TOFW

My mom and I had the great opportunity to go to Time Out for Women last weekend. It was held at the Salt Palace downtown. It was Friday night and all day Saturday. I'm blessed to have a wonderful husband that doesn't even bat an eye, when I go out for some "me time" and leave him with the kids and a list of chores!

We had such a great time. There were wonderful speakers like- Sherri Dew, John Bytheway, and Our Best Bites ladies. The musical performers were Mercy River and Jenny Oaks Baker. Jenny Oaks Baker has become one of my favorites. I bought her Disney CD and the kids and I love it!

It was so great to spend time with my mom and enjoy some uplifting music and messages.

This was my second TOFW and I can't wait to go again next year!

4 months and 3 years

I took Brooklyn in for her 4 month check up on October 17th. 

Her stats were:

weight-12 lbs 3oz- 16 %tile

Height- 25.5 in- 88%tile

head- 40.4 cm- 31 %tile

She is healthy, but little bitty. We're afraid she might not be eating enough. The doctor wasn't super concerned because she has gained weight, so he wants us just to wait until her 6 month appointment and check again. We will be starting cereal soon to see if that helps.

Brooklyn started rolling over at 4months and 1 day old. She rolls from her back to her stomach, and then screams, because she's stuck. That's a fun game we play several times a day ;) She also growls, although not as much as she used to.

She is such a smiley happy baby, who brings so much joy to our family. It's fun to see her uncles (and everyone else) taking turns, anxiously waiting to hold her.

How can you not love that face?!

These are Cole's preschool class pictures he had taken a few weeks ago. Such a handsome boy.

He had his 3 year check up, when I took Brooklyn in.

His stats are:

weight- 32.2 lbs- 44 %tile

height- 40.1 in- 91 %tile

He's healthy, and still tall and skinny!

He has turned in to somewhat of a stink bug! We didn't really have terrible twos with him, but he's making up for it now. He can be so sweet and cute, and then he can be so ornery and difficult! Luckily, his cuteness outweighs the difficult, and he really keeps us laughing.

A couple of things he says that make us laugh every time-

"be qwiwt, that's annoywing!!"- always directed at Hayden

"we're thankful for our blesswings."- while praying

Cornbellys

We went with Heidi and Logan to Cornbellys and had a great time.

It's such a fun place. The kids got to dress up,

Race,

climb hay bales, bounce in a bunch of bounce houses. go in the corn maze, go on a train ride, go down a huge slide on a corn sack (my personal fav), and much more. 

Hayden actually went back to Cornbellys for her first field trip last week. Grammy chaperoned and they had fun, and even got to bring home a little pumpkin. So, we enjoyed Cornbellys this year, for sure!

Thanks for inviting us, Heidi!

Projects

There have been lots of projects going on at the house. One of which was pouring concrete.

 The kids each got to put their hands in. I didn't get the camera out in time to snap Cole's picture, but you can tell by the concern about his hand in the above picture, that he did it.

 Even Brooklyn got in on the action, and almost gave us a face print.

Look at those sweet little hands.

A tree was also planted in the front yard. The kids were super excited to see just how deep the hole was!

There has also been lots of work being done on the basement. Awesome!

Moab

Over fall break, US Synthetic planned a trip to Moab, and we decided to go. 

Balanced Rock-Ryan, Hayden, and Cole are sitting up in the little crevice.

Our first stop was Arches National Park. It was so beautiful! 

We checked out some cacti.

Look at that Cutie!

It was chilly and rainy with times of sunshine. We even got a little hail, so not perfect weather, but at least it wasn't too super hot.

The kids loved it and we discovered that Hayden is a major hiker. She was in heaven climbing up as high as we would let her.

The next day we went on a hike in Negro Bills Canyon. It leads to an Arch. We hiked in fro 1 1/2 hours and  didn't make it to the bridge, so we decide to head back. I'm glad we did, because we were all starving and ready to be done for the last 30 minutes. We had a great time, even though we didn't make it to the arch. It is was gorgeous, and the kids loved finding tiny lizards and crossing the river several times.

After that hike, we grabbed lunch and then were on our way home. We decided to stop at Dead Horse Point on the way back. It is unbelievable. 

Ryan took this picture while I was in the van. I was freaking out at the height and super steep cliffs, so I can't believe Ryan let Hayden sit on the edge like that! She is clearly not in the fenced observation area!! Ha ha, she lived , so we're good ;)

We fell in love with Moab, and will definitely stay longer than one night next year!

Going on a Witch Hunt

Isaac, Hayden, Cole, Colin, Sophie

We went on a witch hunt at Gardner Village with Natalie's family. 

We had a lot of fun looking for witches, checking out the boutiques, and enjoying the fall atmosphere.

Brooklyn enjoyed her nap in the stroller, and woke up in time for a group picture.

After all of the witches were found, we went to get our cookies! It was a fun day :)

Cows and Horses

US Synthetic has a pass to Thanksgiving Point. Employees can check it out for a day, so we did. We took the kids to the farm there. They got to ride the ponies twice, so they were both in heaven.

We checked out the other animals and then we each got a turn to milk the cow. I've never milked a cow before, so it was pretty awesome!

Brooklyn spent her time in her seat, sucking on her fingers, which is one of her favorite pastimes :)

Another day we went to Dan and Terry's to ride one of their horses. First the kids groomed Katie.

Then they each got a turn to ride her. 

They loved it, especially Hayden. Hayden was practicing her balance and held her arms up and out. It was fun watching her learn. She would love to take lessons. That may be in her future!