Halloween 2010

This year the kids dressed up as Alice in Wonderland and Link from The Legend of Zelda. They both chose their costumes and we were able to bring them to fruition! The had a great time dressing up and trick or treating at Josh's work. They have a great little activity for the kids at his work where the kids can do some Halloween crafts and games and then trick or treat at each office. It's alot of fun for the kids and I think the adults too.

Hahahaha! And this is at our ward Trunk or treat. My camera flashes really bright! It was really cold by the end and the kids were ready to go home anyway!

Pumpkin Patch 2010

I love this time of year! The kids and I went to the Snowflake pumpkin patch again this year and picked out the perfect pumpkins. (That was Peyton's goal.) Unfortunately I could never really get a good picture of the kids because the sun was in their eyes all the time. But they were good sports and we had a good time walking around looking around at all the pumpkins and going through the corn maze.

The kids had to answer questions and then go in the direction it told you to go. We made it out luckily.





Who is who?

5 years old!

Today is a very windy day. It's nice. Feels like Fall. Well, on October 21st Peyton Ryne turned 5. 5. He's so big! I seriously can't take the idea of him going to school next year! But he is just mine for now so we will enjoy every minute of it. He had 3 birthday celebrations this year since we celebrated with both families and he had a Halloween Party with cousins and friends. I love that he was born so close to Halloween. October is my favorite month of the year after all.

We started out having a fire in our fireplace for the very first time! It was so exciting for everyone and we enjoyed it so much.

We're so glad that Peyton is part of our family. He is such a great boy, learning so much, growing so big, and making us happy! Happy Birthday!

A Sunday Escape

We decided to go higher on the mountain to find us some Autumn. As we drove higher we slowly started to see more colors. It's still a little early but we found some Fall. In just a couple of weeks things will look completely different. I can't wait for that. Here is our little day trip documented.

Tiring day for Peyton. But this helped him to be ready for the rough hike ahead.

Starting to see some color!

Remember this picture from last year? Here we are again, a year older.


Peyton took this photo of us and did a great job!

After the tough hike, I mean... tough.

We are so enjoying Fall here. My favorite time of year and even more now that I live in it! I love it. My house is decorated for Halloween with a couple of new creations. I am currently working on making the kids Halloween costumes and a couple more. I will share those when they are done. Happy Fall!

Fall Celebration

We had our annual Fall celebration last Friday on the first of October. We had fun decorating caramel apples and then of course enjoyed eating them while watching Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin. I love that movie. That one is my favorite of all the Charlie Brown specials. It makes life feel so simple and good. Paige was really just interested in the apple part of the caramel apple. The next day I peeled off the caramel for her and she was a happy bird.

The weather is getting chilly here. We are so ready to use our fireplace for the first time. Maybe this weekend. Enjoy your cooler weather wherever you are.

Ballet Class

Paige is still taking ballet now that the new year has started. She is excited that this time she will get to dance on stage this year with a costume. Becky is so great with the young girls and Paige loves going to dance. She even has gone in with Becky to tap class after ballet but she says that it's too loud.

Being so quiet and tip-toeing to the side of the room.

(She has the white flower in her hair in all the pictures)

Welcome to our Home...

So not the best picture, I'll try taking another one in the morning when the sun is not so high. But here is the front of our home.



Doesn't this door just say "Welcome" ? I love it. I fell in love with this door right away and even when I thought we wouldn't get the house I wanted to come back and take the door!

The kids spend so much time outside playing, here mostly. I love that their outside so much getting fresh air and I can sit on the porch and watch them or read a book. And there are trees all around us making us feel very secluded and protected.

Here is the view of our house from the beginning of our driveway. You can barely see the house and the lawn through the trees. And our lawn is actually green from all the rain we've been getting!

More to come later.....I am off to welcome home my brother from his 2 year mission in Armenia! We are so excited to see him again! And then I am off to Las Vegas for a dance teacher expo/convention for a few days with a couple of good friends. See you when I get back!