Halloween Party

Tonight was our Ward's Halloween party. The youth were in charge and I must say the kids seemed to all have a great time. Tyler was a 49ers football player (aka Steve Young). I was dressed up as a Gothic slayer. Unfortunately, Clinton had to work, so we were on our own. Here are some fun pictures from the party.



Tyler went fishing for candy and loved it. I got this cute shot of him listening to the sound of his candy(Nerds).

This game was a lot of fun. Donut eating contest, with no hands.

Tyler reached his goal and got the donut in his mouth with no hands.

Another activity was to read a book into this microphone, and Tyler loved the microphone so much that toward the end of the party he was carrying it around with him talking to himself and others.

Friends(Tyler, Jacob, Jordan)

Pumpkin Carving

Tonight we carved Tyler's pumpkin. We had a lot of fun and Tyler especially enjoyed taking out the guts, as Clinton called it.
I love Halloween time and Tyler has been equally as excited, making this year so much fun.


All smiles to take out the guts, you'd never guess that moments before he wasn't sure he wanted to do it.

"Slimy"

Scary

"Spooky"~My Double-Headed Monster

Pumpkin Patch

Today, after going to one of my favorite places for dinner (Kneaders), we went to Grandma's and Grandpa's house to pick out a pumpkin from Uncle Mikey and Kendra's pumpkin patch. Tyler was dying to go until we got there and then he was a stinker. After kicking a few pumpkins, he found his match. I guess it's a boy thing to kick and sit on the pumpkins. He wanted me to take a picture of his pumpkin.

1st Snow Day

I know the reports have been saying snow, but I was shocked at the blanket of snow on the ground when I woke up yesterday morning. Tyler has been waiting for it to snow, since last weekend on the hunt when I thought we'd be in snow. Tyler was so excited to hurry and get dressed and get dad out of bed so he could go play in the snow. Here are some pictures of Tyler and Clinton playing.

When he first got outside he grabbed his shovel and started removing snow off the picnic table
So Clinton and Tyler thought it would be fun to
try and kick snow at me.
Missed me Missed me, now you gotta kiss me!
Wow can Clinton kick
They gave up on kicking and resorted to snowballs. They succeede and I was hit by their snowballs.

Hee Haw Farms

Tyler had his first field trip at HeeHaw Farms. We started out by the sunflowers and then went to see the animals. After the animals we tried to go on a hay ride, but the tractor broke so then we spent some time at the slides and ended by picking out a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. I think he loved the animals the most, but the slide was a close second. I was really happy that I got to go with him, and experience all the fun too.

Tyler with his friend and cousin Jordan
One of my favorite pictures. Don't ya just love the hat. Our cousin Jennie Jensen made it, isn't she amazing.
Tyler went over to this cow and just sat on it, the cow didn't even budge.
Tyler picking out his very own pumpkin in the field

Elk Hunt

BURR cold, and rainy. This is how I would describe the hunt.

We headed to the mountains on Friday after work. The weather when we arrived wasn't bad and we all slept pretty good. Except Randy, Ashes (our dog) insisted on giving him kisses all night. The hunters (Clinton, Randy, Justin and Ray "my Dad") left Saturday morning around 5:00 am. Tyler woke up and said "is Grandpa's going to shoot Kudou". I think if I would have let Tyler leave with them, he would have been out the tent before anyone else. However, Grandpa Lynn, Tyler and I enjoyed sleeping in.

Later that morning we left for a hike around camp, trying to find some sign of Elk or Deer. I carried Tyler in the backpack and he seem to enjoy the hike, singing and talking the whole way. I tried explaining to him that we need to be quiet if we wanted to see any Elk but he was having to much fun singing. We had no luck and came back to camp to have lunch with the hunters. About this time is when it started to rain pretty heavy. Tyler and I chilled in the tent and truck while they went back out hunting. We all hung around the fire for a while, when Grandpa Ray was going to leave and asked Tyler if he wanted to sleep over at Grandpa's. Tyler decided he wanted to go to Grandpa's. So I left with Tyler and we stopped at his favorite place for dinner, McDonald's.

The bath and shower that night for Tyler and I was the best part of going to Grandpa's. However, if you were to ask Grandpa and Tyler it would be the secrets and stories they were telling. Tyler said to Grandpa, "I have a secret to tell you". Grandpa went over and said what, when Tyler responded "Tickle Tickle Tickle". Then Tyler said he had another secret, and began to tell a story about hunting. They both told a few stories and then we headed to bed.

Sunday morning we got up around 4:45 am. Way too early. We drove up to camp and met up with Clinton, Randy, Lynn and Justin about 5:45 am. It wasn't raining yet and we hoped for decent weather. After the hunters left, Tyler and I went back to sleep in the Tent. However, by the time Tyler and I woke up it was pouring rain. The hunters got back to camp around 10:00 am, and decided they had enough of the weather and broke camp a day early. Unfortunately, they didn't get a Deer/Elk, but Clinton did see a couple of doe. We visited around the camp fire, had lunch and headed home.

Tyler loved every minute of it and hardly complained. I was so proud of him for toughing the weather. Tyler made this hunting trip a lot of fun and I was glad I went. Here are some pictures of the hunt. Warning: lots of pictures.
Tyler with his gun(pretend), he carried it everywhere
Tyler hiking to look for Elk
My cute lil' hunter
Oh, what a cute family

Mom and Tyler playing around
My two favorite hunters
Tyler with his favorite, ok only dog Ashes

Firewood

Clinton picked up Tyler and they went to Snowbird to get firewood and meet up with Grandpa. Tyler was so excited he was telling everyone "I'm going to Snowbird to get firewood". When they got back Tyler helped dad unload, by rolling the wood out of the truck and trailer. They had a lot of fun together. Then today Tyler got his saw out and started trying to saw through the wood. It was so cute, I had to get a few pictures.