September Little Things

The fall weather was beautiful and we took advantage of the beautiful days by playing out at the park.

We had the Anderson clan over for dinner at our house one Sunday night and these two dressed up like the adorable princesses they are. Love them!

The Granite Fun Run was this month. I spent countless hours putting things together for that!

Olivia and Ella put on a play for us all one night at Nana and Papa's house. I love their creativity.

We spent Labor Day with the Walker clan, swimming and BBQing. Charlotte had a fantastic time. So did everyone else, but this was the only pic I managed to snap.

Nate and I celebrated 16 years of marriage! We had lunch at Cafe Rio (always a fave).

This little one was our date. My adorable little side kick.

I love it when teachers post on Instagram and I get to see what things my kids are doing in the classroom.

Olivia participated in the 3rd Grade Egg Drop. She wrapped that little egg up like crazy with loads of toilet paper to cushion it. And she was successful!!

We spent an afternoon at the Natural History Museum of Utah exploring and learning. It's such a beautiful place!

Charlotte and I had lunch with Nate at Costco. I just love how much she loves her daddy. They just look so cute on their little date.

One day while we were playing at the park, the sweetest lady came and offered rides to the little guys on her little horse drawn carriage. So, so cute!

These boys had a bubble fight and played outside with chalk.

Olivia's soccer team photos. I love her little team, and her awesome coaches too.

Fun Run photos from Owen's class

Charlotte's hair while jumping on the trampoline. I just love those blue eyes!

We have a Red Delicious apple tree in the front yard. Jonah loves to climb it and test out the apples to see if they are sweet enough yet.

Another beautiful day at the park.

Charlotte streaking on my back balcony. It was raining and she just had to run in it...naked. I love this girl!

Granite Fun Run 2016

This year I am PTA president at the our elementary school. Owen, Olivia and Jonah are all at Granite this year, so it's a fun year to be a part of all the action with them. One of the first things we do as a PTA is our fundraiser for the year, our Fun Run. It's a really fun day for everyone. Nate designed the logo for this year. And I think it looks so great!

Charlotte is my co-president. She is my adorable helper. Here we are in our matching Granite T shirts.

Here's Jonah's class running. He was very excited and has a lot of energy and ran hard! I managed to grab a photo of the two of us after his race.

Here's a couple shots I got of Owen.

And here he is again after the race, waiting for the prizes.

Olivia's class was up next! Charlotte joined her on the track.

After the race.

And cool down and prizes.

It was a really busy day, but also very fun. These guys were so awesome and helpful through the whole thing and I just love them so much! They are my favorite grizzlies and the reason I'm volunteering up at the school.

Owen's 11th Birthday

Owen turned 11 this year! This kid is growing up so quickly and he is growing into such an awesome dude. We just love him so much. In keeping with our family birthday traditions, we had his birthday breakfast that morning where he opened his presents. This is always a fun way to kick off the birthday!

Here he is after school with his gifts from this year.

The Saturday after his birthday we had a Birthday Party for him.

We started out at our house where we had lunch, opened presents and then had cake and ice cream.

I love this reaction! He is just so fun.

Here he is with his cake, and then with us singing "Happy Birthday" to him.

After cake and ice cream we took all our party guests to see Ice Age Collision Course at the movie theater. It was great! He had a great day. We loved celebrating Owen's 11th birthday with him.