Addie Turns 5!!

We started November off with a bang! Addie turned 5 and she finally got to have the birthday party she's been planning for almost a year! Started the morning off with some breakfast and a present from Will then she had to get ready to head to school.




She got to wear a crown that said Birthday Princess and she took little bags of mini oreos for her birthday treat. Daddy surprised her and stayed home so he got to take her and pick her up from school!

She had her birthday party on her actual birthday and she could hardly wait for it to start! The theme she picked was My Little Pony so we had a treasure hunt, pin the rainbow on the pony and a pinata planned, then cupcakes and presents.

Since we moved part way through the year, we had a big crowd of kids we invited! Addie wanted all her friends there! I think we ended up with about 18 kids and mostly girls! Thank goodness we had Grandma and Gaga there to help with the party and picture taking.


We split the kids into two groups for the games and they had a lot more fun doing the treasure hunt than we thought they would. Luckily, we ended up with a really nice weather day so we could utilize our wonderfully finished yard!





After the games, we did the pinata....the kids each got to whack it at least once before it broke open and they all dove for the candy and treats!



Once we were done with the pinata, we came inside and sang Happy Birthday and ate cupcakes!




Then came the most exciting time of all....present time! Addie has such wonderful friends and they were all so nice to bring her such nice presents! She loved them all and got TONS of great stuff!



After presents, we still had a little time left before parents were coming to pick up so we played some games outside in the backyard and had a fun time!





That night, we celebrated with ice cream at Iceberg!!!

Happy Birthday Pookie! We love you birthday girl!!!!!

Merry Christmas!

More posts coming very soon!!

Halloween

Since October 31st was a Sunday this year, and we are in Utah, Halloween was celebrated on Saturday. We spent the morning down at the half marathon race in Provo.

When we got home, Clay decided to hurry and mow the lawn (for the first time!) before we were supposed to get a storm and the temps were going to drop. Will got his play lawn mower out and pushed that thing all over the yard with Clay. It was pretty cute. He was so mad when I had to take him away for a nap (even though he was exhausted)!

That evening, right before trick-or-treating, our neighbors hosted a garage party with yummy food! We have some great neighbors! We had such a fun time, despite the pouring rain! We are really looking forward to this new tradition each year!







Will was completely mesmerized by "Big Buzz" or rather "Joe Buzz" as he called him. He stayed right by him and followed him around for most of the party!



Just as we were finishing up at the party, the rain stopped or at least calmed down so we decided to get started with the trick-or-treating. We went to "Joe Buzz's house" first and Will just wanted to go inside and hang out with him! Forget trick-or-treating! I ran home to start handing out candy and when they walked past our house and Will saw me, he decided he was done and wanted to come inside with me!





We stayed in and ate and passed out candy and played with Gaga and Aidan while Clay and Addie went around the neighborhood. When they came back, I went out with Addie and a few of our neighbors in their car- and that is the only way to trick-or-treat in the cold! We sat in the car and stayed warm and just followed them along the street! It was great! We missed Bennett stopping by so Addie and I ran over there so she could say hi and see him!



It was a fun Halloween- now on to November!!!