Trip to Utah

After Ethan's busy season ended October 15th, we headed out the next day for a little family vacation to Utah. Mainly just to get away and to visit with friends and family up there. We stopped on the way up to Richfield, UT where my oldest sister Heather and her family just moved to a couple months prior from Poway. The kids loved hanging out with their cousins again. We miss you guys!

After a long day of being in the car, we finally arrived into Spanish Fork where my brother Kevin lives with his family. The kids did quite well in the car with a big thanks to the wonderful invention of the portable DVD player. We had a wonderful time visiting with Kevin and Tami in their beautiful home, and our kids loved seeing their cousins Brooklyn, Isaac and Jack. Audrey and Caden thought their trampoline was the coolest thing ever.

We enjoyed spending time on BYU campus, going to the Dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving point, visiting old friends, hiking up to the Timpanogos caves, walking around temple square in Salt Lake, visiting the conference center, going to the Church History Museum and visitors center and lastly, going to a pumpkin patch in Santaquin. It was a very fun trip and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. We miss Utah and those gorgeous mountains. It was nice to be back for a visit. Here are a few more highlights of the trip:

Standing under a HUGE dinosaur at the Dinosaur museum

Cousins sitting in a little cave at the museum

It was a steap climp up to the Timanogos caves, but such a beautiful hike!

We made it!

Caden found a little green pumpkin at the pumpkin patch

Fieldtrip to Oma's Pumpkin Patch

Audrey had her first field trip to Oma's Pumpkin Patch in Lakeside 2 weeks ago. This is a very fun place that we will make a yearly tradition. I was happy to go with her and ride the long bumpy bus ride there- her first real school bus experience. We took the hayride around the cow farms then had some free time to enjoy the other many activities there such as sliding down the cottonseed hill, milking fake cows, playing on the playground and petting the animals to name a few. It was a fun day!

Singing and dancing with the Jumpitz!

Audrey is such a cute little singer. I got some good footage here of her singing to the Jumpitz. She even picked out her own harmony! The girl is musically gifted, in my opinion. Caden kind of got in the way at the end which is so typical of him and his need for my attention! Please excuse the whining.