Carving Pumpkins/Porch Decos

Lyla can't quite carve pumpkins yet, but did enjoy scooping and squishing the seeds

She is cracking up over something random here, love that she is holding
the scoops up to her mouth

Our apt complex has a competition for best decorated porch and the winner gets $50 to target, and 2nd gets $25 off rent. Today was the deadline and the office ladies voted on the best one. We don't find out who won until Halloween, I sure hope we did!!

Here is the view from the top of our stairs

Up close of the witch that ran into Lyla's window

Headless dummy. I had a cloth that is bloody at the top of his shirt
to show that his head got cut off. Year 2 that the railroad coveralls
came in handy (last yr josh wore them when he was the farmer), thanks dad!

I spent pretty much all day working on it, probably at least 5 hours, so I sure hope it pays off!

Thanksgiving Point Halloween Festival

Wow, the festival at thanksgiving point is about 4 times bigger than it was before we moved. We were pleasantly surprised at how much there was to do there for little munchkins. There were bounce houses, hay rides, mazes, slides, a big jumping "pillow" thing, and all sorts of other stuff. We spent 2 hours there and I still felt like we didn't do everything, but was getting late and cold so we took off

Climbed a big hay mountain (it was about 3 times bigger than in this picture, just cant see it)

"Cornball" Just a hug ball that looks like corn that kids can chase around and kick

We went on a ride through a corn maze too, and played on bounce houses etc. but didn't get a lot of pictures. Needless to say we will be going back again next year! It was awesome

The Halloween Festivities Begin...

So excited that this year Lyla is old enough to enjoy some of the fun things they have for kids around Halloween time. We went over to Wheeler farm with the Onofrios and checked out the festival.

They claimed there was a pumpkin "patch" but it was just an area with hay and little pumpkins thrown around on it. This was the only good pic I got of Lyla with a pumpkin...

One of her fav parts of the farm is they have a tree house there. She climbs up to the top level and peeks out and it melts my heart to see her little face just trying so hard to look out

I know I have 50 pictures of Lyla petting animals, but this one shows off that adorable little outfit she had on that day. What a cutie

Awful pic of both of us, but had to document the hay ride, which Lyla really enjoyed

Weekend at the Cabin

Last weekend we took a trip up to Idaho with the Onofrio's to Shelly's parents cabin. It was a great weekend with limited technology and lots of relaxation and nature.

The boys went shooting one of the days. Shelly's dad is in the army and has lots of guns, this one shown here is a M-4. Josh loved it and was surprisingly a good aim!

Hangin in the hot tub out on the back porch. Due to the baby in the belly I
only got to soak my legs, but it sure felt nice and the view was awesome. The babies LOVED it and thought it was so much fun swimming around in a big warm bathtub

A shot of the cabin from the back side. It was a very cute little cabin and
was great being right on the river

These two are best little buds. Miles is about 6 months younger than Lyla and not very mobile yet but they sure did have fun together

Miles gave Lyla a little smooch...

So Lyla felt she needed to return the gesture. Miles laughed and laughed
so Lyla just kept kissing him. It was so adorable :)
Me and the belly....getting so big!

Throwing rocks into the river. Lyla has quite the arm for such a little thing

Testing out the freezing cold water! Love her little toe just dipping in

We took turns cruising around in the razor

Benjamin LOVES playing the guitar so he was teaching Josh a few songs

Our first morning there; the kiddies checkin out the cool view. It was dark when we arrived the day before so they had to check everything out when they woke up

Even though the drive was long (7 hours) it was a nice getaway for the weekend and we had a great time getting to spend more time with the Onofrios without the hassle of getting babysitters and trying to rush home after dates or game nights

Lyla Silliness

Lyla just being silly at lunch today. She started fake laughing a ton and then
there are a few of her words that she is saying these days

Quiet Book

I wanted to post this mostly because the people that I would want to show it to (mom, jenn, heather, britt) don't live in this state, so I decided to blog it. I think those are about the only people who read this anyway, haha. But here is the quiet book I made for
Lyla and future children

Front cover. The button is actually just a flap that comes around from the back of the book and has velcro on the back of it so lyla can easily open and close it herself

Shapes and Colors (balloons) that velcro on and off

I still haven't got a car, but this one is a road and a car will be attached
with a ribbon. The 'garage' is open on the right side so the car can be parked inside

The middle of the ladybug is a zipper and found inside are three baby ladybugs

My fav, the farm

The doors open up and 3 finger puppets are tucked inside

The wing lifts up and baby chicks are attached with velcro inside

Dress up the dolly with different outfits that velcro on

The blue envelope is for keeping her extra clothes

Last page, not my fav, but was easy to do and I was getting burnt out! The buttons can be moved up and down and is good for counting

It took forever but I'm glad I did it. Hopefully we will have at least 5 minutes
of entertainment for sacrament next week!

Josh's 30th Bday

Josh had his 30th birthday this past weekend! We had a little party with friends and family and enjoyed yummy food. Per Josh's request we had cheese fondue, meat on a stick, and then german choc cake for dessert

Making a goofball face while showing off his bday presents

We had a great turnout with the Days, Nelsons, Onofrios & Josh's brothers (and Libby). Tyler just happened to come visit that weekend and Davis also drove down to see everyone so it was fun to have all of Josh's brothers there with us.

(Notice I got to use the Bday banner for the 2nd time, 1st being for Lyla's bday. I was so happy that I got to whip it out again and put it to good use!)

Dancin

This was about a month ago but found it and thought it was cute. We went mini golfing and they were playing music from speakers on the ground. Lyla just stopped where she was as soon as she could hear it and decided to do a little jig with her golf ball. She wouldn't keep coming to the next hole with us until she felt like she got in enough dancing.

Just playin

Lyla's new favorite free toy. Nothin better than a box just your size

Couldn't capture the adorable face she made when she got it all on and felt pretty, but she looked too cute to not snap a shot anyway

Today I walked in to find these two hangin out in a fort that dad made for Lyla

Just playin and eating cheerios together

And a spaghetti face just for fun