Pre carnival

 

Toquerville Tour

We woke up Saturday and went for a walk around town, to see the sights of Toquerville.  It was a short walk, there isn't much to see.  One time when we were in town, we had the kids at the park (we didn't get that in our tour dang it), and a man was talking to us there and asking us where we were from.  He was raised in Toquerville, and he said the only thing you could buy in Toquerville was a stamp.  I thought that was funny, so we had to include the post office in our tour of course.  We saw the Toquerville Rock, a museum, and the town hall.  Ok there may not be a lot to see in Toquerville, but we always manage to have a great time when we visit.

Halloween party/Birthday

Clarks grandpa is turning 80 this week and the family had a party for him on Sunday evening.  We had just barely gotten back in town from Toquerville, so all of our costumes were still dirty from the carnival, but the boys have these crazy morph suits and I raided Ally's dressup drawer so we were able to dress up and join the fun of the party. 

Change up

The boys started the basketball season this week.  Done with one sport and on to the next.  Basketball is a little rough in the beginning, they are still in football mode and are pretty aggressive and they are used to snapping the football hard, so they need to soften it just a bit when shooting the basketball.  They both did great though!

Cousins

We've had some fun days with our cousins lately and I haven't posted any pictures.  I know....shocking.  I always post pictures.  We love playing with our cousins! 

 

After football/soccer treat

Lagoon.  The boys didn't want to go (they were mourning the football season coming to an end.)

Dinner and 4 wheeling in the backyard 

Another night of Frightmares when Owen and Davis wanted to join us.

Family Dinner, and a delicious cake to celebrate Lu.

While the guys and older boys were at Priesthood session, we got together for a Fondu night at Krissys.  Yum!

When you have a little sister

I remember the day I told Owen and Davis they were having a little sister.  They were excited, but knew their life would change.  I told them that when she wanted to play tea party or barbies, they would need to play along.  The level of excitement for having a sister dropped....significantly.  They were mortified at the thought of having to trade in their trucks and video games and "boy toys" for dolls and tea cups and barbies.  Well, along came Ally.  And even though they are rough tough boys, they have a soft spot in their heart for their sister.  Luckily she is a princess tom boy.  She loves to play with her barbies and babies, but also with all their boy toys.  She just usually has her princess dress or accessories on while playing football or video games.  And only once in a great while does she ask them to play along with dressing up.  And please don't EVER mention to Owen and Davis that I posted these pictures.  I will be on their bad side for days probably months. 

 

Gator and Bella cuddling

My mornings are crazy.  Showers, breakfast, double checking homework, car pool, packing lunches, bus stop, jackets, brushing teeth etc. etc.  This week and next are going to be extra busy with the book fair going on at school and a few extra things going on, so I was a tad jealous when I came upstairs from getting Davis out to the bus at the last second this morning.  Gator doesn't have school on Thursday's so she got her pillow MY blanket (the nerve of her when I have to be out of my warm soft bed to steal my blanket)  and her dog and got back in bed to enjoy some cartoons.  Sad for her though it didn't last too long, cause if I'm busy that means she is busy.  Poor girlie just has to go along with me and all my errands. 

 

 

My Fall Day

Once a year, I make the plans and no one can complain.  Luckily no one tries to complain, they all know me and know I am so in love with this time of year.  I plan a whole day, usually conference Sunday, to go for a drive to enjoy the beautiful season.  I pack a lunch and we listen to conference as we drive.  This year we went up into East canyon.  It was amazing, so many reds and yellows.  The kids can't complain about pictures on my day either, that is just the rules.  And I take advantage of it!

We like Liberty Park, so that is where we stopped to get out and eat lunch and play for a bit.  We were there for a couple hours, it was just such a beautiful day, and the kids were actually getting along and playing together.  I could've stayed there all day.  I loved today!  Davis shared his lunch with a squirrel that we saw in a tree.  This little guy entertained all of us for quite some time.  Davis would run over to the tree and put a cheeto on the ground, then we would watch and sure enough every time the squirrel would come down grab the cheeto in his mouth and run back up the tree.  He had a very full belly I'm sure by the time we were done. 

Liberty Park has a big hill that the kids like to roll down.  It is a very "kid" activity, I always loved doing this.  Now it makes me sick to even watch let alone actually do it.  Davis decided to challenge Owen to roll down as fast as they could then jump right up and run back up the hill.  Owen did this with not much problem, but Davis, well as you can see he fell flat on his face. 

It was a great family fall day.  If schedules allow, I may try to squeeze another fall day in.