Disgusting

Following suit as child 3. this is not my first rodeo. I don't know what it is about little kids but my gosh!!! Gross! How? How did this even happen? Put the poop in the potty, all of it! YUCK!

Marmalade

This year we are trying something new, tomato citrus marmalade. It is really yummy! We put it on crackers with cream cheese and it is delicious. I also think it'd be great on warm rolls or a chicken breast. I am glad we tried a new recipe. It is unique and takes time but it's worth it. 

Picked the Pumpkins from our Patch

This is our pumpkin haul this year. We grew a lot! We are proud. Now hopefully they make it a month til we can carve them.

Dirt

Playing in the dirt and eating it is a right of passage for every child, right? I came out to find these two together in the garden. Rolling a ball down the track D made the other night. Super creative of Dayton, by the way. Of course Vivie had a handful of dirt and was eating it. Oh dear! A little dirt never hurt anyone I guess. ha ha ha!

Vivian Turns One!

Mom, can we pretend we are playing in the snow?

Rachel asked me this today and when I said sure she promptly gathered all of their snow gear, including boots and headed outside. She got a sled and they went sledding down the wet grass on the hill. It was priceless! I love when they play pretend.

Weekend Away Again

We got away last weekend. It was SO fun and needed! Grandma paid for us to stay in a hotel. She is too nice. She feels bad we can't stay at her house, cause it isn't her's. She lives with a friend that is also single and older so they have a buddy. Plus, they have cats! Terrible for Mom's allergies. So she got us this hotel. We swam for 2 hours before heading to bed. Then we enjoyed a big breakfast and headed to the Hogle Zoo. The kids loved the animals although it was a bit cold. Then we got to stay at Uncle Nate and Alex's in Provo after we visited Davee. We headed hom early Sunday morning to get back for Jake Sorensen and Kaia's baby blessing of Jocelyn. He asked Adam to be in the circle. We had a great time together! Until next trip I will just have to soak up these great pictures! Our kids are adorable!

Dayton at School

D's teacher uses a cool app called Class DoJo. She shares photos and info on the class page weekly. She posted these photos of D building during math. He looks so happy! Plus that is a killer tower or robot or spider guy. So far my observation is the new schools way of teaching is much for fitting for his learning style and encourages creativity and movement instead of sitting and doing worksheets all day. He rarely comes home with worksheets. Just wanted to share these gems!

Baker Report

Rachel got to do a report on a community helper for Kindergarten. She chose baker. We got to stay up late and make cookies together for her to learn or should I say practice what a baker does. Then she took them to school to share with her class. I went and saw her present and it was just about 2 minutes or pure goodness. She was darling! Mrs. Parish asked her "Why do you want to be a Baker?" She quickly said, "Because I like making treats to eat with my family." What a great response! Good job sis!

Tomato Harvest Round Two & Raspberries

We sent a 5 gallon bucket with Grandma Trudy to do salsa a couple weeks ago. This is what we picked out second go around. Isn't it amazing? The kids all helped too!

We also spent the morning picking berries together. Our patch does really well. Vivian napped, that was helpful. The kids actually liked crawling under the tunnels of bushed and finding the hiding raspberries. I made 2 batches of jam. One raspberry and one peach/raspberry. Yum!

Carter's All About Me

Today at preschool Carter shared his all about me poster. He was so cute doing it too! He looks so big in the picture to me. He is almost four and slaying preschool this year. He is in a class with kids one year older than him and is advanced compared to some in there. Makes me proud!

Favorite color: Green
Favorite book: Otis the Tractor
Favorite food: banana and green yogurt
What does he want to be when he grows up? Batman! He tells all the sharing time this every week in primary too.
Notice his drawing of himself. Priceless!

Sunday Best

 Our kids are so grown up! I took these before church today. Fall is coming and the kids are in school. Well, Dayton is all day and Rachel half day. Carter and Vivie get to stay with Mama. These are gorgeous!!! I love how these captured our kids perfectly in a 5 minute photo shoot in the yard. They really do love each other, most the time. Dayton age 7, Rachel age 5, Carter age 3, Vivie 11 months. When I look at these I see that God is good. We are blessed! We love our babies!