Whatever Have We Been Up To Lately?...

First off we took a trip to Escalante over UEA weekend with my Parents to close the house down for the Winter. My Boys love it down there and I have lots of fun memories of family time down there too. Corbin and Aidan also don't mind getting spoiled-rotten by Grandpa and Grandma the whole time they were there.One of their favorite things to do when we go to the Escalante House is to play in the dirt and the yard is full of fun places to dig and build in the dirt! We recked about 3 huge ant hills before they were done digging! This trip we didn't venture out very far to explore the many fun activities Escalante and the surrounding areas have to offer. We did go to the Elementary School playground for a few hours one day, played in the dirt at the house, and went "crazy" with Grandpa a lot. Going "crazy" is a tradition my parents have done with us kids since we were born. When you "go crazy" with Grandpa or Dad you get to go get a treat usually at the local Gas Station or Grocery Store. Thanks Mom and Dad for loving us so much and taking good care of us!
Another fun thing we did after our trip to Escalante we went home with my Parents and Nate met up with us for a School class he had in SLC. So while we were in town we made a trip up to Logan to Jensen Farm and met Katie and Chloe. It was so much fun and so cold! Not once did I hear any of the kids complain, they were so busy seeing everything and running from place to place to care about the cold! During the Month of October Jensen Farm has a huge Corn Maze, and all sorts of other fun Halloween activities for the family. Also my Aunt LeAnn and Uncle Sonny who do the Light Parks decorated the whole farm with spooky lighted scenes and characters, it is really a sight to go see!
One of the many things to do! Chloe and Corbin had a ball posing for the camera.
Aidan had fun riding the horse!

What a cutie! He was so curious about what was going on on the other side of this sign. He loved Wilbur when he walked around to see it!
Straw Jump! Corbin and Chloe when off this with a parent of course! But I think they both took some extra jumps by themselves too! They loved it! One of my favorite pictures! These cute and silly Kids sticking their tongues out with these cute little trick-or-treaters! These are some of the lighted things my Aunt and Uncle do. It's amazing the detail they get into them. The Kids just loved the lights and kept going up to the really scary ones and yelling "Boo" in hopes of scaring them. Unfortunately none yelled back. Both my Aunts LeAnn and Ellen were there also in the Cook Shack. By the time we left we were so full of good, good food and treats too! It was a Great night! We had a lot of fun and it was great to watch the kids having so much fun too and being so excited for Halloween!

Yep, Aidan finally got his cast off last Thursday! Yeah!!! As you can see as of the evening of, he was still babying it a bit. But he uses both arms and hands for everything now and there doesn't seem to be any problems! What a blessing! For all the scare and pain, it sure could have been worse and we are so blessed and happy it wasn't! He was beaming with a grin all the way home from the Doctor office in relief of having that big clunky and heavy cast off....finally! He has one more check-up to make sure all is still well and then we are home free until....I hate to even think it...probably the next big ouch! Yes, my Cute Boys are very active and we all keep saying we're so lucky we haven't had any more big owies for how active they are! I'm counting our blessings everyday!
Last Sunday we had our Dad home! It's rare, because he is one of the few that has to usually work at Holiday Inn on Sundays. So we cherish the few Sunday nights we get with him! So we decided to carve our pumpkins and the Boys went wild! They were so excited all day to get to do this! Nate and Corbin carved Corbin's and Aidan and I carved Aidan's.
We had a lot of fun and a good night being together! The Jack-o-Lanterns turned out great! Corbin and Aidan have checked them out everyday since to make sure they are doing o.k. and nothing is wrong with them. It's cute, they go out and take the tops off and check inside for the candles then put the tops back and tell me who's pumpkin is who's. I'm glad to see they enjoy this Holiday as they should having fun and loving all the spookiness about it!

On Monday night we made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and delivered them to our neighbors for Family night. Yes we actually had Nate home 2 nights in a row and on 2 very rare nights! We were so happy to have that time to spend together! The Boys thought it was so neat to ride in the wagon and go knock on our neighbors doors and yell "Happy Halloween"! One funny thing was Corbin forgot what he was suppose to say at one house because it took a while of knocking before they actually answered the door and said "Trick or Treat" instead. We all got a good laugh!

We also went on a Halloween Parade today put on by the City Library and it went through the City building were we have a lot of offices and businesses. It was great and I was pretty proud of my Boys for remembering to say "thank you" without being reminded every time, to all the nice people who were passing out candy. It was another fun adventure and Corbin and Aidan loved getting to wear their costumes and of course all the attention and candy! Well, HAPPY HALLOWEEN to you, all! I hope you all have lots of fun and make great memories!