Garrett has figured out how to roll over from his tummy to his back!
He has been drooling like crazy lately. Hopefully he's not getting teeth. Kira got her first tooth at 3 months and that's just way too young. Garrett has the biggest smile that just takes over his whole face. We just can't seem to get those smiles in the pictures!

Halloween

Today was a beautiful Halloween day. We took advantage of the nice weather and went to Main Street so the kids could go trick-or-treating to the businesses. Steve's sister came down afterwards and brought a yummy soup and the cutest pumpkin bread bowls! Once the kids had some good food in their bellies, we went to meet cousins for another round of trick-or-treating. We had the older kids who were running from door to door and the younger ones who tried but just couldn't keep up. As we went house to house our group got smaller and smaller. After we all trickled home, the kids dumped all the candy out on the floor and separated it into different groups so they could check out their loot. They got a ton of good stuff and even offered to share with mom and dad!

Pumpkins

Our kids love picking their pumpkins from the pumpkin patch. This year we got to go with cousins, Joey, Grandma and Grandpa. We took a hayride out to the pumpkin patch. The kids searched and searched for the perfect pumpkin. We made the rule that they had to be able to carry their own pumpkins, otherwise we would have left with the 3 largest pumpkins on the patch. Sam was the only one who wanted a small one. Garrett loved being outside and looking at all the new things.




Now that we have our pumpkins, it's carving time! The kids actually pulled out the seeds and goo themselves this year! Well, mostly.



The pumpkin carving got a little out of control!

Temple Square

We decided to bring the kids up to Temple Square. Chris is the only one of our kids that has ever been there, but he was only a few months old so it doesn't really count. It was a beautiful day with perfect weather. Steve's sister came with us and took some family pictures for us. Let me tell you how much fun family pictures are with 5 kids, especially when one is a 2 year old!


I love this picture that Chris took of the Salt Lake Temple!

Friends!

Kira has missed her friend, Sadie, up in Idaho. So when we went back up to Idaho for the weekend she made sure she got to play with Sadie. Chris was being photographer for me and took this picture of them at the park.

He also took this picture of Spencer and Olivia. It cracked me up.

Hiking

Looking up at the mountains and seeing all the colors inspired us to take the kids to Payson for a nice little hike. They did great. It was a little harder then they're used to but they were troopers and were so proud of themselves when we make it to the top. It was beautiful.

We found this rock along the hiking trail. It was the perfect little chair.

The kids needed a few breaks on the way up so we took advantage of it and made them pose for a picture. Samuel was not very cooperative. He was too busy trying to explore everything.

Growing Up

This is Samuel's favorite shirt. He calls it his skateboard shirt and always wants to wear it. Sam seems so grown up lately. He jumped from being a toddler to a little man. He's talking really well and has a great sense of humor. It's funny because he's a totally different kid when Chris, Kira and Spencer are at school. It's been lots of fun seeing him break out into his own little person.