Autumn Time

This is a really fun time of year. We have still been enjoying nice weather and been able to play outside, I hope we are able to enjoy some more great fall weather. Here are a few of the things we have been up to lately.

Kami and Dave grew tomatoes, peppers and a lot of of other great stuff in their garden this year. It all was ripe at the same time and Kami wanted to make salsa so I offered my assistance. It was a fun afternoon and the end results were pretty tasty. We made it our own with a little more of this and that I am excited to have salsa for the next few months

Last Friday the weather was so nice and the men were all late getting home from work, and no one had dinner ready. We decided we would all just order pizza and hang out in the front yard together. It was a lot of fun. The kids had a blast eating with their friends and being able to stay out and play. The moms of course loved no cooking or dishes. It was a great time.

Ally and Ellie

Bailey and Gavin

We had a BBQ on Sunday so that we could continue to enjoy the nice weather. I was making Macaroni Salad and Logan decided we wanted to help. He loves grabbing at everything lately. It is usually my hair but this time he got the spoon.

This past weekend Kami had the great idea of doing a neighborhood movie. Dave got a projector from work and they made a big screen with a blanket. All of the neighbors and a few people from the ward came to watch Alvin and Chipmunks. My kids loved it. I hope we have a new tradition on our hands.

The girls are still loving school they get excited to go, which always makes getting out the door a little easier. This is just a cute picture of them before we headed out the door one day. The picture of Logan is of him sporting the signature red sweatshirt. It was a little cool the other night while the kids were outside playing so I put this sweatshirt on Logan. It use to be Bailey's, Ryan bought it for her the Christmas I was pregnant with her and we didn't know if she was a girl or a boy. Our girls and Drew have all worn it. Love that we can just keep passing it on.

Good-Bye Summer

This is a sad but exciting time of year. I think we have seen the end of summer. We hit 90 last week and the kids broke out the slip and slide for one last hoorrah. Fall starts tomorrow and I think we will be lucky if we see the 80's again. I love all the holidays coming up and fall is a great season, but there is just something magical about summer. Its carefree, spontaneous and best of all WARM. Here are a few pictures of some of my favorite summer moments that didn't make it on the blog in the past.

Ellie, Allie and Noah on the slip and slide

I love these flower pots I found at Robert's in Cedar while shopping with the girls, they were such a good deal too.

We have some great people and awesome kids in our neighborhood, one of my kids favorite things about summer is being able to stay out all night and play with their friends. This was a little show Bailey and a couple of the older girls had set up for the little kids to watch. I think it was about 10:00 when I took this picture. Gotta love summer.

Hair cuts and sparkly nails at Monkey Dooz was also a summer highlight.

The girls absolutely loved this place.

Ellie had purple sparkles and Bailey had pink sparkles

This was just a fun day at the park

This was one of my very favorite days during the summer. We had met Ryan for lunch in Eagle and then found this little water park. The girls had so much fun they played forever got soaking wet, and laughed and laughed. Ellie stood over one these water towers and let it shoot up her shirt it was hilarious. Logan just chilled in his seat, I read my book and just sat and enjoyed the moment. Something I forget to do quite often.

Good-Bye Summer

Until Next Year

4 Months Old

I can't believe it has already been for months since Logan came to our family, but I can't imagine life without him he has been so much fun. He is such a good boy. He loves getting his little toys, kicking off all of his blankets, and making his sisters laugh. He his close to rolling over, and took a bath in the big tub this weekend which I think his sisters liked just as much as he did. We love our Logey boy.

These Aggies jammies are adorable on him, I know I should not break these out until basketball season but for fear that they won't fit then I guess we will pretend we don't know how bad Aggie football is.


Bath Time

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN

Happy 35th to Ryan. Our neighbor Noah has a b-day tomorrow so we have had birthday fun on our street all weekend. The girls went to a b-day party for Noah yesterday so we were able to out dinner to Goodwood to celebrate Ryan's day. Today we made dinner, Ryan's favorite, steak and potatoes. I made banana cake for desert, also his favorite. For Noah's b-day party they rented a jumping castle that they got to keep all weekend so tonight a few adults got together for cake and treats while the kids jumped their little hearts out. It was a fun weekend. I hope Ryan enjoyed it, but with good food and lots a football he is a pretty easy guy to please. 35 isn't too old right?? One kid in my primary class guessed that he was 100 today so 35 is sounded pretty good and another little girl couldn't believe he was as old as her mom (I teach Bailey's class) agh to be 7 again.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RY WE LOVE YOU.

Look forward to spending the next 35 with you.

Ryan laughing at my funny card

Ryan and Noah blowing out the candles

Mother of the Year

I am only making this post so if Logan does have some sort of permanent injury he can refer back to this for the exact date that I let him fall on his head!! He fell from our bathroom counter today onto the floor. I told the girls to watch him while I ran down to get their breakfast and then they could eat while I bathed him. Well, Bay got distracted and wanted to know what was for lunch and Ellie's tummy was just so hungry..........so result......Logan on the floor of the bathroom. Yep I am great!! I can not be mad at the girls because they are children I am suppose to be a responsible adult. I know it happens to everyone and I shouldn't beat myself up about it but I still feel horrible and I am still up at 2:00 a.m. watching him sleep for fear that he may suddenly have some ill effect after 17 hours, stranger things have happened, I am convinced he is going to fine (I think) the doctor thought so and he is acting like his perfect normal self. I am mad at myself for ignoring that prompting that I always pray I will get, well I got it and I ignored it, lovely! Well I guess my mother of the year award will be taken away yet again. I am so very grateful for a healthy and resilient baby.

Freezer = Extra Storage + Hours of Fun

We got a new freezer this week. We have been needing one for a while. It is just nice to have the extra storage plus I have a lot of "extra milk" around these days that needs a home. It fits great in the garage. But more importantly the box has provided hours of entertainment for the girls and a lot of kids in the neighborhood. They spent most of the day in it yesterday decorating it with tissue paper, cutting out doors and windows, coloring the inside making it look fabulous. They spent a lot of time in it today after church too. Bay drew a TV on the wall today and found an old remote we had laying around to use in it. So if you need a new freezer you may want to save the box and wrap it up for Christmas : )

Labor Day in Heber

We spent Labor Day weekend at my sisters in Heber City. It was a nice relaxing weekend and the kids had lots of fun playing with Drew. The weekend consisted of some of the usual golfing and shopping but I love the Park City outlets so that made the shopping more fun. It was also Swiss Days in Midway which is a big yearly celebration for the settlement of Midway. It was fun to see all the hype we also ate at an awesome Mexican place there. Bailey got stung by a wasp but other than that it was great. I swear the girls gets stung every summer, poor thing. Thanks to Jenn, Dean and Drew we had a great time.

The girls giving themselves some beauty treatment at the BBQ

The kids at the duck pond, this is one of Drew and Jenns favorite spots it was very beautiful right against the mountains. The ducks were a little over fed that day, but we still had fun playing at the park

Logan with Jenn at the park and Logan enjoying some chill time in the swing.

Jenn was awesome that day she look 3rd place in a 10K that morning, she took 2nd a month ago in a 5K she is making her place in the running world of the Heber valley. Yea Jenn.

The boys being dorks and laying a little close to one another

I didn't get any pictures of Melly she must of been dogging out, but she looks cute with her little belly and we are excited to find out what she is having next week.

It was a great way to end the summer. I can't believe fall is upon us. I love fall but do not enjoy winter so that just puts a damper on fall, knowing that winter is one its way too. Oh well, enjoy fall while it lasts.