Party number three!

Group kid picture gone bazerk! I had a little party at my house with my roomies from college. It was so fun to see everyone. Between the eight of us we had 11 kiddos there. 5 kids and 6 babes.

Emily, Amy, me, Emily, Mindie, Alisa, Cheryl, Kamie. We had a blast. We have figured out we need to get together again though since we were so busy doing a party and entertaining 11 kids we didn't get to talk to much.

Kamie put together a craft. The kids made darling little halloween frames.

The two oldest of the bunch. Ambra and Kamies daughter Mariko. They are dining on their cupcakes from the cake walk.

Kiddie picture minus Ariah. Anyone surprised? She was over messing around in the fire pit. Anyone surprised again? Figures.

Halloween Party!!! or should I say parties...prepare for many!

My little nephew Joshua turned one!!! We went down to Springville for his little birthday party. He is the one in the engineer costume. It was fun. Grandma came up from St. George for the party. It was on the 25th and thier ward was having a trunk or treat so we got to go to that during the party. Fun.

This is at the pumpkin walk in Syracuse. They have like a million carved and shaved pumpkins. Those things are so professional. There are like temples and scriptures and faces carved into those things. They really took it to the next level.

Every year Layton puts on a Halloween Bash. It is free and there are games, blow ups, treats, cake walk, costume contest etc... It was fun. We came here with bunch of friends and their kids and then headed on over to the pumpkin walk.

This was the first time they really got to put on their costumes, so we had to do pictures by the pumpkins.

Halloween Decorations!!

I love to decorate for fall. It is sooo fun! October and November porch are my favorite porches for the year. We have a little tradition we do with the kids. Instead of carving pumpkins, we pin candy on them. This is so much less messy and more tasty. I am really bad a carving so this is a good option for me. Plus the kids get a kick out of it. This year though, it has been so warm and the bees have decided that heaven exists on my porch. All that sugar, so little time. I sprayed the pumpkins with laquer but that didn't seem to deter at all. The laquer doesn't deter Ariah from pulling off the candy and eating it either.

Cole's pumpkin. Very warty.

Mine and Ariah's pumpkin.

Ambra's pumpkin. Her little friend Bailey helped with this.

Decoration zone.

Black Island Farms

We went to Black Island Farms in Syracuse with some friends the other day. The kids had some money they had earned, and decided to spend it on this little outing. We had so much fun!! You can see that Ariah was all tuckered out after a long day of play play play!!

The kids playing in the corn.

This is Ariah's first time on the teeter totter. She was so cute! Just giggling and thinking it was the greatest thing ever.

We got to go on a hayride and they gave us onions, carrots, corn and pumpkins to take home. So fun!

Bouncin in the pumpkin.

On the hayride with friends Bailey and Katelyn.

This is the cow train. They get pretty creative with 55 gallon drums.

This slide doesn't look so bad, but it was actually really steep. Pretty scary from the top. They had about 8 different slides made out of hay. It was a really fun place.

Safari!!!

In preschool Cole was learning about animals. On the last day of their animal unit, they got to wear their explorer hats and safari shirts and go hunting for animals in the jungle! Cole thought this was the coolest thing ever. Doesn't he look cute in his little safari hat?

First Day of Fall

Ok so I know that was a little while ago, but cut me a break ok! I am just now getting around to blogging about it. I am so not ready for summer to be over. It seemed like a way short summer. No fair. Now it's raining, and we have to wear jackets. Although to falls credit, I do love it WHEN I AM READY FOR IT AND WE HAVE HAD A DECENT SUMMER!!! (which we have not). Anyway, fall is here i am now getting in the pumpkin and costume mode. Holidays here we come! (didn't we just celebrate new years not to long ago.) You know your getting old when the years just fly by right before your eyes.

Hike up Millcreek

We went hiking with the fam - Adam's brothers. You know, hiking with a very heavy baby on your back who likes to pull your hair out is not very awesome. This was like straight up hill and my neck was killing me cause of Ariah within like the first five minutes. But you know what, I love to sweat and get a good workout and that is what happened. Nothing like an hour and a half tough hike. It was fun to go with the fam. My kids did awesome.

Nice booty shot.