Fall Festivities

While it was still warm outside we took Conner to the little corn maze that they have here in town. Conner had SO much fun! He would randomly start running while yelling “Monsters are coming!” and we would all have to run to get away. We let him choose which way we would go and whenever there was a fork in the path he always chose left... luckily the maze was pretty small so we eventually found our way out. Outside of the maze was a little fire with hay bales around it. Conner insisted on sitting by the fire for fifteen minutes. We kept asking “Can we go yet?” and he would say “Nope, not yet. I still watching the fire.”

Me and Conner hiding in the corn... getting ready to scare Daddy and Jayden!

Jayden loved it too... he pretty much loves going anywhere in the front pack. He giggled and smiled the whole way.

Nathan and Jayden climbing a corn stalk…?

The best part about the corn maze… all you can eat corn!

In the spirit of the season we got a couple of pumpkins to carve. Conner requested that Nathan carve a spider in his and of course he did... being the nice Daddy that he is. When I asked Conner to stick his hand into the pumpkin he told me “I can’t Mom, it too scary. Monsters in there.” (Apparantly monsters are out to get us...)We finally convinced him to help out but he wasn’t super excited about getting his hands all gooey. He told me “It too weird.” Haha!After cleaning my pumpkin and starting to carve my bat Conner and I ditched the project to make Halloween shaped rice krispie treats instead! Nathan was nice enough to finish mine for me! They turned out awesome but I can’t take much credit for them!

It's Times Like These...

…that show me that Conner really does love his little brother. Even though he steals toys from him on a daily basis and often tells Jayden “stop talkin to me!” I know that Conner loves Jayden and will be a good big brother. I have told Conner lots of times that if he doesn’t hurry and pick up his toys that they will get vacuumed up… and it works about half of the time! Today when I got out the vacuum he yells “Oh no my colored pencils!” and hurries and picks them up. Jayden was still lying on the living room floor and Conner yells “Mommy don’t vacuum up baby Jayden!” I tell him “He better hurry and move out of the way so he doesn’t get vacuumed up huh?” At that Conner got really upset and told me “Mommy put Jayden on the couch! Don’t vacuum him up!” and tries as hard as he can to pick Jayden up. When he couldn’t lift him he almost started crying. I told him “Mommy is just being silly. I would never vacuum Jayden up, I love him too much.” With tears in his eyes he says “Mommy bein silly!” and starts laughing like he knew it was a joke all along! I love that he was so concerned about his little brother! I guess I can see why Conner thought that Jayden was too cute to vacuum up! :)

Building Temples...

Ever since we went to the Salt Lake temple for Jason’s wedding Conner has been obsessed with temples. When he plays with blocks he doesn’t build towers… he builds temples. I have been corrected for accidentally calling it a tower... “It a temple Mom.” ... whoops my bad. :)
Conner building his “alphabet temple.” He was so proud of it and was so excited to show it to his Daddy. His new favorite activity is drawing. He is always carrying around his markers and crayons. Some of his favorite things to draw are rainbows, Daddy, balloons, shapes, letters, and of course temples. It is quite often that he proudly says "Mommy come see the temple I draw!" :)

Island Park and a Happy 6 Years!

Saturday was Nathan and I’s anniversary… 6 years! It is crazy how fast time flies! We celebrated by going to Idaho Falls and having my Mom babysit our kids while we went out on a date. We were planning on dinner and a movie but after eating a late dinner we decided we were too tired to go to a late movie and called it a night… proof that we are getting old!

The next morning we drove up to Island Park with my family for a fun weekend at the cabin. It had been over a year since the last time I went up so I really wanted to go. We were worried that it would be too cold but it was actually a really nice weekend. As tradition called for, we went and fed the fish. Conner thought that it was great and would throw whole hoagie buns in at a time and then acted surprised when we ran out of bread really fast. Haha.

I wanted to take a picture of Jason and Laura jumping on the bridge but after three tries this is the most Jason got off of the bridge.. a whole inch! :)

We went shooting but we didn’t bring anything to shoot at. We considered having Teresa be a moving target but we decided to make use of the snow and made snowballs to shoot at instead!... lucky for Teresa!

After posing for this picture Teresa asked “I don’t really have to shoot it do I?” We didn’t let her get off that easy! If you are going to pose with the gun you gotta shoot it! Conner and Kynzee LOVE each other and play so well together. While they were downstairs playing fooseball by themselves Alissa and I hid and listened to them talk. It was so funny to hear their conversation.
Kynzee: “Conner help me.”
Conner: “I can’t Kynzee I not strong!” Jayden and Kayden being their super cute selves! They are both such happy easy going babies. They are going to be best buddies… I just know it!

It was even warm enough to hang outside for a while while we had a fire and roasted hot dogs and made smores. It was Laura's first time ever roasting a marshmallow because they don't have them in Paraguay... that alone makes the trip to the U.S. worth it! :)We had such a great time! We will be spending Christmas up at the cabin too but by then there will be a WHOLE LOT of snow!Happy Anniversary Nathan! You are my best friend and I love you so much! Thanks for an amazing six years! :)

Jason and Laura's Reception

Two weeks ago we were in Idaho Falls for my brother Jason's wedding reception. The plan was for the reception to be outside but of course it ended of being too cold and windy and we had to move it indoors. Although it didn't go according to plan, everything turned out great and it was such a fun day! I turned my camera as I was taking this picture and I thought that it looked really cool!... totally did it on purpose... :)
We think that Jason and Laura are so stinkin cute together and it is exciting for them to be starting their lives together... ahhh the newlywed stage. It feels like forever ago that we were there. Next weekend will be our 6 year anniversary! Wow, I guess time flies when you are having fun! :)