Snowbird!

Sam and I decided that this winter we would get out to the mountain and do some snowboarding! We were able to make it up to Snowbird the opening weekend. It was so much fun! We are still beginners, but we will get better the more we are able to go this winter! It is so nice finding things to do in the winter, especially in the Utah snow!!

Washington D.C. and NYC 11/2011

I was sent to a conference in Bethesda, MD for work. We decided to make it our family vacation and Sam and Bris tagged along. My conference was from Wednesday to Friday, then we spent Saturday to Tuesday to play! It was a lot of fun!! I love the East Coast, especially in the fall. The leaves were gorgeous, and the weather was spectacular! It was great spending time with the Hill family. Sam and Bris were able to sneak away during the day to spend with Kathryn and the girls! They had a lot of fun exploring D.C. with the locals! I was able to sneak away on a couple of afternoons and spend time with them also. We spent all day Saturday seeing the sites in D.C.

Sam and I were able to sneak away to NYC for Sunday night and spend all day Sunday and Monday being NYC tourists. We had so much fun in each city! It was an amazing treat for us to get out there, and a big thank you to the Hills for letting us stay at their home and for their free tour guides!

UNC cheerleader

Bristol received this cute UNC outfit from my cousin, Amy, for her 1st birthday. We put her in it to watch the UNC game with daddy! She's pretty cute!!

Halloween Party and Trick-or-Treating

Our friends have an annual Halloween party that we have loved going to since we moved back to Utah. It is always fun to figure out a family outfit and to go play with our friends. This year we dressed up in our 80s get-up, DI special! It was a lot of fun to wear the neon colors and tease our hair. It was a great night, playing games, eating yummy food and just being with our good friends here in Utah.

We spent Halloween down in Payson this year with the Scott Kelly's. It was a lot of fun for Bristol to have her first Trick-or-Treat experience with her cousins. Reagan was so cute with her, wanting to help her go house to house and collect the treats! They had a great time. I loved Bristol's costume- she was a Sock Monkey! Too Cute!!

October Harvest

This last Saturday we were able to go to the pumpkin patch in Santiquin, UT. It was fun to go with the Kelly family. Sam's parents were in town for the weekend for Nixon's blessing. At the pumpkin patch we were able to go on a hay ride and then find our pumpkins out in the huge field. Bristol loved searching for her pumpkin and kept saying "go, go." She loved being outside and running around. It was great to spend time with the Kelly's and to have them around. We miss Oregon!!

Scott also was able to get 8 tickets to the BYU football game. It was so fun to go and hang out with the whole Kelly family! Go BYU!!

Learning to Ice Skate!

Bristol has been walking for 3 months now, so we decided to teach her how to ice skate! Reagan wanted to go ice skating for her 7th birthday and we joined them! It was so much fun watching everyone acclimate to the ice, even us. Bristol loved it and kept saying "go, go" when we would stop. It was hard on us to bend over the whole time, so we took her out of the cutest skates ever and she was able to slide on the ice. Happy Birthday Reagan! We cannot believe you are 7!?!

Carving our Pumpkins and Halloween Dinner

We had a great time this year carving pumpkins with Bris. She finally can enjoy these crazy traditions. She loved sticking her hands into the pumpkin, but then would turn to us and want us to wash her hands off.

I have always wanted to start a tradition of making a goolish Halloween dinner. This year we have a few different items, including- Monster pizzas, pumpkin soup, eyeballs, swampy cider and mummys. It was a lot of fun! I can't wait to enjoy this every year around Halloween time. And, Bris is such a great little helper!