Park City

Yesterday we met friends in Park City to see a Lego sculpture exhibit at the Kimball Art Center. Curren and Max were in heaven! It was amazing to see all that was made using these tiny bricks; 3-D sculptures like apples, a big pencil, and a tree, as well as portraits. It was a cold, wet afternoon (it hailed!), so we packed up the kids and drove to Cold Stone for a treat and walked around the shopping center and browsed in a fun toy store before heading home to get ready for the ward trunk-or-treat.

Hogle Zoo

The little boys and I went to the zoo with friends last week and had so much fun! We got to see a baby elephant, a baby giraffe. The boys loved the train, too. We got a membership so we can go back.

Pumpkin Patch

We had a fun day with cousins! We met for lunch at Arctic Circle and then went to a fun pumpkin patch where the kids rode a pony, played in a corn bin, played with a corn canon, went down slides, and we all went on a hayride. We love fall!

Emily, age 6

This is the annual picture we take of Emily in my wedding dress. This year she wanted to try on the veil, too. (It was meant to go around a bun.) I think she looks pretty and she had lots of fun. Then she wanted me to try it on! I was a little nervous that it wouldn't even zip up, but it still fits.

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Friday was our anniversary! We celebrated by getting a babysitter and going out for dinner. We tried Settobello for the first time. It was just as good as everyone said it would be. It was fun to be in downtown Salt Lake and have dinner all by ourselves! The food was incredible and our server was great. We will definitely go again. I love you, James.

Pedi's

The last time I went out for a pedicure, Emily was disappointed that I didn't take her with me. So, I took her last night and she had a ball! They gave her the full spa treatment and she kept giggling because her feet are ticklish. Funny girl. We sipped our waters and watched tv while we were pampered. Emily chose sparkly orange and got pumpkin stickers on her big toes. It's so fun to have a little girl to do fun things with, and we love to have a "girls night out".

Halloween cookies

Each year we make sugar cookies to put on plates with Halloween candy and we put them on a few neighbors' porches along with a poem about a Halloween "phantom". Then we ring their door bell and run. Then they are supposed to do the same for two other families. We hope it works in this neighborhood as well as it did in Hidden Lakes!