Fall Fun

 We went to Gardener Village to see the witches.  Payton was a little hesitant to sit next to this one.

 This one was stinky!

 We also made a visit to a pumpkin patch.

 The kids had fun walking through the pumpkins and see all the different shapes and sizes.

 Awe, cute!

 Getting ready to carve the pumpkins!

 Here comes the messy part.  The kids didn't seem to mind it as much this year.

Dad was home to join in on the fun!

Kindergarten Field Trip

This is Payton's cute class and teacher!  They went on a field trip to Wheeler Farm and had lots of fun seeing the animals, feeding them, and going on a hayride. Kindergarten rocks!

Hiking Fun

 Oh how we love exploring the great outdoors!

 We went hiking up by temple quarry, it is so beautiful.

 Payton enjoyed walking down the empty creek bed.

You can see the leaves starting to change to the beautiful fall colors.

Family Fall Pictures

 

What good looking boys!

 Gotta love catching the precious moments on camera.

 Payton looks like such a stud in this one!

Sooooooo cute! But we may be a little biased. 

Thanks Marci, you are awesome!

Emma's 3rd Birthday

 Our cute little girl turned 3!  Her latest love is babies, so she got a few baby accessories and had a baby birthday party.

 Her fun new dollhouse, she is so excited!

 We made pink baby cupcakes for her baby party.

 Her cousins brought along their babies to the baby party.

 We had some baby friendly finger foods for lunch.  Baby oranges, baby carrots, grapes, olives, edamame, and a baby sandwich.

 Cute little babies of their families eating their lunch.  They got to decorate the table while waiting for their food.

 Yay!  More baby stuff!!

Happy Birthday to our adorable little girl, who is not so little anymore!

First Day of Kindergarten!

Cute little stud all ready for his first day of Kindergarten!!!

Waiting at the bus stop with all the other kids.  We have the boy line and the girl line of backpacks.

The 3 Kindergartner's feeling so big and ready to go!

Payton was so excited to get on the bus and head to school with all the big kids.  ( This is when Megan started to cry, it was a lot harder than she thought!)

He made it home, all by himself! (What a relief!)

"Kindergarten is so great! I love it!!" -Payton

St. George

We had to go to St. George at some point this year! Here is Marcus, Payton, and Grandpa Mitch (the one Payton is named after).

 Wading through the stream by Mathis Park.

Our friends the Baer's joined us down there.  One night we hiked around up where is says "Dixie" on the hills.  It was so pretty and we found a really cool dwelling!

 Marcus being Spiderman.

 The cute little kids just taking a seat in the wall.

 Emma is all ready to go for a bike ride.  This is how a helmet goes, right?

 Marcus and Eric playing an intense game of tic-tac-toe.

A sweet action shot of Payton catching the football!

Fun with the Dutchies!

 We love it when Megan's family from Holland comes to visit.  

Here is Marcus and the Boys (it had been 4 years since we last saw them).

 Megan was able to head south with them and the kids.  On the way to Lake Powell we stopped outside of Goblin Valley and hiked Little Wild Horse Canyon.

 The kids loved it and did really well.  Payton really loved getting to use his own CamelBak.

 On to the beach at Lake Powell.  The kids we so happy they got to go back!

 Payton really enjoys sitting in the front of the boat and going for a ride.

 Watching the kids on the tube.  They kept wanting to do a submarine, so Megan's dad made it happen.

 Klaas Jan, I think your life jacket is too big!

 Cute little Emma showing off her pretty flower swimming suit.

We love you and miss you Prakken family!  Until next time!!