October Fun

Eva turned 9 months!

I thought I would put her in her halloween hat for the fun of it.

I am amazed I got these few shots with the witch hat as she could hardly handle it on her head for even a second.

Maren is enjoying Joy School. This witch made with part of an egg carton was a fun craft we did this week.

In all the excitement Maren fell off the table and gave herself a goose egg.

For a halloween party with some Optometry friends in the area I made a chocolate cake with a couple fun decorations. The spiderwebs are made with drizzled white chocolate.

For the spider I used a stencil and sprinkled black sprinkles on top.

Maren was Mary and Eva was her little lamb. We went with a Nordic look. My mother-in-law helped me make the dress. I told her what I wanted and she did most of the sewing. Thanks Mom for you amazing skills! 

Maren was getting really into this photo shoot. Looks like a Disney princess pose to me. Shocker.

Love it.

Eva riding a horse.

Sophie, I mean BATERINA. Her own creation.

The kids crawled into a pack and play to watch something on a tiny ipod screen.

Pin the face on the pumpkin!

Our sad attempt (one of many) at getting a group picture. The guys talked Optometry, the girls caught up, and the kids went crazy, high on candy, and excitement to have familiar friends to play with.  It was a lot of fun.

Eva's first pic of her top tooth! You can see it only when she squeals and shrieks the loudest sound a girl of her size can make.

Mary and her little lamb

Ward party fun. I won 2nd place in the chili cook off and got a $20 gift card to the movies. Considering I don't win much I was pretty excited.

Farm animal friends reunite.

Eva by the kitty pumpkin! The cat was Maren's choice. We had a great weekend.

Random Fun

I was so excited when I found this little BYU cheer leading outfit for $2.00 at the DI. Though it is hard to find at times you can find some good buys. I am pretty sure these little outfits are not cheap either.

Fun matching outfits for the game.

This next series of photos were a few I couldn't resist. I was out on the balcony getting something out of the closet when Eva pulled herself up on the door and gave me the sweetest smiles. I had to capture the moment.

My Uncle made Maren this rocking chair for Christmas one year. I love how the heart frames their little faces.

Wheeler Farms

Last Saturday, we finally made it out to Wheeler Farms. I thought it was going to be a small farm with a few attractions, but really it is a massive farm and park that is well preserved and fun to explore.

This would have made a cute family picture spot. Too bad I didn't have someone else take the picture. I am pretty sure that every photographer in Utah was there taking everyone's family pictures. I have never seen so many matching outfits in my life.

Fun in a tree house.

This is the face Maren gives me when she doesn't really care to take a picture. Hello Minnie Mouse.

We ran into a little family that Spencer knew from the MTC. Maren quickly made friends (as she is quite friend deprived). They really like the spider on the side of the barn.

I thought these white turkeys were neat looking.

Maren could hardly wait her turn to take a picture on the tractor. Who knew she loved tractors so much?

It was a beautiful fall day to be out. I am glad we made the trip. One great thing about leaving Oregon is there has been very little rain.

Just for fun

When Maren was this age, I took some fun pictures with her. The lighting was nice so I took a few with Eva as well.

Conference Weekend

We had that chance to have my parents and Allie and Sean come for conference weekend and the BYU game. I never take enough pictures with my family and the kids. I need to work on the that. These are a few I did get. We had a lot of fun at the game.

Eva, while we watched conference.

For Christmas, my mom stocked us up with the necessities of making delicious whole wheat bread. Here are my first 4 loaves. Great taste but for some reason I cant get my bread to be as tall and fluffy. We still love it anyway. Thanks mom!

Fun at Great-Grandparents House

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8 Months

I am posting Eva's 8 month pics on the eve of her 9 month birthday. Sad I know but at least they're documented.

Eva, on this day decided it was time to walk. She took her first step by herself.

Since this day she has walked at least 15 steps by herself, learned to pull herself up on EVERYTHING, cut a bottom tooth and a top tooth in the middle and about to cut the other top middle tooth, learned to wave, points at everything while squealing in crazy loud way. Slow down baby.

We are loving watching her grow and I now know what everyone means when the second one grows so much faster than the first.

Oktoberfest

We took a Saturday and went up to Snowbird resort to their Oktoberfest. Maren took this picture for us. She is getting quite good with the camera. Us in 30 years.

La Caille

I know what you are thinking: This place could not possibly be in Utah, they must have blown every last penny of loan money and took a trip to France or something. Nope. I wish. This is a hidden little treasure in Utah at a French restaurant called La Caille.

Spencer always raved about this place and wanted to take a little detour from our trip up to the canyon to see it. I thought: "I dont care to see some fancy restaurant without going in to eat. Whats the big deal." Well I was shocked that we were in Utah when I saw this place. There were rabbits, peacocks, chickens and roosters all running around the beautiful grounds.

It was a fun little detour.

Pen-pals

After living in Salt Lake for a couple of months, Maren started to miss Oregon and her friends. I feel bad for her. We live on the the 3rd floor of a practically kid-less apartment complex, in the middle of a fairly big city, with only one friend in the ward. So, when this little treasure came, needless to say Maren was excited. Her good friend Jaxon learned about mail in school and sent her a letter. Maren was really excited to write him back. I hope they will always be pen-pals. We hope to see them at Thanksgiving in California!