Fall Festival

This past weekend we got together with my brothers and their wives and girlfriends. Jay was the onlyl brother that wasn't there. Ruth had called me during the week suggesting that we have a fall festival, meaning we all get together for the day, play games and have a dinner. So we called everyone and it turned out to be so much fun. Garrett and Ruth came down from Logan with thier girl Adalaide. Chris and Meg came up from Sandy with their girl Lily, and Jeffers and Britny and their girl Emberlyn came up from Provo. They also brought Quinn's girlfriend. We played alot of sports. We set up a badmitton set in the backyard. It was beautiful with all the leaves falling, There are a bunch of large trees in our yard adn neighbors yards that are turning bright yellow and i love to look out the window. We also went to the park and played frisbee. Then the men played basketball while the women decorated cupcakes with the kids. They loved that. Then we all went to the church where we all played volleyball while the kids played on the side. It was such a blast. Volleyball was something we could actually all do together and everyone enjoyed it. Budd and Iwere happy to find this out of course, since we love volleyball. Oh, i almost forgot, Shun, the japanese boy staying with us and his friend Kohei, also spent the day with us and we enjoyed them being part of the family.
It is not over yet. We came home and enjoyed a great dinner together, with Chilli, artisan breads, pasta salad and a great spinach salad. Somehow we had enough for everyone and extra. Later we let allthe kids get their Halloween costumes on and took pics and then they went around to each door in the house and did trick or treating. It was so cute and they really had fun. After all that, we still had enough energy to carve pumpkins, until the kids got tired and everyone needed to head home. What a fun time. We are so happy to have some family closer now and hope that we can keep getting together each month.
Here are some pics from the day.
Brinlee in her fairy costume. What a pose!


Cute baby Emberlyn with a great smile

Brinlee with a cupcake at the park

All the cousins