schoooool halloween parties.

the kids were up early so excited to get their costumes on and wish their momma a "happy birthday!"   they made me all sorts of cards and gave me lots of lovin and even a cake just for me on the ipad

 {cake doodle app.}  hahaha

  Hayes couldn't stop smiling at himself in the mirror.  He was impressed with his Harry Potter look. ;)

 Boston was cracking me up all morning with all of his 'Napoleon Dynamite' quotes.  he really knows way too much of that movie.   he added his own touch to his costume and was quite proud of himself.... chapstick & keychain.  he's such a dork! haha

"but my lips hurt reel bad" 

heading out to school...

Cory and i ran over to the school that afternoon to watch their 'halloween parade'  

ivy with her cousin charlotte.

then off to help in the kids classrooms!    

I love how mrs. powells first grade class serenaded me with a birthday song! 

 how cute is that??  

we played lots of fun games, did a cake walk and then of course my "witches brew" 

 that the kids all love!! 

geocaching...

have you ever been 'geocaching'??  

it's like a treasure hunt but using your iphone or GPS coordinates to find your treasure! 

{theres an app for that} there are over a million worldwide, and close by too. isn't that crazy?

when you find the cache you sign your name on the log and usually their is a small prize at the end

 we went with our friends the Skousens,{who are pros at this}

through the cemetery on a geocaching adventure.  

It was so cool.
Most of them are usually easier than this cemetery one with a hidden treasure

 after the end of the treasure hunt.  but our reward was the pioneer monument, 

 the kids loved it and wanted to do another.  

we will definitely be doing this again...

marisa and i looking confused? ha

have you ever been??  

tangled party...

for little miss three!

she loves all things rapunzal {& dora}.  we had a fun time planning and searching 

for party ideas for her 3rd birthday party!

we had so many fun ideas and activities for the little kids to do and on 

the day of her party it rained like crazy!  We were going to do sidewalk chalk on the

 basketball court with flowers everywhere like rapunzal painted for her festival. 

 and at the end of the party we were going to let  lanterns go up in the sky. 

{clear balloons with glowstick bracelets in them} 

we had to bring the party inside.{major sigh}

regardless, we let our hair down and partied!

~the invites

{which she LOVED passing out}

cory and i braided this beautiful long hair {which wasn't easy} and all the kids loved 

seeing this when they arrived.

little did we know this braided hair would be plenty of hours of

 entertainment for the neighborhood girls days later...

the treat table...

jello boats, which were surprisingly delicious!

found some great ideas here.

the  delicious cake! 

"Dippidee" is our local bakery here which we love, this cake was awesome!
 marble with vanilla filling.   isn't it so darling?!

TO. DIE. FOR.

the party favors.

paints/brush/mirror/glowstick bracelet/candy necklace

right when the little princesses & prince {yes we had 2 boys}
 arrived, my helpers {livi, tessa & hayes} brought them

 over to the coloring table until all the other guests arrived.

we made super cute 'pascal' party blowers!  these were so easy and they loved playing with them.

  i found all these items at our local dollar store.

'pin the frying pan on Flynn Rider'

so cute!  

then guess who arrived at our house??!

Rapunzal and Flynn Rider!!

ivy took some warming up to them,  and then she kept hugging rapunzal! 

 all the kids were so cute to them!

ivy with rapunzal and her rapunzal friends! haha

it's cake time!

i think the highlight for ivy was when we sang happy birthday to her.

ivy with her nana

present time!

our dad was busy last minute coaching  for boston's football practice.
  they were able to arrive for the

 last part of her party.  

we took ivy to tepanyaki with the family for dinner afterwards, and to my surprise it was

 the best experience we have ever had there!  the cook was fabulous,

 the food amaz-ing and they all sang to ivy.

  he even put marshmallows on skewers for the kids and let them roast them over the fire!

seriously who does that?!  

it was a fabulous day for our girl. she loved having her friends over for a party.

 we put all the balloons in her room so she can enjoy them until they pop!
she LOVES them!

that night i put all the leftover glowsticks from her party in the bath tub!
I found this fabulous idea on Pinterest! {i loooove pinterest}
They all loved this!!

lets go "CAVEMEN"

Boston's football team is undefeated!  

i guess these boys {most of them} have been playing together for the last 3 years.
this is our first year on the A team, remember we played for
Lonepeak {their rival} last year.  

it's pretty exciting but also super stressful when the games
 come to a very close ending. whew.

this game was Coach Barron's "5oth" birthday and so we were super
 stressed since we were in the 3rd quarter and the score was 13-0  the other
team in the lead.   it was so sweet in the 4th quarter 

we caught up and ended up winning the game with a score of  15-13!  

totally awesome!!!

my boston playing in the moroon LP helmet... don't worry we had it painted now to red. haha

and we have totally legit cheerleaders this year... which i LOVE!!

especially these cheerleaders!!  ha

my favorite part of the football games is when ivy yells super loud "Go Boston Red Sox" 

 everyone just laughs at her and she has no idea that she's being funny.  bahahaha!!

 these girls are so cute to my little cheerleaders. livi and ivy are on the right.

way to go Boston!!

AF Cavemen!

it's my absolute favorite time of year... Football Season!

Boston loves football and we love watching him play!  

He moved to a new team this year, the "A" Team. woot woot!

 it's the American Fork A team, last year this team won the championship 

game so he feels pretty excited to be playing with these boys!

so far these guys are UNDEFEATED!!  

Booyah!!

Boston is playing  linebacker and running back but he mostly 

likes playing linebacker! he likes to hit! haha

hayes and his buddies...

labor day!!

we have been wanting to go to 'sliding rock' in alpine all summer. 

 it couldn't have been better timing to go last minute on labor day!  i have heard it's a 

super crowded spot, but their was hardly anyone there because they were filming a movie.

 It was so perfect!  

sliding rock is a natural made waterslide and the water is freezing! 

everyone did it but jill and camry. haha

i even made the little kids do it at least once.  after they did it they loved it.

 Boston went down plenty more times, he loved it!

 {boston}

{ivy and momma}

cory trying to brave the freezing cold water!

this is when i realized just how cold it really was! haha

{hayes with mom and then again with dad.}

{me &  hayes/witney}

 {lauren & liv}

{david}

{carson}

  

such a fun day and to top it off we went to 5 guys burgers & fries.  hit the spot!

now i'm on my sugar free diet for 2 weeks.  wish me luck!!