December

it's begining to look a lot like Christmas...

 Cory dominating in gymnastics

 Piano recital

 perfect student! haha where did that come from? 

hiking, we live in the most beautiful neighborhood, this is just a 1/2 mile from our house LOVE IT! 

Happy Hollidays! 

Non-stop November

We've had a busy November, it has gone by way to fast! 

here's what we've been up to...

 Alta performed as a snowflake in a Nutcracker 3 times, I felt like we were driving back and forth between that place a million times but it was so fun to see her on stage and she absolutely LOVED it!

 Pete and I have been going on walks and runs just the two of us. He loves to peddle his bike around and these clouds were amazing! 

we had 2 birthday parties Cory went bowling with a few friends and Ben took friends to a movie. 

 to many parties, to many crazy boys! 

 We've been having beautiful fall weather, we go on walks whenever we can. The boys call these jumps "leprechaun claps"...Whatever?!

 The boys got binoculars for their bdays and had fun finding things from their play house

 The best part of this month! Grandma and Grandpa came to visit for Thanksgiving weekend! the kids had so much fun seeing them and being read to and entertained by someone new! 

Alta trying to be like Grandpa

 We went on a fun Thanksgiving morning walk/wagon/scooter ride with Grandpa. Then had a wonderful dinner, I think all the kids ate were rolls. 

 Pete wore himself out eating so many rolls, he fell asleep at the table

 We're going to miss Grandpa and Grandma so much! Thanks for coming to visit!

Pumpkins

I am missing the fall that I grew up with. It's been over 90 degrees for way to long, and I need some leaves to start turning colors. We visited the pumpkin farm twice and it finally made it feel like fall was coming! 

 We went once as a family (-dad) and then with Alta's preschool class

 She has the funnest little preschool ever! 

playing in the wooden trains

hay rides

Pete wasn't to fond of the pumpkins, even though he sometimes says his name is "Peter pumpkin eater"

Getting ready for Halloween! we have some fun costumes this year, these weren't complete but you get the idea! 

Jeff did the tough mudder in Tahoe! he survived, way to go Jeff! 

never stop running

It's been total craziness at our house since school has started. between homework, soccer, swimming, ballet and gymnastics I feel like we are constantly on the go.

 This is a rare occasion so I had to document it. We were all home and they were all being so sweet to each other. (that never happens)

 Cory running through the congratulatory tunnel after the soccer game, looks like he's crying but he was really cracking up! 

 back to ballet! we took the summer off but she jumped back in and is the best (and cutest) one in the class! 

My friends and I just ran the Napa valley Ragnar as team TUTU FAST. We started in San Fran and ended up in Napa, just under 200 miles! and we got 3rd place!! 

 me and some of the girls, we were a team of 12.

 212 kills! we passed that many runners along the way!

This is my last exchange, and just to prove that I did run in a huge hot pink tutu! 

Here we go again!

This was our 3rd and final time driving to SLC for the summer. That drive never gets easier. It was a whirlwind of a trip, My beautiful sister got married and we got to celebrate grandma Tiggers 92nd birthday! and visit the ranch! all of that in in 5 days. 

The boys on their 1st day of 1st and 3rd grade! they weren't to excited but then they got to miss half of the 1st week for the trip. They loved it but I'm sure their teachers weren't to happy! 

 Whitney and I with the bride and groom at the wedding dinner. 

 Cousins! these boys get together and something about each other lights a fire in them and they get so crazy, it's fun but enough is enough! 

the happy couple! they are like model couple

 Cute Grandma Tigger at her party! She's one amazing grandma/great grandma

 The Ranch!

 We got to meet the newest addition to the Webster family, cute little Guthrie! he's so sweet! 

 And my sisters litter girl! I got my baby fix for sure I could have just held these babies all week! 

 Horsey rides! 

Camping

We camped at Lake Tahoe last weekend. It is so beautiful up there, and the water is so crystal clear it's amazing. 

The water was freezing but that didn't stop the kids! and the beaches are rock so they could have thrown rocks all day. Ben got really good at skipping them I think he got up to 10 skips!