Christmas 2010

So this post is a little behind the times, ok a lotta behind, I have no good excuse except to say that I am a procrastinator, thus this will be short and sweet! Anyway! Christmas this year was really fun!! We got to have a few extra visitors, Katherine, Paul, and Dillon! We were so excited to have some extended family around even though we didn't make the trip to Utah. We didn't do a whole lot except hang out, visit, and let the kids run wild.

Temple Lights Xmas 2010

This was our night out to see the Mesa Temple Lights. There isn't quite as many lights as Temple Square, but hey, you don't have to freeze while you are walking around either;)

Ward Smores Night!

This year our ward didn't plan a campout so we had a smores night instead. I was really excited to enjoy the best part of the whole camping experience without really going camping. We don't have any camping gear and so we haven't ever gone to any of the campouts anyway. This was way better! Everyone who had portable firepits just brought them to the church parking lot and we brought our camping chairs and sat around the fire for roasting and just hanging out. Hot chocolate, smores, and great friends - need I say more?

Halloween 2010

Wow - Halloween came and went really fast. We hit so many festivities I was worn out. We first went to Tyler's work for some trick or treating. That office means business when it comes to Halloween. They were not messing around. Lots of candy and games and all out decoration. Tons of fun. The boys came home with so much candy we didn't even need to get any more, but of course we had the ward trunk or treat the next evening. Again the boys got loaded up with more candy. It was a great evening with yummy chile and rolls and cute games for the kids. Then because the kids just couldn't get enough we went neighborhood trick or treating the next night. Brady was still all excited to go out, but Cole decided he had gotten enough candy and stayed with a friend to play the wii while the rest of us went out. Not sure why I even bought candy to give out, we ended up with SOOO much. In fact almost two months later there is still some left. We definitely got our money's worth out of our Luigi, Spiderman, and Bam Bam costumes. Being so busy we didn't get our pumpkins carved til Halloween morning. Cole did the majority of the carving while Brady and I got out the guts. It's fun to see them work and how proud they are when they are finished. Halloween is always one of my favorite holidays. I think we were all pooped out and glad the weekend was finally over.

More pics!

H is for Horse!

H was the letter of the week for Brady's preschool class so a little boy in his class brought his horse to share. They all got to feed it and take a little ride. So fun for the city slickers to get a taste of the farm life every now and then. Brady loved every second and of course was wondering why we couldn't have a horse.

Day at the Farm

Ok so I am posting this way after the fact - but hey - I'm finally doing it. I haven't really been in the blogging mood lately, but the guilt of not documenting some of these fun activities is getting to me. This was back in October. Brady's preschool class took a field trip to a local dairy farm. They went on a fun hay ride around the dairy to see all the cows and then came back to where they were able to pet and watch the other animals. Brady and Max both thought this was really exciting. I thought Max would be a little afraid, but he quickly changed my mind on that as he started chasing all the chickens. He wanted to pet or hold them all. There was even two big goats that stood up on the top of the fence right over Max and he didn't even budge, just laughed and smiled. The highlight for me had to be when we were listening to the farmer talk to the kids and a chicken came and laid an egg right next to Max's stroller. Pretty funny. The highlight for the boys was probably the ice cream at the end of the day.