A New Leaf

 

Every year my kids beg for "scary" Halloween decorations. I am not a fan of Halloween, in fact, it is one of my least favorite holidays, so the thought of spending actual money for skulls and tombstones gives me the shivers. This year, however, we are lucky enough to host two Halloween events, forcing me to decorate for Halloween. I have to admit that I had a really good time, and my kids were thrilled with the spider webs with fake rubber spiders, plastic rats, skulls, spooky portraits, orange/black lights, etc...I had to draw the line at inflatable lawn ornaments, but there is always next year and who knows...

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like...Halloween

BEFORE SCHOOL














AFTER SCHOOL













The best part about snow in October...it's usually gone soon!

 

Sunrise, Sunset, sniff-sniff

 

It seems like just yesterday that I was borrowing neices and nephews to experiment on, ahh, I mean, take to parenting classes (Tara and Heather I sincerly hope you haven't suffered any lasting effects). Rachel loved having Landon go to Junior High with her. He was such a good sport and big boy! We are so lucky to have such wonderful family members!

What happened to September?

So much for things slowing down a little when the kids went back to school. Here is a little recap of our month. Paul was very excited to take all three boys to the first BYU football game this year. Even though he had to buy them 50 dollars worth of snacks it was worth it to start a great father and sons football tradition. (Hopefully in years to come there will be more to cheer about.)(Curse you Harvey Unga for leaving the team right after I bought your jersey x2.)

We went to Park City for conference weekend. Paul has a meeting there every year at a really nice hotel. He worked while we enjoyed the beautiful weather and the swimming pool.


On the way home we stopped at Octoberfest in Snowbird. Since it has been so warm the leaves aren't as vibrant as they have been in years past, but it was still fun to ride the tram up above the treeline and hike through the tunnel to see the great views.

Bonnie and Charlie's wedding was so much fun. I hadn't ever been to the Draper temple before, so that was awesome.
One final note: as we were walking through the temple parking lot, Martha noticed this car. I don't know if you can see, but it has a University of Utah sticker, and Obama for President sticker. We thought it was a good thing that they had decided to attend the temple that day, because they obviously needed direction! (totally just kidding Utah/Obama supporters)

You can tell how old you are by how excited you get buying new appliances. Let me just say this was pretty exciting. I have wanted a really big capacity washer since the little boys were born, so when my sad, little Kenmore had it's last breakdown Paul bought me this little beauty (with the matching dryer, just because I'm worth it). I can wash 32 towels in one load! I don't own 32 towels! I have to go buy more towels!

Back to School

Rachel started 7th grade on the 24th at American Fork Jr. High. She was very nervous about opening a locker, and finding all her classes, but she handled it like a pro. She is very excited for her CTE class (new-fangled Home Ec.) and can't wait to take a pre-schooler to class with her (hint, hint Landon :)) She spent several hours picking out just the right outfit, and she looked really cute. She was a little overwhelmed with how far apart all her classes were, and quite indignant that she didn't have time to eat her lunch (30 min), but by her second day, she was doing better.

Brig's teacher is Mrs. Hatchell and he couldn't be happier. He is very excited because she does a lot of art projects.

Ben is in Mrs. Shores 2nd/3rd grade class this year. He was a little bummed that none of his friends are in this class, but he is excited to learn new, harder math!

Jake's teacher this year is Mrs. Frisch, and she is awesome. Brig had her last year and he told her not to get Jake in her class because Jake is a knucklehead-ahh, brotherly love. We are glad she didn't listen.