Uh-Oh...

Want to know one of my least favorite sounds? It's the sound of thousands of Cheerios steadily being dumped out onto the kitchen floor. This little man is starting to get a little mischievous around the house!

Trick or Treat

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. The kids are so excited to dress up and get candy, it's hard not to get excited along with them. The picture above was the only one I could get with them all looking at the camera nicely and I was sad to see it was blurry. That's usually how it goes taking pictures of these guys. 

Clara was a princess, Quinton a dragon, and Warren was a prince. Quinton and Clara celebrated at school and that evening we went to our ward party and trunk or treat. Then Barry took them out to some neighborhoods. Of course it rained for the first time in a while for the only hour they were out and about, but they still came back with a haul of good candy!

Carving Pumpkins

Pumpkin waffles for breakfast

Quinton with his friend Zannah. He loved parading around at school!

Mummy dogs for lunch.

They get pretty silly when taking pictures!

Utah Trip

Last weekend we had a fun vacation to Utah. Barry had tickets to the BYU-BSU football game on Friday so we all decided to tag along. We stayed at Bryant and Shauna's and Grandma and Grandpa Packer, Shari, and Jeni were down there visiting as well. It was a fun-filled weekend!

We went to the BYU creamery before the game and tried their yummy ice cream and french fries. Then we went to some of the pre-game booths with Barry where the kids got to play some games and win a few prizes. 

The next day we met my family at the Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point. The kids could have spent hours just in the first room where they have lots of "tinker" stations. Their favorite was making flying contraptions out of paper and sticking them in a tube of air to make them fly.

Then we got to see all of the dinosaurs!

Quinton was especially excited to see all of the dinosaurs - his favorite is the T-Rex!

That night we went to see Despicable Me 2. Here is Warren riding a train with Connor in the lobby. Warren was sick and miserable for a lot of the trip, but he loved going to the movie.

On Sunday after church we met again near temple square at a park to have a picnic. Connor, Triston, and Quinton had fun posing for the camera.

We took the kids to see the conference center. We went on the top to see the gardens and the view.

Quinton and Clara loved all of the water fountains.

We had a blast on our trip, but as always, traveling with kids is exhausting. Clara and Warren were asleep minutes after we pulled away from temple square and slept for a long time in the car.

Soccer

Quinton and Clara begged us to play soccer this year. Luckily they were at the right age to be on the same team. They both played really well and each of them made goals at their games.

Warren cheered them on from the sidelines.

Pumpkin Patch

Warren and I got to go with Clara on her preschool field trip to the pumpkin patch. We went on a hay ride and Clara got to choose a pumpkin. And they had lots of other fun things to do -

Climb a mountain of straw bales.

Sit on a tractor.

Jump on a hidden trampoline in the straw bales.

And play with chicken feed. It doesn't get much more fun than that!

Riding Bikes

We made it a goal this summer for Quinton and Clara to learn to ride their bikes without training wheels. We probably didn't practice as much as we should have, but one evening we went to the church parking lot and they figured it out! Barry was such a good dad to help them learn. They both figured it out within minutes of each other. Clara was very determined to do it and as soon as Quinton saw her going, his competitive side came out and he was  doing laps around the parking lot in no time. I'm proud of them for not giving up!

Hike to Thompson Peak

Barry spent last weekend on a hike with some friends from Mountain Home to Thompson Peak, which is near Stanley.

Barry never forgets his fly rod. He caught this beautiful cutthroat at the base of the peak in Thompson Cirque Lake.

End of Summer

School started, but the weather stayed warm for a while. Here are some of the fun things we did before autumn came.

Clara spraying Quinton in the face with the hose.

We got some big boxes one day and the kids decorated them and made a little home to sleep in.

Warren was just so tired one day he fell asleep in his high chair.

Barry went fishing at Crane Falls with his friend, Daniel.

Here we are at the Air Force Appreciation Day parade with our friend Zannah. We actually made it through the whole parade this year (it's super long). Each kid had a grocery bag FULL of candy and other goodies.

Chowing down on some caramel popcorn.