Seasons Change

Fall is such a fun time of year although I will miss summer, and am NOT ready for winter, there is just something about fall that I love. I love the beautiful autumn leaves, the smell of things being canned, the cooler air, having soup for dinner and all of the fall decorations.
On Tuesday for our family night, we took our kids to the local pumpkin patch. They had so much fun picking out their pumpkins. It was the funnest atmosphere.I think it was funner than selecting a pumpkin from the grocery store by far and the memories of going to the actual pumpkin patch will be ones that stick. It will definately be a yearly tradition for us.
I loved the time to take fun pictures of my children, it was so much fun. They grow up so fast.

My kids are really looking forward to Halloween this year. Landon is going to be a zombie, Logan a vampire, and Dylan a dragon. I found the funnest dragon costume at the DI for $8.00. ( and it is warm)
I couldn't pass it up for that price.













Landon and Logan are enjoying school this year and are doing well.
Logan was finally old enough this year to play soccer, and loved the whole season. He got really into playing the guard and the goalie. He was excited to get a soccer trophy.
Landon was way above the benchmark on his dibels testing and I am very proud of him for doing a great job in school.
He has also been playing piano now for about a year and has really taken off. I told him that at the rate he is going, it won't be long before he outplays me.
We had a great summer this year. We started it out just before school ended by taking our kids to Disneyland, then we had a fun camping trip with some good friends, we had a fun 4th of july at the kids carnival in Willard, my kids bounced at the bounce houses and tried out mutton busting for the first time on the 24th of July. We went to several parades & fireworks.
In August Terry went on a guys camping trip and I took my kids to the stargazing party at the American West Heritage Center. We had a blast. My kids were so good for me that night and it was really fun to take them. I think it will be a great memory. At the star party, my kids got to play games in the glow in the dark carnival, they rode ponies, made crafts and went on a star gazing treasure hunt. We also were able to go to our county fair.
In September I enjoyed a 3 day girls weekend at Bear Lake with some of my best friends. We went to womens conference, did crafts, stayed up late talking & watching chick flicks, went to an ice cave and just had a good time relaxing.
Terry just got back from a deer hunting trip and now I wish I could say life was going to slow down a little, but with the holidays coming, I don't expect that to happen.
I guess it is good to be busy in life, and we certainly are :)

No girls allowed!!!!!

Logan started Kindergarten on Monday.
Today when I picked him up I asked him how his day went, and if he made any new friends.
He started to tell me that there was this girl who was prettier than the other girls in his class. I asked him what her name was and he told me, I haven't figured out how to find out her name.
I just laughed. "He's only five" and already trying to figure out how to approach girls. I guess I'm in trouble- I had better post the No Girls Allowed sign on my front door sooner than I thought :)
Towards the end of the summer I felt ready for my boys to go back to school, but on the first day of school after I dropped them both off, REALITY hit me!!! They are growing so fast, and there is nothing I can do about it. All I can do is hope that I have taught them what they need to know to face the battles they will face in life. It is kind of scary to let go! I'm not sure I like it :(

Sun kissed

Logan has been curious about everything lately, he has asked what germs look like, if blind people can sleep, what our brains look like and how do we think with them- just to name a few.
This morning he was looking at his skin and said to me- mom Dylan and I have the same kind of skin. (I'm assuming he meant color) I said yes you do. Then he said mom you & I have the same kind of skin, except yours has polka dots. I started to laugh when I realized he meant my freckles.
I told him that those are called freckles and you get them when the sun kisses you. I told him that he will probably get more when he is out in the sun. He looked at my arm again and said whoa you have a lot of sun kisses!!! Why did the sun give you so many kisses?
I had to explain that you just get them when you are out in the sun.
I love his curiosity lately, he wants to know about everything, how everything works, and why it does it.
This is such a precious stage in their lives. I just wish that we would stay that eager to learn all of our lives. It is kind of sad that people have to lose that innocence and eagerness that children have.
Logan makes me smile all the time with the cute things he says.
Life has been good for us, Landon is now officially out of school for the summer, and is really looking forward to the break. He did really well in school this year and I am really proud of him.
On his last math assessment he got 100%. He loves numbers and math.
He has been taking piano lessons and has come a long way in 7 months.
Logan also just finished preschool and is looking forward to going to Kindergarten next year.
I can't believe how fast they are growing up. Sometimes I feel like the time I have with them is slipping away.
Dylan loves to be just like his older brothers and thinks he can do everything that they do.
He goes down big slides head first, gets in on the wrestling action whenever he sees his brothers and Dad wrestling. Sometimes he even appears to have the advantage! He acts like he is sword fighting with a light saber etc. You can pretty much find him anywhere his brothers are.
Terry has been trying to do more hiking lately and wants to start mountain biking as soon as the weather dries out.
I have been busy being a mom. I have been trying to get more organized and do spring cleaning.
It is amazing how much junk you discover when you start going through it.
We just got back from Disneyland the first of this month and we had a blast- it was really nice to spend time with my little family, without the normal distractions of everyday life. It was just about "US" time.
I will have to do a more detailed post about our trip.
We have a lot of fun things planned for the summer and are looking forward to spending some time in the sun ( To get sun kisses ) and together.
I hope all of your summers are filled with good times and memories in the making.