Pumpkin Carving

The boys had so much fun carving their pumpkins this year. It took us quite a while to get all the guts and seeds out...especially on Mason's BIG pumpkin. Tanner went to bed half way through the degutting process so I finished his up!

Peyton carved a lot of his pumpkin on his own. Mason did his whole thing by himself...including the design. We were quite proud of how all the pumpkins turned out this year!

Montana's Pumpkin

Mason's Pumpkin

Peyton's Pumpkin

Tanner and Melanie's Pumpkin

28 Weeks!

26 Weeks!

Peyton's First Field Trip

Peyton's Kindergarten class went on their first field trip yesterday. I was able to go with him! They went to Pumpkinland...just like Mason did when he was in Kindergarten. I was glad I went because I'm afraid that Peyton would have pushed himself too far in the sun.

We took a class picture, went through the corn maze, played at two different playgrounds, went through a light alley, and picked a pumpkin. The kids had a blast and I think Peyton enjoyed the bus ride the most! It was fun to spend time with just Peyton and his friends.

Peyton and I also watched Trent's marching band (Fremont High School) perform at BYU last night. It was so fun to watch him and it brought back lots of memories from my high school marching band years. They did a great job and Peyton might even do it when he gets a little bigger!

Pumpkin Picking

We are part of an organization that has fun activities and events for families that have a child with a life threatening disability called HopeKids! HopeKids has events throughout the year and you can pick and choose which ones you want to attend.

This past weekend, they had a pumpkin picking event in Syracuse. We were heading up to my parents for Conference and decided to hit this event. We rode in a trailer pulled by a tractor...John Deere non the less...to the pumpkin patch. Then the kids were able to wander around and pick a pumpkin. They had a few carnival style games for the kids afterwards. It was so fun to watch the boys get so excited over a pumpkin! And to find the "right" one!

We headed to my parents for the rest of General Conference weekend. Montana took Mason and Peyton to the fathers and sons outing with my Dad and Trent. Then they spent almost all day on Saturday four wheeling with Jeremy, Eric, Tyler, and Ryan. They came home really dirty and really tired. They must have had fun. I enjoyed the break and Tanner missed his brothers!

On Sunday, the whole family was at my parent's house. The kids got to pick a pumpkin from Grandma and Grandpa's pumpkin patch...aka their garden! The had so much fun and I didn't even take the camera out with me. So, I will have to add pictures when I get them from my siblings.

It was a great weekend with lots of family, food, fun, and uplifting words from our church leaders!

September

I was looking through pictures on the camera and realized that September has come and gone and I have a few pictures/events that I never posted about. So, of course, this is going to be a recap of September.

We had the annual Intermountain Healing Hearts Walk this month. We always enjoy walking for a cause that is close to our hearts and catching up with some of our "heart" family friends!

This year, they had a photo booth and it was fun to do some silly family pictures.

Montana went fishing with another heart dad at Butterfly Lake. They were gone all day long and had a blast. Montana brought home a nice sized fish...that I wouldn't let him cook inside since the smell makes me want to throw up!

I was able to can salsa with my mom and applesauce and apple pie filling with a couple of friends from the ward. The apple stuff took us about 12 hours since we were doing enough for all three of us. We had so many apples that we decided to dehydrate the rest and that took one of the ladies another week or so. I'm grateful for the apples that are now in my food storage room but I don't want to can another apple for quite a while.

Montana mows the lawn every week for the elderly lady that lives across the street from us. The boys wanted to help him one week...

Mason helped too but he did it on his own without any help and therefore I didn't snap a picture. I was a little worried that he'd hit a tree or something.

I had the opportunity to go to the Conference Center for the General Relief Society meeting at the end of the month. It was so neat to sit in the same room as the prophet. It was such a nice break from the kids as well. And a wonderful meeting. Next up....General Conference!

And that's the end of this month. We stayed busy, did lots of homework and reading, and had fun!