The Tree House Museum Enchanted Woods

October 4, 2008
Saturday of our trip we went to the Tree House Museum in Ogden. It was a lot of fun. We did what they called the Enchanted Woods for Halloween. The kids went around from station to station and listened to different stories and then got to trick-or-treat at each one. The only problem is I didn't get any good pictures.

Here the girls are coloring.

Here are the girls listening to a story.

Hogle Zoo!!!

October 3, 2008
I think the girls would tell you the best part of this day was our stop at Build A Bear Workshop. Grandma spoiled them here and I forgot to get any pictures. Then on we went to Hogle Zoo. We had so much fun walking around checking out all the animals. Taysa went crazy with the camera, taking pictures of every animal she could find. I'm surprised my camera has any room left on it. We spent hours wandering around until the sky turned black and it started to sprinkle. So we headed to the car. Just as we got inside the rain began. Perfect timing.


The girls with grandma watching the giraffes.

Here we are at the Tiger Venue. This tiger swam back and forth in front of this window. Just after I snapped this picture, the tiger stopped, turned and looked right into Taysa's face. I can't believe I missed the picture. It was so cool. I think it scared Taysa half to death.




The girls enjoying their ice cream with grandma.


Here are the girls watching the bears.

The Drive!

October 2, 2008
On our drive to Ogden, I think the girls got a little bored. Taysa started taking pictures of them pulling faces. Then she started snapping pictures of the fall colors through the canyon. I think she did a pretty good job.

Cloe pulling faces.

Brooklyn pulling faces.

Fall colors in Sardine canyon.

Harvest Break Adventure!

October 2, 2008
The girls are finally out of school for Harvest Break. For those of you who don't know what Harvest Break is, our school district gives the kids two weeks off school to help harvest the potatoes. They must have had too many kids pulled out of school to help on the family farms, so they finally made it an official break from school. For us, it's just a fun little break from the every day life of school.
The girls and I took a little trip to Utah to stay with Mom and Mike. On our way we stopped at Cristi's house, Preston, to visit her and the kids. The girls had so much fun riding the four wheeler and the Rhino. Thanks for all the fun rides! It was hard to pull them away to head down to Ogden. We finally did get on the road and made it to Ogden only about and hour later than planned.

Colton and Taysa on the Rhino.

Colton and Brooklyn on the Rhino.

Cristi and Brooklyn on the Four wheeler.

Kylie and Cloe on the Four wheeler.

Happy 6th Birthday Brooklyn!!!

Happy Birthday Brooklyn! We had to celebrate Brooklyn's birthday a few days early, October 19, because Matt was out of town on her real birthday. She had lots of fun anyway. We didn't do a party, just our little family. We cooked her favorite meal, had a Jack-O-Lantern birthday cake and opened presents. She got everything she wanted, because mom has taken up letting them pick out their own presents. If I don't, they seem to complain. This way I can say, "you picked it." It makes everyone happy!

Here is Brooklyn with her birthday cake.

Brooklyn with the Bee Movie that she picked out.

This is Brooknly's favorite birthday present. If you can't tell, it's a Sharpay Evans car from High School Musical.

Family Pictures

Here are some of my favorite pictures that Marianne took during our family picture sitting. These were taken just random and candid and they turned out so good. It really captures them having a great time!


















Here are some cute pictures of the girls dancing around. Marianne just keep taking pictures and they turned out so cute.