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Amy tagged me a while ago and I need to follow through. I'm supposed to post the 4th picture from the 4th file on my computer's photos. So here you go:

Such great quality.  This is one of our favorite activities.  Art City Days Hot Air Balloons in 2006.  

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Getaway!

This weekend Aaron "surprised" me by taking me away overnight. He sprung the surprise part on me about a week ago but all I knew was that we were going to the Zermatt and he had taken care of all the babysitting arrangements and had special things planned. Remember last December when I won the kitchen stuff at my work party? Well, as part of that party I also received a free night stay at the Zermatt, the catch being that it expires this December so we needed to be sure to use it up this year. Aaron kept asking me where the coupon was and I thought I knew where it was but when I went to look for it finally it wasn't there and I was kind of freaked out and not sure whether I should bring it up right away or look for it some more, it turns out he got tired of waiting for me and got it himself because he had plans...! So he whisked me off Friday afternoon. We arrived at the hotel around 3pm and he surprised me with an hour long massage at the hotel's spa. It was divine. I was so totally relaxed after that and ready to just drift off to sleep. My massage therapist there gave me a nice deep and relaxing massage. Perfect!

Then Aaron had made reservations for dinner at The Grub Steak Restaurant in Park City. If you've never been, I highly reccommend it. The food there is DELICIOUS. We went back to the hotel and watched Get Smart, well, Aaron watched it, I fell asleep less than halfway through it. I think I actually might have slept for at least 10 hours straight that night. I'm not sure I can remember the last time that happened! Absolutely Heavenly!

In the morning we just slept in and took our time getting out. We had breakfast from the pastry shop at the Zermatt which is the closest to the real thing I've had since I was last in France. The pastries were Devoine! It is worth the drive to get an authentic french pastry.
We then went to the BYU/SDSU football game. And afterwards met up with Mark and his wife Lori, who are visiting from Tenessee and Christine who is here at BYU for dinner at Bajio.

When we got home I was expecting the kids to be overly clingy and needy but they had a GREAT time with Aaron's cousin Daiel and his wife Kenan. They totally played hard with the kids and so when we got home they were in great moods too. I would say it was a great weekend all around for everyone.

I am so glad that Aaron planned this weekend getaway for us. It was so great and definitely something that we should do more often. I think he has a free night at a Hilton or something so we have to take advantage of that in a few months. He is the sweetest and most thoughtful husband!

Pumpkin Patch

We have a place nestled up against the mountains that we usually go to every year to pick pumpkins. To our dismay it was closed due to deer ruining their crop. So we went the one by Wal*Mart with the cars zipping past, which loses the idyllic nature of the outing. But that didn't stop us from having fun! And for all the pumpkins we picked up we ended up paying HALF of what we would have paid at our regular spot! Awesome!

Kids Costumes

I read somewhere that it is best to take your kids pictures early in the day, as soon as they have their costumes on--that way they are tired or their makeup hasn't worn off etc. (usually I take their pics at the end of the evening.) This year we did a photo shoot before school. I am so glad I did, because it was one less thing to worry about. And the pictures turned out great!




Nathan was Anakin Sky Walker from the Clone Wars, to begin the day, he brought a Darth Vader Mask with him to school and he also was telling people he was Count Dooku at some point. Is he obsessed with Star Wars? Maybe....

Kielle was going to be Lord Sparr from a book series "the Secrets of Droon" but she didn't want to do the parts of the costume that would make her actually look like him so the night before halloween we went on a different costume search and she came up with baseball player. PERFECT!

Ada started off wanting to be a scarecrow, which we tried out a Nathan's fencing competition (which was also a costume party.) She was cute but not lovin it, So she thought about changing to a cowgirl but I had this indian dress laying around from my Peter Pan play when I was in 5th grade and she liked the idea of being an indian.


Ryan has wanted to be Alvin from Alvin and the Chipmunks since he saw the movie last winter! He has stuck with this idea. Can I tell you how difficult it is to find a red hoodie without some kind of graphic on it?! Near impossible. I finally had to settle for a zippered hoodie intsead of an over the head one! I thought he made a very cute Alvin and he is no where near as mischievous!

Tessa just wanted to be a kitty. very simple. She found all of her costume stuff on her own. I love it when they make it easy on Mom.