Since our Saturday was so jam packed we decided to carve our pumpkins for our Family Home Evening activity on Sunday evening. We had a fun time and it was the first time Sarah had carved her very own pumpkin all by herself. 
We had a jam packed weekend. Nathan got home Friday evening and we spent the evening catching up on all the happenings of the week. Saturday morning we got dressed up to go to Boo at the Zoo which was fun, but SO very crowded. We got to see the new giraffes and lions - very cool!! Just in case you're wondering...Sarah is a vet, Andrew is Indiana Jones, Spencer is Luke Skywalker, and Jamin is Thomas (because that's all he would put on.).
Then we hurried home to be ready for our next adventure. With the help of some friends, we put on the Hidden Springs Halloween party. It was tons of fun with lots of games, crafts, cake walk and parade. I didn't get any photos, but here is one of Jamin with fangs that someone won at the party. 
Then, to finish off a very busy day.....we all went to see....HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3!!!!!!!
We all LOVED it!!!!!! Yes, even all the BOYS in the family loved it!!!
Last night after putting all the kids to bed, I went in to rock Benj to sleep. While I was in his room, I could hear Andrew looking all over the house for me, but not wanting to wake Benj, I waited a few minutes. When I went looking for Andrew I found him in Sarah's room crying because he was scared. Sarah was hugging him and asking him questions about why he was scared. I loved that when he couldn't find me, he went right to Sarah for comfort. I loved that Sarah would be so kind and loving to him when he truly needed it.
This morning I was upstairs getting ready for the day, when I came downstairs I found Benj eating breakfast. I asked if he was eating Spencer's breakfast and Spencer told me that he had gotten Benj a plate, put a waffle on it and gave him syrup. I was so impressed that Spencer had made breakfast for Benj without being asked.
It is my hope that our kids will always feel that their siblings are their Best Friends!!
I just started taking care of a little one on Tues. and Wed. She needs it to be quiet and to be rocked to go to sleep which is a bit tricky with Benjamin. So, today I put him up to the counter with his lunch before taking her upstairs to put her to sleep. I heard him holler several times, but waited a bit longer because I wanted to make sure she was asleep before putting her down. Then, when I came downstairs.....this is what I found. Bless his heart. He must get this from his dad who can sleep anywhere at anytime! (I promise that from the time he "hollered" downstairs until I found him was no longer than 3 or 4 minutes. I looked at my watch because I felt so bad for leaving him. Please don't turn me in to H and W!) 
We went to Farwest Nursery on Satuday to their Harvest Festival. We went last year and knew we would have a fun time. They let you color pumpkins (and take them home), have super fun games for the kids to play, face painting, a scavenger hunt, a hay ride, a bouncy house and then they send you home with lots of fun treats!! We loved it despite the very cold weather!! Happy Fall!!!
We have loved having a garden this summer. When we planted the garden, we knew we wanted to have LOTS of pumpkins so we planted 8 pumpkin plants. Since Nonnie and Grandpa were in town, we went on Friday evening to harvest our pumpkins. We were THRILLED to harvest 54 pumpkins. Thank goodness we had the Whitings "Gator" to transport all of our pumpkins. What will we do with 54 pumpkins (actually, there are at least 10-15 more green pumpkins in the garden)?? We put them all around the front of our house and we think it looks absolutely festive!
Last weekend, we drove to Ogden for my nephew's baptism. We had such a fun weekend!!! We played with cousins, ate, went to Palmer's baptism, ate, went to the Treehouse Children's Museum, swam at the hotel, played with cousins and ate some more!! We loved being with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins!!! Thanks Jon and Heidi for being great hostesses!
Highlights of the museum were: Sarah being a princess in a play, Andrew playing chess with Uncle Ryan, Spencer driving a fire truck and getting lost only twice and Benjamin loving every minute. Hopefully we'll get more pictures from Grandpa Bruce.
This was a photo taken on our way home...it shows you just how much fun we had!!!
