halloween fun

We dressed up for a Halloween party where there was a family costume contest. We never dress up (meaning the hubby and I) and for some reason this year he wanted to. He decided he would be Gandolf and have his little boys be his Hobbits. At the last minute he thought Ty would be pretty funny as Gollum...which did end up being awesome. I'm just some elf lady whatever.

Our little Gollum just ran around and acted like a wild little thing. He was perfect. 
We didn't win, which was kind of unfun, but oh well. I'm never spending that much time making costumes again. It was stressful and too much work and we didn't win, so Boo.

 On Halloween night the boys wanted to be ninjas and Ty was a cute little doggy who went around woofing. (So Darling) We let him trick or trick down one street. He had about ten candies and we let him eat them all. I put him to bed at normal bedtime and an hour later he was still awake and bouncing around in his crib like a boy hopped up on sugar. It may have been a bit too much. :) 
 

Randomness

I thought I'd throw in a few random things done over the past few months that I haven't gotten around to posting yet. In August, my brother and his cute wife and darling son came for a visit.

The boy cousins had fun getting to know each other

This is what I dealt with the whole summer. Drove me crazy!!!!!

We went to Lagoon over Labor Day. We have a tradition (3 years now) that we go to Lagoon. The weather is usually great, the crowds are smaller, and there are discounts.

We saw my lovely Grandma who is serving a mission at the Family History Center. She raised five boys so watching my three wily ones brought back good memories.  (5 boys sounds really hard. I've been trying to make deals with God that he really shouldn't do that to me) I probably should drop it because we all know he has a great sense of humor.

We went to the zoo with the grandparents and Megan and Trevor and Delilah

Delilah is and will probably always be way more stylish than me.

It was very busy at the zoo. Logan got lost in the crowd. He decided to go looking for us rather than stay put. It took 20 minutes to find him at the entrance where he was with a worker. Apparently he thought that maybe we left so he left the zoo and walked across that really really really busy road to the parking lot across the street. If any of you are familiar with it, it is an extremely large and busy road with many lanes. I don't know what possessed him to think that we would leave him. Anyway, some of the people crossing the road thought it strange that he was alone so they asked him if he needed help. They helped him back to the entrance where many workers tried looking for us while we were looking for him. I'm so glad he was safe. I was so bugged that the dumb kid got lost and then left and then crossed that dumb road. We have so many experiences like this with Logan.  He is so distracted when we go places. 

I love this picture.  I just think it's funny how he fell in the mud so well with his face.

Back in July the Busby's stopped by for a weekend visit. We went on a tram ride to Brian Head and then did a rather long hike down the mountain with the little kiddos. 

The wildflowers were gorgeous. I feel very lucky to live near such beauty.

It is always fun to get the cousins together to reconnect.

So there you have it. That was our wild ride through July, Aug, and September.

Fall time

I have not been good at updating this blog. I couldn't find a way to sign in for a few months because the link totally disappeared, but I somehow made it. Wahoo! Anyway, we've just been busy with life, but last month Jon had a Friday off. You have no idea how hard it is to get a Friday off.  It's impossible. But there was an awesome tribal holiday that day so it was a piece of cake. We just had to something fun and we had been thinking of renting a cabin for a couple of years so we went ahead and did it. Its just up our canyon so it wasn't too far. The leaves were starting to change and it was really beautiful. It was very last minute, but we invited Jon's parents since they aren't too far away.

The little kiddos always love a little smores action over the campfire.

The next day we rented an atv and had fun all day long. Now I can see why many of our neighbors have these fun toys. My boys constantly ask if we can buy atv's, camping trailers, trucks, etc, I always have to say, "Do you want your own bedroom in a basement that we'd like to finish soon or a toy that we don't have a place to even put it?" They don't like those philosophical questions.

The mountains are my go to place for happiness. There is something about the fresh smell of trees, the trickle of a creek, and the peaceful serene that accompanies me I'm up there.  It was a great weekend.

First Day is always a great day!

Happy first day of school to my big 1st grader and my big 4th grader. We thought we'd take pictures of them next to the new shrubs and see who grows quicker over the years.

It's just me and this little sassy mischief maker now. I'm loving how quiet the house is. Holy cow! I could not keep up with the mess in the summer. With all kids running around making messes everywhere and feeding them all day-it was chaos and I could not keep the house clean.  Now I can and I love it. I loved having the boys home for the summer. But now I love this quiet time with just me and my baby! He is so cute that I just want to nibble on him every hour.

This summer we put in sprinklers, sod, curbing, mulch, some plants, and built a rock wall and steps. We aren't done with all the landscaping projects but it looks a million times better than with just dirt. I'm loving it!

1800 mi to Big Sky Country

I had no excuse this year. I wasn't pregnant and too tired and sick to drive. I wasn't with a newborn and had to nurse every couple hours. This summer I had a 17 month baby who was well tended by two big boy helpers. So I put on my big girl pants and just went to MT. All by myself and the boys. The drive was long, but it wasn't too bad when I took two days to get there and stayed the night in Idaho falls at my brothers place. We rented lots and lots of netflix along the way and had goodie bags and plenty of snacks.  Once we got to MT, we spent 5 days there with Grandma Mary and Auntie Lauren. We spent some lazy days at the house catching up, we went to movies and outings in the "bigger town" and then the last day we drove to the mountains and enjoyed an afternoon in a cold mountain river. I love the mountains of MT. (BEAUTIFUL)        

It was so good to see my mom and sista. Family is wonderful!

The boys always have a good time with Auntie. She is lots and lots of fun.

I sloppily threw on my sisters hair extensions and had fun seeing myself with long hair. Boy could I have fun with some hair. Too bad I don't have the type of hair that I could wear long. (thin, flat and lifeless) I suppose I could join the extension world, but I'm just a bit too lazy when it comes to glamming up.

We stayed the night with my brother and his cute family in Idaho. They were moving to go to Grad school in a few days, but I'm so glad they fit us into their busy schedule. I haven't seen them much at all and it was great to spend time with them. My brother married a really nice and sweet gal.

Cousins Tyler Jay and TY Jay. (Hee Hee)  Everyone in the family is leery that I'll keep stealing their baby names. :)

On the way back home, we stopped for lunch at Wendys. I was enjoying looking at my three boys across from me. Ty put on quite a cute show. I tried to take pictures with all of them looking at me. You can see how well it worked. What does a mom have to do to get boys to focus for two freaking seconds?

 Love em anyway!