Lazy Afternoon

Allie was hanging out in her bouncer while I was doing some house work and was doing great.  She started getting a little fussy so I hurried and finished cleaning the bathroom so I could get her out and hold her.  When I got closer I noticed that she had fallen asleep.  She wasn't even fussing that much, but I guess she was very tired. 

While Allie was sleeping in her bouncer, Josh and Megan were watching a show and eating some pretzels.  It is good to be a kid!
Megan doesn't have on any pants because she is in her underwear and it is hard for her to pull down her pants when she wants to go potty.  So I just leave her in a shirt and underwear when we are at home.  Got to love potty training!
Megan is actually doing really good lately with the potty training.  Some days she doesn't have any accidents at all.  It is still a work in progress, but I am happy to say we are getting closer every day.

Fun at the Farm - Part 2

On our tractor ride we went around their fields and then ended at a big pumpkin patch.  The kids were told they could pick any pumpkin they wanted and as many as they wanted.  The kids loved being able to pick out whatever they wanted.

Megan wanted a little green pumpkin.

Josh found a big orange pumpkin and then chose little white pumpkin - who knew they had white pumpkins?

The kids on the trailer with all their pumpkins. 

Tyler wanted to find the biggest pumpkin.  He found a pretty big one.

Tony and Allie on the trailer.  I found the smallest pumpkin I could for Allie.  It was pretty mushy so we didn't keep it after we took the picture.

Tyler holding onto his white pumpkin.

Next to the really big barn on the farm their was this cute little barn with the front all decorated with pumpkins and corn stocks.  Perfect for pictures!  After we picked our pumpkins and finished our hayride we took some pictures.  After this Ken gave each of our kids a bag of popcorn before we headed home.  A good time was definitely had by all!

Joshua!

Tyler!

Megan!

Josh, Tyler, and Megan!

Josh, Tyler, Allie, and Megan!

Tony, Michelle, and Allie - Tyler took this picture...not too shabby.

Fun at the Farm - Part 1

After the soccer game we went on a little trip up north to Layton to go to a farm.  The Dibble farm to be exact.  Tony works with a guy, Ken, whose parents own the farm and he also works there when he's not working at the cannery.  He invited us to come up to his farm and pick some pumpkins.  I had been wanting to go to his farm so I was glad that he offered.

His family farms potatoes, onions, pumpkins, corn, and popcorn.  He boys got to put the dried ear of corn in the hand cranked "thing" that takes the corn off the cob. 

It was kind of neat to see how they get popcorn.  The boys liked doing it.  Megan was a little too short to do it, but she liked watching.

Tony and Allie stayed back and watched the popcorn action. 

Tyler, Megan, Josh, Allie, and Tony sitting on the hay waiting for the tractor hayride to start.

Our sweet family of six on the hayride.  It was such a nice day.  Super sunny and warm. 

Tyler driving the tractor. 

Megan driving the tractor.

Josh driving the tractor. 

Tony by the tractor.  The kids loved playing on the tractor and pretending to drive it.

The tractor had really big wheels.

Last Soccer Game

Tyler (and Tony) had their last game of the season today.  It was the make up game for the game that was cancelled due to weather.
The team played really well and didn't let the other team score at all.  The other team wasn't very good, I felt kind of bad for them.
Tony did a great job with his kids and really helped them develop their skills and play better soccer.  I could really tell a difference in many of his players from the beginning of the season to today.

This league has a indoor soccer league and Tyler and Josh said that they would like to play on it.  When we told the team that Tony was going to coach again a bunch said that they wanted to be on his team again.  I think that says a lot about the coach when parents want their kid to play on his team.  Tony has been told this a lot in his soccer coaching "career."  He really is so good with the kids.  He is also really fair.  He has all the kids play all the positions and doesn't play favorites or give Tyler any special treatment.    

Josh likes to play in the trees while Tyler plays soccer.  He was sad at the beginning of the season when he wasn't playing but he quickly got over it.  He did say that he wanted to play soccer again so we are going to see how he does in indoor soccer.
Megan likes to play in the trees too, but she doesn't get to climb them so much.  She mostly plays around the trees.  Allie has been good to chill in her car seat or in our arms.

Today some of the cousins were at the game because they had spent the night at grandma's and came with her and grandpa to see Tyler play.  Tony's parents come to almost ever game and it is so nice to have them support our kids in their activities.  It is also really nice to have them there to help me with the kids.  Grandpa is so good to take the kids to the bathroom so I can stay and watch the game and Margie always helps entertain the kids and keeps her eyes on them with me. 

Allie is so Cute!

My friend and neighbor, Ambre, got Allie this cute outfit and our neighbors, Kunzler's, got Allie the cute headband.  I thought she was looking super duper cute so we had to have a photo shoot.  She did a great job posing for the pictures.  Megan really wanted to get into the pictures too, so she got into the action.  Megan hadn't gotten ready for the day yet, but I think she is super cute too, even with bed head and pajamas.

Allie's Blessing

Today Tony blessed Allie.  We had almost all of our family there to support us.  We were just missing Nate and his family and Wendy and her family. It was really nice seeing both sides of our family in sacrament with us today and then at our home.  We are super blessed to have such great family support.  Allie was blessed in the same dress as Megan that was made out of Tony's Nana's wedding dress.  Tony's mom, aunt, sister, nieces, and his daughters have all been blessed in that dress.  It was an honer to have Allie carry on the tradition.

Here are the highlights of what Tony said in the blessing:

• Bless to grow and be strong
• Be an inspiration to others
• Strength and courage to share the gospel
• Be a light to the world and an example to others
• Blessed with an understanding of the gospel
• Get an education
• Serve a mission if you desire
• Marry in the temple

It almost didn't happen today.  Tony filled out the papers and worked everything out a couple of weeks ago but then today the Bishop was without his counselors and his executive secretary and so he didn't have it on his paper.  So when the bishop started saying the sacrament hymn information Tony had to get up and stop the bishop.  It was super weird, but we had all our family there and Allie all ready, so we really wanted to do it then.  Tony did a great job and it was a nice day.  We love you dear Allie.

We Love to Play in the Leaves!