worked! She was so excited for the sparkly band-aid! She ended up needing two shots, and I was so nervous for the 2nd because I thought for sure she'd cry this time, but nope, the brave little girl just looked at me and didn't even flinch. What a tough little girl! Then Easton got his shot, and of course cried, and that's when Aislee got a little teary-eyed because "they made her brother hurt".
I'm just thankful they are both healthy!

The Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Country Junction Pumpkin Festival for Aislee's 3rd birthday! Our friends, the Bastows were there with us! Ais loved it! She had fun trying to pick out her pumpkin.
Every pumpkin was $3, great price right?!

We are going to carve our pumpkins tonight!
This is my favorite part of Halloween, I love carving pumpkins!

Vacation Part 3: Palm Desert

The Conger Family Marriott Resort Vacation of the Year: Palm Desert!!!!

I love these trips! We get to be together and have so much fun at the same time!

Trip Highlights:
Meeting baby Olivia! Sooooooo SWEET! (look at that smile)

Aislee and Easton being with Grandma and Grandpa, cousins, and aunts and uncles

Easton got his first golfing experience riding on the golf-cart with Grandpa

Brian's golfing trips

Laying out at the pool with Sisters and NO kids! RELAXATION

Poolside Pina Coladas

Brian and his hot bod! (Did you see that pic???)

Luxurious Manicures and Pedicures, Aislee got to come with the girls this year!

Playing 21 and chase the Ace with quarters! I won $7! WAHOO

Getting my hair cut--thanks Jaders!

The kids and their bikes--they rode them EVERYWHERE!

Swimming with Aislee and forcing her down the slide because we knew she would like it!

Shopping with Sisters and MOMMY!

Seeing all my nieces and nephews!
Only eating out once during the trip and cooking everything else!

The live music at the pool!

HOT TUBS--and being able to get in. Not pregnant, and not post-surgery!

Palm Trees

Going on a date with my husband, not worrying about the kids!

Watching Aislee get so excited everytime "Papa" or "Selma" walked into the room

Having my sisters and parents get to hang out with my kids

THANKS SO MUCH MOM AND DAD!

I LOVE THESE TRIPS! THANKS FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO ALL BE TOGETHER!
FAMILIES ARE FOREVER!

Vacation Part 2: Disneyland

We took Ais to Disneyland for her 3rd birthday. It was truly a dream come true for her! It was so fun to see her face when she saw the castle and all the princesses. She was a little shy taking pictures with them, but was so excited about it! We went with her cousins: Keagan and Kohen. It was so fun because it wasn't that crowded, so lines weren't bad! She even went to Princess storytime and a ball with the princesses where she got to dance with them all. Of course we did It's a Small World, and Toon Town train. We went in all the Princess stores and she kept saying, oh I need that, and I need this. We watched the parade at night, and in between the acts, her and her cousins would dance in the street. She loved seeing Minnie and Mickey! She watched Mary Poppins sing and dance, and got all sorts of nummy treats!

She got to go on a merry-go-round, and a rocket ride that made me sick, Alice in Wonderland ride and Mr Toads wild ride. We saw Snow White's wishing well, and Ariel's grotto, Aurora's Castle and everything else!
She even stopped to smell the roses!

Vacation Part 1: Malibu

We went to Malibu to see Brian's brother and his family. Cory, his brother, goes to law-school at Pepperdine, so we toured campus. AMAZING! But the best part, is we got to finally meet Baby Ethan! He is so cute and little!!!!! Cory, too bad you have to study so much--you're missing some amazing views! Thanks, Cory, Lisa and baby Ethan for dinner, it was great to see you guys. We'll see you at Thanksgiving!

Best Buds

I love how much my kids LOVE each other!