Halloween Festivities

 This year we had many Halloween Festivities and the kids got to wear their costumes several times.  We started the season by visiting Gardner Village and the Witch-a-palooza festival.  We tried to go one other time but we saw the cars lining the road for parking and we said we would come back some other time.  The weather was so nice during the month of October!!!  Sarah refused to get near the witches so here is one of just Isaac.

 We started playing a game in the car where I tell Isaac not to smile and I have turned it into a camera saying and I get the best smiles (usually).

 Isaac said he was going to be a mummy during the first part of the month and then one day we went to Grandma O.'s house and found Gary's old batman costumes that she had made.  From the minute he put the costume on he no longer wanted to be a mummy and insisted on being batman.  All I had to do was find a navy blue shirt and pants and we were set!  Sarah was a cute little witch and thanks to Aunt Kelly we had this costume as a hand-me-down.  Oh it is so nice to be around family again.

 We headed up to Red Butte Gardens' Halloween Evening.  I know I have talked about RBG all lot but they just have so many wonderful activities.  Each child got to paint a pumpkin.

 Sarah insisted on picking out more and more pumpkins.  We met up with our friends Jordan and Harrison and had so much fun with them.  They had so many crafts for the kids to do and Isaac even had a batman painted on his hand.  The fun part was the glow-in-the-dark area with glowing bubbles.  When the bubbles would pop on Sarah parts of her cheeks would glow.  So fun!

 On the Friday before Halloween we went to Cottonwood Rec. Center and enjoyed lots of games and they had some great coupons for the kids.  They even had free ice skating, but I was not going to attempt that 6 mo pregnant and with 2 kids all by myself.  We will save that for an outing with DAD.

 We also hit Clara's school carnival that evening.  The kids were so tired by the end of the day.  Isaac kept asking to do the Cake walk to get a cupcake and after 4 times of him not winning we left in tears!!

 On Saturday we headed downtown to the Gallivan center.  They had several animals for you to pet and a pony ride along with lots of crafts and trick-or-treating.  The kids had fun petting the animals.  Sarah kept yelling horse so we stood in line for that.  By the time it was her turn I put her on the horse and she freaked out.  So Isaac took her spot in line.  He had the cutest smile on his face, one where he wasn't sure if he should be excited or nervous. But he talked about it all the way home and still asks if he can go ride another horse.

 Finally, it is Halloween!  We all met at Aunt Kelly and Uncle Steve's house to go around the houses together.  These kids were crazy - and this was before any sugar.  The weather was perfect (mid-50's)and we only needed light jackets.  Craziest thing we woke up the next morning to snow.

Here is the best picture of most of the gang.  Cady, Leah, Clara, Isaac, Miles, Macey and Sarah.

Cars 2 Event

 So they had a free event downtown to advertise Cars 2 so we took advantage of the gorgeous weather and headed outside.  They had a ton of free stuff and off course the boys, Isaac and his cousin Miles, loved the bouce obstacle course. 

Friday night football

We drove into SLC on a Friday and we thought it would be fun to go and watch a football game at Gary's high school.  They have a pretty good team and it is a nice inexpensive outing.  Isaac was so tired and after 15 minutes into the game Isaac was asleep on my lap.  He slept the entire game even through the band's performances. 



Sarah and Daddy - I love this picture!














 

 Here is a picture of me after cutting off 10.5" of hair.  I love my hair being short again!!!

Cabin Time

Fall time is my favorite season and I have really missed coming up to the mountains and spending time at the cabin.  We decided to head up one day and I am so glad we did.  The colors on the leaves were absolutely beautiful.  We enjoyed a nice walk up the road and enjoyed all the colors.

I wish I had a better camera.  This was such a great photo spot and the kids were actually co-operating.  They thought it was fun playing on this old trailer.

 
There were a couple times where Sarah was done walking so I would hang out with her while the guys kept on exploring.  She wanted to sit on this rock and so I snapped a couple cute pictures of her (not co-operating at this point).

The guys coming back down from their extended hike.

This is the view from the cabin deck - so pretty!

So there is a funny story about staining this deck.  When Gary and I were dating he asked me if I would come up and help him restain the deck and of course I said yes.  So after I was done staining the upper deck I went down to help him.  He was on a ladder and needed me to get more stain on his roller.  Well since I had not had a ton of experience handing off a fully coated paint roller, I turned it to the side and I got stain all over him.  It ruined his favorite hat and T-shirt and we got a good laugh out of it.  Good thing we were just dating and still thought the clumsy things I do were funny!

City Creek Canyon

We love going up City Creek Canyon and the weather was really beautiful the day we went. The kids enjoyed walking next to the creek and this time we went we saw several cool bugs. The craziest one was a huge tarranchula. Gary spotted it and scared the crap out of me when he held me back saying STOP. Once I realized what he was talking about we then enjoyed watching it walk down the road.

There is a little old bridge that Isaac insisted on crossing and when Isaac does something Sarah is right behind him doing the same thing.

Gary and I like to make it to a certain point up the canyon (about 1.5 miles in) and have a little picnic. The kids thought that was great.

Isaac's Birthday/Parties

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY ISAAC!!!
I can't believe it has already been 5 years since we had you. Time really has gone by so quickly. You have brought so much joy and happiness into our lives. I LOVE your smile and cute laugh. You have such a sweet heart and always know how to cheer people up. You come up with some of the craziest things and I wish I could remember all of them. Right now some of your favorite things are Star Wars Legos, Star Wars anything, playing the Wii (when you earn enough stickers), playing outside and you are learning how to write your ABC's and your numbers. Mom and Dad are so proud of you and you are such a great brother to Sarah.

Growing up we always got the number of balloons you turned. So here are his 5 balloons.

Star Wars Legos - I love the true smile when opening a present.



We decided to take him out to dinner at Red Robin. It was so funny watching him while they were singing to him. He didn't know whether to laugh, smile or be imbarrassed. He enjoyed the whip cream off the sundae and Sarah enjoyed the rest!


He asked for a batman cake and this is what I was able to create.

Opening his presents - clothes, lots of books, and the game Connect 4.


So we left for SLC the day after his birthday so I decided to just have a little party and Wheeler Farm. It was going to just be my brother and his family and my cousin and her 2 kids. Eventually it turned into a big party with my family along with all of Gary's family. I love it when we all get together. It had been so long since we were able to celebrate someone's birthday together. To keep with the theme, I had ordered a batman cake topper.

I realized I barely have any pictures of my kids with G & G Oaks so I thought this one was pretty good! Thank you to everyone for coming and it was so nice just relaxing at the "farm."