Fall Festivities

I love fall! The kids and I have had our fun at Cornbellys, the pumpkin patch, and Gardner's Village, and trick-or-treating. The holidays are the best!

A walk up Mapleton Canyon to see the colors. Of course, it looked better in person

Pumpkin Patch

Gardener Village (sorry the pictures are sideways. I must have forgotten to rotate them)

Halloween Night: my ninja and princess

(Keira was also a black cat for a ward party)

Happy Halloween!

Oh, and also we celebrated Thomas 8th Birthday.

With his friend, Tommy

Twister was funny- Keira really tried but couldn't keep her body off the mat

 We ended up going to Sonic so he could get a chili dog (Coney), one of his favorite meals. 

I believe he had a good day:)

And Cornbelly's

Happy Fall everyone!

Precious Little Ones of Mine

Some of you may have already seen these on Natalie's blog, so you'l will just have the pleasure of seeing them again:) Thomas requested we go take pictures at the same spot Chris and Maquel went for theirs, so Natalie agreed to take us. 

All went well until Keira got a splinter. (Notice her forced, pained smile)

Aww. I love my kids!

Thomas had a hard time getting a good jumping shot down, with his legs tucked underneath him. But this one works!

And a few cute individual pictures

And some random pictures. 

Fun at Mom and Andy's work party. There was yummy food, bounce houses, and games...we all had a good time

I love my little girl

Up Provo Canyon with some friends

Cambria and Keira put stickers all over their faces. Actually, it was Cambria's doing and Keira allowed it to be done on her too. Silly kids

Family Reunion

The cabin is always such fun! There was not a lull in the day this time with all the "Minute to Win It" games, the great road rally, and the traditional games of volleyball, capture the flag, and water balloon volleyball, etc.

The kids all play so well with each other. I am so glad Thomas and Keira had the chance to play for so long with Avery....

...and Austin

Thomas especially loved the glow in the dark skull Kevin used for matching up teams for the big hunt

Kevin and Caroline had a great kids treasure hunt which each child was able to keep something fun

I wish I had a video of all the excitement from the road rally Kevin has been working on all year. His hunt took us all around the mountain from Duck Creek where we had to tip a "Hot Mama" to Mammoth Springs where we had to fill a bucket on a see-saw with water by using a bucket full of holes to make the bucket full of rocks on the other end rise. We had to rest and eat at a picnic area and decipher codes. The final treasure was this big pile of "gold" at the neighbor's cabin. We had some great competition, a little wild as Jay would block us in or us discovering we went the wrong way and had to quickly turn around. It was a close race. Well done Kevin and Caroline!

Love the message!

This is our treasure:)

Jay got 4-wheelers, so we all had a great time cruising around in them. I was perfectly content just riding in back.

Thomas got to ride, and loved it of course

And Maquel took Keira around the block

The last little bit of fun for the kids were these glow-in-the-dark lanterns. My flash ruined the glow but it was so fun for the kids, and these were the flags for the Capture the Flag game. 

It was wonderful seeing everyone. Hopefully next time we will be able to have Becca and Jimmy, and Becky and Joel there too. I love my family!