Fall Activities

We had a busy week this last week. This year my dad and David grew awesome gardens. My dad decided he wanted to grow pumpkins for the grandkids. We soon discovered that one pumpkin was taking all the nutrients from the other pumpkins. Lots of pumpkins would grow to be about 3 inches and then all of a sudden start dying. Except one! We picked this pumpkin last Sunday and it was huge and so heavy! In height it was just a little smaller than Logan, but weighed more than twice as much! 55 lbs!!

Logan Standing next to the pumpkin.


Sitting on the pumpkin.


David and Mark playing catch with the pumpkin!


Then on Thursday we went to Emily's school for their Halloween party. We have been putting Logan's costume on him once a week for the last two months to try to get him to not cry when he would wear it. It paid off. He wore it the whole time and didn't cry once. We had lots of fun. Layne was there too and Logan was like his little puppy dog. Their favorite thing to do was the ghost/pumpkin bowling. They also made witch hands out of popcorn and played ring toss with a big spider. It was lots of fun. Thank you for letting us come Emily!

Logan in his costume. Layne didn't have his costume yet.


Playing ghost/pumpkin bowling.


Witch hands!


Then on Friday we went to a carnival at a local farm. It was a lot of fun. They had hay rides and a bounce house, vendors, face painting, and games. I really wanted Logan to get his face painted because we had never done it before. I planned on it being his turn and him freaking out and not doing it. But that didn't happen. He sat so still and did awesome! And to make it better right before I was about to give her our tickets we won a raffle and got free face painting. Then we went on the hay ride around the farm and Logan did awesome on that too. We then played some games and all the kids went on the bounce house. Including Logan. Again I expected him to go in and scream. But he didn't. He loved it. This kid is sure growing up and doing a lot that he never would before. He is at the best stage right now!! We had a very fall festive week and it was so much fun!!

Logan getting his face painted.


Waiting for the hay ride! The Aulai kids are so awesome with Logan and he asks for them often throughout the week.


On the hayride.


Jumping in the bounce house!


Playing a fishing game. He played three games and won two pairs of fake vampire teeth and a pirate eye patch.

Which Witch is Which?

For playdate this week we decided to go to Gardener Village to see the witches. It was absolutely perfect weather! The kids had so much fun. Last year when we went they were all either very scared or at least weary of going near the witches. This year they were much braver. Logan was terrified of the witch that moved but the other two got pretty close. Until looking at the last witch when Annie was all of a sudden scared. It could have been because of the fake spider next to the witch. Anyway, we had so much fun going in all the little shops and walking around spotting the witches all around. We will definitely be going back in the next week if the weather stays nice to take real pictures of Logan. It was so festive!

Just drinking his juice.


They were so good at posing for me to take pictures.


This is the witch Logan was scared of. You can tell he is trying to run away cause he is barely in the shot.


And this is the one Annie was scared of.

The Ducks on the Farm go Quack Quack Quack

On Wednesday we decided to go to the farm for playdate. It was perfect weather for this kind of activity and with the crummy weather just around the corner it was nice to be able to do that again. The kids had so much fun. With Logan getting older he loves to run around and play with the kids, and was actually excited to feed the ducks and chickens. He was running around like crazy at the ducks yelling "Quack Quack". We had so much fun. I am so sad that pretty soon our playdates are going to have to consist of indoor activities.

Feeding the ducks.


Logan feeding the chickens.


Cute kids playing in the tree house.


What a great place to take pictures!

Its My Potty and I'll Go if I Want to!

Today Logan took his diaper off for the first time. So we decided, knowing he is not ready but trying anyway, to have him try to go to the bathroom on the toilet. David carried him upstairs and put him on the toilet. Logan did nothing. David took him off the toilet and showed him how to do it, then asked Logan "Can you do that?" And then Logan said "YEAH!!", and started going to the bathroom on David's foot. So to get Logan startled enough to stop "going" David yelled his name and said "Wait!" Logan stopped and David put him on the toilet and said "Ok finish going", but he wouldn't. Of course he does it while not on the toilet, but when on gets stage fright! He is turning into such a little toddler!

4 years ago today...

...I married the love of my life. I cannot believe we have already been married for 4 years. It has been the best 4 years of my life. David is such a wonderful man and I couldn't ask for a better husband or a better father for our children. Thanks babe for making life so wonderful!

10 Reason I love David so much:

1- He is such a wonderful father!
2- He is such a hard worker!
3- He wants me to be a stay at home mom as much as I want to!
4- He is so generous!
5- He loves his family so much!
6- He loves my family so much and is so willing to see them as often as I like to!
7- He is very passionate about things he loves!
8- He is a wonderful cook!
9- He provides for me and Logan!
10-He is the best husband I could have ever asked for and loves me for me!

Those are just a few of the reasons I love him. He is such an amazing man!

Canyons

Every Labor Day we go up to the canyons with my Dads side of the family. It has always been one of our favorite traditions. We head up in the morning and get breakfast all ready. This year after we ate the kids were exploring when all of a sudden we hear what sounds like fireworks. I look up and there are huge rocks flying down the hill at three of the kids. There were more people above them that were trying to come down but them doing that was causing these rocks to come down the hill fast. One of my cousins got hit in the head with a big rock and was bleeding a lot. David ran up and helped one down and was blocking the rocks from hitting another. Then my brother Mark ran up and helped the other one down while David was still blocking rocks. Finally everyone got down safely but it was quite scary. My one cousin got hit in the head, another in the back but not hurt too badly, and David got hit in the arm. Luckily nothing worse happened.

After all of that we played in in the river a little and then went to the cave. The cave is such a fun tradition. You have to make it to the back of the cave and kiss it and then you have good luck for a whole year. David and I both did it so hopefully this year will bring lots of luck. We tried to get Logan to go in but he just screamed. I am sure glad we still go this tradition every year. We definitely look forward to it.

Later we went to Provo with my sisters and Lincoln and went to Tucanos for lunch. David thought it was delicious, I thought it was ok. After that we went swimming and had a dive contest and David won biggest splash for the seventh time in a row. Although, this year he had some competition! We had a great Labor Day, but we are so sad for summer to end!

Logan eating breakfast with cousins and bapa.


Logan and Daddy climbing the mountain.


David's arm after getting hit by a rock.


Logan playing in the water. He loved throwing rocks in and getting all wet. He was in heaven.


The group at the back of the cave.


David coming out of the cave.


The cave crew!


David's arm last night. You can't really tell because of the lighting but it got pretty bruised.

What a Game!

GO COUGARS!!

Take me out to the ballgame!

Last night we went to a Bees game. My little brothers girlfriend is a Honeybee and got us tickets for free! They were really good seats too. We were about five rows up from the opposite teams dugout. Almost my whole family was able to go which made it a lot of fun. Logan loved trying to eat old disgusting popcorn off the ground but once we bought some didn't want anymore. I guess he got his fill. My dad was also so wonderful to walk around with him for pretty much the whole time. The Bees lost but it was a great night to go watch some baseball! Thank you so much for the tickets Ashley!!

David and Logan eating their favorite food: Popcorn


We were really close to the field.


Logan eating some dinner. He wouldn't eat his hot dog earlier but anytime anyone else has food he wants it. So he kept yelling "A BITE" to my mom til she heard him and gave him a bite.


Logan and Lincoln enjoying the game. This was Lincoln's first baseball game and he said instead of playing soccer next year he will play baseball!

How is it...

That kids can seriously fall asleep anywhere and in any position?



And yes, that is a chicken nugget on his shoulder. He fell asleep with head on couch, feet on coffee table, and chicken nugget on shoulder!

Lagoon

On Wednesday David called me from work and said that one of his coworkers was going to Lagoon on Thursday and they had this thing that could get us in for $18 a ticket and if we wanted to we could get in on it. David decided a month or so ago that he wanted to take some vacation in August and that just happened to be this weekend so we decided to take them up on their offer. How could we pass up more than half off on a ticket! So we called my sisters to see if they could come and the Aulai's also. It ended up everyone could go, which turned out so much fun. Logan loves the Aulai's and was so excited when they got there. My wonderful sister Emily watched Logan while we went on rides and while David, Logan, Licoln and Ariana went to Lagoon a Beach. Logan did so much better than I thought he would. At times he would get restless in the stroller so we would strap on his monkey and let him walk around a bit. After he got sick of that we would go on the train ride which he absolutely loved. After each time he would say "One More". He did not like the waterpark though. The water was too cold. But it wore him down just enough for a nap. I am glad we got to go because it was kind of one last hoorah before my sisters and the kids have to go back to school and it was so nice that David already had the day off!

He loved riding on the train and seeing all the animals.


I love his little cheesy smile!


Logan and Daddy in the water. In this picture Logan is trying to climb up David to get out of the cold water.


I wanted to put this picture in because these are two of Logan's new favorite things. Wearing daddy's and mommy's shoes and watching Finding Nemo in his little tv. At least once a day lately he comes up to us and says "Mamo" to watch his movie. What a funny little boy!