Painting Pumpkins

Dallin and Kailee LOVE to be creative, so what better way to show creativity than lots of paint and a plain pumpkin!!

Pink, of course!

Trojan colors????

The finished products:

Iron Man, Frog Prince, and a Birthday Cake

Barnyard Boo

Thanksgiving Point has some pretty fun activities for Halloween. We went to Farm Country for Barnyard Boo. The kids and their friends had a lot of fun doing all the activities that were available. There are a lot of pictures, but the last 3 pictures have a story to them...

Cookies...

Crafts...

Cheesy smiles...

Croquet...

Pony rides...

Cowboys...

Bowling...

Cute family in cutout pumpkins...

Tattoos...

Sleepy Hollow carriage ride...

and fear of the Headless Horseman!!!

During the Sleepy Hollow carriage ride, we saw the Headless Horseman. We all thought it was a statue. When it started moving, we figured it was a dummy on the horse, then it started following us trying to reach for our heads. At that point, the kids were super freaked and Kailee was almost in tears. When we got off, they started laughing about it. 5 minutes later, he started making its way up to us. Of course, Kailee was bawling her eyes out. Fear of losing her head, I guess. We had to let her know it was just a costume. After that, she tried to convince us she wasn't scared whatsoever, but would NEVER go on the ride again. I love being scared at Halloween time!

Friends

When you don't live by family, you learn quickly how important friendships are. We were able to have a fun week with friends that we see all the time, old friends we haven't seen in a long

 time, friends we should see more often, and make 1 new friend (that I wouldn't mind not ever seeing again...picture will explain!!!).

Alexa, my best friend from high school, came up to SLC for work. I was able to go out with her and meet up with Cache, another friend I grew up with.

One night was GNO. We danced and watched people dance....I'll tell you I forgot how entertaining a single person can be when they think they rock...better than Chris Farley trying out for Chippendales with Patrick Swayze.

While all the dads were at priesthood session, the kids and moms had a cupcake night. More kids came later, so the kids had fun decorating, licking, playing, eating, and more playing, while all the moms got to talk and just enjoy adult company.

Tylie's little buddy, Jameson, is going to be a lifesaver in nursery. It's really cute to watch them play together. Luckily, Chaunda, it's next month!!

This is Dallin's new friend, Superman. If he never came back to play, I would perfectly fine with it.

We went to the Jazz game with Jenn and Nate. Whenever we are with them, we always have fun, even  if the Jazz doesn't win...

Jamie and I have been friends forever! She is moving next month, which is super sad, but luckily enough we got to spend 3 days in a row with her! The only thing that would have made it better, would have been to have Janna Hart Lee here.

We wanted to watch a scary movie, and I think Skeleton Key had just the right amount of fear factor in it for us. We tried to pose, but like always, we couldn't stop laughing!

Handbags

This website is launching Wednesday and is giving away a free purse on the hour for 24 hours!!! Love it!! 

Handbag Planet

Almost a month later

Dallin

Soccer is going well. He had his first Jog-A-Thon a couple weeks ago. He was very excited that Troy and Garbiella (HSM) and Hannah Montana were there. (Obviously not the real characters). His first school pictures were taken last week and I can only imagine how they are going to turn out! He is a funny kid that does what he wants. I checked on him last night and he was wearing an authentic russian hat (the kind that you can tie the ear pieces up or pull them down to cover your ears and neck) that my parents got him on their European cruise, in bed. Dead alseep. When I took it off of him, it was drenched!! At least I know it will keep him warm in the winter.  

Kailee

Where do I begin with her???? She loves gymnastics and practices on my couch. Preschool is still going well and haven't had to convince her to go...yet. What else, oh yes, she got hit by a car and fell into a pool. Luckily, not in the same day. Those are longer stories, so they will have to be later posted or actually told in person. She is fine and healthy. No hospital visits, just stories to tell.

Tylie

Thank goodness for a good baby. She is finally walking, which is really weird. She is still very small and doesn't look like she should be walking.  Last Thursday, tubes were put into her ears and she had an adenoidectomy. She is an amazing little girl! We thought for sure we were going to be spending the night, but we were able to come home the same day. She is also my little entertainer. My mom came up (to help me out since we had no idea whether or not we were staying overnight) and Tylie kept her laughing. The little girl can pull the best faces. 

Accidents Happen

The past couple days have left marks that show accidents do happen. The other day, I put Tylie in her high chair. When I went to get her tray to "lock" her in, she stood up and fell head first onto the floor. When I picked her up, all I saw was a red mark on her forehead and nose. The next morning, she had a big scab on the tip of her nose. The picture of Ty was taken 3 days after, so you can imagine how big it was (sorry about the milk dribbling out, it was 10:30pm and we were trying to get her back to sleep). 

Then last night, we had some friends over and while we were walking them out, Kailee burst into blooding murder screaming. Gus brought her in and yelled for me to take her. Her lip was bleeding and she wouldn't calm down. The story she told me was that she hit Dallin's head while playing hide and seek. From Dallin and his little friend, her head bounced of his stomach (abs of steel?????) and her face hit the rock pillar outside. Needless to say, I was pretty nervous to check the inside of her lip. Luckily, her tooth didn't cut through, but her gum is bruised. The pictures are pretty sad. It doesn't even look like Kailee. She is totally fine now. As I am posting this, she is racing her stick pony with her little friend against Dallin and his buddy. Amazing how fast kids recuperate!!

After School Activities

Dallin loves soccer. He loves to run, kick things, and go crazy, so what other sport is better for a 5 year old boy? His team is a bunch of boys from our ward and most are his little buddies. They all have fun playing together. Kailee was obsessed with Olympic Gymnastics this summer. She would sit there and watch them do everything. When her first day came to go to her gymnastics class, she thought that I was taking her to Beijing.  Funny how little minds think. She was really good at the balance beam. I was quite surprised how easily it came to her. Even when she was told to hop along it, she had perfect stance and balance! Here are a few pictures of the kiddos doing what they love.