Lexi Turns 9!
Lexi wanted to have a picnic at the park for her birthday. It worked out great because the kids were off track and it was a beautiful day!
the princess in her tower
opening gifts
So my sweet Lexi was pretty emotional the whole day because she does not want to grow up. In her own words..."I don't want to grow up because I always want to be able to crawl up into your lap." Her face is still a little pink after a few tears were shed, but birthday cake can cheer up anyone, right? She told me later that she wished that she wouldn't cry anymore for the rest of the night. Her wish came true.
Yellow Fork Canyon
We took a little stroll through Yellow Fork Canyon by our house in between sessions during General Conference. The fall leaves were so beautiful, and it was nice to get out of the house and run around.
This was my favorite picture.
Lexi calls this picture the "ta-daa picture".
Cornbellys
This was our first trip to Cornbellys. The kids had a blast! Brennan is just barely tall enough to peek through the pig's head.
The boys had fun playing on all the wooden playsets.
Brennan had to ride the motorcycle made out of tires. It wasn't the most comfortable swing, but he still loved it because it was a motorcycle.
Going down the big slide all by himself.
Driving the firetruck.
We got a little lost in the corn maze, and probably did break a few of the corn maze "rules".
The kids could have spent hours covering themselves in corn if I had let them.
Halloween!
Grandma and Grandpa Coops grow the best pumpkins to carve!
Landon's vampire pumpkin.
Lexi made a frankenstein pumpkin that turned out so cute, but I didn't get a picture of it after she had it all painted. I also didn't get a picture of the scattered pieces of pumpkin all over our front porch after the deer ate them for dinner. At least they waited until after all the trick-or-treater's came!
First Snow Fall
We had a pretty impressive early snowfall and Brennan couldn't wait to get outside and play.
Our snowman turned out pretty good too!
Halloween Continued
making candy haunted houses with the cousins
playing halloween party games
I did not complain when Landon wanted to be a vampire again. He really has the role down!
Lexi knew what she wanted to be early on. I looked and looked for a Frankenstein's Bride costume, but did not have any luck. Then I remembered that I had a white sheet in the closet. So, my cute and talented neighbor helped us turn the white sheet into this cute costume.
My swashbuckling pirate! We tried to get him to say, "toss me your loot, matey" but he wouldn't do it once we were outside of the house.
My monsterous crew!
Going trick-or-treating at dad's office. He definitely got a lot of loot!
Gardner Village
It was great weather for our annual trip to spot the witches! We invited our Bushman cousins to join us this year. We also decided to do the official "Witch Find" this year where you fill out the piece of paper when you spot the witches and you can turn it into the bakery after for a delicious cookie!
They are the cutest! (I'm not biased at all.)
Eating our delicious cookies.
Silly or scary faces?
There was a stage that the kids loved dancing on to some Halloween tunes!
