Family Pictures 2010

I have had these forever...and I'm so sad that it has taken me so long to post these! I am saving my favorite few for our super cute Christmas cards, but I'm afraid I'm not saving much....you get the gist of our session. These were taken by the beautiful Jen Stafford Go here....I called her shortly before our trip and she kindly squeezed us into her busy schedule. I adore this beautiful apple orchard and I was so excited to have our shoot there. Also my sweet friend Jessica helped get the kiddos to look and smile....thanks so much Jess and Jen!

These boys....they are so much fun lately! They are starting to talk more and are still as busy as ever. I love these sweet angel brothers...I am so blessed.

I am so in love with these 4 year olds.....so sweet and beautiful. They are such great helpers and kind girls.

Do you see something in this picture?.....look closely

State Fair Fun

Last week we took a family trip to the State Fair...you could get it free with a donation. So we went to the dollar store and spent $6 and got our whole family in for free! Thankfully we got there early because the later we stayed the busier it got, and the crazier the people got...some really interesting people at the fair for sure!

Before we got too messy and to tired I made Doug go buy some Cotton Candy and we stopped at a cool ride and snapped a pic! I am inspired...next year I want to take our family pics there...what a colorful, vibrant place!

The rides were $1 so we rode a few rides...mostly the girls rode. Here is one we all rode together....

We ran into a preschool friend and rode the kiddie rides with him...the boys weren't tall enough to ride any rides...that was a bummer. They did not like waiting in the stroller.

This was their favorite ride...

We ate a turkey leg and french fries for dinner...yum but barf!! So much grease!! We also tried a frozen banana and deep fried twinkie....ehh...they were ok...

Another hit of the night was the petting zoo....the boys LOVED all of the animals...and we stayed in there quite a while. There were also some really awesome cows that the boys MOOed at all night.

bannana 

Overall a super fun family night and great memories for sure!

Halloweeny---and other October things

 We had a fabulous Halloween...and I better do a post about it before it's Thanksgiving! Every year we go to a pumpkin patch as a family...this year we went to Vertuccio Farms in Gilbert and really enjoyed it!

 They had a train ride, bouncey house, tons of animals, a park, milk the pretend cow, a corn maze and more!

We have never carved pumpkins before...too much mess mom says! And the kids were too little to care...well they know better now...check out our very classic spooky pumpkin!

We also signed up to bring sugar cookies to preschool, so we made some extra's and delivered them to friends!

Onto Halloween...the girls had a great time dressing up for dance class, preschool and the ward trunk or treat! They were butterflies this year courtesy of Target and Walmart...

Here's out cute cousins Hyrum and Abigail...they went to our trunk or treat too!

Where are the brothers? Sick with an ear infection...boo! They stayed home with Dad, but a few days later we did a 3 minute session in the garage....just for kicks