9 Month Check-Up

Time is going by much too quickly! Riley is getting so big, yet she is still so little. She is in the 60th percentile for height but her weight is only in the 8th percentile. She is a little skinny thing! Despite her small size this girl has got a lot of spunk. She loves to be entertained and will follow her brothers wherever they are and her favorite time of the day is bath time.

Riley was very interested in the band-aid they put on her toe after her hemoglobin poke.

This is Riley's first time on a swing at the park. She loved it!

Halloween

For some reason this year seemed like a never ending Halloween! Probably because we had so many fun activities that we got to be part in. We went to a couple different Halloween parties one of which was our ward Trunk-or-Treat where Kam and I won first prize in the chili cook-off! But of all the fun things we did my favorite thing was definitely trick-or-treating on Halloween night. Like last year, we got together with several of our friends in the neighborhood to trick-or-treat. This year was especially fun because my Dad an Lucinda joined us as well for the evening. Before heading out we carved our pumpkins and ate our traditional Halloween chilli and rolls and a yummy truffle for dessert. Then we were out the door for more treats!

This year Carter was a Rally Race Car Driver...

Braden was a Werewolf...

and Sis celebrated her first Halloween as a Pretty Witch.

Grampa helped Carter carve a Stitch pumpkin.

I helped Braden make a Jack Skellington pumpkin with a baby.

 

And we carved a "Sis" pumpkin for Riley-Roo (see the two little teethers?)

With Grampa (aka The Harley Dude) and Lucinda (aka The Fairy Princess)

Our neighborhood is hit and miss with houses open to trick-or-treater's so after going door to door for a while we piled in the back of the truck to drive to certain houses that we knew gave out good treats.

Happy Halloween!

I heart the Fall

The boys had two days off of school for Nevada Day so we decided to head north to play with our family and to soak up some fall weather! I also really wanted to spend some one on one time with my sister Megan.

When we first arrived we met everyone at Murray Park for an adventure through the "Honkin' Woods." It's really called the Haunted Woods but we call it the Honkin' Woods because that's what my sister called it when we were little.

Blurry Picture, but they're just so cute!

Our favorite part was the doughnuts and hot chocolate at the end...and the car that honked to scare us at the end. Ironic to have a Honk at the Honkin' Woods!

Afterwards we went to Chick-Fil-A for dinner. The boys wanted to sit with Aunt Megan and Uncle Kris so they crowded around their small table.

That evening we spent the night at my mom's. The next day we spent almost the whole day outside playing in the leaves. Grammy made a huge leaf pile to play in and Braden helped to make it even bigger. The boys loved jumping into the big pile!

Riley and Navy weren't so sure though.

Grammy Willie even joined us outside.

Later that day I left with Riley to meet up with my sister and left the boys at Grammy's house to stay for the rest of the weekend. This is how I kept Riley from getting into trouble while I packed up.

Over the next couple days I got to play with Megan and Navy. Together we went shopping, went to dinner to celebrate my Gramma's Birthday with the family, planned a birthday party, had dinner together at Little America, attended the temple together and just hung out!

Riley and Navy were really fun together. They both loved poking and prodding each other. The funniest thing that happened was right after bath time. We dressed the girls in their matching glow-in-the-dark skeleton jammies and decided to try and take a picture of them in the dark. No matter what I did I couldn't get the settings right to capture the glow. I did one last adjustment and it turned on the flash and scared Navy!

I still laugh uncontrollably every time I see this picture.

Even after we turned the lights back on Navy didn't seem over it.

After 2 days of just girls time I picked up the boys and took them to Megan's ward Halloween Party. It was really fun with good food and good company as some of Kam's family were there too! It was also fun because we got to dress up again.

After the party we went to my mom's house to stay for our last night. On Sunday before going home we played in the leaves some more and had lunch on the back porch taking in the crisp fall weather!

It was a wonderful weekend. I loved having some girl time with my sister and the boys loved going on adventures with Bo and Pappy. I should mention that while I was away the boys went golfing, attended a volley-ball game, played games and ate way too many treats! Thanks Mom and Gary for taking good care of my boys and giving me some much needed sister time. Also, thanks to all my family who I got to visit with and who spoil me with each visit. Love you!