GOOO UTES!!

Well today is finally here and as you can see Paul couldn't be any more excited! Our family is all in Utah gear today to cheer on the Utah Utes! So..... GOOO UTES ! 12-0!!!

RSL

Saturday night, Paul and I got to go to the Real Salt Lake soccer game with some friends( thanks for the great seats!) . I must say that I was never really a huge fan of soccer but it was fun to see the player's tricks and cheer on our team in the western conference finals. Sadly, they missed many opportunities to win, but we had great seats on the third row and got to enjoy the soccer game. It was funny because both Paul and I had never been to a soccer game and there was a little kid in the seat in front of us explaining all the rules and stuff. I must say that no matter what sport it is Paul will enjoy himself so it was fun to see him in his element, I was just happy to have a night out with my hubby! (Thanks to Mark and Michelle for watching the kiddios!)

Vote

I wasn't even going to try to vote yesterday, for the last couple weeks I had decided in my mind that it wasn't worth the struggle of trying to hassle both kids and vote. Something changed my mind at the last minute yesterday and I felt like it was important enough to deal with the hassle of it. Thanks always to aunt Michelle who continues to help me do little things that I think may be hard to do. She sat in the car while I ran in to vote. No lines at all! Later last night when my mom came over Melia told her that "Mommy voted today." I think that is one very small reason why it was important for me to vote, so she could see that it was important. No matter the outcome, I pray that our new leader will guide us in a good direction.

Halloween, Halloween Trick or Treat...

Our costumes can't be beat!( This saying is for those with kids I'm sure it sounds familiar from the Boo Dora). We had so much fun on Halloween! I went to Gateway with the kids and all the Baker grandkids etc. We went to the Discovery Gateway and did all the kid stuff. Paul got home and we got ready for trick or treating, Melia liked that okay but wouldn't even say "trick or treat" so we went home after about 5 houses. She loved giving out the candy more than getting it I guess. I think every time trick or treaters came she thought they were there to play with her. We had friends over later that night for the traditional annual game of Mafia, always a classic. It was fun! If you can't tell, Melia was little Mermaid, Cooper was flounder, Paul was king Triton and I was Ursala.

Fall time activities

There are so many things I love to do in the Fall. I think that it is such a beautiful time of year and love just driving around looking at the colors. Some of the fun things we have done this past week are painting with leaves, Melia loved to collect fall things then paint with them, we used the leaves as stamps. We also raked the leaves and jumped in them (an old time favorite.) Sadly this picture is not even 1/4th of the leaves that will fall of our 2 huge trees, so I'm sure that it will become more of a chore and not so much fun. Then we went to Gardner Village to see the witches, this is the closest Melia would get to them she mainly just wanted to sit on all the pumpkins since thats what she did at the pumpkin patch, but she giggled when she saw them, and we had to end the day with some yummy fudge. Even though Cooper was a passive participant in most of these activities he did show me that he has found his hands and loves them!

Cooper was blessed yesterday. It was a neat weekend with all the three cousins close to him being blessed also. We had it in the evening at the church and it was so nice to have so many people there to support Cooper. I know he will have a lot of good examples to look up to. I am so grateful for my little guy and love the quiet spirit he brings.

Grandma's Treat

Last saturday Grandma Chris had a little halloween fun with the kids. We had pizza and then went to Barn's and Nobles for all the kids to pick out their favorite halloween book, of course most of the girls wanted princess, melia had to have Dora so I got it for her and let Grandma buy Fancy Nancy which is adorable, thanks! Then we headed back to the house to decorate halloween cookies. I think they loved the sprinkles best. The pinwheel of diaper changes was a great moment to capture as well. My favorite thing to do is to just be with family. Thanks Grandma! (p.s. thanks Candice and Chris for the pictures!)