October

So, WAY behind on updates.  I kept telling myself at the beginning of November to post and now it is almost the end.  Anyways, I few pictures of what we've been doing.

 

 Took the kids to a Utah State game.  Jaydon loved it and Jori loved the people around us!  She is always waving and saying "hi" to people trying to get their attention.  It is kind of cute but I don't know if everyone thinks it is as cute as I do.

Jason and Jaydon loving the game

 We also did the annual Pumpkin Walk.  We went during the day with some of his cousins on one side of the family, then the next night we went with Jaydon's other cousins too.  He loves the Pumpkin Walk.

Jaydon and Alexander

Jaydon, Addy and Brynlee

 Jori was trying to get on this horse one day and Jaydon, being the helpful big brother that he is, decided to help her.  The succeeded, at least Jaydon thought so.  Jori got her leg up and around so fast she was wondering what the heck happened!  Don't worry, she was all smiles going around the house.

We also took the kids to the Corn Maze.  Jaydon has been begging to go to one ever since he saw a Curious George show with a corn maze.  I think we picked one of the only COLD days we have had and froze the whole time.  But Jaydon thought it was awesome as he had a map in hand and ran around.  

Me and the kids inside the tee pee right before leaving!

We always make sugar cookies for Halloween too.  I don't know why, it is so messy and I end up finishing because everyone else gets bored, but we do and Jaydon asks to do it, so maybe it's just a tradition thing now.  

We celebrated my mom's 60th this year too.  She does a Halloween Grand kid party every year and it happened to fall on the same weekend as her birthday.  I didn't pull out my camera as much as I should've, but here is at least one picture of my mom.  All the kids wrote down things we remember our mom teaching us, serious or funny, and then we put the gist of what everyone had onto this board for her.  It was fun and something different that how we presented my dad's.  I think she liked it!

 

We carved pumpkins too.  A few days before Halloween we finally finished off the last pumpkins we had for carving.  (The pumpkin in the back started to slump too much).  Jaydon loves doing this too.  Well, he picked out the designs for them-he won't even touch the insides of them!

Halloween costumes...Jaydon is Bumblebee and Jori an owl.  Jaydon had a preschool party and no masks were allowed.  That morning I drew an Autobot on his face and he was so proud.  I just crossed my fingers that he would think it looked enough like an Autobot!   For trick-or-treating he wore his mask though and Jori and I stayed home to pass out the loot.

 Last, here is a picture of Jori napping.  This is for me to prove to me someday that she did nap.  However, she hates her crib.  She and Jaydon just aren't nappers.  I don't know if it's me or what but my two missed the boat on this area that is really important to my sanity.   Anyhow, she tuckered out one day and slept here instead.  I'll take it!