Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin carving

Thank goodness I have a talented husband! He is so good with our pumpkin carving every year...I hope the kids inherit his artistic talent (because I have none!). Can you tell who they are?
It's kind of hard to tell in the picture, but Mickey Mouse is on the left and Minnie Mouse is on the right. We are big Disney fans in this house (especially for The Mouse and Mousette). Thanks honey for making the girls happy :)

Cousins

We got to have cousin Olivia play for the day while her mom went to work. The girls are so cute together. I love this age! And I love it even more when THEY ask to have their picture taken!

Pumpkin patch

This was always one of my favorite holiday traditions as a kid. I loved to go to the pumpkin patch and pick out my very own pumpkin! I hope my kids love it as much as I did. Only problem is that I grew up in California where it was still at least 70 degrees and my kids had to endure the cold 45 in Utah. I guess they won't know any different :) They are such good sports to humor their mother.

Lexi's turn

Wouldn't this be nice...Next year sweetie :)

Keira

I'm sitting on my computer trying desperately to catch up on blogs and heard the click of a door down the hall. Expecting my gem of a daughter to appear, I waited. Several minutes passed and still nothing. I thought she was taking her time, but instead discovered this...Guess she wasn't ready to wake up just yet :)

5 weeks and counting...

We are less than 5 weeks from the sprint triathlon! I'm actually super excited to do this. Thanks to cousin Chad's wife, Cara, for informing me and my husband supporting me, I feel like myself again. Just for the record, I'm not in it to compete and win. I needed something to motivate me to get into shape again and lose some weight (yes, baby weight). I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a goal and a way to get in shape with a variety of workouts. Love it! Wish me luck! Actually, wish US luck, but Rick is in way better shape than me so he won't need it as much as me :) Counting down...

Dino's and witches

Our neighbors invited us to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point last week to make witches hats, go on a Scaredy Cat hunt, and roam the museum in all it's Halloween decor. Lexi was sick so Keira and I had a Mommy-Daughter date.

Brooklynn and Keira in their personalized witches hats

Keira examining fossils

Making dams and moats for a miniaturized dinosaur habitat

"Paleontologists" digging for fossils

Thanks Stephanie, Brooklynn, Trey, and Luke for inviting us!

"Just another day in paradise...

...there's no place I'd rather be. Well, it's 2 hearts, 1 dream, wouldn't trade it for anything. And I ask the Lord every night for just another day in paradise."

I think she's saving some of her dinner for laterLike mother, like daughter. This girl downs salad like it's candy!

Good sharing Keira!

3rd time's a charm?

Potty training would not be at the top of my list of favorite things, but actually grateful that Keira is so ready for it. This is technically our 3rd attempt at potty training, but the first that we actually got involved with. Twice this summer Keira would try to potty train herself and I didn't want to discourage her. She always did great as long as she was sportin' her birthday suit :) For the third time around, I figured I need to get out of denial. We are almost at the end of week 3 and she has had so few accidents in the last week, I forget she used to wear diapers! Ok maybe that's a little much, but she's done great!

"Cheese!" This is obviously her new picture face. Not sure why, but she insisted on holding this flower.

"Show me your panties!"

Lexi wanted to get in on the action so insisted on wearing some of Keira's panties, too. I have some very persuasive children! I figure it's better than what she was trying to do...her birthday suit! Anytime she has access to her diaper, she takes it off. So we've had to keep her clothes on so she doesn't have access to her diaper!

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