One afternoon we were bored, so we drove to the Mt. Timpanogas temple to walk around and enjoy the nice weather. I got a lot of great pictures of the boys.

Halloween Party

We went to a fun Halloween party at the Morrise's house. They had games and crafts for the kids, and lots of treats. Ethan was dressed as a monkey and Austin as a turtle. I have lots of cute pictures of them from Halloween, but they are on my mother-in-law's camera, so I will post them soon.

A Haunted Girls Night Out

We had a Girls Night Out a few weeks ago and went to a haunted house. It was so much fun! We almost got kicked out of the haunted house for taking pictures inside, but no one had told us not to! Mel was 9 months pregnant, due any day, and she was a real trooper. She had to crawl on her hands and knees through part of it! And it still didn't put her into labor.

I'm blogging again!

Sorry for my six eweek break from blogging. I've had some issues with my computer and camera, not to mention that my kids have been sick FOREVER (if I have to clean throw-up off the carpet one more time... ) Anyways, problems with the computer are mainly fixed and the kids are better, for now.
Here are some pictures of when we went bowling with the Phillip's, Pexton's, and Hild's a while back.

Ethan, Cohen, and Layton








Me, Austin, and Amanda















Jeremy and Cohen getting ready to bowl

















Lexie and Ethan went missing for a few minutes, and when I found them they were busy dancing using the Dance Dance Revolution game. It was so cute!

Austin 6 months old

We got Austin's pictures taken a few weeks ago. We have pictures of Ethan at the same age posed in the bathtub like Austin and they look so much alike.

A Walk in the Park

Ethan and his friends Jaden and Cohen

Ethan's head size has always been off the charts at all his checkups. This helmet I bought him is sized for 8 years old and up. And it fits him perfectly.

Ethan loves parks and would stay at them all day if I let him. The other day we went with a couple friends to Wines Park. Ethan and his cute friends Jaden and Cohen had a great time together. And I've discovered that Austin LOVES swings. He grins the whole time he is sitting in it.

A Day at the Fair

Our family!

















Our smiley little Austin with his Grandma Sue. You only have to glance at him and he breaks into smiles!


This ride was Ethan's favorite. When the cars went around the corners they went sooo fast and Ethan would start laughing out loud, it was so funny to watch.








Adam, Ethan, Austin, my mom, and myself went to the Utah State Fair last week. There were plenty of cows, rabbits, pigs, and other random things to see (including a lot of really white trash people). There was even a freak show exhibit that my mom and Adam paid to see, with 2 headed animals, a 2-nosed pig or something, and even a preserved 2-headed baby. But the person who had the most fun was definately Ethan. We bought him a wrist band so he could have unlimited rides. And he made sure we got our monies worth!! He rode all the kid rides a million times each. He is usually a kinda timid kid when it comes to fast, scary rides, but he LOVED all the rides that I thought would scare him.

We went to Tibble Fork Reservoir in American Fork canyon last week with a few girls in my neighborhood and their kids. Theres a bridge and little stream that goes into the reservoir, so the kids played in the VERY cold water of the stream while us moms sat and talked nearby. It was beautiful, and I am sad the

cold weather will be here soon.

First Day of Preschool

I can't believe my little baby is in preschool! He was so excited about his first day and is loving it so far. And I am loving have an extra 5 hours a week with him out of the house. No offense to him, because I love having him around and he's so cute and funny, but he is a lot of work to keep up with so a few extra hours of rest is nice.

Slip & Slide

Today I went to a girl's luncheon at my friend Jullian's house.

After we ate, we went outside so the kids could play on a slip & slide.

Sundance

Last week Adam and I left the kids with some friends and spent the day in the mountains at Sundance. We took the ski lift to the top of the mountain; it was beautiful! The couple that took our picture said, "You two must be on your honeymoon, right?" Nope. It's been almost six years since the honeymoon; hard to believe!

Utah County Fair

Don't you love Ethan's cheesey grin? It's what he does anytime someone tells him to smile for a picture.

The Utah County Fair came to town a couple weeks ago and we went, along with my parents (who now live nearby us in Utah, yay!), Ryan, Eric, Kristin, and Jake. Grandma and Grandpa Izant took Ethan on tons of rides, which he LOVED.

Some Cute Pictures of the Boys

I haven't been keeping up with this blog very well, for a number of reasons.

1. Ethan and Austin keep me so busy when they are awake, and Ethan has been trying to give up his naps, which gives me much less time to do things like blog


2. We still have dial-up internet and a very slow computer, which makes uploading pictures a pain. Yes, dial-up still exists. Don't worry, we're getting a new computer soon and will also get rid of stupid dial-up.

I will try to do better from now on. Here are a few cute pictures of the boys that I wanted to share, but they don't really fit with any other posting.

Big 3 year old

Ethan turned 3 on July 19th. We celebrated it at good ol' Chuck E. Cheese's. I don't think I'd been there since I had my birthday party there when I turned 8, and I think it was called Showbiz Pizza back then. Well, it hasn't changed much, but it was a lot of fun. We just invited our families to the party; none of Ethan's little neighborhood buddies this year. Ethan loved meeting Chuck E. himself; Ethan kept following him around hugging him and giving him 5. After being there over 3 hours, we finally had to drag him out of there.

4th of July

I celebrated the 4th husbandless this year; Adam had flown to Georgia to help my parents move out here to Utah. So while he was driving a huge moving truck across the country, me and the boys celebrated at home by having Eric, Lara, Ryan, Kristin, and Jake over for a BBQ and fireworks.

Goodbye Landon!

Adam's youngest brother, Landon, left on his mission to the Phillipines Wednesday, June 27th. He came to our house two nights before to say goodbye to his nephews. He's going to be an awesome missionary!

Eric and Lara's Wedding

My brother Eric married Lara Bagby on June, 21st. They were married in the Mount Timpanogs Temple. It was a beautiful wedding, and now they're on their honeymoon cruise to the Carribean.