Candy Making Fun

The kids and I went to Julie's house to make caramels and other treats.  She also helped me make my gifts for the kids teachers.
Averee was so sweet with the girls.  She set up a whole tea party for them and they were so cute eating their treats and drinking their "tea".  She is such a fun cousin and is so good with the little girls.  She is what all little kids should get in a bigger cousin.
We love spending time with Julie and her family.  A good time is always had and we never want to leave when it's time!

Josh & Allie's Well Child Check-ups

Josh:
Weight: 74 lbs (78%)
Height: 53.25 inches (55%)
BMI: 82%

Allie:
Weight: 40 lbs (75%)
Height: 41.75 inches (75%)
BMI: 75%

Dr. Eyre says they both look great and has no concerns.  They both did really good (since they didn't get shots).  We are so blessed to have healthy amazing kids!

Ginger Bread House FHE

First Snow of the Season

We all woke up this morning to snow.  Megan came running into our room yelling, "It snowed!"  The kids were all very excited to go play in it.  So after breakfast we all got on our snow clothes and went out to have some fun.
The snow was very wet but still fun to play in.  We got the sidewalk and driveway shoveled and then Tony and I decorated our hanging plant hook that is in our front flower garden.  A good time was had by all.  Bring on the snow!

Happy Halloween 2018

The kids had a great Halloween.  Tyler went as Harry Potter, Josh was a ninja, Megan was Ariel, and Allie was Bell.  They all looked so cute.
They went to school dressed up and ready to party.  The school had their walk-a-thon on Halloween and called it a spook-a-thon and all the kids walked the track for the money they raised for the PTA.
Allie and I went over there to help set up and then helped during the walk-a-thon.  It was fun to see all the kids in their costumes since the school no longer does a Halloween Parade.
After we helped clean up, Allie and I went back home.  After school the kids came home and got out of their costumes for a while.

Josh was not feeling very good because he picked up the cold that all the rest of the kids had.  I gave him some medicine and that made him feel better.  He at first said he didn't want to go trick-or-treating but I knew he would feel bad if he didn't go for a little while, so lucky the medicine made him well enough to go out with the other kids for a while.

It was a pretty cold day so we dressed up the kids pretty warm.  We put the girls coats on under their dresses and sweatshirts under the boys costumes.  I think that kept them all pretty warm.
Tony took the kids out trick-or-treating and told them that he would stay out as long as they wanted.
Allie and Josh came back after about an hour or so.  They had enough.  Tony said Allie kept asking him to call me to have me pick her up.  He told her no.  So funny.

Tyler and Megan went back out with Tony for another hour.  They all had a good time and got tons of candy that will last us forever.
I stayed home and gave out candy to the trick-or-treaters.  Always a good time.  I updated my blog while watching Coco and three big white doggies.  We borrowed Margie's gate and blocked them from the door so I didn't have to worry about them trying to get out when I opened to door.  It was quite the adventure.  It's always fun having the dogs and Halloween.

Family Time at the Farm

Pumpkin Time at the Farm

Hay Time at the Farm

We went up to the Dibbles Farm to get us some pumpkins.  They had a huge pile of hay that the kids found right away and liked climbing on it and playing in it.  Allie didn't love it, but sat on it long enough for a little picture.
After we took pictures of hay loving kids we then walked out to pick out pumpkins.  Each kid picked which one they wanted and then we went back to the barn.

The kids wanted to play on the tractor and then Ken took the boys on the big tractor.  The girls were too scared to go on the ride so they stayed by Tony and I while the boys went around the farm on the tractor.  It was a fun time at the farm.

Pumpkin Fun FHE

We took the pumpkins that we got from our super fun pumpkin patch train ride in Colorado and painted them or carved them.
Tyler was the only one that wanted to carve his and the other kids painted theirs.  We didn't need to help the kids with the painted pumpkins.  They did them all on their own.
Tony had Tyler mark the face on his pumpkin and then Tony helped him carve it and Tyler cleaned out all the guts.
The kids all had a great time and did a great job!

Fall Break 2018 - Day 5: The Hole in the Rock & Lunch

We got the car all packed up and started our journey back home.  We decided to stop in Moab and go tour the Hole in Rock.  It is a home that someone built inside the mountain.
We liked looking around the property and seeing all the different things that they had.  After that we went and took a tour of the house in the mountain.  It was pretty cool.  It was really big and impressive what they had to do to create this home.

After our tour we looked around a little bit more before getting back into the car.  After driving a little longer we stopped and got some lunch at a diner.  It was pretty good food and they had a little arcade area that the kids liked looking at.
After lunch we finished our drive home.  The kids did really good in the car and we all had a great trip.  We did ask the kids what was their favorite part of the trip and they all said swimming in the pool.  I thought that was pretty funny.  I thought it was a super fun trip and I was glad we got to see such amazing things so close to home.