Some of Our Favorite Things

FALL LEAVES!!!

We LOVE to drive up the canyon in fall and look at all of the pretty colors! Halie always wants to take branches of leaves home! It is so fun to be out in the canyon with the crisp air and beautiful surroundings!

FRIENDS!!!

I had the opportunity to attend the General Women' s Conference up at the Conference Center with two great Friends! It was a great night filled with the spirit and great company! Thanks girls!

ICE CREAM BARS!!!

Ok so if you haven't had one of Costco's hand dipped ice cream bars you are more than missing out! It is Costco's amazing vanilla ice cream hand dipped in chocolate and then rolled in almonds and WOW is all that I can say! It is nothing short of amazing! Unfortunately for me Grady LOVES them too and can down one all on his own!

(We do not love so much the major bruise and scratches on Grady's face.)

FOOTBALL!!!

Gotta LOVE football season! My youngest brother Bryce played on the JV and Varsity football team and we had a blast watching him! He loves the game and that is what makes it so fun to watch, unfortunately Bryce broke his ankle half way through the season. Thank goodness he will be up and running and ready for his senior year next fall! We can't wait!!!

September 2009

The Fire Station

Gavin had a field trip to the Pleasant Grove City Fire Station! He was so excited because we missed this field trip last year and so he had never been to the Fire Station before.

First off we got to be the first group to see the BRAND NEW FIRE TRUCK! It is HUGE! The fireman told us all about the truck and all about fire safety, and then we were able to walk through the front of the fire truck! Then one of the kids was chosen to ring the bell, the kids all thought that it was going to be loud and so they all covered their ears!

After looking at the truck, and while the other classes looked at the truck they had all kinds of fun activities for the kids. They had an obstacle course and they had the big parachute out and they also had a station set up for the kids to draw a fire truck! Gavin has two of his friends in his class, Gracie and Ella, and they loved doing this together!

September 2009

Hearts and Flowers

Anyone that knows me knows that I love to do Halie's hair in fun ways and I also love to plant flowers! Growing up I always wanted a sister so that I could dress her up and do her hair, well... I never did get a sister, and that is okay I love my four brothers dearly, so Halie gets to be like my little sister when it comes to dressing up and doing her hair. We found a cool blog that has fun hairdo ideas and so Halie picked out the hearts, of course, and so we gave it a try and it was a lot of fun! We do this frequently and she is always getting comments and she loves it!

By this time of year my flowers that I plant in May are big a beautiful!!! I LOVE flowers! They brighten my day! I grew up with my mother's love for flowers as well and I was always amazed by the way that she would plant them and then the way that she could make them look so beautiful together! My mother has inspired me and is the reason that I have such a love and passion for flowers and making my yard look beautiful! Thanks mom!!!

August 2009

Enjoying the Outdoors

My kids have come to LOVE the outdoors and especially going up into the mountains! My brother Matthew and his family went camping up by Strawberry and so we decided to go up and have dinner with them. We went to the lake and found a spot where we could throw rocks into the water, this is by far one of Gavin's favorite things to do! Surprisingly enough Halie loves the outdoors, with her being such a girly girl it sometimes surprises me what she likes to do! Jed tried to teach the kids how to skip a rock, they just liked to watch their dad & see how many times he could get his rock to skip across the water! This was a new concept to Grady, but being all boy it didn't take long for him to catch on! We then drove into Heber and went to a park where there is a small pond to fish in and a playground for the kids to play on! It was so relaxing and fun to just hang out under the shade and watch the kids play! Grady even tried out fishing, and the monkey bars, and then wanted to wrestle with his little cousin that is half his size! Little Kaysen was a trooper! Gavin and Jayden went fishing together and the picture of them together is one of my favorites!

Fall Carnival

For the past year or so my parent's ward puts on a Fall Carnival that is SO MUCH FUN!!! So even though we are not "in" their ward we get invited to come and enjoy all of the fun festivities! They start out with a bike parade. All the kids come on their bikes and then they get to decorate them with streamers and all kinds of fun things. Then they feed everyone all of the yummy summer and fall BBQ foods! Then the carnival begins! They have snow cones and dunk machines, face painting, and carriage rides! That poor little pony ran all night and I am sure was exhausted by the time the carnival was over!

The kids had a blast and we are looking forward to next year!

August 2009