Fall Break

We hung around at home for Fall Break and had some fun. We went to our favorite park in. Braden was brave enough to try the zip line out this time. 

We went on a family walk early on Saturday to the Salt Lake Shore lands Preserve. It was a fun little walk and always nice to get out. 

We made our favorite pumpkin chocolate chip cookies! 

We launched rockets! 

We bought some painting projects at the dollar store. Susie has been saving her allowance for months and she finally saved enough to buy a hover board. She was so excited when it came in the mail. She said her heart stopped when she saw the FedEx truck pull in front of our house haha. She's having fun learning new tricks. We also had Samantha and Skyler and baby Kingston over for Sunday dinner. Kingston is such a cute little baby! 

We decided to buy a year family pass to the zoo. After buying everyone tickets it made more sense to spend a little more and get the year pass. It was a lot of fun bringing snacks and going as a family. 

 

Paul's Birthday and Conference

Happy birthday Paul! We had a little Harry Potter party with the kids when he got home from work. We made some yummy snacks including a gummy treat tray and watched the Chamber of Secrets under our makeshift floating candle ceiling. 

We kept celebrating with a Pizza challenge the next day. We got pizza from four different places and guessed where they were from and ranked them based on taste. Marcos pizza won hands down! No one liked Papa Johns. We loved watching conference. 

We watched a Sunday session with Paul's parents. Mom West made one of his favorite childhood dinners and I brought a pull-apart cake to share. The kids love having Grandma and Grandpa closer. 

Paul and I love having them closer too! We've probably asked them to babysit too many times already. They watched the kids while we hiked Mt Timpanogos the next week. We underestimated how hard it would be! I thought we'd be out of the mountains by 2 and have time for a nice meal before we picked up the kids. We were booking it and barely made it out by 6! It was steep and fun and I'm glad we made it to the summit!

We've been to Black Island farms and Cedar Crest farms for a preschool field trip and to get extra pumpkins. 

We played Conference Jeopardy again with some neighbors which is always fun. The pumpkin roll was delish! 

It's been a fun month so far!