Maddie's Birthday and Halloween!

We have had a busy last few weeks with Maddie's birthday and all of the Halloween activities!

Maddie loves to color and draw

This doesn't include Maddie's latest mountain bike for her birthday

Took Tanner on a date to Dairy Queen!

Trevor and I went mountain biking together while all the kids were in school!

It was fun!

We had a great time together

Everyone snuggling in our bed

Tanner's picture of us riding bikes on the Indian Head Rail Trail

Maddie's Birthday Eve

Her present was a unicorn headband that she wore to school the next day

I brought her a Happy Meal for lunch and treats for her class

She wanted the masterpiece for her "cake"

Coloring the unicorn

Opening presents!

Playing "pin the tail on the unicorn"

Tanner won!

Happy Birthday Maddie!

9 years sure went by fast

One of her presents was a canopy for her bed

We went to our ward's Trunk or Treat

They had a donut eating contest, which both Maddie and Tanner participated in

But did not win. It's harder than it looks!

We decided that our library was too dim and needed some more lighting.

This is the before picture

This is Trevor adding recessed lights

And the finished product!

We liked them so much he added them to our living room too!

Much better

The night before Halloween, we read the Minna Shaw book (The Widow's Broom) and the Pumpkin Man came!!!

He scared us pretty bad but then he left us donuts

Then we decorated pumpkins

Tanner did Pac Man

Ready for Trick or Treating!

We went to the neighborhood next to ours

It was super fun!

The kids even got full size candy bars

And three bowls full of candy

Trevor installed under cabinet lighting in the kitchen!

I love it so much and will definitely use it a lot.

Trevor took the kids mountain biking since Maddie got a new bike for her birthday

They went to the Beaver Observatory

The kids did great!

Kinley got to go on a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch with her PreK class

And that is what we have been up to the last few weeks!

Fall Update

Summer is over and we are loving fall!

Maddie sweetly reading to her siblings

Making carmelitas

Kinley was Star of the Day!

Our library!

Tanner's paper that made me laugh

The yummiest buttery bundt bread from Mel's Kitchen Cafe

We have been riding bikes a lot since we have moved here. 

There are nice trails everywhere and they are fun to try out.

I took Kinley on a date! 

She wanted McDonald's but I had to get Panera. I'm so so so happy they have one close by!

Kinley snuggling with me while Trevor was on travel. 

Now that the kids are older, I don't mind them sleeping with me. When they were younger I would never let them!

Tanner got a letter and present from Grandma!

Charging up the battery on the van. 

The battery died while Trevor was on travel (of course) and stressed me out but it all turned out ok in the end.

Tanner at the library. He loves reading the Little Critter books

Daddy handing out presents when he got home from travel

Maddie and Kinley got Barbies from Grandma and Tanner got a Pokémon book!

Trevor brought me home Sees Candy too. It was gone the first day.

We tried out the Indian Head Rail Trail, which is pretty close to our church building. It is awesome! 13 miles of paved trail through wooded forest. We are looking forward to going again.

They always complain about going on walks but they end up loving it

Kinley is doing great on her bike! 

She said she is ready to take her training wheels off.

Along the way there are some bridges and ponds to throw rocks into

Trevor's bike set up in the garage

Trevor did a few house projects over conference weekend. 

This kind of awkward thing was on the end of our porch.

And this is what it looks like now! Much better

Obviously there was something here before, but we weren't sure what

Now we have an address sign to cover it up!

We have sooooooooooo many leaves in both our front and back yards

The kids helped rake some of them up

And they really wanted to ride their bikes through them. 

Tanner's bike is buried underneath this pile.

At Michael's playing with the Halloween stuff

I took Maddie on a date for the General Women's conference. 

This is the first year we got to go together!

We went to Sonic for dinner and ice cream and then to the church for the conference. 

It was super fun! Excited for all the new changes.

Making cinnamon rolls for conference. 

 Also from Mel's Kitchen Café, and also delicious.

And huge

We got out the Halloween costumes and tried a few on

Trevor carved a path through the leaves in our backyard for the kids to ride their bikes on

Tanner got an early birthday present!

And that is what we have been up to lately. 

Excited for the holidays and the fall season!