Santa at the Riverwoods

The Riverwoods in Provo does a light up night in November to kick off the Christmas season.  We decided to check it out last night for family night.  Little did we know that Santa would be there!  The kids loved sitting on his lap and telling Santa what they want for Christmas.  After we visited with Santa, we walked around and enjoyed the lights.  It was freezing, but lots of fun!

Leaves, Leaves, Leaves

You can't move into winter until you play in the leaves during fall.  We were at UVU on Saturday and there was a huge pile of leaves at the bottom of a hill so, of course, the kids had to play!  And they had a blast!

Happy Birthday!

I celebrated my 31st birthday in style....  We went to church, the Primary kids sang to me, I got a new camera from Randee and a juicer for canning from my parents, and we had a small party on Monday night.  It was a great day!  The kids and Montana made me cards and were so willing to help out.  There is nothing better than feeling your family's love for you.

Surgery Time

Montana had surgery at the beginning of the month on his shoulder.  He tore his rotator cuff his junior year of high school and had surgery then.  It has never completely healed and has been sore after playing ball for years now.  He finally went to see the surgeon since the cortisone shots weren't helping.  The surgery only took a few hours and recovery will take quite awhile longer.  He is doing well for the most part.  It's kinda hard when you are stuck on the couch for a couple of weeks cause it hurts to move the arm!

Halloween

Our Halloween lineup this year was as follows:

Nacho Libre (Montana)

80's Girl (Melanie)

Ninja (Mason)

Fireman (Peyton)

Lightening McQueen Pit Crew (Tanner)

Bumblebee (Austin)

We had a Halloween party with a ton of people.  It was fun to see everyone's costumes, eat food, play, and visit.  And then on Halloween we took the kids Trick-or-Treating with Grandma Randee who flew in that day and surprised the kids.  They loved having Grandma here to play with!

Sorry the pictures aren't turned!

Pumpkins

It wouldn't be the fall season if we didn't carve some pumpkins.  It was quite fun helping the boys.  Mason and Peyton did a great job with theirs all on their own!

Fall Fun

My mom and Trent came down to Utah County for a band competition and headed to our house afterwards to spend some time with us.  We went to a place in Springville that has fun fall things (hay maze, corn pit, slides, hay ride, etc.) to do.  We had lots of fun and the boys were so cute.

Then my mom and Trent stayed the night so that they could see Mason and Peyton in the Primary Program in Sacrament Meeting the next day.  It was the first one that my presidency and I have done and it went really well.  I was so impressed with all the children.  They spoke loud and clear and sang beautifully!

Austin - 9 Months

Here we are at 9 months old...

Length:  28 in (30.76%)

Weight:  15.92 lb (2.51%)

Head:  17.5 in (31.12%)

Singing

The boys love to turn on Eric's videos on YouTube and sing along with them.  And they are actually really good!