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)