Happy Birthday Granddad!

On the 21'st we gathered at Javiers and celebrated my Granddad's 76th birthday. If you,ve known him at all you'd know that he hasn't aged a bit! I have always been really close to him and I like to think that I'm his favorite since I was his first Granddaughter. I was lucky enough to travel to the East Coast with him twice to go to New York and to the Miss America Pageant. Now I love that my kids are getting to know him.
He's a great Granddad and I wish him the Happiest Birthday ever!!

Girls Weekend

I'm pretty sure I have the best friends. Once a year we go to Park City for the weekend to catch up, eat, shop, & talk. It was exactly the kind of get-a-way that I needed to get rejuvinated and be a better mom and wife!
We got there Friday night and those who arrived earlier went and got a pedicure (I missed that part, dang it!) We met up at Cafe Rio and got our food to go and went back to the condo so we could relax and talk while we ate. We of coarse talked till 2:30 in the morning and slept in until about 8:30. We talked some more, ate a yummy breakfast that we all brought something to contribute to then headed out shopping. We shopped till lunch then shopped some more until we were pooped! We went back to the condo to relax while we waited for some other girls that had come up later. We went to dinner at Sammy's Bistro then I headed home, cause Brett had to work in the moring. Some of the girls went home as well and some stayed over another night.

These are only some of the girls and some of the pictures that were taken. The funny thing was there were 4 girls who were nursing, so we had a freezer full of pumpted milk by the end of the trip and 3  that were pregnant. It was kind of nice not to be one of them, but next year I'm sure there will be a whole nother batch of pregnant and nursing mama's!

Fish Farm Fieldtrip

Today we went to the fish farm and corn maze with Brooklyn's pre-school class and I caught this sweet brother-sister moment.

Final Camping Trip of the Season

This past weekend we met up with our friends who live in Idaho and went on our last camping trip of the year before we put the trailer away for the winter. Lauren and I were in charge of finding a place to go and basically I did all the decision making becasue Lauren WILL NOT make a decision and I am horrible at making them so, we got off to a rough start because we were planning on going to a campground called "The Lodge" in Logan Canyon that my other friend told me about. We got there before Lauren and Royce so we were going to find a spot and meet them there, but (long story short) we couldn't find the campground and had to drive all the way back up the canyon to where we had service so we could tell them that we couldn't find it. They were still an hour and a half away so we parked at a day use area and let the kids watch the ducks and play on the grass. We ended up going to Hyrum Resevoir State Campground, which was still way fun, but crowded. The kids had fun playing by the lake, Stetson fell in the lake, and they had fun collecting pinecones and nuts, which Brooklyn called cococuts :)

After breakfast we decided that we'd go find another campground in Logan Canyon since Brett and I have been wanting to camp there. We found a beautiful campground called Malibu and found two perfect spots that were right next to each other, away from the road, and next to a river. It seriously was SO pretty with all the leaves on the ground and everythingb(I should have just gotten a picture of the campground.)

In this picture Stetson decided to have a seat on the ground and Lila came and sat right next to him...

 ...and even gave him some love. So sweet!

Don't mind Stetson socks and flip flops, his shoes were still wet from the lake.

 P.S. I love wearing socks and flip flops so if you ever see me wearing them don't judge ;)

Brooklyn and Addy had fun climbing on the rocks and finding sticks for fishing poles and fishing in the river...we did see a few fish.

This is the cute family we got to go with. So greatful to call them our friends. Brooklyn decided that she was close enough to them that she should be in their family picture.

Fun Weekend

Last weekend was a good weekend all around! On Friday after Brooklyn got home from pre-school her Aunt Taylor came to pick her up and took her to her SIL's family cabin near Lava Hot Springs until Sunday night. Taylor also has a nephew just a little older than Brooklyn and another niece that just turned 2 and she said that Brooklyn had a blast with them. They played on the big slide, watched movies, played games, and ate yummy food. She LOVES Taylor and was so so excited to spend the weekend with her!
After Brooklyn left Brett, Stetson, and I went to the fruit stand and picked out some pumpkins then went to Smith & Edwards to get a few more things that Brett needed to take hunting. He was really bummed that all the spike tags sold out the night before he went to get one, but we decided it would be good for him to get out and enjoy the beautiful area with some friends who were good hunters so he could learn a few things about hunting big game since he hasn't done it much. He had a good time! He said that the nights were a bit cold, but they had a nice canvas tent with a stove in it to keep them warm. They didn't see many spike elk, but saw a few huge bulls.
While they were both gone Stetson and I went to the Crepery in Logan with some friends on Friday night, then on Saturday my mom came over and we canned apples and apple pie filling and listened to General Conference. Then later we went and did a little shopping and went to dinner. On Sunday morning Brett's parents invited the two of us over for a delicious breakfast. I put Stetson down for a nap there and watched the first Sunday session. Then we went home and chilled, watched the second session, played outside, finished some crafts, and went for a walk. Brooklyn got home around 9:00. I was so excited to see her! She told me all about her trip then I put her to bed.
On Monday I dropped Stetson off at Mark & Jeanie's and they watched him while Brooklyn and I went to Garnder Village with my mom, Taylor, and her mom. It has been a tradition to go there in October for the last 4 years and this is the first year that I have brought Brooklyn. She was such a good girl and loved going in all the shops and looking st all the jewlry! Its so much fun to go when they have the Which fest and all the Halloween stuff out. We spent the day looking through all the shops, going to lunch, and stopping at Tai Pan on the way home. We were exhausted by the end of the day! Brett got home around 4:30 and picked up Stetson. They went home and unpacked and wash Brett's truck.

I love conference weekend and the opportunity we have to listen to the leaders of our church. I listened with a question in the back of my mind that I needed to have answered and I can say that it definitely got answered. I always come away being inspired and wanting to improve my life in many aspects. I love my family and extended family so much and am so grateful to have them in my life!

Family Pictures

Here's a peek at some of our family pictures that we had done recently by my good friend (since elementary) and amazingly talented Camiller Garrison...