Finding and Decorating the tree

Thank goodness when we went to find the Christmas tree it was pretty nice weather. I think we had more fun putting the kids in the trees.



After the tree comes home it is Rays job to put all the lights on..... Then the fun begins Everyone decorates the tree each person has to fine the perfect space.... (hint you find it more than once when Brody and Logan are helping.)



Zach finds the perfect spot nice and high so no body can touch it.



Doug finds his perfect spot.


Our little Santa.



Lindsey and Jon find theirs



Jamie needed hers to be just a little bit higher than Zach.



Even Logan finds his. We are very happy that he got to help us decorate the tree while his Mommy and Tyler are still in the hospital.


This was Mom's idea of helping to decorate the tree... (oh no they touched the ornaments again!!) We had a great time and a lot of fun getting ready to have tons of Christmas spirit in our home..

Pumpkin Carving and Trick or Treating

The time had come to carve the pumpkins all was well until Lindsey pulled the top off Brody wanted NOTHING to do with the stuff hanging off the top he was very happy to just sit and watch everyone else take care of the mess.

Ray and Jon having a little fun. I think Jon was hungry?

The finished pumpkins

Then came the time to go Trick or Treating... Brody was a Monkey and
Dax his banana.

My two cute babies. Once Brody caught on to how it all work he was ready to go and fill the bag... Candy, Candy, Candy!!

Dax was just along for the walk.

Auntie James brought the boys a goody bad filled will all sorts of fun things.. don't you just love teeth, we could not stop laughing, everytime we looked at them it all started over. They were good sports and let us take pictures and laugh.

But the best thing Brody got was his flashlight he held it like this all night even when he was walking down the road... We hope you all had a Great Halloween and stayed warm and safe.

Trying to find the perfect pumpkin

We went to the pumpkin patch to find the "Perfect Pumpkin" there was way to many

Brody found his right away

Then he got to ride

then Ray found his

and both boys were happy

I found mine and as you can see it took a long time it was getting so dark. I was a little scared I hate the dark I am always wondering who is going to jump out at me or what kind of rodent will get me

right after I took this picture Brody threw the pumkin an was done for the night.. Next up pumpkin carving... we will see how that goes.

Leaves are falling all around on the roof top on the ground

As we were trying to clean up all the leaves tonight Brody could not get over all the leaves falling off the tree and all of them on the ground he just kept running in them falling down in them and rolling around in them.

Then he wanted his brother with him

He thought it was pretty funny when Ray would blow them at him and he was throwing them at the same time.

He tried to get more off the tree but when it didn't work he went back to running in them.

Snow Globe.. and Snow?

The new toy. Saturday we went to Lowe's and while we were there we stopped to look at all the Christmas things, it was cool and rainy so it made it even better to be looking. I found this little snow globe and handed it to Brody he loved it his new best friend.
He played all day with that thing, it plays 11 Christmas songs over and over and over.
he studied it until I thought for sure he would be tired of it but he would not put it down
Even when he could hardly keep his eyes open he was holding it. Well worth the money. I was thinking it may have been a little to early for something like that but then we woke up to this....
Thank goodness not to much but enough for me and the middle of October.

Are you ready for Fall

We thought with the last of the warm weather we better get the yard cleaned up and get the Halloween decorations out.. Of course Brody Loves to follow his Grandpa.....
What would a lawn mow be without taking out a sprinkler.? I think we have replaced more this year than ever.. Never fear it happened again tonight
At our house Jon absolutely HATES spiders so what did we have to put out??? You got it a Great Big spider web

Ray loves the pumpkins so we line the house with those.
Brody just likes to help. After a long night of helping Grandpa get the yard ready he was just happy to hold a pumpkin.

The Utah State Fair....

After waiting for a year it was that time again the UTAH STATE FAIR.. We love to go and EAT our way through the fair Corn, Corn dogs and Fried Snickers???
We Always go and there was no getting out of it even if Mom did trip and Fall at the "BLIND CENTER"
Brody did not like the pony ride, he really wanted nothing to do with it but Grandma made him go I have waited all year, Last year they wouldn't let me tie the car seat on the pony!
So all night long Jamie had been saying how she could not wait to eat the fried snickers but we wanted to wait until Jon joined us to get one. So we get in a line that is a mile long......no joke! and when it is our turn to order they say NO MORE Snickers!!!
I really thought Jamie was going to cry.. Look at her face she really was. Then the lady at the counter says I have two left and if no one in THIS line( there was 2 lines one for ordering and one for picking up) wants one You can have it Jamie starts to jump up and down. Thank goodness no one did and she got her fried snickers...

She was the happiest girl around I think that the people waiting in the 2 lines got a bigger kick out of seeing how sad she was when she thought she would not get one and then finding out how happy she was one she did.

Colter Bay,Old Faithful, Jenny Lake and Paul Bunyon?

Over Labor day we went to Colter bay to Relax...
And see Buffalo and 2 Grizzly Bears. We, well, Mom and I saw them Ray was parking the car and Dad was trying to get out of the car... You will have to ask why there is no pictures... We were CHARGED by the two little things... Of course the Ranger was there and told us to go......... so Mom Tried to run I knew I could not run so I just stood and held my Mom's arm and told her not to run.... I think that they were just playing (the bear cubs) but the ranger made everyone very nervous. It really was a flash before your eyes kind of thing.
And the Yellow Bus
More animals
The Tetons (Yes that is snow you see.)

And play with the dead trees. Ray pulled over really fast and said "I Want to push a tree over" so he did with a little help from Mom.. they pushed and pushed and when it fell it was really loud of course Dad and I yelled TIMBER......................

They really did push the tree over.