Monday, November 11, 2019

College Reunion

We made it up to our college reunion this November.  This year we all gathered in Brianhead, Utah.  We stayed at a great cabin up in the mountains.  The weather was beautiful and we had a great time!  This year the Fitzgibbons, Scotts, and Trumans were there with us.  It was great to get together with everyone and catch up.

When we first arrived we discovered that Lori had backed her van over a ditch.  Rich, Ryan and the boys worked hard in the dark to pull her van up--miraculously undamaged! 

The first full day that we were there (Saturday) we went on a few short hikes nearby.













Not everyone was excited about the second hike (but it was so cool with mini arches!) so they stayed behind at the cars exploring and climbing trees.
























After our hikes we were ready for some lunch.  We stopped at a little diner and overwhelmed them with our numbers!  It was tasty food though.

Aside from heading to church on Sunday we spent the rest of the time playing games, enjoying the beautiful surroundings and chatting with each other!













The kids also spent a ton of time working on building their fort across the road.... and sliding down the hill.














Sunday evening before we headed home the kids built gingerbread houses that Lori brought.











It is always fun to get together with old college friends!  We can't wait until the next time.

Friday, November 1, 2019

Halloween Fun

October always seems to be incredibly full of activities for Halloween!

Our neighborhood held its 2nd annual Harvest Festival.  I took Alex, Henry and Lydia.  James went later with some friends.




We took a trip to Gilcrease Orchard.  We got our apple cider donuts (Fall wouldn't be complete without them!), took a hay ride, wandered the straw maze and even squeezed in our pumpkin picking!  William came but didn't feel great so he was in the car for most of the time.


















Everyone (except William) went to the Heckethorn Fall Festival.



Carving pumpkins is always fun... and even better now that everyone can do more of the work!













Lydia dressed up as Anna for preschool.




The kids helped to make homemade rootbeer.





James opted to invite his friends over to watch a scary movie instead of trick-or-treating this year.  They watched "The Sixth Sense."





Alexander, Henry, and Lydia had a fun time trick-or-treating with Rich and came home with too much candy!


It was a crazy, fun month!