Halloween

We had a great holiday! We started out the day over at the elementary school with the school Halloween parade. 

After the parade we went to each of the kids classes to help with their class Halloween party. The kids are usually off track on Halloween so this was our first time doing school Halloween festivities and it was actually a lot more fun than I anticipated. Ryan said it was the best day of the school year so far.

 

After school, we did our annual pumpkin carving. The kids love carving pumpkins, it is so much fun to see how excited they get about it. 

Of course, we ended the night with Trick or Treating. The boys have always loved going out but this year they were determined to get a lot of candy and, of course, they accomplished their goal.

We had a great day! Hope everybody had a good time!

Go Cougs!!

We took the boys to the BYU Game yesterday-they loved it! We prepared for rain, snow and really cold weather but it really wasn't too bad. We had a blast and the boys have been talking about it all day. Go BYU!!

Thanks Creig and Mindy for taking Morgan for us and also for the tickets Amy & Kevin.

 

Blog Slacker

I'm not the best at this blogging thing! It seems like it is always the last thing on my list of things that I need to do, so it often gets pushed to another day. I have got a lot of pictures from things we did this summer. I will post them soon.  

Bear Lakin' with the Bushes!

We just got back from our annual trip to Bear Lake with Ben's family.  By the end of vacations, I am usually ready to come home, but this time I could have stayed for a few more days. It was beautiful up there and we had a great time!

Ben's cute Mom did a treasure hunt for all of the Grandkids--the kids LOVE this. She makes a map of the resort where we stay with X's at different locations and the kids run around looking for treasures.  

Tyler climbing on Aunt Amber to get the clue.

Tyler & Ryan with cousin Jake dig out the buried treasure.

Grandma with all of the grandkids.

We had the annual Bear Lake tennis tournament and Ben & I won this year!! I should mention that Ben is really the one who won the tournament for us--we do a lot better if I DON'T actually have to hit the tennis ball. 

Overall, we had a blast swimming, playing tennis, riding four-wheelers, hanging out with cousins,  and just relaxing for a few days. 

Thanks to the cute Bush Family for the fun filled vacation!! Can't wait until next year. Love you guys!!

4th of July--Wallsburg, Utah

We just wrapped up our 4th of July celebrations up in Wallsburg at my bosses little ranch. He always does such a fantastic job putting on his annual party on the 4th. It is full of blow up slides, mechanical bulls, fireworks and awesome food. Getting the kids to leave is always a chore in and of itself.

Here are a few quick shots of the fun that we had this year.



Tyler is rockin' the mechanical bull.


Ryan out for a joy ride.



Rachel making sure the bull didn't get the best of her.


Security for the party was pretty tight.

School is finally out! (for a few weeks)

Today is Tyler's last day of First Grade. I say this all of the time, but I can't believe how fast time is flying by. I know it is a GOOD thing, but it makes me a little bit sad! Kind of bittersweet. As I dropped him off at school this morning and he turned to wave at me, I couldn't help but get teary eyed. He is growing up too fast! I asked him if he was excited for summer and he said he was but also a little bit sad because he was going to miss his teacher, Mrs. Frazier. She has been such a fantastic teacher this year! We have both LOVED her!!
Bring on Summer!!

New to Blogging

We'll, we decided that we would try this blogging thing. Hopefully we can post something regularly.