Halloween Party

On Sat the kids wanted to have Halloween parties.  We decided this year since they wanted to do such different things to have a girl and a  boy party so we started at 10:30-12:00 for a girls witch's tea.

Girls that came- Emma and Clair Turpin, Shay, Ada, Sammy, and Emma Crockett. It was so much fun with all these cute little witches.  We did some dancing and then did glitter pumpkins, Halloween frames, painted nails and  made hair bows.  Then we had some snacks and played a couple quick games.  These are some darling girls

Then had a quick break where we ate lunch cleaned up one party and set up another then at 1:30-3:00 the boys came over.

Zach and Isiac Sessions, Ben Crockett, Ada and Shay, Wyatt, James Merrit, Josh Skidmore, and Mark Wangsguard (not in photo).  It is so crazy the difference between girl and boy parties- I was glad it was such a nice day and we could play outside for the party.

 We painted pumpkins and played  pop the balloon tag, we did halloween fruit basket, and snacks and then freeze dancing.  It was a great party Wyatt has a great group of friends it was so fun to have all these cute boys come over.  But man after two parties I was so tired!!

Carving Pumpkins

Clint loved sticking his head in the pumpkin

Wyatt's happy pumkin

Shay wanted a scary one this year

Clint

Cole

Nate made an alien pumpkin

Moms was the poka dot pumking

Carving pumpkins is always a fun traditions my kids love.  Saturday Night we decided to get them done.  It was fun and messy as usual.  Clint was the funniest every time we put the pumpkin by him he tried to stick his head in it or pull out seed and put in his mouth I was wishing we had a giant pumpkin this year he could have fit in.

Gibson Girls Night

Oct 12-13
All the girl cousins on my moms side (there are 8 of us) and 6 aunts met and had a girls weekend.  We had so much fun.  I am so blessed to grow up with amazing aunts who have always supported me and loved me, and I have some of the funnest cousins that are now some of my best friends and of course my awesome sisters Who are amazing!

At Aunt Sarah's house

At big rock- All the cousins, Jane, Me, Tricia, Angie, Stephanie,
Stacey, Kami, Cindy

my family

Friday night we met and went to dinner and then we all went and stayed at my Grandpa Gibson's house, he has been gone for 3 years but his house has stayed exactly the same and so is so fun to go back and visit.  That night we made these fun memory boxes where everyone had to bring something to put in each others box that reminded us of what was going on in our lives.  Then we played a game of matching each person to a song they brought that has a memory associated with it.  Then we just sat around and talked, cried, and laughed until 4 in the morning.

The cute Aunts- Roxi, Ty, Mira, Echo, Jill

Sat we got up and played some more games and then went on a 4-wheeler ride of places that hold memories for the family, we went and walked on the black pipe and drove up to the cemetery were grandma helped research all the names and provided a headstone for all the little children in their.  Then over to Aunt Sarah house, and then up to big rock to have a picnic lunch, then we drove over to Zollinger house.  Zollinger house has some great ghost stories that go along with it is scary to go their, not to bad in the middle of the day but so scary at night!  It was so fun to ride around all afternoon it was a cold day and we got rained on and where all so dirty after being wet and driving around on dirt roads  but it was so worth it.
Then we went back to grandpa and just snacked and made honey candy and watched some old family videos.  We just played a few more games and had dinner and visited and I did not get home until 1:00 a.m. that night.  It was the best weekend!!  I can't wait till next year since we decided this has to be an annual event.

Zollinger house

Wyatt's field trip

Wyatt's class got to go on a fun SL field trip.  Luckily I was able to go along as a parent helper, thanks to Nate who took the day off of work to stay home with Clint and Cole.  Another bonus was we did not have to ride on the bus so just us and the Stephanie and Hannah Stracke drove down together.

First stop This is the place.  We just walked around and explored a little they did a little school of how things were then and showed us how the kids us to get paddled at school Wyatt thought that was a little crazy, then they got to push handcarts, dance in the dance hall which was fun for mom to dance with Wyatt, and then ride the train. We then had a picnic lunch.

Second stop we went to Hoogle Zoo their they broke us up into small groups we just had four in our group and we had a great time walking around and reading about all the animals.  I am so glad I got to spend the day with Wyatt he is growing up so fast and soon these opportunities will be gone. Thanks Alison for reminding me how important it it for me to go!

Fall Tour

My favorite part of Nate's job is that he gets to go on these little trips and I get invited along!  His work went on fall tour down to Price Utah.  I was so excited I know that Price is not really a great place for a vacation but that is where me and Nate lived for a year when we were first married.  We moved away 10 years ago and I have not been back.  It was so fun to go back and remember the good old days when me and Nate were newlyweds with no kids to take care of.  The first night we got there me and Nate left our group and drove around for a bit. We drove by our old house which I was sad because I had left the camera in the hotel, then we went and visited Kathy one of the ladies I had worked in YW with and sort of keep in touch with over the years.  I was a little nervous just stopping by, but she was great and we visited with her and her husband for over an hour.  For me that was the highlight of the trip.

This is an overlook on the fun Road to Range Creek

Day 2 We (which was a group of about 30 people all who Nate works with and their wives) drove out to Range Creek which is a old cattle ranch way back on this awful road that has tons of Indian artifacts and grain mills.  All day was spend exploring this canyon.  That evening we had a dinner meeting.

An Indian grain mill that we hiked up to 

• Our fun group

Day 3 We drove to Scofield reservoir to look at some fencing projects ( I know exciting) then to Park City tour some water facility plants and then drove home.  So yes it may have not been the most exciting trip but tow days of no cooking and no whining ah it was heaven.  Plus all the guys Nate works with are great so their was lots of laughs and fun conversations in the car.  Plus it is always fun to get away with my honey no matter where we go.

Fall photos

I'm not sure why when fall comes it makes me want to do family photos, but I do!  My friend Tiff did my photos for me again she is so amazing!!!! Not only is she the best friend anyone could ever have she also is so willing to take photos for me all the time, and go shopping to help me pick out outfits, and listen to me whine all the time and just love me no matter what! .  If you have ever taken a photo of Clint and Cole you know it is no easy thing to get them both to look at the camera at the same time and she was so good at shaking noise makers and getting down on the ground all when she is weeks away from having her baby.  I love these photos probably my favorite ones ever of my family.  So sorry if this is photo overload I just love them all!

Nate and Cole

Cole, Shay, Wyatt, Clint

Clint

Cole

I know this looks like a wedding invitation photo- but if I had it to do over- I would marry him again in a heartbeat- He is such a great guy and I am so lucky he picked me! 

This was our last photo of the night and Clint was done- No way was he standing up anymore.  I love my family so much.  I so lucky to get to call these cute kids mine.