Happy Halloween!!

Carvin' pumpkins

Last night Krissy and I brought the mess to Stewarts and carved pumpkins with the kids. And we even got dinner made for us. It was a win win. The mess was at someone elses house and we didn't have to make dinner. Thanks Sheila!!





Owen thought football was a better plan yesterday than hanging out with us. He spent the day up at Weber State watching all the Mini Bowl games. 12 hours of football is a little too much for some people, but not Owen. He had his own little pumpkin party this morning though.

Today was his chance

Last week, when Davis sprayed his hair pink, he was SO upset with me because I didn't let him go to school with pink hair the next day. Well, this week is Red Ribbon Week, and it just so happens that today was "crazy hair day". So yes, Davis got to go to school today with pink hair.

Take Ally to work day....BIG mistake!

Ally spent the day with her grandparents today. Dave picked her up from school, and Sheila brought her home later, but she had to go into work first. Sheila does alterations for a friends dress shop. Ally loves this store and going to work with Grammy. By time I got there to pick up Ally, she was completely undressed in the dressing room with a pile of dresses that she HAD to try on. She was in heaven and had a great time, but she was one sad little girl when we walked out (about an hour later) without a dress. Too bad she doesn't understand that if she is patient she will get one of these dresses for Christmas, Grammy can't say no like I can :)

Fall Carnival

Six months ago, we got an invitation to a family fall carnival. I put the invitation on my fridge and I've been asked when it was every day since. My kids were so excited that it worked out that we could come down for the weekend. They love any chance to get away and play. Dad and Dianne worked so hard for this weekend, thank you SO very much. Dianne has a way of making everything an event, and a grand one at that!! Thank you thank you!

Toquerville must do's

The kids love coming down to Toquerville. Ally wants to see the neighbor dogs that are friends with Jaylee (my dads dog), and the boys always want to go down to the creek and jump in. So we came to visit this weekend, and what did we end up doing first thing? We went for a walk, and stopped to say hi to Trouble (Ally's favorite neighbor dog) and to play in the creek. We got 2 important (according to the kids) things checked off our list of must do's when we come to Toquerville, tomorrow we will pick up where we left off!!

Tag-a-longs!

Today Ally's preschool went on a fieldtrip to Black Island Farms. What a fun place! My kids have been with friends before, but I've never been and we had a great morning together playing on the slides, getting lost in the corn maze, going on tractor rides, swinging, watching pig races, & feeding animals. I have been wanting to take my kids to a corn maze, but with all their activities I've been having a hard time fitting it in. When I got the info. about this fieldtrip, it said siblings were invited and it was only $4 vs. $15 regular price. I didn't think twice about taking advantage of this and letting the boys sluff school for the day. I figured hey it is a short day and the day before UEA so why not?!?

Pretty in Pink

Davis got into the colored hairspray tonight. He wanted to go to school like this tomorrow, and at the moment he is in the bath washing his hair....and mad at me.

All by herself

Ally has been working on writing her name. She is doing a pretty good job.

Progress

This picture is a big milestone for my boys. They may act tough, but like I said in an earlier post, they are terrified of the scarey factor of frightmares. Side note...they may or may not have gotten their scaredy catness from their mother. But, look at them being all brave with this chainsaw guy. Why do complete strangers have to ruin pictures? So just ignore the dorky boys behind the chainsaw yielding lagoon employee and focus on my boys and be proud of their braveness!!

Fall Drive

One of my very most favorite things to do the whole year, got a little out of hand today:) We went for a drive to see the beautiful leaves and ended up clear up past Bear Lake. Funny though, because I have never been to Bear Lake, and now I've got a vacation planned for next summer! It was a fun drive, a little long, but so many pretty leaves. We had lunch at a park in Logan, and that was a good stop to get out and stretch and let the kids feed the ducks, and go wander around for a bit. My kids were great sports, and didn't get too upset until my love of fall made them late for a family dinner at Carries. Thanks for waiting for us everyone, my kids were pretty worried everyone would be done and gone by the time we finally got there (we were really only 45 minutes late, but to a little girl wanting to see her cousins, it may as well have been 3 days). A night playing with cousins trumps their crazy mother and her fall drives any day!

Favorites pics of the day

I think Gator feels left out at games. I am busy taking pictures and watching the games. Today I thought I had lost her. She had found a nice spot to sit and eat her cotton candy. I was really sad when she came up to me and said "mom can you just hold my hand." Ahh of course. She is pretty high maintenance, and doesn't like to be forgotten about.

Owen has been lucky enough to have the same coach for his 5 years of football. Coach Hadley is amazing, and I know he really cares about his team. Owen loves his coaches, and they have been great to look after us with Clark being on the road.

And oh my gosh, I love it when I can actually get a good action photo. My man Davis is a stud! Look at this great tackle. He almost had the ball...so close D Stew!