Playing outside

Just some pictures of us playing outside this week.

Her hair is getting so long.

I would like Ray to look beyond the beautiful baby and notice that our flowers are still alive! Your efforts were not wasted!

This boy LOVES his light sabers.

Kind of creepy picture of me, but Jack was too cute to leave it out.

I missed the real moment. He was pretending to fight someone, and was killed. He was laying on the ground saying "oh no, you got me!".

Ward Carnival

Last weekend our ward had a harvest carnival, not to be confused with a halloween party. No ghost were allowed to attend this party. It was fun. Lots of little booths and fun prizes. The kids had fun and ran around a lot. Ryan unfortunately was stuck studying at the library and missed all the festivities. I don't have any good pictures between the running and holding a very large baby it just couldn't happen.

Love this face

And this one.

Kaitlynn and her best friend McKenzie.

Chocolate Jack about to bowl.

Hurry and sneak a cupcake while mom is not looking!

Thank you Grandma

Grandma Hylton sent us these really cool markers made for writing on glass. We now have a very decorated screen door. Kaitlynn wanted to spend all day coloring. I am waiting for a cold raining day to bring them out again since we have those cool mirror closets. Hours of fun. Well at least for Kaitlynn. I might get five minutes of fun out of Jack.

28

Ryan had his happy birthday last Friday. He is 28. So old. Yikes! We opened one present from my parents in the morning but made him wait all day for the party before we let him open anything else. He spent the morning studying for some classes. He also had to take a test. What a lousy birthday present. Of course he did very well on it. That afternoon I had to go to the dentist. Stupid tooth. To be honest I am not sure there is a tooth left. Two and a half root canals and now a crown. Oh well, at least now I can chew. This left Ryan to watch the kids all afternoon. We had friends come over for cake and ice cream and games. It was really a fun night.

This is a present wrapped by the kids.

The kids wrapped it and they unwrapped it too.

Cute kids

It's a sweater.

Olivia loved playing in the box.

Birthday wrestle

Finally after all day of waiting it was time for the party.

It's another sweater!

The kids helped open this present too, Iron Man and Oreos.

Just a small sampling of the kids we had over. At one point we had a few over that didn't belong to anyone at the party.

We had a mean game of Operation going. This is Ryan and Tara trying, they are in the same program. Neither of them could do it. Then other Ryan who is a med student tried. He failed too. In fact the only one who could do it was Adam the financial adviser! We all had a great time and laughed a lot. We also played Apples to Apples, there were some pretty funny moments.

I tried blowing up balloons after I got home from the dentist. My mouth was half numb and I couldn't do it.

Pumpkin Patch

I know it seems a little early to be going to a pumpkin patch but everyone else was going so we followed the crowd. We had plenty of fun with the petting farm, playground, rubber duck races, and of course picking out our pumpkins. Well actually everything was fun but picking out our pumpkins. They take you on a wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch aka giant weed field. The weeds were big and poky. Not fun and I made the mistake of wearing a skirt that day. I had very scratched up legs. Other than that, it was a huge success plus it was free! We will be making a return trip closer to Halloween.

Wesley, Clara and Kaitlynn.

Cute baby goat.

This was a cute baby cow until my camera gave him scary glowing eye.

The way out of the barn (for little kids) is down a slide.

Giant tricycle race way. Jack couldn't get enough of it, even though he was way too small. Kaitlynn was a speed demon on these things so much so I couldn't get a decent picture of her.

Cheering the racers on!

Wagon ride out to the poky pumpkin patch. Clara and Kaitlynn.

It was a breezy day. Clara, Kaitlynn, Jack and either Danny, Darin, or Dallin I can't remember which name goes with which boy.

Finding just the right one.

This moldy green one was what he wanted most. Can't reason with a two year old.

Off to find hers

This was a better choice than her brothers.

Watch out mom is taking a picture.

Cheese!

The rule was, if you can carry it you can get it. I should have clarified if you can carry it the whole time!

Ride 'em Cow Girl.

Her lasso got in a bit of a tangle.

Who needs friends.

Thankfully she hasn't found her prince charming yet.

Rubber duck races. Clara, Hayden, Nate (he is going to be fixing my tooth this friday), Kaitlynn and Wesley.

Swing and spinning.

It was kind of a breezy sort of day well actually it was very windy, but the temperature was perfect. I love Olivia's reaction to the wind.

Happy Birthday Nanny!

We tried to get the kids to hold up signs for a cute picture. Didn't really happen. Turns out it is difficult to get three kids to look at you, smile, and hold up a sign, all at the same time. So I am posting a few pictures, add them all together and you get the perfect picture. Well maybe not even then. Love you Nanny hope you have a wonderfully happy birthday!

Ps. It is also my brother Paul's birthday so happy birthday to you too. Though I don't really think he looks at this blog so he doesn't get a picture.