November Fun

Reflections was a success this year. All of our boys won Awards of Excellence and moved on to Council.

Seth drew an amazing dragon.

Dax put these two photos together and talked about keeping nature clean.

Seth was so proud.

Mark also took a photo. Mom was in charge of Reflections at Willowcreek, too!

One day Dad had a training, so Mom and the boys decided to hike Stewart Falls. It was a tougher hike than we remembered, but it was a beautiful end even in the Fall when the waterfall was almost nonexistent. The worst part were the 1000s of dogs on the trail, but we survived!

Brittany came down and Mom had a lot of fun hanging out with her.

We love playing Bang!

The boys will even bring their stuffed animals into the game if no one else is around.

There was a beautiful rainbow one day! Look how well you can see all the colors.

Mark and his buddies went to the Lehi State Championship Football game. Lehi won!

Dax and Mom went to St. George for the weekend for a baseball tournament. They had fun together exploring Pioneer Park and Red Hills Desert Garden, and Dax played well. His team ended up taking 2nd place in the tourney.

Dax and Mom hanging out together.

We always stop at Roys!

The desert garden was lovely.

Dax squeezed through the crack!

He loves exploring on the red rocks.

It was a tough loss in the final, but they played well.

Starting the end of November, we were already hitting Christmas activities. We enjoyed both Luminaria and Imaginorium and Christmas in Color this month. They are three of our favorite Christmas adventures and they were a great way to kick off the season!

We had a fun pack with lights and glasses for Christmas in Color this year.

We also checked out the elves at Gardner Village.

Luminaria is magical.

Walking through the lights is so fun.

I love being with the boys on adventures!

One of our followers took this photo!

We love going to Imaginorium.

They have great light set ups.

The boys are good about talking with Santa.

This was a fun new activity at Imaginorium.

Thanksgiving Weekend

Our traditional Thanksgiving photo!

Thanksgiving Weekend is full of family and fun every year. This year we headed up to Grandma and Grandpa Daniels for Thanksgiving. We had a lot of fun with Stephanie and Bob and their kids, and Brittany, too. We went to see Encanto the first day we were there and Mom cried through most of the movie. It was cute and we all liked it! Grandma baked mini pies with the boys. They really wanted to make their own pies after Dad had made his own apple pie a few weeks earlier. Their pies turned out great!

We love the little theater in Blackfoot.

The boys love cooking with Grandma.

Mark and Grandma together is so cute!

Dax made a great pie!

Seth even ate his pie!

We played a lot of games with cousins over the few days we were there. It was a lot of fun to be together. On Thanksgiving, we had a lovely meal and Stephanie made her bread cornucopia. There were a lot of desserts and our brownies ended up looking like Utah. 

We played Apples to Apples and laughed and laughed.

Seth and Kate played really well together. 

Grandma also made sugar cookies with the kids.

Kate adores Mark!

These two are always silly together.

Look at all this yumminess!

Playing Apples to Apples again!

This bread cornucopia is awesome!

It is always fun spending time in Blackfoot.

We stopped at the new Blackfoot temple on the way home. It is beautiful!

October Fun

October was full of fun. It is Mom's favorite month of the year until Halloween. Fall is the best!

Mom went on a Fall hike!

The canyon was gorgeous!

Mom would go see the Fall leaves every day if she could.

Such bright colors!

One of our yearly traditions is to go to Cornbellys. The last two years have been freezing, so we were determined to go on a good day! You can see that it was a success. Everyone is in short-sleeves and shorts and we did have an awesome time!

We love racing down the slides together.

The rat maze is claustrophobic, but the boys love it. 

We love seeing the farm animals.

Mom and Dad got chosen to help in the magic show!

Seth is getting better at his lassoing.

We spend a lot of time at the sports throwing area.

Cornbellys is a blast!

The only picture I could find of Dax. Why is he never in any pictures???

Another amazing adventure in October was to the Beyond Van Gogh exhibit. The walls and floor were covered with Van Gogh paintings and they moved. It was so cool! We stayed for a very long time and we wished we could make our house so interactive.

We are huge Van Gogh fans.

Seth and Mom taking a selfie!

Mark and Mom were so excited to head in!

Dax posing for a picture--it's a miracle.

The whole room becomes the painting. It is amazing.

You feel like you stepped into the painting.

This is Mom's favorite!

It was one of the best parts of the show.

Dad was in heaven.

We loved this adventure.

We took so many pictures!

The rest of the October fun are some fun Fall adventures, Mom's birthday, Mom and Dad's anniversary, and a few school events. We packed October very full this year!

The Bernie scarecrow was the best one at the Scarecrow Festival.

Seth was thrilled to see Garfield.

Dax liked this natural one made out of bark and wood.

Dad with his yummy anniversary dinner.

Mom and Dad chose StrapTank for their anniversary. 

The nachos are the whole reason we go to Strap Tank. 

This is what we wore to one of Dax's soccer games. It was SO COLD!

Mom got to go on a field trip with Seth's class to an old farm with some cool old buildings.

Seth and his best buddy!

Seth's 3rd grade class!

Grandma and Grandpa took Mom out to lunch a few days before her birthday.

We went to Festival Transylvania. Mark fit right in!

Mom  and Dad are still working on taking lots of photos together.

There were some great sunrises in October. Dax told Mom about this one.

Mom picked pizza for her birthday.

And of course, Handel's ice cream.

Seth won a prize in the school fundraiser.
He got to have a special lunch with a friend. There is Villi again!

Mom and Dad made it to the temple tougher and had to get ice cream on the way home!