Fall Fun

We had a great - and busy - weekend. We started with a trip to the Pumpkin Patch.

Each child picked a perfect pumpkin.
Then we headed to Farnsworth Farms, for the Pumpkin Festival.
Located in Sandy, it was a great little spot. A free event, that will take place again this weekend from 5-9 p.m. There are vendors where we picked up fresh kettle corn (lg bag $4), face painting ($1 per cheek), food (really inexpensive), hay rack ride (.50/person, under 3 free), bounce house (.50/child), and the outdoor showing of "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown". We ate before we went, so we only spent $10.50 at the event!On Sunday we headed to downtown Salt Lake for our regional conference. Held at the conference center, we were a little apprehensive about taking the 3 kids. Amazingly enough, they were great. We were amazed that we didn't even have to take Reed out for the entire 2 hour session.
We had great seats right up front, the kids were able to wave to the Prophet, and we were so happy we were able to attend.

Blog - updated!

My funny little Sofia asked me yesterday what the pretty paper on the fridge was with little flowers on it.

I replied "It's an invitation for a Baby Shower".

She looked at me with a quizzical look and said "A baby shower? You mean Reed is going to take a shower?"

I have finally updated my blog. 16 new posts dating all the way back to Valentine's Day. To my faithful readers - thanks for your patience! I will try and be more on top of it and not let so many photos get clogged up on my camera.

Where did the summer go?

We had a fantastic summer - enjoyed every degree of it! Here are some highlights of the many things we did.

We did a lot of yard work. It went from looking like this:
To looking like this:
And oh so much more yard work to go!

Went to Taylorsville Dayzz, and rode lots of rides.We also went to the Salt Lake County Fair, and rode rides there too!

Spent time with cousins and LOTS of family.

Played dress up

Played store
"Free sapel be carfol with the yellow plese take one of each."

And enjoyed nice warm days with nice cool water.
Goodbye summer. I'll miss you dearly!

First Day of Preschool

Sofia started preschool today. She is so excited to return for another year with Mrs. Becky. This year she gets to go 3 times each week.

Have a great year Sofie!

Sofie's Sweet Shoppe

Today was the big party for Little Miss Sofia! If you know Sofie at all, you know that "candy" should be her middle name. She loves anything sweet and sugary (much like her mother), so a "candy" party seemed fitting.

We had 20 little shoppers in the "Shoppe" today. They started out with making their own pizzas for lunch.

Then they moved on to making their very own custom candy bracelets.We played some games, sang some songs - especially the "Happy Birthday" one to Sofie.

The cake turned out fun. I made it very "sweet" just for her! The candles were sent to her by Auntie Di. The flame is the same color as the candle - it was cool to see them glowing their various colors! Thanks Di!

She loved opening her presents, and spent the entire afternoon/evening playing with her fun new toys and crafts. I was, however, happy to hear the answer to one specific question. "Sofie, what was your favorite birthday present?" Her answer - CANDY! I suppose it was quite perfect for her. She had to brush her teeth 3 times tonight, because she kept getting into the candy after she'd been sent to bed.What do you do with all the candy in the jars you ask? Well you send it home with the guests - of course! Each child packed their very own "goodie bag" of treats to take home.

They each received a fabric "candy bag" with candy lip gloss, candy stickers, candy hair clips (girls), candy notebooks and mini pens.As usual, a huge shout out to Jane, for her fabulous photography of the event. What would I ever do without her?

Happy Birthday Sofie!
SWEET DREAMS!

This is the Place

We love visiting "This is The Place", and have gone each summer since we moved here.

They always have a variety of activities for the kids to do. This happened to be a "free admission" day - due to the "Days of 47" week that's going on now. It was a little crazy - lots of people, but we still had a ball.
It's always entertaining to see Jeff try to stuff himself into tiny kids rides!

Sofie turns 4 !

Today we celebrated Sofie's 4th birthday! She woke up happy, and before anyone else. She has been so excited for today to come!

For the last couple of weeks we have heard her sing many a solo. The song has been a cute little birthday song that Bella 's kindergarten class would sing for birthdays. It is absolutely the cutest thing to hear her sing it, and to name herself as the birthday girl. She always giggles with excitement at the end.We celebrated by having lunch at McDonald's with Daddy (on his lunch hour), Grandma Susan, Aunt Jane & cousins, and Challene and kids. Challene's baby turned 1 today, so they celebrated together today!

Tonight we had Sofie's sunbeam teacher and her husband over for dinner. At Sofie's request we had breakfast and it was yummy. We had cherry chocolate chip cupcakes for dessert.

Her party is planned for Saturday, and I've been very busy with the preparations.Sofie is my little comedian, who loves to laugh and play. I think she is allergic to work, and can always find a way out of it - especially by taking a nap! She is very smart and very emotional. Her laugh is contagious, and her smile and twinkling eyes are mesmerizing! We love her so much - even if she is a snack queen and candy hound!

We love you Sofie! We're so happy to have you in our family! Happy Birthday!

Oquirrh Mountain Temple

We had the opportunity to take the kids to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House.

It was much easier than the Draper Temple Open House (which took 3 hours at night, in February). This one was much quicker, and much warmer!
We loved it and are so happy to have yet another beautiful Temple so close to our home.

A Surprise Visitor

My sister Dianne came into town for a visit, and brought a special present from Arizona for the girls. She arrived late, and we actually had to wake up the girls for the unveiling.

Cousin Jane! Boy was Bella surprised! Jane came up with exactly how she wanted the surprise to happen, and made little cards for Bella and Sofie.During their week long visit, we made calzones:

Enjoyed the beautiful outdoors, as well as a little shopping, and took a trip to Gardner Village:

And just played and had fun. Thanks Dayna for allowing her to come out - we had a ball!