Quick Trip To Utah - October 2024

 

We had a great time during our quick 4-day trip to Utah.

The girls had Monday off and so we decided to go and have them skip school on Friday so we could go spend some time with cousins and just be with family. Straton picked us upfrom the airport, it was so sweet and then he dropped me and Sydney and London off of my parents house. Then Tyson and Straton got to spend two whole days together. They went to an Aggie game (to watch them lose in real life). They went to a Logan Pumpkin Patch and toured the new firefighter station. They had a really great bonding brother time.

Meanwhile me and the girls had a blast hanging out with Logan and Owen and my family. We really just spent time as family, ate yummy food, enjoyed the beautiful warm fall weather. We went hiking on Saturday and Draper and that was so beautiful. Then we went to breakfast at IHOP and enjoyed their famous pancakes. After we came home and relax and got ready for a quick hot dog party at Martin's house.

The weather was so pretty. Then Saturday night we just hang out at Jael's house. Sunday we were lucky enough to be able to go to the Grand America downtown. We walked and saw the renovations at the updated Temple Square. Then we had a quick bite at the Grand America. And we headed to my Abuelita's house in Kaysville. We hung out there for a few hours, and I gave her the new school photos for the girls, which she loved.

Straton dropped off Tyson at my Abuelita's house, and then we all came home and relaxed. Jael and the boys came over Sunday night and we had food and hung out and just enjoyed each other.

 On Monday, everybody went back to work, Tyson and I did laundry and got ready to come home. Steve gave us a ride to the airport and it was a pretty awesome and uneventful flight back.

We got home and unpacked and got ready for the next day. It was such a quick short trip - it almost felt like it wasn't real but I'm really glad we made the effort to go see family. Family is super important and maybe it's because we live far away from them that we appreciate them.

October 2024 (First Half)

 

October has started out with such a fun bang. We kick things off by getting our Halloween costumes.

 This year London is going to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and ✨💅Sydney ✨💅 is going to be little red riding hood.

We had general conference weekend the first weekend in October, and it was so fun to chill and watch the Conference. The first Saturday of October we attended the annual community fall festival for the Prairie Ridge community. This is one of our favorite events. Our goal is always to get a really awesome face, painting or face decorations, and then a big pumpkin. And we did both this year.

The first weekend in October we also had the girls take their first full session at Mathnasium. We signed the girls up to do 10 sessions each and we really hope that this will give them more confidence when it comes to math.

The weather has been so amazing and really really warm. This means we have been able to still go on nice long walks almost every evening. The main difference is that we have to now take flashlight because it gets dark so quickly. But we are loving going around and seeing all the fun Halloween decorations and Halloween lights that people have. We also put up our own special purple lights And we love them. I think it makes our street so much friendlier and just makes me happy to see the lights.

This upcoming weekend, we are so excited to be able to go to Utah for four days and see family and cousins. This is the big thing that ✨💅Sydney ✨💅 really wanted to do for her birthday. Unfortunately, Halloween is on Thursday, so we could not go that weekend. However, we hope that this weekend will be so much fun, and it looks like the weather will be pretty awesome.