Fall Fun

Monsters!

The kids Halloween party!

Pumpkin carving

Our annual Halloween dinner

"Neewollah Eats"

My parents -

they are always up for fun!

Christina & Jason

Picking pumpkins. . .

Scarecrow festival

8's Tag

Tagged by Kelli

8 TV shows I like to watch.....
(This might show my true character)

1. Prison Break
2. 24
3. Without a Trace
4. Signing Time
5. Bones
6.
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8 favorite restraunts. . .
(This is the only one I didn't have a hard time with)

1. Epic
2. Stoneground
3. Ginza
4. Goodwood
5. Olive Garden
6. Melting Pot
7. Biaggi's
8. Rumbi
9. Some back woods, crab cracking place the Barton's took us to!

8 things I did yesterday...

1. Took my kids to the Scarecrow Festival
2. Started laundry
3. Went to my favorite class at the gym (Strike!)
4. Drove the girls to dance
5. Made dinner
6. Went to the store at 8 pm to buy a cake for my 2 year old's birthday, it was yesterday! (lame mom, he had to ask for it)
7. Picked out pumpkins
8. Crashed early - I was tired!

8 things I'm looking forward to...

1. Our house exterior to be finished
2. My boys bedrooms put back together
3. Seeing my new nephew
4. Going to Thriller with girlfriends
5. Seeing Wicked in the spring
6. Seeing Coldplay next month
7. My son and his friend's haunted house
8. Conner's last football game

8 things on my wish list...

1. My house done (There is a theme here. I might blog it someday)
2. Our yard finished (We are almost there! Thanks to my talented and handsome husband, who is not sitting here watching me.:))
3. Find great jeans that fit my waist and thighs
4. Jason to be able to breath long enough to kiss
5. Garage that is bigger than my car
6. Bosch mixer and wheat grinder
7. My friend, Christina, to have a baby
8. My children to always be happy and good


8 people I tag.....

Carlee, Jami, Candace and anyone else who actually finds their way to my obscure blog.

Fall Hike

What a gorgeous fall we are having here in Utah. We took a hike up Big Cottonwood Canyon to Dog Lake, 70 degrees and loving it! I love being in the mountains! The smell and color of the leaves, the blue sky - it really doesn't get better (unless I am riding the trails on a mountain bike)!! The kids were troopers and thought the berries they found and the snow on the hillside were the highlights! Best moments for me: Trey falling down a black dirt hill on his face. He didn't get hurt, but wasn't too pleased about the dirt in his mouth. Comments from every hiker about the "pack" we had with us - picture it: 2 ladies with babies on their backs and 7 other children in tow!

Friends

I threw this picture on because it makes me happy! This is my daughter with the daughters of my high school friends/college roommates. I am grateful for the friends I have from all phases of my life. I have realized that none can be replaced, but more can always be added!

Saturdays

We have put 3 of our 4 children in soccer starting at age 3. I am sure I will sign up the fourth when he hits the magic age. None of them have actually liked it. They enjoy the treats at the end for sure and I think that is the main motivation for going! They all have given the running a good shot, but they mostly steer clear of actually kicking the ball. As long as they are on the perimeter of the swarm and someone else has it under control they have been pleased. This year for Lucas (his 3rd season, the first he played 1 game and then refused) we thought we had a soccer player. He was excited to be on the field, and he went after the ball and kicked it. This practice came to a screeching halt when he got hit twice on the head with the ball. He then followed his siblings patterns and skirted around the actual contact with the ball. Funny thing, we continue this practice and we all really like it!

Now, football - FOOTBALL, really! I didn't imagine having a son play football. I imagined soccer, basketball, SKATEBOARDING, mountain biking - not football. When my tender Conner asked to play tackle football I told him he would be getting hit, thrown to the ground, etc. He smiled and said, "I know". After my much complaining (not his) of a month of 5 day a week 2 hour practices, lots of bruises, bought and lost uniform pieces and now several games . . .

I am loving dragging my little kids in the freezing rain to watch these boys run into each other! I even get tempted to watch football on tv! Go figure! I tend to fall in love with those things my most precious ones love.