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!

Weekend Trip to St. George, UT

Sam's brother Scott signed up for the St. George Triathlon this year and Sam was supposed to do it with him. Being Sam, and hating to run, he decided to back out. We still wanted to make the trip to go down to St. George and support Scott as well as get away for the weekend. It was so much fun to be in the hot Southern Utah sun for one last time before we all hibernate for the winter. We had a lot of fun during the race- Bris swam in the lake and loved cooling off. We also went swimming and the boys went mountain biking. It was a blast to get away for the weekend!!

Utah State Fair

With Bristol's in animals piqued, we decided to take her to the State Fair here in Utah. She loved it! It was so much fun to see her looking at the animals and wanting us to tell her what it is so she could make the animal noise. I love this girl! She is learning so much and is so smart! Except when she made a dog noise for the goats! So cute!!

BYU in Texas

Sam was very lucky this year that Michelle had Nixon right around the time that BYU flies their sponsors to a game. Scott asked Sam if he wanted to go, and of course he couldn't turn it down. To make things even better (what is better than a free trip with your bro to watch football, you might ask?) Jimmer Fredette was invited along as well. Those boys were spoiled. Sam was ecstatic, of course! They had a great time- touring the town, the college, the stadium, eating good food, and of course watching football!

Outdoors in Utah

This summer we made it a priority to get out as much as we could. We love Utah because of how easily accessible the mountains are. Sam is way into mountain biking these days, I hope to be soon, and we both love hiking and camping. We were able to get out a few times in between our crazy work schedules and really enjoy the outdoors. Bristol loved hiking with us too. It reminded me of last year when we went, except she is a lot bigger now!