Sunday, October 24, 2010

Maple Canyon, Pumpkin Patch, And The Haunted House


Since Brian was working on UEA and we couldn't go anywhere my mom, niece Teggan and my kids decided to go for a hike so that I could also try to get some pictures of my kids (I will now leave that to the professionals.) We headed out to maple canyon, somewhere i have been wanting to go for a long time. I haven't been to Maple Canyon in a very long time so we weren't sure where the starting of the hike that I wanted to go but eventually we found it and so did everybody else. I also had forgotten about the couple of hard spots as well but we all got over it with only a little bit of tears. It was lots of fun we saw quite a few dead things that I think fell out of birds nests but we did see one little live snake that I think after playing with it to much eventually died.Here are a few semi good shots that i got but like I said we will find a professional to take pictures next time.
This is my niece Teggan is she the cutest thing ever! So sometimes I wish that I looked like her then reality hits when I look in the mirror. I guess I will have to deal with it cause plastic surgery is too much.
Chaetton was a monster! but I guess that is how they are when they are one.
NO I did not tell Ashton to get in this pose he was just goofing off but it turned out to be cute, weird but cute.
Bam cheesing a way. He tried really hard to take pictures if only his eyes would stay open.
The boys looking their best.
After many failed attempts everyone started to look like thiswe decided it was time to go to the pumpkin patch. A girl that I work with has a pumpkin patch that you go and ride to the patch on a tractor pick you pumpkin out ride back while eating a doughnut and apple juice so we decided to go on out. Bam got to choose the tractor we got to be pulled with it was red for Utah Utes of course. The kids in the pumpkin patch. Ashton and Bam picked the biggest pumpkins I could hardly get them back to the tractor.

It turned out to be a really fun day long but fun! We haven't carved the pumpkins yet, but we will before Halloween I just hope that we can find a pan big enough to cook the seeds cause I am sure by how big those pumpkins are there is going to be alot. As the above pictures shows some of us at work don't get out alot, so we decided to go to a haunted house. We first went to eat a the Texas Road House. YUM! We told them that it was Angie's birthday since it really is on Halloween. They made her get on a saddle with a spotlight on her. She was celebrating her 26th birthday again! Doesn't she look good. After losing two of our co-workers (they were too scared to go to the haunted house) we headed over to the Haunted Forest. Even though we did not see Michael Myers (He is so scary) we had a great time. I would like to tell Ashley thanks for being so brave and letting me hang onto her. (she knows what I mean) Also for Annalisa for closing her eyes the whole entire time it really gave us some experience leading blind people that we may need to use at work, and thanks to Angie for leaving me so the guy with the chainsaw could cut my legs off I really don't need them anyway.
We had a great time, and got the crap scared out of us! Can you guess which ones if any peed our pants? Only those that were there know the answer and since we are so good at following HIPPA we will never tell.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

First Day Of School and Ashton's Birthday

Was anyone else sad about the first day of school as I was this year? Usually I am so excited for school to start but I was really sad! I felt like we still had fun stuff left to do, and that the summer went by way to fast, oh well it came and my kids were super excited especially Bam he started kindergarten this year, and Ashton is in the 4th grade ( I know I am so old) The first day we always walk to school with some friends this year was the same.
Bam did not start school the same day as Ashton did but he still had to wear his new school clothes.Ashton and his new school clothes.Both ready for school.

They both love school still which is a good sign. Ashton says that this is the best year yet, and Bam just likes to go so that he can play with his friends. But what the hay as long as he likes to go. The boys ride their bikes to school everyday with friends, and they love it, it also makes it easier on me as well.
Ashton's birthday was Saturday Oct. 2 I can not believe that he is 10 wow where did the time go by? We had a birthday party with family on Saturday and he and some friends are going to go swimming on monday for his friend party. Ashton is a huge BYU fan so of course that is what kind of party he wanted so i made a cake. i was going to make it out of fondant but after trying for hours I gave up and just used plain frosting. I am thinking about going into cake decorating business so if any one wants cakes made I can do it but it has to involve simple shapes and one letter. Ashton said that it was the best looking cake he has ever had so I guess that is all that matters.
Ashton is such a good kid he always helps out even when he hasn't been asked. He is such a good brother to Bam and Chaetton. Ashton is very smart and always does well in school. He is a very good athlete something I am sure he got from me. We love Ashton very much and are so glad that he is in our family. a few pics of Ashton growing up.