Play date with tupperware

This is Taylor's favorite place to play. It also happens to be my tupperware cupboard. I have stopped cleaning it and organizing until she gets over her fascination with pulling everything out, throwing it all over the floor and then climbing inside. She does this whenever I am in the kitchen cooking, cleaning, doing projects etc. So, she does this over and over all day long. It makes her so happy. So, for now I take 10 minutes to find a matching container and lid and let her have her fun. Gotta love this age.

Costume Craziness

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. We seriously wore our costumes about 6 times. We threw a great Halloween party this year, and then had fun going to school parties and parades, family parties, Trunk or Treat, Halloween piano recital, and Trick or Treating for the Grand Finale! The kids were so cute and loved to be in costume, but we are definitely ready to put the costumes away. Makayla was Bat Girl. Seth was Zorro. Brynley was a Princess Witch. Taylor was the cutest Lil' Punkin'. Dave was a Wizard and I was a Witch. What a crazy and fun holiday.

Carving Pumpkins!

Carving pumpkins is always one of my favorite things to do. We had our sweet neighbor Florence over to help and watch us carve our pumpkins this year. Makayla and Seth carved theirs alone. It took forever, but it was very entertaining to watch them try and cut out the different pieces. Dave is our awesome gutter! He cleans out all the guts for us and then we can carve. We only had one teeny tiny pumpkin grow in our garden this year. Brynley chose to carve that one. Hers is the little speck in the middle of this picture. I think it's so funny.

CrAzY hAiR dAy!!

This is what the kids looked like when they went to school today. This has to be one of their favorite days of school. They LOVE to have their hair all CrAzY!!

Fall Happenings

We love the fall time of year around our house. There is always something fun going on. We went to "Wee Witches Night Out" at Gardner Village and had so much fun. The kids love to dance on the stage and walk around and see all the funny witches. We also go to Engh Gardens each year and play in the hay bale maze, and pirate ship. And, of course, my favorite, take pictures with all the cute pumpkins and Halloween decoration they have all over. Soon we'll be carving pumpkins and trick or treating!! So much fun!

Back to School. . . .

Seth started 2nd grade last week and today was Makayla's first day of Kindergarten. They are both so excited to be back in school. It's crazy to have 2 kids in school already! The lazy days of summer are over. I was not quite ready for school to start this year. Summer flew by way too fast. But Seth and Kayla love school so it makes starting back up very easy. I do miss my kids while they are gone. It will be fun to have time with my little girls all to myself at home for a couple hours each day. It is definitely the hardest on Brynley. She misses Seth and Makayla. I'm going to have to plan some fun things to do with her. It's so easy with just 2 at home. Weird. Life is always changing. . . . AND I love each new phase and change!

Zions Get-away

A couple of weeks ago Dave and I went on a weekend get away to Zions National Park. We had a great time! 3 days alone was not enough this time. We did a ton of hiking. It was so much fun to just be outdoors with each other and hike beautiful mountains and CLIFFS!! We hiked Angels Landing and boy was that awesome. I will admit I did have a few "moments" when I had to stop and make myself breathe because it is so high. Physically, it was not hard for me, but mentally it was. I'm not afraid of heights, but there was something so terrifying about climbing up sheer cliffs and hanging on to chains at some parts for your dear life. It is something that I will never forget. Some other hikes that are at the top of our list are Crystal Falls, Weeping Rock and The Narrows. It was so great to be together and enjoy God's beautiful creations. Thanks Mandy for watching the kids. You are wonderful!

Happy 1st Birthday!

Our sweet Taylor is 1 year old today! She is the happiest baby. She is always smiling. We all love her so much.

Perfectly Peirced

Makayla got her ears pierced last week. She asked me all on her own if she could get them pierced. Dave and I decided a long time ago that we would let our girls get their ears pierced when they asked and were serious about it. I told her all the details and didn't sugar coat it or anything. I also showed her a bunch of pictures on the internet of what it would be like. So, after she told me that she she was ready we went and she was so brave. She sat on my lap and didn't even seem scared. She keeps telling everyone that, "I didn't cry-not even one speck or sparkle!" I love it. She picked out her own earrings and LOVES them. What a cutie!

Finally Gone. . .

Seth has lost his 4th tooth. This top front tooth that he lost has been loose for months! He finally decided to pull it out at church during primary! LOL. I love this boy!

Birthday Bug!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy to our Beautiful little Brynley. We love you so much and can't believe you are 3 years old today!!

I went downstairs. . . . .

. . . .And this is what I found. The kids thought they were so funny. They love to play with Taylor. She liked being in her toy box for about 2 minutes and then she wanted OUT!! We were all hysterical! I can't leave them alone for very long these days.