More on Halloween

My very sweet sister Shannon invited us to attend Boo at the Hogle Zoo on Halloween. I took Ike and Sabrina and we spent the day with their cousin Mitch, seeing cool animals and collecting candy. It was a great day to spend with my sister and we had a lot of fun. Sabrina was so happy the entire day and I am so glad that we could go.

Halloween 2010

Halloween has come and gone, except for the candy of course. My kids love holidays and especially ones where they get to dress up. This year Isaac chose a Fireman, since the local fire department came to visit in the month of October at his school. He received a hat from them and wore everyday after school during October. We made his costume from some duck tape and used clothing. He loved it. Sabrina was tigger. No her first choice in costumes, but I talked her into it, knowing that Halloween is not usually a warm night. She would have rather had been a fairy princess, a tinker bell, or something pink. But since it did rain on Halloween night I was grateful for the tigger costume. Autumn was a bear. She didn't enjoy the head part, but she too remained toasty and warm while we trunk or treated in the muddy rain at our church's little party. Carving pumpkins was eventful, but we managed to finish the project with no human cuts and only a little mess.

October fun

In early October we had the opportunity to go to St. George to see Grandma and Grandpa Gordon and to play with Coby and Mekenzie's kids at the spray park in St. George. We also got to attend our newest niece's baby blessing. The picture with all of the cousins is adorable, don't ask me why my kids just couldn't smile. Oh well.

More Fall updates 2010

The kids really enjoyed riding in the lawn mower wagon this summer. Each time we started to mow our field they were in the wagon. A few times they had snacks, sometimes they took naps but most the time they just squinted their eyes so avoid the dust. We went on a little drive up the mountains and saw down into the copper mine. It was an incredible view, and I am grateful we all made it back into the car safely. And last is Sabrina at the Great Salty Lake.

Erda has beautiful sunsets. This one topped them all this summer. Sabrina finally was very successful in getting potty trained. So in our family it is a huge deal, so we had a pooping party. The cake was very tippsy, but she loved it anyway. Our biggest accomplishment this summer was growing a garden. We grew tomatoes, carrots, squash- that produced for nearly 4 months,green peppers, a handful of peas,corn on the cob, and pumpkins. It was a enjoyable for the whole family especially come harvest time and the kids would pick the veggies and say, "look what we found".

More photos

These are pictures of Ike and Autumn just loving one another. They are the best of friends. Ike at the Great Salt Lake, and his first day of First Grade. My cute girls dressing up... still a daily affair. The last is one of Ike's great cousins Katie who we live next door to. They play together every chance they get.

More updates

So these pictures are in random order as well. We have spent a little time getting to know the great Tooele valley while living here. When we first arrived Isaac decided that cowboys were in style. He even made up a cute song and played his guitar to anyone who would listen. We visited the Great Salt Lake one afternoon. It was salty to say the least but they kids loved it, and even attempted to swim in it. And we visited the Tooele Valley Railroad. The kids enjoyed seeing the trains and learning a little bit about the Tooele Valley from the sweet lady who was our guide.

Updates

It has been a while since I updated and with day light savings today, I was afforded an extra hour. So here are a bunch of photos from the past six months in somewhat of an order, hopefully I will do better the next six months. We have had a great summer and are now well into fall and enjoying it.

This is from our camping trip on the 4th of July. We celebrated by going to the Provo parade with cousins and then went camping. It was a blast. The kids were tired just after the parade, but perked up when we set up the tent.


Early in the summer we also went hiking with Grandma and Grandpa Huff, Aunt Stacy, Uncle Kurt and Aunt Kristie. It was a short hike so it was perfect for the kids.