Joy School + Halloween = Loads of fun

Mollie has loved her little joy school group here in Tooele and so have I! We go on monthly field trips to places like candy factorys, horse riding places, and of course CORNBELLYS! Which is located at Thanksgiving Point near Lehi. It was my first year going and we could have spent all day there because there was so much to do. Mollies favorite things was a whole barn they had filled with hard corn like the kind pigs eat like a giant sand box. They could burry themselves in it and she didn't want to come out! The Princess area was also a favorite complete with a princess blow up jump house, a dress up station and a horse and carriage to ride in. And of course we had to have a halloween party for the kids! One mom put read some cute books and songs and poems to the kids and then they did a craft and made a spooky snack. It was a really fun time. Mollie chose to be a witch for her first halloween party. It was the first costume of 3 that we went through! This girl is super indecisive!

Pumpkin Bumpkins

Who knew there would be SO many options of pumpkin patches to visit! Welcome to Utah! We decided to go with a simple local one this year and I was glad. We found some great pumpkins for cheap and the kids loved picking out their perfect pumpkin. Mollie is super indecisive so we had to drag her out of the patch with a pumpkin dad finally picked out but it was an enjoyable evening nonetheless. Carter wanted a Superman pumpkin like his Uncle Jordan had carved (which someone ended up stealing off of his front step!) and Mollie wanted a Minnie one. As usual, I scooped out the guts and dad did the carving. Carter and Mollie got a little more into cleaning them out this year but not much. And Chad still wont touch the stuff! But I'd rather scrape out pumpkin guts than carve out Minnie Mouse any day! And I couldnt resist this photo op of chads pumpkin and my bump!

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?!

Since we have moved to Utah Chads BSU colors have really shown through. He's fighting the urge of everyone around him to cheer for USU, BYU or U of U. It's sad to go into stores and only see Blue and Red in the sporting section and not the BLUE & ORANGE we love to see! It's rare to find a bronco fan here and when we do its pretty exciting! Since our family is the only Bronco fans around we decided to make our game nights more of a family affair this year with good food, dressing up and loud cheering. So every week we all dress up and sport our blue and orange! It makes for a fun time and the kids look forward to it. It seemed only fitting that we should attend the BYU vs BSU game and cheer our team on when they came to Provo. So mom and dad graciously took our kids and my niece and nephew and we headed to the game! I had about a million contractions walking to our seats, but was glad there was a ramp up to out seats and didnt have to climb many stairs. The weather was perfect and we were right in the middle of a sea of Blue and White but the fans all around us were very kind and we had a really great time despite the outcome of the game. One of my new favorite sayings is "Keep Calm and BRONCO on." We love Bronco Nation!!

All things FALL

At the beginning of October we took off to the mountains for a fall picnic. I truly love having "the mountains" 5 minutes from my house. The views and colors were stunning and the cool mountain air was refreshing. We had a picnic and did some exploring and played in the leaves. After lunch we went on a walk and found lots of fallen acorns from acorn trees. Something I had never seen before and the kids enjoying picking them up as we walked along. I couldn't help but feel incredibly grateful for our beautiful amazing world we live in and for my sweet little family that I got to share it with. Here are some pictures from that day.