November Fun

We had some really fun adventures in November. One of the first adventures we did was visit a new venue called Picture This Utah. It had lots of different fun locations for snapping fun pictures. We had so much fun creating different photos. 

We liked this fun record display.  

The huge presents were fun, too. 

I loved watching what the boys thought of for pictures. 

The Rudolph ball pit was mostly trouble because we have baseball players who whip the ball at each other. 

The ugly sweaters were awesome!

I think the boys are actually pretty nice!

On one weekend Mom went with Dax down to Escalante for a baseball tournament. Dax played well, and he and Mom had fun eating at all of their favorite restaurants. His team ended up taking 4th place. Meanwhile, back in Lehi, Dad took Mark and Dax to a fun free hawk event. The boys loved meeting the different birds. Then they hiked the steepest hike ever up to Heugh's Canyon waterfall. They had fun adventuring all weekend.

Seth loved the peregrine falcon.

Mark was a big fan of the owl. Not sure how the owl felt about him.

Dad is learning to take some pretty amazing photos. 

Seth asked for a wolverine to be painted on his face. Whoever painted this is amazing!

Mark loves hiking. He is always happy outside. 

The hike had lots of adventurous spots with bridges and boulders. 

The waterfall was small since it was late in the year, but still beautiful.

Seth was acting like a wolverine.

The boulders field was the boys' favorite part. 

Dax loved that he could pick where to eat every time. We started at In N Out. 

Mom and Dax had fun watching the Jazz game together.

Dax's team!

We stopped at Roy's for pizza and took some home to Dad, too.

We also visited the Tonaquint Nature Center while we waited to see if we had to play in the championship.

At Thunder Junction park we bruised our tailbones going down this slide. 

The rest of November flew by as we went on lots of adventures and prepared for Thanksgiving. Here are some of our fun memories.

Mom and Dad helped their friend solve a mystery box she created.

We visited a duck pond while we waited for Dax at baseball practice one evening. The ducks were not afraid of us at all.

They ate right out of our hands.

It was so funny to watch them follow Seth around the park.

Some of the ducks even stood on Mark's shoes.

Dax went to meet the mayor for one of his last cub scout meetings.

Mark and JJ competed in the duet festival and earned a superior. They played really well. 

Mark is really excited for pie month!

We visited a new live Nativity here in Utah and we got square donuts at the end. 

Thanksgiving Weekend

We take a photo every year at Thanksgiving. 

We had a great time at Grandma Daniels' house this Thanksgiving. The weather was terrible all over the country, but we were able to beat the snowstorm by leaving on Tuesday night. The Webbs and Ferlans joined us for Thanksgiving this year, so there were plenty of cousins to play with. The snow came on Wednesday and the boys had fun shoveling, playing, and building a snowman. Mom tried to start a snowball fight with the children, which was a huge mistake since we have three baseball players in our family. She and Stephanie got pummeled back inside the house, and the kids went back to building their snowman.

Seth loved playing with Brittany's cats.

Grandpa played a few games of Pling Pong with the boys.

Dax built this cute little snowman the first day it snowed.

Mom and Stephanie got pummeled with snow.

There was lots more snow the next day and the kids built this awesome snowman

Dad loves playing with the kids.

Mom did a lot of cooking, too. She helped Grandma with pies and brownies for dessert. Meanwhile the kids warmed up with a movie. There was more snow on Thanksgiving Day, but that didn't bother us as we stayed inside and ate dinner and watched football. On Friday, we managed to sneak through the weather and made it all the way back to Salt Lake Valley before the snow hit.

Mom loves cooking with her mom.

We enjoy hanging out with family.

Grandma makes the best Thanksgiving dinners ever!

The cousins played so well together!

We missed Tiff and her family, but it was fun to be together.

We headed to Ephraim to cut Christmas trees on Friday. Because the the new snow was nearly two feet in the mountains, we parked the van about halfway up the canyon (which happens to be newly paved). From there, we road up in the back of Glen's truck. The boys wanted to sled first, but the deep powder wasn't great for creating a sled track. Mostly the snow ended up in your lap and down your neck. We gave up on the sledding after just a few runs.

It was a beautiful day up on the mountain.

Mom and Dad have been getting Christmas trees together for a long time.

The sledding was tricky with how deep the snow was.

Dad was a good sport and carved a trail.

The snow flew up in your face and no one liked that.

It was cold!

Ty and Savannah had a better idea for sledding since they brought their dog, Champ. They hooked his leash to the sled, and Champ pulled Dax and Seth back and forth in the road. Mark was too big, so he had to enjoy watching his brothers on the dog sled.

Seth loves animals. 

Champ was so strong. He pulled Seth all over.

We laughed and laughed as Champ pulled the boys around.

It was the best way to sled!

It was hard to find trees in the deep snow, too. We had to shake the snow off each tree we looked at, sending it down in a shower on anyone within ten feet. Then we weren't sure if the tree was really nice because the branches were sagging down around the trunk. We chose two uncertainly, but they turned out to be two of the most beautiful trees we've ever had.

Dad was covered in snow after he shook all the trees we kept checking out.

We love picking out our own fresh tree.

We also took some four-wheeler rides. This year the boys drove with Dad (or in Seth's case, Glen or Laurie) riding on the back. They all proved to be pretty good drivers, though Dax likes to go back and forth a lot, and Mark likes to go a little faster than he should! There was hot chocolate and donuts, and we ended up at Roy's for pizza afterward. Best of all, we missed the bad weather again and got our perfect trees up and decorated by Sunday night.

Seth will ride the 4-wheeler with anyone.

Dad was nice and let the boys drive.

It was a long day, and we were glad for lunch at Roy's.