This fall was especially beautiful. I love when the edge is taken off the heat and being outside is once again lovely. Jon and I drove out to the lake one night because the sky!
Sadie was in town to get Raegan settled at BYU and we had to see her place- we even did a little re-arranging in her dorm room for her. The kids were excited to attend the Homecoming parade, a first for us. But apparently not for Christian who came fully prepared with his Halloween bucket. He knows what's coming, this isn't his first
rodeo parade.
Aww, the kids still bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for school! Pedro comes over every morning pretty early. Sometimes I can hear the doorbell while I'm still in bed! But it gets Adren up, and Pedro really is so sweet. He usually grabs a plate and joins us for breakfast.
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| Eli had already bolted. He's trying to earn a dollar from his teacher this year with perfect attendance and will not risk that for anything. |
My secretary and her husband part-own Nickel City in Orem and were able get the youth in for practically free for mutual. Have you ever played lazer tag? Not to brag or anything, but I got 2nd place. Probably because Bridger was on the opposite team ;)
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| What a (big) group! |
We went on plenty of fall outings throughout the month. First stop was Gardner Village to find the witches!
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| Oh, my word what a cutie. |
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| Paisley got her own personal makeover! |
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| Can you see the star on her cheek? That glitter in her hair would last for months and months. |
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| This was cause for me to relax the rest of the evening. |
Next stop: Pumpkin Land! Adren bowed out of this one. He really has been coming here for a good ten years. I was so glad we fit this in because I heard the Vineyard place closed shortly after Christmas!
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| Amazed at the maze. |
I know the following pictures are a bit much, but they're for ME. I love all the kids faces in each one.
Good~bye Punkin Land!
Adren with his after school snack...
We made plans to head to St. George for fall break, only to find out Christine and Cameron and girls were already down there. Jon talked to Christine and said we should press on anyway, a great chance to spend some time together. We rarely even saw each other, we all had our own agenda. It turned out to be a great trip!
Those red rocks in the fall are something else! The kids sure love to hike and explore. This is a great spot right near Hurricane.
And when that evening sun sets, it's so pretty!
Paisley got her hair professionally braided by Christine and wanted a picture.
We decided on a movie night and when we arrived at the theater Paisley
refused to see Goosebumps with the boys. She and I went to Jem and the Holograms instead. We were the
only ones in the theater. In fact, we are
the only ones to see that movie. I was texting Jon my pain throughout the movie. The last scene is Jem performing at her concert. (sorry for the spoiler) Paisley and I got up and were dancing along and whooping and hollering it up. The boys movie got out before ours and they came in and joined us.
Zeke having some fun with some Halloween glasses.
He wore them all the time and I thought he looked so cute.
My Laurels planned a night of pumpkin crafting. They're so sweet.
Eli created a cool circuit house and I enjoyed visiting for the grade walk-through.
Fall foot-ball. This is a fun scene to pull up to on a Saturday and see.
