A Sunny Thanksgiving!

In November, we drove to sunny Arizona to spend Thanksgiving with Jason's family.  Almost all his siblings were able to be there- no small feat for the Davis family!  Allison was kind enough to play host to the lot of us.  It was SO much fun . . . I hardly saw my kids the entire week!  They wanted to spend every minute of every day with their cousins.  Get ready for a lot of photos . . .

Arizona was a blast.  The 13 hour car ride to GET to Arizona . . . not so much a blast.  Fortunately we found this guy at a rest stop to cheer us up (He was seriously so real looking, it was freaky).

The best thing about Thanksgiving in Arizona?  We can spend it outside . . . and we don't freeze our booties off!

The neighbors had this crazy swing contraption that we couldn't get enough of.

No Thanksgiving is complete without a Turkey Bowl!

The Feast (for all 42 of us!) . . .

 

The girls did some Black Friday shopping.  So much fun!

We had a talent show one night.  Olivia sang "Somewhere Out There" for everyone, and Joshua showcased one of his drawings.

We went to the Mesa temple one night to see the amazing Christmas lights.

We are so grateful we were able to spend Thanksgiving with family.  We know a lot of sacrifices were made to bring us all together, but we made some awesome memories!  Love you all!!

Half-Birthday Kiddos!

We recently celebrated half-Birthdays with each of the kids.  They are growing up too fast for my taste, but it was fun to celebrate with each of them.  Here they are in all their half-birthday glory . . .

Logan- Age 1 and 1/2:

Ethan- Age 3 and 1/2:

Olivia- Age 6 and 1/2:

Joshua- Age 8 and 1/2:

Happy Half-Birthday to my awesome kids!  I love you!!

Lego Club!

The kids' school started a Lego Club this year . . . Joshua's dream come true!  They call themselves the Riverview Brickheads, and they meet every Tuesday after school.  They are given assignments like, "Build a mode of transportation that could take you to the moon," or "Create a replica of your own face using legos."  He is having so much fun.  Go Brickheads!

Trick or Treat!!

I LOVE Halloween . . . Especially with kids!  I love shopping for costumes, chili cook-offs, school parties, trick-or-treating . . . the whole shebang!  And Halloween this year did not disappoint.  Here are a gazillion pictures of our 2013 Halloween festivities . . .

The kiddos in their costumes:

Logan as our lightweight boxing champ:

Ethan as our Knight in Shining Armor:

Olivia as our sweet Minnie Mouse:

and Joshua as our fierce Black Ninja:

We had fun at our ward's trunk-or-treat.  Livi won a prize for "cutest costume":

Our pumpkin this year (Jason wanted to give him some awesome 80's sunglasses):

We went to Joshua and Livi's school to watch them march in their Halloween parade:

And we drove to Springville this year to trick-or-treat with cousins.  The kids got SO MUCH candy!  We're still working on eating it all (and I'm not even one of those good moms who regulates how much candy her children eat)!

Happy Halloween everyone!  We hope you had as much fun as we did!!

Lovin' Fall!

Jesica and Chris came to town with their girls for a wedding in late September.  We met up with them one evening at the Evans Family Farm in Lehi.  It is the cutest place ever!  They have a corn maze, a pumpkin patch, a hay ride, and even a little petting zoo.  The kids were in heaven, and we had so much fun being together.  I LOVE fall!!

Some pictures of the fun:

The Shredderzz!

Joshua has had an awesome fall soccer season!  He's found his niche playing Defense, and it has been fun for us to cheer him on and watch him grow as a player.  His team chose to call themselves "The Shredderzz" . . . I guess the double z's give the name more impact! They've had fun together, and Joshua is already looking forward to their next season in the spring.

 

Go Shredderzz!

Hogle Zoo

On Labor Day, we took the kids to Hogle Zoo.  Joshua LOVES the zoo.  I seriously think he would go every weekend if we let him.

They have an awesome bird show there.  We've seen it three times this year, but the kids still love it . . . except Ethan.  Ethan is terrified of the birds and insists on sitting under the bleacher for the majority of the show.

Before the bird show, they invited all the kids to go down to the stage for a dance contest.  Livi won the contest, and her prize was a free ride on the carousel!

Some pictures of the kiddos:

Joshua has a slight obsession with tigers.  He insisted we take a picture of him in front of his favorite painting.

We love Hogle Zoo!