December fun

 Here are a few pictures of when we got our tree.  We bought it at a little local place in Springville.  It smelled so good when we brought it into the house. 

 The tree looked pretty good there on the lot, but when we set it up it was huge!  Jason said we looked like the Griswalds.

 The guys there stand around a burning barrel to keep their hands warm. 

 Snowman pizzas for lunch :)  I think I need a new cookie sheet...

 These pictures I took with my phone so they're not very good but every December we go the Peteetneet Museum in Payson.  On Saturdays they have the story book lady who tells a nice story about the birth of Jesus.  They pass out little bells and homemade cookies.

 The kiddos sit on Santas lap.  Julia told him that she wanted a Tinkerbell dress for Christmas.

 Katy told Santa she wanted some ponies and Jack told him that he wanted a new gun.  Santas response, "You'll shoot your eye out."

 And this is the second time Leah sat on Santas lap but the only time she hasn't turned beet red with fear and hysteria. And I love how this Santa passes out red delicious apples.

 On our way out, we stop by the train show.  It's a miniature exhibit but everything is to scale.  I think he smallest thing I found was a baby deer.  And it was about the size of... the smallest nerd in the box.  It is so fun to see and the kids love to watch the trains go.  I bet Erica's boys would LOVE this!!

 We had a pretty good snow storm in November.  Spanish Fork had about 9 inches. 

It snowed all day long.  And it was the same morning that Jason decided to drag the 87 Chevy Caprice Classic out of the driveway and tow it up to the scrap yard.  The three older kids and I rode in the "brown bomber."  They thought it was hilarious.  And what did we drive home with?  $380.00 !  That was a fun few hours.

Family pictures

We took family pictues in mid October.  Here are a couple of the shots!  It was so so windy that day.  But warm :)

 

And the kids love to take homemade yummies to their church teachers.  So a couple of days ago, we spent the afternoon making sugar cookie buttons.  It was so much fun and so cute.  We will have to do them again soon.

 

Jack & Katy

We are doing some cleaning out and organizing before the winter and I'm in the backyard in an old shed working.  There are a few spider webs around.
Me: (to myself, ducking and dodging) "Ehh.. so many spiderwebs."
Jack to Katy: (giggling and under his breath) "Kate, Mom is afraid of nature."

NY & other fun

 Here are a couple of pictures from our trip to NY.  We had a great time there.  Mom, Evan and I were able to take a couple of great drives.  We were out by the lake and just happened to see this guy, in this bugeye at the road side stand.  Mom ended up knowing him.  And Evan wanted to be him :)

 Always great to see you Grandma!  Sorry these pictures are pretty blurry.

 Peter was such a great little helper with Leah.  He read her books and was always there to put her pacifier back in.

 UK Car Day will always be a great memory.  I met George Haynes for the first time.  What a great guy.

 Leah, ready to head back to Utah.

 Taughannock Falls for the afternoon.  Evan and I were obsessed with this family out on the water.  They parked their boat for the day and would kayak into shore to use the bathroom or whatever.  They had these blow up lounge chairs they were using in the water.  You fall in love with it all over again every time you go back.

 Out at Sodus Point.  People and their boats out in the shallowest water.  Just relaxing and hanging out. Evan and I were so jealous. And mad at our lives.  Haha...not really.  


The kids love fruit and there are plums trees all around us.  We walked through an alfalfa, barley and corn field to get to these perfectly ripe plums.  Katy was in heaven!

 That's a quart size bag.  We filled up a grocery store bag.
And we made these little buddies the other day.  They are so fun!  Look how colorful!  

Kindergarten & Preschool

Jack started Kindergarten in late August.  He will be 6 this year.  I can't believe how quickly the time passes.  His teacher is Mrs. Hyer.  He has a little friend that he plays with at recess and they sit together on the bus.  They like the chat about what grows in their gardens. 

 Can you find Jack?

 Kaitlyn started Preschool at the beginning of September.  She was so excited that she wanted  me take pictures of all of the kids for the first couple of weeks. Everyday on the log out by the car  :)  She has waited all year for it to be her turn.  She has watched Jack come home from Preschool with fun projects and activities and we are happy that it is now her turn.
She loves it so much and she loves to sing.  She comes home almost every time with a new song to sing to us.

This week they are talking about what makes them special and she sings a little song that goes like this "A frog in a bottle, a fish in the sea, a bird in a tree, I would rather just be ME ME ME!"