SEPTEMBER

September seems to have flown by.  Here is our September in reverse. My Fall dreams came true when we got this picture of the kids on a Fall Drive over conference weekend.  We drove up Trapper's Loop and along the road to Snow Basin.  

We stopped in Mountain Green to see one of the areas that Seth's work is developing.  We flip flopped between buying this lot and building up there.  This view is quite incredible...but I am not sure sure a daily commute would have been quite as incredible.

Millie has saved up "coins" from her online reading class for 9 months to get this pink skateboard.  I started to panic recently as the rewards portal started showing "leaving soon."  I was so worried that the pink skateboard would be gone before Millie had all the coins to buy it.  While I am not sure Millie will be a skateboarder...she sure enjoys looking like a skateboard and sitting on her skateboard.

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Phin had a Meditation music recital.  He played "I am a Child of God," which we are also planning for him to play at Millie's baptism.

The kids have rediscovered the teepee and love to cozy up inside of it to watch shows or to play pretend.

We decided on a Halloween family costume...we are going to be characters from Into the Spiderverse.  Phin is so excited to be Spiderman Rex.  He has wanted an inflatable costume for years.  We ordered the "child" size...which was apparently for a very small child.  This is the adult size.  Phin can't cover his face at school so he will just stick his head out the top zipper rather than having his face covered.  He spent two solid days playing in this costume once it came.

 

I couldn't resist trying it on before he did...I was afraid it wouldn't fit and didn't want him to be disappointed.

 

I took Millie up to Bountiful Blvd to get some baptism announcement photos with the temple in the background.  We are so excited for her big day to be here.

 I made a digital invitation in Canvas and love how it turned out.

The weather has been perfect...we have spent many afternoons out in our yard playing.

Silas is loving school.  He came home one day and declared that he had made a friend.  This little writing assignment says "I play with Gunnar."

 

Here are a few other photos his teacher has shared of Silas in class.

Millie loves art.  One night I sent her and Seth to our art center for a squeegee paint activity.  She loved having some one-on-one time with her Dad and came home with this masterpiece.

Here is a hedgehog she drew at school.

She has a play date with her best friend Delaney the Friday after her birthday.  They made bracelets and played with kinetic sand. 

 

I set the goal to make cakes for each of my kids this year. Millie loves Dunkaroos...so we decided on Cake by Courtney's Dunkaroo cake.  Millie was quite delighted with how it turned out (and so was I.)

 

Silas had a talk like a pirate day at school.  He insisted on wearing his cowboy boots.  I convinced him to wear the head scarf.  His teacher gave each student a spy glass and eye patch.

My district hosted a fun run that went through Lagoon.  We were able to play 3 games each and somehow we got a prize for each of my kids.  I won a prize at this soccer goal game for Lou, one at Whac-a-mole for Millie and one at Break-a-plate for Silas.  Phin won one at Whac-a-mole. 

Before the run the kids played in the bubble pit, bounced in bounce houses and got a free squid hat.

My sourdough obsession continues...I have now figured out how to make pumpkin shaped loaves. 

We spent an entire Saturday out canning grape juice.  The kids got some ice cream as a reward.

I finally updated the pictures in our living room...and decided to print out all of our Halloween costume photos.  I hung them up on Halloween ribbon on our coat closet door.  I can't even express how happy this little door makes me.  It is so fun to look back at photos from past Halloweens...and to see how much my kids have grown.

 

The first weekend that Frightmares opened at Lagoon we headed out on Friday and Saturday.  Silas got this ball at one of the trick or treat walk thrus and found a creative way to play with it.

 

On Saturday we went out with Sarah's family and Scott's family.

 

On Friday night we went with Scott and his kids.

 

We had our fundraiser "run" at school.  I was able to see Millie and Silas run for a little bit.  Silas was delighted to win a prize after his run.

Silas is LOVING his Let's Play Music classes.  Here he is coloring in the pictures for a puppet show.

 

Millie learned to mow the lawn this month.  Her attention to detail is an absolute strength when it comes to the lawn.

 

Finally... Silas with the name poster that he made on one of the first days of school.