Halloween Time

My kids absolutely love Halloween! They love pumpkins and think it is so much fun to dress up in costumes. They even enjoy passing out candy to the trick-or-treaters, and I think they enjoy it even more then going trick-or-treating! The second I got the fall decorations out this year, they started asking me if they could go trick-or-treating. They were so anxious for Halloween to get here and didn't quite understand that even though the decorations were out, it was still weeks away.

My Dad happened to be in town for a weekend in October. We took advantage of him being here and decided to go to the pumpkin patch! My brother and sister-in-law came with us, too. We always love going to the pumpkin patch and have so much fun! This year I even ran into an old college friend and his cute family!

We love when we can pull off a family costume! When Madilyn was little we did Mario and Luigi, and she was princess peach. The year after that, we were all Minions. Last year we dressed up as pirates. This year we fulfilled Lucas's wishes of us all being Ninja Turtles! I had so much fun making the shells and finding everything we needed for our costumes.

One thing I love about living in a small(ish) town is that the businesses along Main Street put out decorations for holidays! This was my favorite!

Celebrating 6 years

We take turns each year planning our anniversary. This year (last October) was my turn and I planned a nice dinner and a show. I got tickets to the Tuachan theater in St. George to see the Newsies. I had everything arranged with Lucas's mom to watch the kids for us at their house down there. Then his mom had a terrible accident and was in the hospital. She felt so bad that she couldn't help out, but I was just happy that she was getting the medical attention that she needed!

We didn't make it to our show, but we decided to still go to St. George the next weekend and just take the kids with us. We went to eat at the same restaurant that I had previously made our reservations at, which is built on the side of a cliff, and had a great time.

While we were down there we decided to have an adventure and took the kids on their first hike. We just googled places to hike and found this cool trail that hikes up to where there is supposed to be a waterfall. It was too hot, so there was no water, but it was still absolutely beautiful! The rocks where the water was supposed to be were so smooth and we even saw a little frog! We had such a fun time and the kids now beg to go on more hikes!

We Took a Spontaneous Fall Foliage Drive

I was really excited for fall to come and really wanted to do a fall foliage drive this year. One weekend in September I looked up if the leaves were changing yet. People were reporting that they looked great up the Nebo Loop, so we all got in the car and went for a drive. We had never driven the Nebo Loop before, so we were excited to see how beautiful the drive would be. We even stopped along the way and took some family photos. The leaves did not disappoint an we even drove through a snowstorm in September!

How Is She Already 4?

Madi turned 4 in August. She really needs to slow down this whole growing thing! She had been asking for a long time to go get shave ice so I promised her that we would go on her birthday! She also chose the Pizza Factory for her birthday and even got the salad bar with her pizza. This girl loves her salad!

 

 

This year she decided to have a Moana birthday party with a couple of friends. It was a lot of fun to plan and decorate for it.

We took some 4 year old pictures while we were down in St. George!