It's Autumn Time!

It most certainly is Autumn Time here in Cache Valley and I had forgotten how much I love Fall here! The leaves are amazing colors, the air is crisp, and there are a ton of fun things to do to celebrate the season. We went out to American West Heritage and had a lot of fun. They had a straw jump, corn maze, pony and train rides, animals and all kinds of fun things. We had a really great time!







We also went to the Pumpkin Walk in North Logan. I hadn't been for about 10 years and I was amazed at how good it was!! Here are the kids with their friends.

Maddie and Kennadi were so excited to see the Snow White display. It really was so fun to see everything made out of pumpkins. Some of them were really clever.

Taggart was very excited when he saw the Super Mario display and he actually sat down so I could take his picutre.

Taggart took this picture of Stephanie and me. He said, "Mom, got ya right in the middle," and handed me the camera. He is pretty good at taking pictures.

Another of Taggart's favorites right now, How to Train Your Dragon. He had to get his picture with Toothless.

We really had a great time and the kids wanted to go back and take Dad, so we braved the storm last night and went in the snow!! We decided to just embrace the cold!!
Parker is now 3 months old!! He has been such a happy little baby and is now grinning all the time. He has found his hands and we hear him sucking them and his thumb sometimes. Isn't it cute?

He really only cries when he is either tired or hungry and has even slept through the night a few times already...sooo nice!! He is really starting to enjoy his mobile and can watch it forever! He just sits and talks to it, moves his arms, and kicks his feet. He gets pretty excited!

It has gotten pretty cold and we love to get into our warm jammies! I am sooo happy to have these 3 little kids!!

I can't believe that he is already 3 months old! He is growing up faster than any of my other kids and it is really making me sad! I wish he could just stay this way forever!!

It is a good thing little Miss Maddie is so dang cute or I would have given her away by now! She is such a little tornado!! I cannot clean up after her fast enough! Her room is always a mess; with clothes and toys strewn about. We are STILL having issues with clothes and whenever we get home, she puts on her pajamas and it drives me crazy! She has all these cute clothes and hardly wears them! I thought it was just a phase, but it has been going on for about 9 months now. I am very tempted to take all of her clothes and hide them and only allow her 1 outfit a day! Is that too mean? I just don't know how much longer I can do this??? I am so sick of her looking like a ragamuffin all day when we are home!! Oh! What to do??

Where does time go?

I can't believe another month has come and gone and it is already October! The weather has been so warm that it has still felt like summer and the month of September just flew right on by! We have been so busy with the kids being in school, dance, tumbling, etc. that I have been going crazy!! I forgot how hard it is to have a newborn baby when we have to be in several different places during the day at certain times. Parker is getting very used to napping in his carseat, that's for sure! Speaking of Parks, he is now 2 months old! At his doctor's visit he weighed 13 pounds, 11 ounces, which is the 89% for his age. He is quite a chubby little boy! He was 23 inches long, which is the 51% for his age. His cheeks just seem to be getting bigger by the minute!


He is still being a pretty good baby, but not as good as the first month. He has started smiling and cooing which is really sweet. He loves his carseat and his swing or bouncy seat, and of course, he loves being held! He has already outgrown his 0-3 month clothes and he is definately my chubbiest baby. We just can't stop kissing those cheeks!

Maddie had a very special tea party at her Grammy's house a couple weekends ago. Maddie and her cousin, Isabelle, got all dressed up with makeup and Princess dresses.

They ate strawberries, cupcakes, rolls and then a very special visitor came....Cinderella!! The girls were sooo excited to see her! She read them a story and taught them how to twirl, curtsy, and wave.




It was such a fun day and I am sure Maddie will remember it forever! We are so glad that Grammy is such good friends with Cinderella and Snow White so that we get to have special visits with them!
These peaches came from the peach tree in our back yard! We have been eating them for the last couple weeks and they are the most delicious peaches I have ever tasted!! Aren't they beautiful?!

My sister had her baby a couple weeks ago and Baby Sophie is the sweetest thing ever! She is tiny and has so much beautiful dark hair! We have had three babies born in 6 months in my family and here they are: Sophie 2 1/2 weeks, Parker 2 months, and Emma almost 6 months. Parker is catching up quickly to little Emma and I am sure he will be the biggest of all three here pretty soon. It will be so much fun to see them all grow up together!

Well that was basically our month is a nutshell. Cam and I did get a quick little weekend trip up to Park City with Parks and my parents watched Taggart and Maddie, but I didn't take any pics. We did some shopping, relaxed and ate at some great restaraunts. It was great to only have one kid and Parks was pretty good for us. I had a cold, though, so that was kinda a bummer. Anyway, I am sure this next month will fly by just as fast as the last one. I just don't know where the time goes??