Fall Fun

We had a very busy and fun day on Friday. The boys were out on fall break and we decided to take full advantage. First, we drove across town to go to the scout store. Tanner was so excited to pick out his uniform, book and all the other fun things he got to get. He has been looking forward to this day for a long time. We are very happy for him. Yeah Tanner!

Next, we headed out to Waterman's and played at the fall festival. There was so much to do and the kids had a blast. Tanner gave Brooklyn a ride on the go karts...A short ride since they were self propelled. I think that was Kadens favorite thing there. In between everything we did he wanted to run back to the go karts. There were carnival games, a petting zoo, a big pile of hay to climb, spinning rides and of course a hay ride to the pumpkin patch complete with a little pumpkin to take home. The big hit though was the giant dinosaur that ate pumpkins. Every 20 minutes or so they would turn it on and feed it a few pumpkins. It roared quite loudly and moved it's head all around. Brooklyn really liked it from a distance and in the safety of my arms. I asked her if she was going to feed her pumpkin to the dinosaur and I don't think she let go of it the rest of the time we were there. She hasn't stopped talking about the dinosaur that eats "pumpkinins" all weekend.

Vroom!

Chomp...Chomp...

Patiently waiting for his turn to ride. So cute!

She wanted to snuggle all the little goats.

Maybe not that end Brooklyn!

The hayride. Brooklyn wouldn't look at the camera no matter how hard we tried. :)

The hay slide was a hit.

After the festival we rushed back to town because we were signed up for Amazon John at the library. He brought all kinds of critters and creatures. I think the favorites were his HUGE great dane and the owl. Here is Tanner petting the tarantula and getting to make it give silk. I don't have many pictures because at this point in the day Brooklyn decided she was done and I spent most of the time trying to corral her. It was a great, fun, busy and tiring day. Tomorrow we are back to school and counting down the days to the next school break.

I decided to be a little adventurous for Brooklyn's birthday this year. In addition to our little family party I decided to throw her a party with all her little friends. We did a hungry caterpillar theme. It was a lot of fun. Here are some of the pictures. Thanks you my friend Erika and her mad photo skills.... and always having her camera with her. Thanks to all our friends who came to celebrate with us. We had a great time and hope you did too!

Invitations

Decorations

Food

cake (i thought I rotated this-sorry)

Party Favors

Entertainment

Silly Fun

Presents

Play Time

Friends

Bounce House

I can't believe she is two. It goes by way too fast!

My baby girl is two! I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. She is getting so big and turning into her own little person. Right now she is definitely "all girl". She loves anything pink, sparkly, baby related or having anything to do with princesses...especially Tangled. I think she would watch that movie every day if I let her. She even sings along...can two year olds do that?....really? We had a really fun party the other night with our little family. It is so cute how the boys get so excited over her. They had as much fun as if it were their own birthday I think.

One of her favorite gifts was this baby nursery from Grandma and Grandpa. Her babies have always been well loved, but now they are feed, diapered, rocked, sung to and tucked in every 5 minutes.

Another favorite gift was this princess castle. She loves to take in her blankets and books. The boys won't stay out of it either.

We had to have a Tangled cake of course......

Kaden was so excited and did all the decorations and table setting all by himself. Thanks Kade, you did a great job!

Wow, did that last post date really say June 28??? Ooops!! I would like to say that we have been really busy, and we have, but 2 1/2 months... I think I deserve a reprimand for that one.

We have had a great, busy, wonderful, chaotic summer. We were in Utah for almost a month for a wedding and to visit family. It was great to see everyone and we already miss them all so much. Here are a few things we have been up to....

Running a race...the boys did so good and were very excited to get their medals.

Even Brooklyn got one, being in her stroller was hard work!

Our new sister Chealsea's family has horses on their land. Her dad was absolutely so cute with Brooklyn. They were fast friends, especially when he let her feed and ride the ponies.

Fishing with Grandpa is always a favorite activity when we visit Utah. Usually we catch and release, but Kaden was adamant about eating his fish. Thanks to Grandpa for taking care of that one. I can't stand to touch them.

While in Utah I got to visit an old friend. I was her young womens leader when she was a little beehive. Now look at her, all grown up, beautiful and in college. I haven't aged a bit of course. :)

This is just a sampling of all we did. It is impossible to post 2 1/2 months worth. Now we are back into the routine of school and loving it. The boys love their teachers this year and are having a great time.

Uh Oh. She's starting early....

I found Brooklyn walking around like this the other morning. She wore my high heel for probably 20 minutes all around the house. I think she takes after her mom :)

Last weekend we took the kids down to the local park. There is this creek that runs under a bridge and the kids always want to go down and play. They had a lot of fun playing and splashing. Brooklyn is definitely a water kid. She wanted to go out into the deep water where there is a pretty good current. Tim was fighting the whole time just to make her keep holding his hand. The boys loved all the rocks and bugs and little fish. I think they would have brought one home if I had let them.

Schools Out!

Summer is finally here and we are so excited. Saying goodbye to school for a few months is bittersweet. Here are a few of teh hightlights from the last week.

Kaden did the cutest Kindergarten program with all kinds of singing and dancing. Here is is doing his bear necessities pose...(he called it the bear nesestinies)

Field day was a blast!

Go Kaden!

Tanner gearing up for the race.

Can't wait to make all the summer memories!