September and October 2012

Oh boy! Things have been CrAzY busy at our house lately! More to come on that in the future...
For now, I am trying to catch up on some of the fun things that we have been doing in the past couple of months.

September was filled with getting back into the groove of children in school. I sure do miss them when they are gone all day! We did find time one weekend to sneak up to Big Springs for a picnic and a little hiking. It was gorgeous weather, and the leaves were just starting to change... beautiful! 

Johnny Sachs cabin

Near the end of September, we had the ward reunion/"camp out". It was in a little park tucked between the nature park and the gravel pits. I promised the boys that I would take them (because it could count as a scout camp out). Anyone who knows me well, knows that I AM NOT A CAMPER! Perhaps you could even classify me as an anti-camper.  However, my boys needed me-- so I agreed to go.  I figured with the entire ward there, I would have help on hand if I needed some.  Unfortunately, things didn't quite turn out as I had planned. In the end, only one other family (a father and his 2 children) camped out. The night turned out to be a real adventure (and by adventure, I mean completely sleepless, scary, and miserable).  Honestly, just thinking about it gives me creepy anxiety-ridden flashbacks. The night was filled with Kyle sleep walking and trying to escape from the tent every 40 minutes, drunk party-goers dinkin' around at the nature park, me needing to go potty in the creepy pitch-black night (more than once), worrying we were going to be killed by the "creepy homeless guy" that the boys saw hanging around earlier in the evening, and dump trucks working at the gravel pit at 4 in the morning. As soon as my cell phone said 6:00 am, I woke the boys up, packed up the tent, and got outta there ASAP! It was great fun -- lie!

Cameron 'fake sleeping'-- after he had said "Lets just go to sleep and get this over with!" Amen kid!

October was all about Harvest Break. We were lucky enough to spend the entire week down in Bountiful with my parents.  It was so fun, and a much needed get-a-way. We went shopping, and went to see Madagascar 3 with the children. We rented games and movies. Ryan and I went on a date-- dinner at Outback and we saw the new Bourne movie. One of our favorite things was going to Temple Square and to the new City Creek mall to meet my Dad for lunch.  We toured the conference center and the church office building. The most fun was going to the federal building to visit where my Dad works. We had to go through some major security to get in there.

We also went to Gardener Village to see Witch-a-palooza and to  go for a pony ride.

It was a great vacation. We didn't want it to end-- especially because it meant returning to all the craziness going on at home.  Thanks for all you did for us Mom and Dad! We love you.