Pumpkin Carvin

Another item on the Fall To-Do List is pumpkin carving. Last year James painted his but this year he wanted his pumpkin carved. He and Lynnlee cleaned out their pumpkins first. Lynnlee kept putting the spoon in her mouth. At least pumpkin is edible even if it doesn't actually taste good raw.

Cam and Brooke joined us. I think their pumpkin turned out awesome.

When Marshall asked James what he wanted his pumpkin's face to look like James would show Marshall with his face.

James and Lynnlee after.

Heart Baby

Lynnlee had a heart cath on Friday. It was so nice to get it over with. We were anticipating it for the last month and didn't know how she would do since she's getting older. Even though she's older and knows more what is going on, she is also getting easier to reason with so everything went pretty smooth. It also helped that they gave her Versed to keep her calm when it came time to hand her to the nurse. It made her really loopy and giggly so when we handed her to the nurse she didn't have a care in the world.

This is Lynnlee before.

After she had to lay down for 6 hours. I was worried about that because how do you make a 19 month old lay down for 6 hours during the day. It was kind of tricky but with a lot of bribing she did pretty good. She was still sleepy too so she slept through some of it.

Right before we left she went down to radiology for one more x-ray. She got to ride in style in this wagon.

The Cardiologist was really happy with how everything went. Now we just wait to see when her final surgery will be.

Thriller

I have wanted to see Thriller for a really long time. This year we actually went. We celebrated our 6th anniversary this month so going to Thriller was a fun way to celebrate.


We went with our friends the Tibbs who also celebrated their anniversary this month. (Marshall thought we were all making scary faces or something)

Thriller lived up to my expectations and I'm really glad I finally got to go!

Pumpkin Land

A few weeks ago James's preschool class went on their first field trip to Pumpkinland. They had so much fun and the rain held up while we were there.

Me and all the other preschool Moms: Jacie, Chelsea, Amy, Rose, Jen, and Carissa.

James, London, and Benson.

London and James.

James, Grace, Benson, London, Carter, Chloe, and Grandin.

I'm excited for all the other field trips we'll take this year!

Cornbellys

Fall isn't complete without a trip to Cornbellys at Thanksgiving Point! I'm always amazed at how many things there are to do there. When we got there the pig races were just getting started so we went there first.

James and Camden focusing very hard on which pig they want to win :)

There are lots of new playgrounds this year. My kids loved playing on the boat.

Who doesn't love a good bounce house?

Lynnlee and Marshall on the jumping pillow.

James didn't jump too much on the jumping pillow. He mostly just ran back and forth from end to end.

The Cow Train with James, Lilly, and Camden.

Lynnlee and I were at the beginning of the Cow Train.

Who needs a sand box when you can have a corn box. James was pretending to swim in it.

Then make snow angels. I mean corn angels.

Lynnlee, James and Lilly.

Beckie, Anthony and Lilly.

Lowry family.

It was a successful night. We can mark that off the checklist of things to do this Fall.

Paint Project

We got this cabinet from my in-laws. They are remodeling their kitchen. It fits perfectly in our kitchen and gives us more storage and counter space. The only down side was the dark color of the wood so Marshall helped me paint it on Saturday. It was a fun project to work on while we listened to General Conference. It seems like I get more out of conference anyways when my hands are busy.

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