Halloween 2010

We had a great time preparing for Halloween, Matt carved the family pumpkin while the kids painted their little pumpkins.

Brigham L-O-V-E-D pulling pumpkin guts out.

Sarah is our future little artist, she loves to paint, draw and color. She was so excited when I set paint and a pumpkin out in front of her. I love how focused she is, with her little tongue sticking out in this picture.

This is Brigham's masterpiece. I love the colors and the mouth with sharp teeth.

Brigham working on another pumpkin.

Icky hands!

I finally captured an awesome picture of the kids where they are both smiling and looking at the camera... and then Matt has to misbehave!

Proud of my pumpkins!

Our little pumpkin family.

We went over to Grandma and Grandpa Larsen's home to celebrate halloween and trick or treat with family.

Sarah Jane as a fairy.

Brigham as a dinosaur (holding a gun). I don't think you can find anything more dangerous than that! I call this creature the Brigosaurus!

Looking cute and ready to go trick or treat!

Cousin Ethan the bee and Sarah Jane.

Trick or Treating. It rained the whole time, we only could catch a break on covered porches.

Our family all dressed up except for Matt who is too cool for a costume.

Hay Ride and Pumpkin Patch

We had to break the Punkinaze tradition because we moved too far from it, so we went to the Big Red Barn in So. Santaquin to celebrate. The kids had a blast, there was a kiddie crate maze for them to run in, an old tractor to play on, and a hay ride to the pumpkin patch to pick a pumpkin. They also have awesome ice cream which we couldn't pass up. It's always fun to try their novel flavors like pomegranite, green pineapple or pumpkin pie and to share licks with each other so we can experience each flavor. I know it's not the most sanitary thing in the world, but we're family! We spent a good part of the day there and had a long drive (about 45min.) back to home.
We stopped by a gas station in Moroni for turkey sandwiches from the little kitchen inside. We had to wait over 30 min. for our food, apparently lots of locals go there to eat for Saturday lunch too. It was a pretty rough wait for the kids... or us...in a gas station with lots of isles of candy and a super cool halloween display that said do not touch all over it. A 80 year old lady enjoyed the entertainment that our kids provided, though. The kids can't wait to paint and carve their pumpkins tonight when Matt comes home!

Palisade State Park

We spent the day at Palisade State park. It's about 15 min. away from Ephraim. We had a picnic, took a hike around the lake and let the kids play on the playground. It was a nice day to be outside!

Nice view!

New life in Ephraim.

Oh yeah, I have a blog... I can't believe how much Sarah and Brigham have grown up since the last time I posted! The latest news for us is that we made a big move from Ogden to Ephraim on August 21st. It's way different here, I knew what to expect because I went to college down here. ATV's are a main mode of transportation here, wild cats are all over the place, I always see falcons soaring in the sky when I go outside, it stinks from the turkey farms when the wind is blowing the right way, and the scenery is beautiful. There is a Walmart here which should cover everything I need to survive. I miss Ogden a lot still, we had great friends, neighbors, and house there. Matt has a good job here though, and I hope that as we get more settled in here I won't feel so sad anymore.

Our first packed moving box. I thought we were moving to Manti because that is where Matt's job is, but we ended up 7 min away in Ephraim.

Moving day.

Saying goodbye.

Lots of stuff. We lost a couch cushion on the freeway :(

Speed limit signs in Ephraim/Manti also state the speed limit for ATVs.

We went for a drive up Ephraim canyon on Sunday. This is the view of Ephraim.

Sarah Jane playing behind our apartment.

From February to March.

Only six more weeks to go on Matt's degree! This upcoming week is Spring Break for Matt's school so I am excited to have him around more even if he is going to be studying downstairs in his "man room" most of the time. We are hoping to get some extra fun in this week though. One of our plans is to start working on our neglected yard to attempt some kind of a garden! Wish us luck on that!

Here's my favorite pictures from the past month:

Matt and Sarah Jane taking an afternoon nap after a long day over this weekend. Usually Matt is the one to put Sarah to bed every night so he has the special ability to make her fall asleep. Of course he isn't immune to falling asleep himself! I love Matt so much for doing that for Sarah. I don't have the patience and serenity at the end of the day to put Sarah to bed like Matt does!

One of Sarah's newest talents is to help me put the clean dishes away.

Matt and Briggy at the model train show. Brigham loved it! In the background is a model train and landscape made out of all Legos. It was so neat!

Brigham ate a breakfast of ice cream one morning. He put his dirty bowl and spoon in the dishwasher then put concentrated DISH soap in it and turned the dishwasher on to dispose of the evidence. The result: lots and lots of bubbles. it took a lot of time to get it all out the system. I thought it was funnier when he glued toys to his wall that day, but less funny than the tissue box glued to my nightstand (especially when I discovered it after the glue had set.)

This is at the safe kids fair in Sandy.

This is Brigham and Sarah steering a helicopter.

Brigham on a police motorcycle. I should of taken a turn on it too!

Sarah really enjoyed taking Amoxicillin for her ear infection. I wonder what they put in it to make it so tasty!