Pickin punkins

We had fun picking out and painting punkins with our friends the Cannings.  We headed over to a little local farm on a beautiful fall Saturday.

 Pretty much impossible getting all five of them to look at the camera.

 These three love each other!

 Tiffany and Justin had us over to their brand new house to paint punkins on their back porch. Brave!

Fall fun at Lagoon and Farm Country

We have been loving fall weather in Utah and have been able to get out and have some.  We headed down to Thanksgiving Point one afternoon and met Brynn and Emery.  The kids rode ponies and milked a cow.  Piper is still obsessed with a pony named Gil that she rode two summers ago when we first moved back to Utah and asks about him everywhere we go.  No Gil there, but she was okay with her pony.

 They brought out this HUGE cow to be milked.  The girls jumped right up and milked away.  I was a little shocked actually...

We also went to Lagoon for the Diamond Wireless party.  This was Josie and Piper's first visit there and we had fun riding the "little kid" rides.  No colossus or creepy white roller coaster this time.

Halloween Wrap-Up

I can't believe November is almost over and I'm just getting around to writing a little about October.  The month of October flew by this year with our trip to California, but we still had time to fit in some fun stuff for Halloween.

Halloween is not like it was when I was a kid.  I remember wearing my costume one time - on halloween night when you would go trick-or-treating.  That's it.  Now it is a month-long affair.

First up - we went to breakfast with a witch at Gardner Village with Lauren and Olivia Larsen.  Brooke was with a sick baby, so it was me and all the girls.  Josie wore her fairy costume and Piper wore her Care Bear costume.  Not the best picture of my carebear here.

 Then on a super warm Saturday, we headed to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point again, which is a lot of fun.  This year, they went with all their Jones cousins.

Then we painted punkins on a Sunday night.  I thought it would be easier than carving, but maybe not.  Paint all over the dining room...

 The Monday before Halloween, they wore their costumes again at their dance class.  A bunch of little princesses showed up, plus one little scarecrow.  Too cute.

 Then on Halloween morning, they wore their costumes to preschool and there was a parade around the school with all the different classes.  These little girls, Ava and Ireland, are their preschool BFFs.

 All the kids in their classroom.

 On Halloween, we went to Bubba's work party again, which is incredible.  They put on quite the party.  They did some trick-or-treating there, then we headed to Josh's work for more trick-or-treating.  I didn't get any pictures because by this time, Josie was getting pretty sick.  By the time we got home, she was in full-blown fever mode and the sickness/fever/cough stuck around for the next ten days.  Welcome to winter!


 

Mumfest 2011

New Bern's big event each year is the Mumfest.  It's your typical street fair with fried everything, tacky booths, and lots of people.  We went this year in search of a petting farm/zoo that we thought the girls were love.  But no dice.  We had to settle for ducks at the waterfront.  The girls still had fun being outside on a beautiful fall day. 

Pumpkins and Playing

Oh October, you are slipping away from us so quickly!  I know fall is lovely everywhere, but I think it might be particularly nice here in North Carolina after the sweltering heat and humidity of summertime.  We have been spending some time at the local park/pumpkin patch downtown. 

Josie got pretty brave here and used some of the skills she learned at gymnastics to hang on the bar all by herself. 

 And Piper did some climbing.  Something I'm pretty sure she will want to do from now on over and over and over again.

 Checking out the pumpkins.  All different shapes and sizes.

And of course swinging away. 

Sayonara Utah

We are home now after a great two weeks in Utah. Eleven days turned into two weeks after a canceled flight last Wednesday, which turned into a lost bag, and then a very angry mommy. So angry that even I am embarrassed by my behavior. The Delta folks still aren't sure what hit them. Nonetheless, we made it home on Friday with my dad, who was nice enough to make the not-so-fun trip with us. We enjoyed a weekend with him, and he flew out in thunderstorms yesterday.

Some of the highlights from the rest of our trip:

Lunch at Uncle Jeff and Aunt Leslie's

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My grandpa's birthday party in Syracuse


The girls finally got to meet their great grandparents




The girls with their second cousin Hadlee, who is just a few weeks younger than them


Uncle Jim and Austin drove out to meet them after a weekend of hunting


We had a fantastic time in Utah! The girls were great little travelers and in general just loved all the extra attention. I hope we get to go back sooner, rather than later. There's a reason we threw a fit and got those Delta vouchers...