Lost In David's Head

Saturday afternoon we went to the Corn Maze at Thanksgiving Point, and this year the maze was in the shape of David Archuleta. While navigating through the maze, they had his songs playing as well as interviews with him. As much as I like David Archuleta, I was ready to break free from his grip. We were soooo lost and never did find our way out successfully. I think we ended up somewhere by his ear when we decided we were never getting out. We took a few "homemade" shortcuts and eventually made our way back to the entrance. Despite several missed turns and headaches, we had a fun time as a family.

At Thanksgiving Point not only did they have an incredible corn maze, but a pumpkin patch where the kids each picked a pumpkin, a huge in-ground bouncing pillow, pedal karts, a place for the kids to mine for "gold," and Abby's favorite, the Pumpkin Princess!

Growing Up!

Saturday marked Blake's 4th birthday! My little boy is growing up and he truly makes my heart happy. We had a small celebration for him and ended the day with a trip to the movies to see "Kung Fu Panda." The whole movie Blake was making karate chops moves and yelling "Hi Yah!!"

Thanks Nana and Pops for the basketball hoop. It was a perfect present for him.

Happiness Is...

a sweet, special, innocent, cutie patutie, baby boy!

(does anyone other than me see any resemblance to Shiloh Jolie-Pitt?!)

First Day of School

Abby has been so excited about being able to go to school everyday. This year she started kindergarten and LOVES it! The girls are enrolled at a charter school by our house and have to wear uniforms everyday. But they love the school and love the friends they are making.

Blake is going to preschool again this year and actually gets picked up by a bus. I wish I would have captured his excitement as he skipped to the bus and got on with the biggest grin you have ever seen. Priceless.

My kids are growing up! :(

Coming To An End

With school starting on Monday, the summer is officially coming to an end. We have had a wonderfully relaxing summer and enjoyed being able to swim just about everyday. I thought I would share a few pictures of our summertime fun. Swimming was definitely a highlight as was the hike Clint took us on one afternoon. We visited the Temple Quarry where the early pioneers got the stone for the Salt Lake City Temple. It was a very interesting place to visit and you can still see many stones that were cut for the temple but had been left. They have the marks from the tools used by the pioneers. The kids loved looking for these marks and got so excited when they found one.

We've Moved!

Who knew living in a hotel would be so sad to leave. All of my kids, and myself, shed some tears as we said good-bye to our new friends at the Marriott. Everyone there was so kind and generous to our family. We loved the Marriott!

Now we are back to having a mortgage and responsibilities and making my own breakfast! We are still digging through boxes but love our new home and our neighbors are fantastic!

The ward is going to take some time getting used to. There are 4 nurseries and about 270 primary kids! YIKES! But everyone is so kind and friendly. :)

We would love to have visitors, so if you are ever in the area, come see us.

The sign of a good baby....

is one who does not scream his head off when his parents accidentally lock him in the van for about 10-15 minutes by his lonesome.

Yes, that is what happened to Tyler yesterday evening. We were invited to a friend's house last evening for some refreshments and we successfully got 3 kids out of the van, but left the fourth inside with the keys by accident. Ooops!

Our nice friend drove Clint back to the hotel to retrieve the spare keys, and about 15 minutes later we saved Tyler from the van. He didn't even make a peep, but played with his toys until we could get to him.

I love good natured babies!