PICTURE OF THE KIDS

Here's a picture of the kids that I took at Gardner Village that I was saving incase I didn't get a good family picture for Christmas cards.

GREAT FRAME WEBSITE

So last Friday night Dave and I traveled all over Salt Lake to look for the perfect frame for our family picture (okay maybe it was just me. I have a thing with frames) After going to 6 different store on the way home I mentioned what I was looking for and he said a co-worker's dad made frames like that and has his own website. WHAT!!!!??
So as soon as I got home I did a google search and found the perfect frame in 3 minutes. The website is Barnwood Frames

FAMILY PICTURES

We had family pictures done at Wheeler Farm last weekend so sadly I cannot take credit for these. We had our amazing close friend who has an AMAZING camera take them.
First off I HATE family pictures!!! And who hates them more than me?! If you know David at all he's the first person who probably popped into your head. So what do I do?
SCHEDULE FAMILY PICTURES DURING THE BYU GAME!!! I really didn't do that on purpose, but I did think it was funny that it happened like that.
So anyways, back to the photo shoot. I hate them because I get soooooo stressed out from what to wear(even after all the stressing,changing twice, I still got the outfits screwed up! Overalls?!REALLY!) to every bribe I can think of for my kids. I think at one point during the photo shoot all 5 of us were crying. In the beginning Austin and Addie REFUSED to get their picture taken. Anytime JEB (our photographer. He has a really long name. When his wife emails me thats what she does so I got stuck doing it) so anytime JEB brought the camera up Austin would literally SCREAM in his face. As the shoot wore on Austin and Addie warmed up. And what does idiot mother bring for bribes?! SUCKERS!!! So almost every picture Austin has a sucker in his mouth. So now its time for family picture and yep, you've guessed it: AUSTIN HAS COMPLETELY LOST IT!! FULL BLOWN CRYING, SOBBING, YOU NAME IT! So a passerby gives Austin what she thinks will cheer him up. Oh yes on a NORMAL day this would have been GREAT, but on PICTURE DAY what does she give him?!?!: A FREAKIN COW BALLOON!!!!!! Not just a solid color, plain balloon A COW BALLOON THAT HE NOW REFUSES TO LET GO OF!!!!!!!!
So we get in our positions and JEB asks if he can have the balloon and he screams in his face again (JEB was used to it by now) So in my mind I am PRAYING like I have never prayed before in my life!!!!! Somehow JEB gets the balloon away and ties it to his tripod. So he takes a couple of pictures and we're done. Then JEB brings his camera over to me so I can look and says "I have no idea how this happened." I look at the picture and Austin is SMILING!! My prayer was answered! (Now I have to figure out how I am going to get to the temple 5x a month, pay extra tithing, and not yell at my kids as much....be careful when you are bargaining in prayers)
I'm not posting the family picture just yet. I'll post it the same time I send Christmas cards, but here's a few that turned out pretty good. Gotta love the ones of me and Dave! On the outside: Ahhh happy married couple. On the inside ME: Just please pretend your not mad at me and you shall be rewarded. DAVE: YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME WATCH A TAPED BYU GAME!!!!!
I will take credit for the photo editing though

BENSON GRIST MILL

This was our 2nd year going to the Pumpkin Walk in Stansbury. Its great that its 5 minutes away. We were here all afternoon playing games and eatting. The kids loved running around with their cousins.

GARDNER VILLAGE

So besides Park City, this is my other favorite place. We make it a tradition and go here every fall. I even take the kids out of school so i don't have to worry about Saturday crowds.We stay as long as the kids want. This year the kids behaved themselves as I ran into a couple of shops to do some shopping.

FIREHOUSE FIELDTRIP

Austin was going to a play group in Tooele on the days he didn't have preschool but the last couple of times he didn't seem like he wanted to go so I asked around to see what my options were and found an AMAZING preschool teacher. So now he has preschool M-THUR. On Austin's 2nd day going to her he came home reciting a poem he learned about F and fish and he was doing the sign for fish as he was doing it. I know that's not much, but for Austin that was a HUGE deal! So on Friday they had a field trip to the firehouse:

READING WEBSITE

One of my good friends from high school teaches 2nd grade and said her students use Ticket to Read (www.tickettoread.com) for reading. Its just like Webkinz, but they actually learn something. They have to finish reading something and then earn a ticket to build their clubhouse. You get a 2 week free trial and then its $30 for the year. So far Aubree loves it. Its the first thing she wants to do when she gets home.

AUBREE'S SCHOOL PICTURES