Happy Halloween 2010

This was Tyse's 1st Halloween. He was so cute as a little spider. Davin was Luigi from Super Mario Bros., Kate was a cute little mermaid, and Dax was a scary shark. The kids were so excited to go to our ward Halloween party and then of course for the trunk-or treating.

We had some yummy chili and cornbread and then off to collect some yummy treats!!!

Kate and Daxton's friends Ethan and 'Teaksters' aka...Gavin

My great friend Jacque and her cute little girl Meg.

Anndi...Daxton's little playmate.

Kate's cute friend Audri

Welcome Home Mike!!!

It was so exciting to finally see my brother Mike again. He served in the Dominican Republic the last two years and just returned on October 26th. My family all met him at the airport with lots of signs to welcome him home. The kids were so excited to see him and meet him for the first time. We could hardly control Daxton-he was running around everywhere. I thought the security guards were gonna go after him...lol. We all went back to our house after to visit for a while and for treats. It is so great to have him home with us again. Love ya Mike!!!

Go Jazz!!!

We took the kids to go see the Jazz play their last preseason game. We went with Dan's brother Nate and his 3 cute girls, Dan's parents, our nephew Kaden, and our brother-in-law Chris. It was so nice because the company Nate works for owns a booth and it was available for us to use. We had our own kitchen, bathroom, and great seats to be able to watch the game from. The kids loved it because they all played together and sometimes watched the game.

We all got decked out in our Jazz gear. Even Tyse, the youngest and cutest of all the Jazz fans was sportin' the look... GO JAZZ!!!

The girls just hangin' out

Dax loved watching the Jazz Bear and all the funny tricks he was pulling on people in the crowd. Dax even tried his own trick when he threw our nephews hat, which hit a cup of ice, over the balcony and got some people below....Oops!

Tyse was so good and just chilled the whole time on Grandma's lap...

...but couldn't quite make it through the whole game.

Schools out, Lets play!

The kids were out of school on Thursday and Friday so I decided we had to go play. I took the kids to our favorite pumpkin patch we like to go to every year. They had a lot of fun, especially running through the hay maze and hiding from me and Tyse. We had a great day.

Of course we had to stop and take a break. We had yummy ghost cookies and juice.

Davin and Kate had to shade their eyes from the sun so Daxton had to do it too. He likes to do everything his big brother and sister do.

Thursday night we packed up the car and drove up to the cabin for the rest of the weekend. We stayed outside in the warm sun and played almost the whole time. Tyse loved it too!

Tyse is 5 months old now. Time has flown by. He is a mover and a wiggler. He doesn't like to sit still anymore. He can roll from his back to front and his front to back. He likes to see all the action going on at all times.

We took the 4-wheeler up to one of our favorite lakes. The boys rode up the canyon and the girls rode down. The leaves were amazing and we even saw 2 moose-a cow and her calf.

We hiked into the lake. It is such a fun tradition we like to do lots of times each year. The kids favorite part is throwing rocks into the lake.

We all played freeze tag at the park by the cabin on Saturday. Our niece Maggie and nephew Kaden were with us too. They played and we even got Grandma and Grandpa to play tag too. It was a major workout for all of us oldies trying to not be tagged by all the kids, but we had a blast!

Field Trip to the Zoo!!!

I had the opportunity to be one of the escorts for the Kindergarten field trip to the zoo. It was fun being with Katelyn and 3 other cute kids from our neighborhood. They were so excited to see all the animals. We had so much fun, especially watching the baby elephant named Zuri do tricks, definitely a highlight of the day. The other thing the kids loved was the opera singing monkey. I got a kick out of them all trying to sing back to him. He made us all laugh. I was also able to ride on the bus with them. We played lots of games and had tons of fun.

My cute little group of kids!!!