Walking in Leaves

We wanted to spend the last good day of fall outside and enjoying the leaves so someone told us about the Farmington Trail that goes by the side of Lagoon. It was beautiful and perfect for enjoying the leaves. We took alot of fun pics of the kids.
Brinlee loves to pose and here she is with some attitude. She is loving her preschool and is learning some spanish. She is always telling me what the Spanish word is for things i say. She is starting to sound out words and actually read her first little book all by herself this week. Even thought the only words in the book were, "I , See and Sam," I was so proud of her. She has been calling me "Mother" all the time lately. I am not sure where she learned to say that instead of Mom, but it is cute.
Spencer is our true boy and an active one. He is also so sweet. We try to read scriptures and say prayers every night before bed, but some nights we forget and put the kids to bed by just saying prayers. So last night Spencer said,"but Mom we didnt read scriptures" so I started to recite a scripture for him, but he said,"no, we need the book" so I got the Book of Mormon out and read a verse that he recited after me and he was much happier. Then we said prayers, I gave him a kiss and said goodnight. A few minutes later he was calling for me. I went into his room and he said,"But Mom we didnt bless you to get better" I said,"why do I need to get better, am I sick?" He relplied that he just wanted to, so I let him pray for me and said goodnight again. Then a few minutes later he again called for me. I went in to see what was the matter and he said, "but we didnt pray for me to get better." So I helped him say a prayer again and made sure we prayed that he was safe and would sleep well. It was so cute of him. Although he doesnt really understand what to say, he know that he wants to bless people. We truly learn from our sweet children.

Fall leaves

I love the fall leaves and it has been so much fun watching so many fall in our backyard this year. It is so pretty. Here is a pic of our yard. It just doesnt do the real color and beauty justice. I love the fall.

More pics

Budds full costume, if you look close you can see the eye liner. Nice!

i thought this was a sweet shot of Spence with the sword looking like it is glowing.

Here are the kids after trick or treating and needing to go to bed but still playing.

Finally Halloween Pics

We had a really fun Halloween. The kids are both old enough to enjoy it this year. They loved running up to each door and yelling " trick or treat" It was fun watching them. We wanted to cordinate as a family this year, but didnt end up pulling it together, so Brinlee decided to be a fairy and our friends were able to help us get a costume on good discount. She loved it of course. Spencer was a ninja guy. We used the awesome Japanese clothing that we got from the Japanese boy living with us and he looked great. His favorite part was the sword. Budd pulled together a great pirate costume with things he had and his goucho (brazilian cowboy) boots and belt from his mission. I was a just a farmer, since I had Lasik the day before and couldnt wear any make up or anything. I got Lasik as a gift from my Mom and it was neat that i got it the day before Halloween and I was still able to do everything with the kids. I was even able to drive the next day and we went to a Halloween parade at Toys R Us with Brinlee's friends. My eyes are doing great and i am so happy about it. I keep thinking i need to take my contacts out or something. It is amazing. Thank you so much Mom!!
Needless to say, we had a great Halloween. The kids are still hyper from it all.