October

We have had a very busy, fun filled month.  We have had a lot of fall activities that I wanted to do before the month was over.

We started out with our annual glow in the dark Halloween jammies.

 

Then we painted pumpkins and decorated Halloween cupcakes with our friend Lucy.  Brooklyn pretty much only liked the frosting.

 

Logan had a lot of fun with the sprinkles.

 

We also went to Gardner Village for the annual Witch Hunt.  This is always one of my favorite fall activities.  We went with Annie and Leslie and will go again this next week with Emily and Lincoln.

 

Logan had his preschool Halloween party.  They played lots of games and had a lot of fun. 

 

Playing BINGO.

 

Last weekend David went to Southbend with my Dad, brothers, and Grandma and Grandpa.  While he was gone we did a lot of fun things.  We went to the Scarecrow Festival with Hilary, Stephanie, Dominic, and baby Kenna.  Brooklyn and Logan had so much fun on the rides.  Brooklyn could have bounced all day if I had let her.

 

While Daddy was gone we also made caramel apples.  They turned out better than we have ever done them.

 

We have a lot more we have done (and I will blog about later), and a lot more to do before Halloween is over.  I love this time of year and I love that my kids have had so much fun!!

Family Pictures 2012

We were finally able to get family pictures done on Sunday.  Considering Brooklyn had a 20 minute nap, they went really well.  My sister did a great job.  Not only did she take our pictures, but she also made Brooklyn's skirt for the pictures!  She is a lady of MANY talents.  I just cannot decide which ones to print so I am posting them all here to get some suggestions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am pretty sure this is the one of him I will print.  It is just so great of a picture.

 

Love these two so much!

 

 

 

 

And one more family one.

 

Thank you so much Hilary for taking our pictures again.  I love them so much and can't wait to get them printed and hung up!

State Fair

A couple of weeks ago we went to the State Fair.  It was a lot of fun.  We were worried it was going to rain so, unfortunately we didn't do much.  The kids had a lot of fun anyway though.

 

First we saw the farm animals.  Logan loved them...

 

...Brooklyn, not so much. She is so scared of so much and the farm animals were no exception.

 

Next we did the hands on farm.  This has always been Logan's favorite thing at the fair and Brooklyn loved it this year too.

 

She loved holding her own basket.

 

Digging for potatoes.

 

Digging for onions.

 

 

We also did the all you can eat ice cream tent.

 

We were so scared it was going to rain so we ended up not buying the ride passes.  Each kid went down the big yellow slide and had a lot of fun.  The rain held up so we could have done the rides.   Oh well it will just make it that much more fun next year!

Soccer and Football

At the beginning of September, Logan started his second season of soccer.  I really haven't gotten any great pictures, but he is having so much fun and has really improved since the spring.  We are really liking AYSO and are glad that each team gets to be their own color.  Our team name is the Orange Ninjas.  They haven't won any games yet, but in the last game Logan made his first goal ever!  We were so proud of him and he was so proud of himself.

His jersey is huge on him.  Its the smallest they had and it still drowns him.  He is constantly pulling his shorts up.

Brooklyn loves watching him play.  She tries to go on the field so she can play too.

After Logan's first soccer game of the season we took Logan and Lincoln to the BYU game.  Several months ago we got the Cosmo Kids Club for Logan and my sister got one for Lincoln.  The boys were so excited to be able to go to the game.

Because of the kids club, after the game we were able to go down on the field.  When we went down there we found Logan's cousin Braden.

Laying on the letters on the field.  It was very cool to be on the field.  None of us had ever done it before.

Grandpa Quinney was at the game with Braden, Jason, and Heather so he lifted Logan up to almost touch the field goal post.

We had so much fun at the game and get to take the boys to another one at the end of the month.  They are so excited!  It will be a great fall season of soccer and football!

Labor Day

I have so much to catch up on, but I think each thing deserves its own post.  September started out with our annual Labor Day Breakfast up in the canyon.  It didn't dissapoint as usual.  Logan started out by playing by the river.  A few years back the kids discovered if you get the rocks wet it makes "war paint".  They painted their faces and then just played by the water.

Then, we ate breakfast and headed off the the cave.  We weren't sure how Brooklyn would do, but she went in and was a trooper.

Brooklyn and Daddy in the cave.  My mom gave the kids these headlights and they were a big hit.  Even with David.

Logan in the cave.  We have a tradition that if we kiss the back of the cave we will have good luck for the whole year.  Logan even kissed the back this year!

Mommy and Brooklyn climbing out of the cave.

The Labor Day activities are always so fun.  After the canyon we just relaxed at home until we went to Mike and Kate's for the annual jump and dive contest.  I was a judge this year and lacked picture taking.  It was a great contest though.  Logan even did his first front flip off the diving board.  I am so sad that summer is over.  But, now that it is September I guess I will just embrace the cooler weather and all that comes with it!

First Day of Preschool

A couple of weeks ago Logan had his first day of preschool.  He was so excited to start school again and to be able to see his friends.  I can't believe he only has one more year of preschool and then he will be in Kindergarten.  Good thing he still has a year, because I am not ready for that!

We got to the school a little early to take some pictures.  Here are some of his favorite things.

I love this kid so much.  He is probably the sweetest, smartest, funniest little boy ever!  I just cannot get enough of him and wish time could just stop for a little bit.  I know he is going to love his last year of preschool, and I am going to enjoy having him not going to school every day.

New York

A couple of months ago my mom decided she wanted to go to New York to see Newsies on Broadway.  Luckily, I was able to go too!  So two months later me, my mom, Hilary, Leslie, and my Aunt Debbie went to New York.  

On our first day there we headed to Times Square.  

We saw the Centennial Ball that dropped in 2007.

David snuck Logan's wuggle pet in my suitcase, so we decided to bring it along to get pictures taken to show Logan.

It rained pretty much the whole day on the first day.  Lucky for us there were people selling umbrellas every 5 feet.

My mom surprised us by finding out where the FRIENDS building is.  We got lost several times and it took us 2 1/2 hours to find it, but it was one of my favorite things.  Anyone who knows me, knows FRIENDS is my all time favorite show!

To end our first night there we went and say Newsies on Broadway.  It was amazing!  Thank you so much Mom for making it possible for us to go! 

This is proof that I rode a New York subway...A lot!

A big thing on my list was to go to Serendipity to get a frozen hot chocolate.  It did not disappoint.

We went on a bus tour and while on the tour we were looking at all the buildings and then all of a sudden the Manhattan Temple was just there in the middle of huge skyscrapers!  It was amazing.

One of Logan's favorite movies right now is Night at the Museum 1 and 2.  I had to get a picture of the Natural History Museum.  And it just happened to have this huge spider on the door.

My mom wanted to make sure we went to the Bronx so that she can say she has been to all 5 burrows of New York City.  When asking for directions people looked at us like we were crazy for going to the Bronx. 5 white ladies.  Again lucky for us, Yankees Stadium is right when you get off the Subway right when you get into the Bronx.  So we got off took pictures of Yankee Stadium and didn't even have to get off the subway platform.

It was such a great trip.  We stayed out late most nights since New York is the city that never sleeps.  We ate delicious New York cheesecake.  We ate at KATZ Deli (The Deli in When Harry Met Sally).  We went on several bus tours that gave us great information about the city.  We ate in Little Italy and it was some of the best pasta we have ever eaten (and of course one of my favorites, gelato!).  My aunt wanted me to see some cockroaches and rats on the Subway.  I didn't see any the whole time...until the last day when I saw two rats and two cockroaches.  We bought purses on Canal Street.  I should have taken pictures of that.  Its crazy on Canal Street.  On the last day there was a fun street market that was so huge we didn't even make it to the end.  We had so much fun and it was great getting away with my mom, sisters, and aunt.  Thank you so much Mom for making the whole trip possible.  You are amazing and I really had so much fun!
I also need to give a shoutout to David who took time off work to watch the kids.  I appreciate so much him making it possible for me to go on this trip!