We had an amazing trip and we were all exhausted by the end. Poor Jake started crying on the plane ride home, "Turn the plane around, go back to Mexico!" and he didn't let up until we were home. Every once in awhile he still asks if we can please go back. I couldn't agree more buddy!
We all piled in, sipped Sparkling Cider, and enjoyed riding up to Salt Lake in style. We had a delicious dinner and then went to Temple Square to see the lights. It was amazing, definitely a night to remember. Thanks again Mom & Dad, you're the best!!
And one of my personal favorites, a picture that is definitely worth a thousand words...
Some of us had to work for our turkey this year. This is a group of us who got to participate in the Manchester Turkey Trot, a 4.78(?!?) mile race. There were over 10,000 people who ran, it was really a lot of fun. 
And Turkey Cookies!!!
Jake turned 3! We celebrated on his birthday by eating at his favorite restaurant, The Smokehouse. That weekend we had a birthday party for him with his cousins. He was thrilled that Treyton and Jayci could come all the way from Virginia and of course Ryan and Kevin came to help him celebrate. We had a Cars Theme Party complete with a Racetrack Cake, Pin the Bolt on McQueen, and the big finish was a race around the house. We love our Jake!
Back in October we went up to Hee Haw Farms with Tyson, Diana, Alexis, Logan and Grandpa Woody. Above is a picture of some of the "livestock". Hallie and Jake decided it would be fun to look the part and so came dressed in all their western gear.
All of the kids enjoyed the corn box. I think Mason may have enjoyed it a little too much, if you look closely you'll see his mouth is very full. Every time I emptied it out he popped in another handful. I guess corn is edible...
And this is the whole group on the hay ride. All in all we had a really fun time and we'll definitely be going again next year. After over three hours there we had to drag the kids away kicking and screaming.
My kids have loved seeing their cousins Alexis and Logan more these past few months. Here are Hallie & Alexis, aka The Little Mermaids.
After a very long summer of raking, raking, and more raking we finally had our sod delivered on the last Saturday in September. Just as the delivery guy got his equipment down to unload the sod the heavens opened and it started to pour rain! We sat and waited for a bit hoping the rain would die down but when it abruptly turned to snow we went inside, closed all the blinds and made hot chocolate. It was obviously not meant to be. We did get around to laying it later that week though and we are still so grateful for everyone that came out and helped! We found it really funny that even after giving him a full yard of grass to play on, Mason still prefers the mud.
