Fall and Halloween 2011

Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. It's awesome weather with so much to do. This fall we started out with a trip to Logan to go on their pumkin walk. People are incredibly creative. The pumpkins looked so cool disguised as different themes. I loved the angry birds one the best (sorry, no pics) since that is a new thing in our house right now. We went with Megan and Trent's family and my mom as well.

Winnie the Pooh in the background


My twin sister, Megan, holding Ashley (Just so you aren't confused)









The next day my mom came down for Paige's sacrament meeting program ("Jesus Christ is the perfect example for me" which she had memorized!!). So we took a trip out to Black Island Farms and invited grandma Roberts along too. It is such a fun place to go, it's just super expensive. I justify the cost by realizing that it's going to the farmers who are in great need of it. We had lots of fun riding the slides and their little train, along with feeding the animals. The funniest part was when I got tripped up in the ropes and fell flat on my back trying to save Brett who was in a carrier on my tummy. Luckily I fell on straw and there was some guy who helped me up. We had lots of fun that day and hopefully the kids will look back on this and remember how much fun it was.













Halloween was a lot of fun this year. There were Halloween activities at Paige's preschool and at Ashley's day care. Paige was Rapunzel (a dress up she got for her birthday) and Ashley was a flower. Brett was a baby in halloween jammies. We attended our ward trunk or treat and had lots of donuts and rides on Dave's (our cute neighbor) tractor. The next night we celebrated Halloween with our great friends, the Stones. Their street has a culdesac so we sent the men with the kids for a good round of trick or treating while the women stayed at home to open doors and pig out. We had lots of fun and so greatful for amazing friends like them.

Paige turns 5!!

Paige turned the big 5 on Oct. 24. It's so crazy to think she's already here. She is 41 inches tall and weighs 36lbs. She is such a smarty and can read books kindergartners are just finishing. She can do very basic math and is still pretty musically inclined. She loves playing on the computer and loves playing her cousins wii. She has such a strong personality and is going to be a leader some day. Love this girl and all her snuggly hugs!!
This year we wanted to let her have a friend birthday party and of course she picked a princess theme. Thank goodness these girls are only 5 and everything is fun for them. They all came in princess dresses. We started out decorating wands. Note to everyone- glitter needs to be controlled by the adult. We had glitter in every nook and cranny for weeks on end. Next we decorated what were supposed to be butterfly cookies and they each got to pick their own color of frosting. They looked a little more like mishapen blobs but the girls didn't care and they ate it all up. Paige is still asking to make "butterfly" cookies. On to the best part, presents. She got alot of fun stuff and Paige was so good to say thank you for each gift. (After a firm coaching session at the beginning of the party!) Next was the big face painting activity. I have nooooo artistic blood so I gave the girls two choices, a flower or butterfly. I figured I could pull those off. The girls played in Paige's room until I was ready for each individual girl. It was such a fun day and Paige had lots of fun with her friends.

Here are some fun pics:

Random pics!

I love these girls!!!

Paige's dancing endeavor

Paige is such a dancer. She is constantly twirling, leaping and dancing. She has such a dancers body and I wonder if she'll have a talent for it. This year, we decided to stretch the budget and enroll her in a dance class with Energy Dance (just down the street from us). To start off her dancing debut, she took a little day camp dance class with her "best friend", Clara. The class was done by the Weber State dancers. They danced at a half time during a WSU football game. Paige was over the moon. She was so cute.












Now she's going to dance class every week. While I observe, I realize that she's kind of in her own little world and a little spacy. It's kind of funny to watch her but I know she loves it so we'll see where it goes. Here are some pics from the half time show as well as Paige's first day at dance. Ashley likes to immitate her.

Brett is 4 months!!

The time has flown by. Two months ago I was thinking about doing a blog update on him turning two months. That didn't happen. Now Brett is 4 months old and has grown so much. I just took him in for his checkup and he's 13lb 5oz and is 24? inches tall. Such a cutie.
Brett is such a happy little guy and talks (coos) all the time. He's now starting to grab at his toys when he's sitting in the bouncer and he'll reach for my phone when I'm holding it in front of him. He laughs at everything and is particularly taken with his sisters.
They both love Brett so much but Ashley has more of a fixation on him. She is always aware of where he's at. She'll sit by him, climb on him, kiss him, hug him, crawl on him and LOOOOOOOVE him!!! Wherever Brett is, Ashley is. Sometimes it drives me crazy and I'm constantly telling him to leave him alone. Other times, I'm telling her to go make him laugh and keep him entertained. Poor kid is probably confused. His daycare providers, Shanette and Shanel, think he is the happiest and easiest baby. They are constantly wishing all of their babies were like him. Pretty awesome compliment.
One thing I wish was that Brett would sleep completely through the night. The girls slept from 8 to 7 by two months. He will go to bed really good at 8 and then we'll "dream feed" him around 11. He'll then go back to sleep until 4-6. So early. We'll see if we can change those hours to stretch out a little bit!! He's trying really hard to sit up and roll over but those aren't happening yet. We will also start him on solids soon so an update to come. Just glad to have this little guy as part of our family.

Scott's twin

For October, Scott and his coworkers are growing out their beards. I don't like it. It's scratchy when I kiss him and it's starting to get a little grisly. Tomorrow's the big day when he cuts it. Yeah!!! The funny thing is that with his full beard, he looks just like Jesse Tyler Ferguson from Modern Family. They share a great sense of humor. Scott now has a Celebrity twin.