Playing hooky

Friday 10/3 - Tom and I both took a half day off from work and decided we wanted to play with the kids. We went to the aquarium,to an awesome place in Walsburg (up by Deer Creek reservoir), and watched IGOR (review at the end). All in all a fun day!












Off some dirt road in Walsburg, such a pretty place, it had gorgeous colored leaves everywhere and a stream.


I love my Vanna, she has always been "huggy"



Tom found this really cool place to get breakfast burritos in Walsburg, thanks for my new addiction honey! They were AWESOME! Just as good as Chili Works in Los Alamos! Yum!

Igor...don't waste your money! We did not like it and neither did the kids. The first thing Sydney said was, "That movie was immodest and they said bad words." Yeah, supposed to be a kid movie!? The women had dresses that showed too much and they took the Lord's name in vain many times. We were pretty upset but we all talked about the things that weren't good during and after the movie.

Soccer Finale

I am so relieved that my second job, soccer, is over!! It was fun to watch the kids but hard to be going 100 miles an hour ALL the time!

Vanna

Whitney and Savannah



Savannah and her coach

The stars

Zack

Sydney

Savannah

BIG SIGH, can we go to a normal schedule now?

Silver Lake

Last Sunday we went up to the mountains (shocker) with Becky & James. It was so gorgeous!! We haven't been to silver lake since Savannah was a baby, and we also saw a moose that time...too close for comfort!

Take your breath away mountains!

Sydney just being cute in the car!

Summer and Sam are such great friends!






storm clouds started coming in fast




nice pose Savannah!


Mo and Zack





Tom, Becky, James



We had a picnic, thanks to Becky and James, but it totally poured on us! We were all soaked in a matter of seconds. What a great afternoon!

Kid quotes Aug-Sept

Sally- "Should I get my hair cut short?" Tom, "It is getting polygamist long..." (no offense to polygamists, and just to clarify, we (Mormons) do NOT share the same practices/beliefs)

Sydney-"Did we get a new Friend magazine???!!!!" said very enthusiastically. Yes. "Can I read it?" Of course!

Zack-"What do I have to eat to get a roll?" as he looked onto his dinner plate. This, from the boy who lives on bread alone!

Summer-"I had a dream we (our family) were all in the Temple in a circle" (jaw drops and a few tears)

Savannah-"5th grade is SO FUN! You get to do real science, like make potions and stuff!"

Zack-after he walked across a small bridge on the outside, "Mom, I just did Ninja Warrior!"

Summer-when we picked up the kids after my sister Emma had them for 3 days, Tom said, "We missed you guys!" Summer said, "I didn't miss you." Nice.

Savannah-"I wish church had recess." (FYI, we go to church for 3 hrs every Sunday)

Summer-"Mom are you on your blob (blog) again?"

Summer praying-"Thank you for cake and ice-cream and candy and treats..."

Sydney -when I asked what she was thinking, after she threw stuff all around my classroom?! "I was just thinking it was fun." (Oh no, please help me!)

I love Halloween!

10 things I love about Halloween

Nightmare Before Christmas
Dressing up
Halloween Parties
Candy & Chocolate!
Decorating the house
Pumpkins
Caramel apples
Kids excitement (Summer asks me everyday if it's Halloween yet...think she wants some candy?)
Scary music
The cold in the air and BIG piles of fallen leaves (I miss New Jersey!)

photo flashback (Tom, Savannah, Sally, Zack, Sydney)