Gina's Bridal Shower

My baby brother just has a couple more weeks until his wedding. We had a combined bridal shower with her family. These are some of the pictures.
The happy couple opening some presents.
My cousins and me.
My Grandma (GG) holding #11, her sister Aunt Chloe, my cousin and my aunt Deanna.
My mom with my niece #2
My baby brother aka the groom.

Grandma and Grandpa

P loves spending time with his grandma and grandpa who he affectionately calls "ma" and "bob".

It's Raining, It's Pouring

P and I were in Walmart one rainy day and I turned my back for a second and came back to these pictures. He thought he was in a secret hiding place that was pretty cool! Everyone around was just laughing at him.

Snow Day

Our first official snow of the year. P kept looking out the window and saying uh-oh. We piled on our snow gear and went outside to check it out. P kept walking through the deepest parts and then he would get stuck in the middle of the lawn and cry for Love or I to rescue him. It hilarious!!!

Grandma's Glasses

My mom has these reading glasses that P loves to put on when he is at her house. One night he had them on and it was making the floors different levels. It was funny to watch him try and step up onto nothing! Sorry the videos are sideways, I didn't know how to flip them. If anyone viewing knows, please shoot me a comment and let me know.

Trick or Treat

Halloween night we went trick or treating around my parent's neighborhood with my sister and her kids. P was so cute!! He would start saying trick-or-treat as soon as we were walking up the driveway and then they would give him a piece of candy and he would stick it in one of his cousins bags (so they made out pretty good) and then he would always say "dank do". It was so fun watching him and I tried to get some video of him saying trick or treat but I didn't. These videos are just cute though and show them having such a good time. Sorry about the darkness of the video!
P and n/n #9 riding in the wagon which after the first couple houses of getting them out and back in ending up being pulled around the entire neighborhood empty! The whole gang.

Halloween at G.G.'s

Preston and I met up with Rachael, Kami and Kaitlyn at g.g.'s house to show off the kids costumes. For those of you that know my grandma, you'll know how rare and priceless these pictures are because she usually refuses to have her picture taken. Great-Grandma (GG)Luke meeting n/n #11 for the first time.
Rachael, #9, GG and #11, P wouldn't stand in the picture and # 9 wasn't going to sit there for long so I quick took it.
I think this is one of the cutest pictures of my grandma holding her 11th great grandchild.

Costume Pictures

P was a "little stinker" for hallowen (aka a skunk). He let me paint his face first thing in the morning but then he kept wiping his finger across his nose and looking at it, so we eventually cleaned it all off.

P's Fall

After putting P to bed, he decided that he wanted to read a book and so he tried to climb out of his crib and this is the result.

Trick or Treat Street

P and I went to trick or treat street at the expo center this year. Inside the center is a huge circle of houses and business and a big graveyard in the middle. You go around the circle and the "owners" pass out candy. I wasn't sure what P would think but he was very polite and said "dank do" after each peice of candy he received. P loved the giant pumpkin in the middle and get wanting to go over and look and touch it. For those who can't tell what P is dressed up as, he is a skunk. He is mommy's "little stinker".

Haunted Boat Ride

My sister found this fun haunted boat ride that goes down the Provo river. The side of the river is lined with carved pumpkins, hallowen lights and ghosts. In the middle of the ride, a pirate jumps on board your boat and passes out candy for the kids. P mostly wanted to drive the boat but would ooh and aah everytime we would pass a pumpkin or ghost. Thanks for the fun idea Rach!


The Pirate

Pumpkins!

P has become so obsessed with everything Halloween! We walk down the street and he loves to look at everyones pumpkins, withches, scarecrows, lights anything that is either spooky, funny, or orange he loves! He's still a little small to carve pumpkins but Love and I thought it would be fun to take him to a pumpkin patch and have him pick out a little pumpkin for him to paint and put stickers on. The batteries were dead in my camera when we got to the pumpkin patch, but P was in heaven. He went to the biggest pumpkins and tried to lift them up to take home. Mom finally had to convince him to get just a small pumpkin to take home with us. While in the car and after we got home, P wouldn't let his "bauble" leave his side. It had to go in the bathtub with him and finally he fell asleep with it tucked under his arm. Here are some of the pictures. . .

Witch Hunt

Every Halloween P and I go to Gardner Village to look at the witches. P thought that they were real so he would wave and say hi, tell them something about what they were doing and then wave bye and blow kisses. It was so cute!!
P posing with the pumpkins which he calls "baubles" cause he thinks they are big apples.
P and me "sitting a spell" to visit with a witch.
I think this was P's favorite witch because you could see it a couple time as we walked around the village.

Fall is in the air

I thought it would be fun to go on a hike and look at all of the gorgeous fall colors, and a way for P to get out some of his energy. So we drove up big Cottonwood Canyon to hike up to donut falls (which I remembered as an easy hike pre P) well we didn't make it very far before P wanted to be carried and mom was huffing and puffing up the hill.
Fall is my favorite season. I love all of the changing colors, I just wish this picture could really do the colors justice!
P and me taking one last picture before heading home.
P sitting on a huge rock, that he wanted to pick up and take home with us.
This is how far we made it up the hill from the parking lot.

Straight from heaven!

My sister's family welcomed a new little girl to their family on Thursday, September 18th at 11:10 a.m. She was 7lbs 2oz and 19in long. She has been in the special care unit and just made it home today. Everyone is so excited to have her join our family!  She is our 11th niece/nephew.

Upside down ice cream cones.

For some reason, P does not like to eat ice cream cones the conventional way, he first tips it upside down and eats the cone. I think it is so funny because he is left with a big pile of ice cream and nothing to put it in.

Utah State Fair

P and I went to the fair with my sister-in-laws  and their daughters The kids had a fun time riding all the rides and eating fair food. I couldn't believe how adventerous the girls were, they weren't scared of any of the rides.
N/n #5 & 6 rode on the firetruck that went around in this huge circle, but I couldn't believe how high it was and they weren't scared once!

#6 sliding down the big slide.
Cousins riding the helicopters.
#5 & 6 on the rollercoaster.
P and me on the choo-choo train.
Preston wanted to hold #5's hand all night.
My sister in law with her daughters sliding down the big slide.