Zoo

Shae and I took the kids to the zoo about a week ago. Our neighbor and friend Diana and her kids Morgan and Colt came with us. It was nice to have almost the whole zoo to ourselves because it was a cold and cloudy day. The kids loved seeing the elephants, tigers and wolves the best. It was a fun time!

Canyoneering

Shae and I had the chance to go near Canyon Lands and hike through a slot canyon. We camped overnight and then hiked most of the day. We had to do some repelling down the canyon and that was fun. My Mom was nice enough to watch the kids so we could go. I would like to do it again sometime!

Katelyn's 1st Birthday

Yesterday we had our primary program, so the extended family came to see it. So we also decided to celebrate Katelyn's 1st birthday a couple days early. We had a yummy dinner. Katelyn then opened her presents. She got some fun toys, a soft blanket, and pajamas. I think Katelyn mostly enjoyed her delicious birthday chocolate cake and ice cream!

Aiden and Ali's Birthdays

The end of October Aiden turned 3 and Ali turned 5. We had a fun family birthday party for them with a dog pinata and pin the tail on the donkey game. They both got Zhu Zhu pets that they love. Ali got a great dress up dress from Grandpa and Grandma Bennett. They also got some play dough. Aiden got his own scooter and tennis racket. It was a fun birthday.

Halloween

This year Lizzie was Spider woman, Ali, a barbie, Aiden a tiger and Katelyn a ladybug. Grandpa Bennett and Shae took the 3 older kids trick or treating in the rain while Angie, Debbie and I played games and passed out candy to the trick or treaters. It was a fun Halloween!

Soccer

Ali and Lizzie just finished their fall soccer season. It was sure busy there for awhile. During the soccer season we had two practices and four games per week. I would pack a lunch or dinner depending on what day their game was on and we would hang out at the fields for three hours. Lizzie really loved playing this year again. She is really aggressive and I have had to talk to her about pushing and tripping the other girls. She reminds me of myself! Ali on the other hand, would hang out in the goal and play with the net most of the time. She is not competitive like Lizzie is and that is fine. Ali thought soccer was more a social thing. It was her first year. We will see how she likes it after the spring season and see if she wants to play again next year. It was fun being able to watch them play! I have fond memories of playing soccer growing up and hopefully they will too. I'm sure Aiden will want to play too when he is old enough.

Play group at Thanksgiving Point

While Lizzie and Ali were at school a couple of my neighbors and I had play group at Thanksgiving Point. We had fun visiting while we went and saw all the animals. They have pony rides there and I tried to get Aiden on a pony, but he started freaking out. So I had Katelyn go on a pony. I walked right by her and held on to her the whole time. At first she didn't know what was going on. It was still pretty cute. We all had a fun time!