Pumpkin Patch

So for Family home Evening last week we decided it would be fun to visit the pumpkin patch and get our pumpkins for carving. We went with my brother and his wife and their three little girls. We met at their house and had homemade chili and cinammon rolls. YUM!

Wee Witches Weekend!!!

So the Weekend of Oct. 2-3 we went down to Utah to Gardner Village to their Wee Witches Weekend. Your kids dress up in their Halloween Costumes and they have all sorts of activities planned geared toward your kids. We do a big girls weekend every year with my aunt and her daughters. This year we thought we would bring the kids and do this weekend to see what it was all about. We went down friday and did some shopping and then we go eat and some fun place for the night. We went and ate at The Mayan because we thought the kids would enjoy the cliff divers. Here are all the kids Saturday morning after they were all dolled up and ready to go.
L-R Back: Macy,Ellie, Kensie, and Kayla Front: Sophie, Statton, and Cassidy

Here is Ellie dancing with Cassidy up on the stage dancing to the music.

Statton didn't want to keep his spider hat on and Cassidy never would wear her witches hat so she got piggy tails with hair bows.

They had music playing all the time and Statton just loved bouncing to the beat.

Cassidy is enjoying a snack while the other kids are dancing. Just FYI I found this pattern and with the help of my mother I sewed her Witch Costume. I thougth it turned out pretty good.

Overall I think all the kids had a blast. I think all of us adults were worn out by the time the weekend was over. Next year we will go back to the no kids just the adults girly weekend. More shopping and more relaxing.

1st Camping Trip

I know this post is late but I don't care. I wanted my kids first camping trip documented on my blog. We finally decided to take the camper and actually put it to camping use. Blair had been living in it all summer. It was the first time I had ever stayed in it and also the kids. We finally had somewhat of a free weekend the end of august so we loaded up and went camping with some of Blair's family. I had to work Sunday but had saturday and monday off so we camped overnight on Saturday and I got up early and went to work all day and then drove back that night. It actually worked out great from my point of view. I'm not much of a camping person. Sitting around all day in the dirt bores me. Blair keeps trying to tell me that it's suppose to be relaxing. So to just hit the highlights of the food, campfire, and playing games was just perfect for me. As you can see the highlights of the trip for Cassidy and Statton were just playing in the trailer.

Poor Mckay still had his jaw wired shut so he was still on the all liquid diet.

Here is Cassidy and Statton enjoying their breakfast Monday morning.

Heres Cassidy trying to help her daddy with something on the trailer.

Statton enjoyed playing with the cooking pots.

Overall it was a short fun little trip. I enjoyed sleeping in the trailer rather than in a tent. Blair's been trying to convince me for years if I had a trailer I would enjoy going camping more. He's probably right. It was nice being able to take a shower and bathe the kids. I did learn a lesson about owning a trailer. When I turned on my hair straightner and put in by the sink in the bathroom and it started to melt into the side of the sink, blair was quick to remind me that the sink is just plastic not porcelain. OOPS! no bad damage just a slight mark. Learn something new every day.