November

 Cousin and Craft Weekend

Angela and I went to Katie's house for the weekend so that the cousins could hang out and to make a turkey wreath we had seen on the internet.

The kiddos having a sleep over and watching movies

 Taytum and Luke playing games on the IPad

 The kids made cute turkey plates using paint while we started on our turkey wreaths.

 Angela hard at work

Kreative Katie

 The finished product.  They turned out so cute and relatively easy!

 What a fun weekend with my sisters, we need to do this more often.

 First real Snow Storm in Elk Ridge

 Everything is so pretty.

 Beautiful, with Mt. Timpanogos in the background.

 Celebrating 7 years!

I really can't believe how fast these years are going.  It is so crazy and I look forward to many more crazy years together with the one I truly love with all of my heart and who spoils me and loves me unconditionally.

 For our anniversary, we got my parents to watch the kids and we headed to Wyoming to check on the deer herd on the Winter range.  We weren't disappointed.  Although we didn't see a monster, we saw several nice bucks.  I included several pictures.  This is one of my husband's favorite things to do and I enjoy it as well because we are together.

 We were only there for one night but we found a local movie theater and got to watch the 2nd Hunger games movie.  A crazy fast get away but a lot of fun.

 Thanksgiving 2013

It was the Pike side for Thanksgiving this year and we were nominated to be the hosts. 

 Jacey, Emmree, and Cooper

 Kennedy, Taytum and Luke

 The big kid table!

 I think it was unanimous that the food and company was excellent!

 Random November Pics

Bathtime, one of Kylee's favorite past times.

 Kylee is very independent and is always wanting to do things herself.  She is helping herself to some oatmeal which often ends in a sticky mess but she loves it.

 This is her "I love oatmeal" face.

 As I was preparing dinner one night she was sitting on the counter "helping" by eating a tomato I had sitting out.  A girl after my own heart, tomatoes are one of my favorite foods.

October Happenings

 First day of dance

I enrolled Taytum in a local dance class here in Elk Ridge with Miss Shauny.  She was so excited.

 Her sassy dance move

 Grandma Mac's Visit

One of the things on Grandma's bucket list was to be able to come see our new home.  As I watched her get out of the car on this day, was the first time I realized really how unwell Grandma was.  It was hard to see and she didn't have a lot of energy but she made it upstairs to see Taytum's pink room.  She then came down and had to rest before we continued on our tour.  I love my grandma.

 She said my house was too cold so here she is resting by the fireplace.

 Pumpkin Patch

We took the preschool to the pumpkin patch at the Red Barn.  It started off with a good old hay ride.

 Kylee came along for the fun.

 They had  a big slide that was tons of fun.

 Tractor races though most of them had a hard time maneuvering them.

 Kylee watched mostly from the side lines there really wasn't much for her to do at this pumpkin patch

 Our preschool class: Zachary, Me, Taytum, Kamryn, Joey, Brooklyn, and Evelyn.  Ryker couldn't make it.

 We enjoyed doughnuts and milk back at the barn before we headed home.

 Mud Pies

The girls spent forever playing with dirt and water and just had a great time.

 Making messes

 Kylee giving her mud pie a taste, YUCK!

 Halloween Party

We got invited to a Halloween party at the Horrocks.  It was a lot of fun, we played games and ate food.  I did however thought it was for the whole family so we got the girls all decked out and when we arrived, and no other kids in sight did we realize it was just for the adults.  They were gracious enough and just let our kids join their kids in watching a movie.

 A cute little lady bug.

 A Happy Witch.

 My Red Neck Hunter

 I also went as a witch.

 Pumpkin Walk

They had a pumpkin walk in Orem that I took the girls too while Kyle was out of town.  They had all sorts of games for the girls to play.

 Kylee got to pet the skunk and she laughed so much at this.

 A science experiment called elephant toothpaste.

 Eating a doughnut

 They had a whole bunch of pumpkins that you walked around and looked at that people had entered into contests.  Taytum's favorite was this witch.

 Some of our favorite pumpkins.

 Pumpkin Carving Time

I told Taytum to give me her pouty face because we were so very sad that our friend Melynda couldn't make it this year because she was sick.  The first time she hasn't made it in 8 years.

 Kylee coloring her pumpkin

 Taytum getting ready to de-goup her pumpkin.

 He just loves pumpkin carving time.

 She did really good at getting all those sticky seeds out.

 After she was done drawing on her pumpkin, we gave her a box of push pins and she went to town and that entertained her for a long time.

 Our pumpkins

 My pumpkin, a witch with her cauldron.

 Kylee's Elmo

Taytum's Ariel pumpkin

 Kyle's Zombie pumpkin

 We did a fabulous job.

 Halloween

We started off the day with jack-o-lantern pancakes and ghost milk.

 YUM

 Halloween in Preschool.  I think this a beautiful witch.

 My Halloween kiddos.

 Dinner of Mummy dogs, Frankenstein pudding and ghost juice.

 Getting ready to go trick or treating.

 Kylee was in the stroller so Taytum would take both her and Kylee's bucket to each door.  It was fun.

 Kylee checking out all her loot.

 What a great Halloween.

 Random October Pictures

Taytum's new outfit from Grandma Pike.  I love this color.

Kylee bug

 Kylee has finally mastered the stairs, this is her on her way up.

 ......almost there

 I don't know why the pictures turned out so crappy or the fact that Taytum's foot ended up in the picture, but I love how happy she is.

 A stormy view from our deck

 One day Taytum noticed a deer in our yard and had to go out and say hi.

Kylee waiting patiently for food, NOT!