zoo babies meet my baby.

Ryan took the day off over the fall break so we could go to the Zoo and see the new baby elephant, giraffe, and tigers!  They were all so cute!  We were checking out the monkeys...Noah loves the monkeys...and there was an Orangutang(not sure how to spell) that was being such a show off.  He was standing up on his branch, grabbing the rope and swinging around in circles, over and over again.  It was so funny and cute, the boys loved it!  We stayed there watching the oh so entertaining family of monkeys for a good half hour.

month seven

My Belle Boo is 7 months!  Noah looked over at her the other day and said to her "Belle Belle, your too cute."  We do love having her cute little face in our family.  She is so busy right now, busy enough that she got left home for the first time for date night.  She is all over the place with her scoot/flop her 2nd favorable way to get around, 1st would be in mom's arms.  She is not sleeping as well as she used to, waking up once or twice a night.  Food is a new found hobby of hers, and she'll eat pretty much whatever I put in her mouth.  

Witches night OuT

Ryan came home to be with the boys, looked at us and said "wow you're taking this witch thing pretty seriously aren't you?"  Ryan was seriously concerned that I was leaving the house dressed like this asked if I was sure others were dressing up too!  If you've ever been to witches night out, you know this is nothing compared to most.

Melissa and Ashley came almost Matching, with out knowing it, didn't they look good!  And melissa can throw down a mean CaCKLe!

me & my witchty friends celebrated an evening out with a yummy soup dinner, tons of pictures, and of course the shopping at Gardner Village!  We had a lot of fun and Bella was a hit with all the witches in her miniature form!  Thanks gals

the G

My boys have wanted to hike to the "G" all summer and we just never made it, so over the school break we decided to do it!  I kept asking them, are you sure you want to go, it's a long hike and you have to do it all by yourself, no one can carry you.  They were so excited!  Grandma and Grandpa and Nicole came along, Daddy's absence was due to Jazz tickets he was given, he was missed.  It was perfect!  The weather was perfect and it was so beautiful with all the fall leaves, the boys did great and Bella was as happy as can be in that backpack, she did not make a peep the whole time!  I was however glad that Noah gave up his hat to save my hair from being all ripped out.   We just might make it a yearly fall tradition.  Zane said "The G was really fun to hike to but it's really not that cool once you get to it"

field trip

Noah's field trip to Hee Haws was a hit with the little ones!  It was a lot of fun and we had to go into the field, way to the back to pick our own, perfect, green pumpkin!  The field was filled with giant sunflower and some had fallen on the ground. Noah was digging sunflower seeds out of them and shoving them in his pocket "im going to bring these home to daddy, because he likes sunflower seeds"

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The boys were playing legos and wanted Bella out of their way, so the laid a trail of fruit puffs, leading her out of the way.  Good idea Zane, but it might have been easier to pick her up and move her.

School Pictures.  Parent/Teacher conference report:  "Zane is always so excited about each transition, Okay class, lets get out the pencils"  zane: "oh yes, the pencils"  teacher: "Okay class lets go to science" zane: "Oh yes, I love science, lets go!"  teacher said it's awesome because his energy is so upbeat  that is makes the other kids feel like, "Oh wait I should be more excited about this", and they totally feed off him.  There are 8 boys and 3 girls in his class and he gets along great with his little buddies!  He is doing really well on his report card,  enjoys science, kitchen and music, doesn't love art, but loves to add numbers and is constantly quizzing us on addition problems.  We are so proud of you and happy that you are doing well and enjoying school!

Whoa, 3 kids, I think it is now catching up to me!  I love them so much, they are my world!  But they are a lot of work right now, I hope I can always stop to treasure each different age and all the funny quirks that comes with it!
We took the kids to the Lego exhibit in Park City and grabbed a picture in front of this cool branch display, not part of the legos.
Ooohh gosh, I love her!  This is Bella's "pirate clothes"
Zane taped this to our front door to let everyone know that we are a HAPPY family, not sad.

I love priesthood session because O.I.U. do to you go out to find restaurants full of women only, we always have a good time and it makes for a good excuse... but you better get out before the wave of white shirts and ties hits.
go BYU cougars!

wee little Witch

Wee Witches Weekend

We had so much fun, dancing through a parade, a hay-maze, balloon swords, and accessorizing my baby doll at the "doll shop" oh and doing our best at avoiding all the over-priced "extras" along the way. We had to get the doll witch hat that fit her all to perfectly. 


a real owl!

Zane took Cambry's broom and was trying his best to get flight!  

Men's slow-pitch softball

Or like Ryan likes to call it, "beer league."  We have had so much fun watching daddy play softball each week, the boys get so excited and look forward to it every thursday!  They won the tournament which turned into to a home run derby because of the cold crisp air.  They played four games in a row, we were there until 11 o'clock.  Zane loves it so much because we show up, he runs right over to the big dirt hills and plays there, wrecking things, digging, and making new friends until it's time to go, and thankfully always wants to ride home with daddy, in his car!  Noah usually plays in the dirt too, but he was pretty exhausted this week.  I love watching my cute hubby play!