Pumpkin Patch

YAY!! We finally made it to the pumpkin patch this year! Last year was the first year we didn't go. Everytime we thought about going it snowed and we didn't want to get in the mud. Kaiden has been asking us for awhile if we could go and I told him we would go when he got out of school on Thursday. He picked out him and Ryker a pumpkin. His pumpkin is the smallest which surprised me because he'd been telling us he was going to pick out a big one for him and a tiny one for Ryker.

Trying to find daddy a pumpkin

This is the one he chose. He was so excited!

He helped dad load the pumpkins in the wheelbarrow and sat in it while dad pushed it.

When we got home, Kaiden unloaded all the pumpkins and set them on our porch. For some reason he stuck his by the rain gutter on the sidewalk and told us to leave it there. I thought he would of moved it by now but it's still sitting there.
I love this time of the year and even more I love to see my kids get so excited for the holidays. Kaiden helped me get out all our Halloween decorations last week. We even decorated his room! Now he tells me he is ready to put all the decorations back and get out the Christmas stuff. Oh, and we have been watching Christmas movies for the last two day. That's all he wants to watch.
Happy kids happy mom right??!!

Two cute boys!

I had to put this picture on here because every morning Kaiden wakes up he wants him and Ryker to wear matching outfits. Kaiden picked out both of these outfits the other day. I think it is so cute how he wants them to wear the same thing. We are so lucky to have two sweet boys!!

Kaiden's first duck hunt

Mike called me from work on Monday and told me to dress Kaiden warm because he was taking him duck hunting with a friend and his son. At first I told him no. I thought he was to young to go and it was to cold. I also worry about him being around guns. But Mike talked me into it. He had went and bought them matching shirts. Kaiden was so excited to go! But the trip didn't turn out the way Mike wanted it to go. He had to carry Kaiden 2 1/2 miles plus all his stuff to were they wanted to hunt. Then it was to cold and Kaiden coughed the whole time,whined and ran a fever. Mike felt really bad that he got cold and sick and wished he wouldn't have taken him. Kaiden was up all night not feeling good and the first thing he said when he got up in the morning was he wanted to go hunting. Mike plans on taking him again when it's better weather!

Our Sand Dune Trip

Corey and Tarah

Corey wanted all the family to go to the Sand Dunes for his birthday. He wanted to go on Saturday and come home on Sunday. It's about a 2 1/2 hour drive from our home and we didn't know if it was worth it to pack up the trailor and drive that far for one night. But we did and it was worth it. We rode the bikes all day and part of the night. The only bad thing was Kaiden got sick in the middle of the night and was up all night throwing up. He had the stomach flu. For those of you who have been there, you also know you don't get any sleep. You can hear people riding all night long.

Carly taking Kaiden for a ride!

Yes, this is my 55 year old dad. He still thinks he is 20 and rides like he is!!

Papa taking Kaiden for a ride on his dirt bike.

This is sand mountain. Everybody races up this hill. It is very steep. Kaiden wanted to go up it but I won't let him. You have to go way fast to get up it.

Corey took my mom up sand mountain. She said it was scary but alot of fun!

This is all Ryker did. He is so good!

Our visit with Uncle and Aunt Kim

We had family come in from Colorado a few weeks ago and had a great time. We warned them that our house is a zoo but that's what happens with kids. We had been bugging them for a while to come to Utah and visit us. Uncle was going to fly his plane here, but due to the weather they had to drive.

Aunt Kim reading to Kaiden

Fun time playing cards

They were here for our anniversary so we decided to get a babysitter and went to Park City. Dan and Mike did the zip line. Kim and I didn't think we could do it because of our shoes but learned later we could of. Us girls just sat and chatted while waiting for the boys.

Dan won!!! It's about time someone beat Mike at something!!

After the zip line, we went shopping down Main Street. We found this purple store so we had to get our picture taken by it since it's our favorite color!!
Main street sure has changed since the last time I was there. There are alot more art galleries then before. We had alot of fun shopping and later they treated us to dinner. It was so nice just to sit and visit and not have to worry about kids running around.
Before they left, they came with us to take Kaiden to his first day of preschool. I thought that was so thoughtful of them. We are so glad they came to visit us!! I hope they come again soon!!

The State Fair

We decided to give in and take the kids to the state fair. Kaiden had been bugging us for a couple of days to take him and we just hate going because 10 years ago when we went it was so dirty. I swore to myself I would never go again. This year it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The kids loved seeing all the animals.

Kaiden was so excited to ride the pony's. He only lasted about one minute because his pony sneezed and scared him.

This bird was Rykers favorite. He couldn't spot staring at it. It is a little funny looking!

Kaiden and Mike played a basketball game. He made a basket and won a crayon. All the games were definitely a rip off.

Their ride on the faris wheel

I didn't think Kaiden would go down this but he did. He had so much fun he made dad take him again!

Kaiden's first day of preschool

What a eventful morning! I thought Kaiden would be really excited to go to school but he wasn't. I had him in summer school in June and the first day he was so excited. After that, he cried every morning I dropped him off. It was about 20 minutes from our house and he thought I was going to leave him there.
His preschool is only two houses down from ours so I thought he would be more comfortable with it since it's close to home. But I was wrong. He cried when he woke up and told us he didn't want to go. Once we got him there, he was fine. He learned to do yoga using a balloon, the shape of a heart and the color red. When we picked him up he said he had fun but he didn't want to go to school anymore.
This week is his second week. He still cries but it keeps getting less and less. He has made some fun projects and met some nice friends. He tells me all the time he wants teacher Becky to move to the mountains so he doesn't have to go. He also tells me she is sick and he can't go if she is sick. He cracks me up.
I think it's going to take some time for him to get use to it and once he does, he will be excited to go. I really can't believe he is in preschool. He is growing up to fast.