Oh No!!!

This says it all:

Jacey has found her thumb! NOOOOO!! She also thinks it is funny. I am constantly pulling her thumb out of her mouth and cramming a pacifier in. I really think I don't have a chance at winning the battle, but I have to try. It is 100 times harder to break a thumb than a pacifier. Oh NO!!!!

My Unspectacular quirks

I've been tagged by my best friend, Katie. She lives in Roseville, California. I miss her tons and can't wait to see her. Here are the rules: "MY UNSPECTACULAR QUIRKS"



1.Link to the person who tagged you

2.Mention the rules on your blog

3.Tell 6 unspectacular quirks about you

4.Tag 6 following bloggers by linking to them

5.Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger's blogs letting them know they've been tagged.



Problem is I have no clue how to "link" someone to my blog. So, I'll do my best.



My Unspectacular Quirks:



1. I won't drink any milk from the milk jug if it is almost gone (only 1/4 left). It just doesn't taste the same and it just doesn't seem as cold. I can't stand milk that has sat out for more than five minutes. I won't drink it.



2. I turn up the music in my car/van really loud and sing as loud as I can. I don't care who is watching. It is my time!



3. I don't iron. I haven't ironed anything since I got married. I know how to, I just don't do it. I hate it. I just don't have the patience for it.



4. If I don't think I have to go anywhere or see anyone then I won't put on any make-up and just pull my hair up in a pony tail.



5. I love surprises....but not surprise visits from church. I want my house and my mind ready for such visits.



6. When I find a good book to read, I don't want to stop reading it.





I am not going to tag anyone. I think everyone has had a chance at being "tagged".

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween Everyone! Here are our pictures of our little scary kids....

Jacey is a WITCH! Something completely opposite of her, she is really an angel.

Kylie is our clown. She really does keep us laughing on a daily basis.

Alexa is our punk rocking skeleton. Yes, this is Alexa. She had a lot of fun with this costume. This year Alexa was Mom's favorite!

Tyler you are a great Anakin Skywalker. Go and get the dark side dude!

Our Halloween trick-or-treaters!!!

We had a lot of fun trick-0r-treating with the kids. So much so, that when they said they were done, we (Nate & I ) didn't want to stop yet. Funny, I think we were having more fun.

Reminising about the good ole days ... High School

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Double Arch Alcove Hike in Kolob Canyon

On Saturday (the 18th) we had fun hiking the Double Arch Alcove hike in Kolob Canyon. Some of Nate's family joined us on the hike: Mike & family, Ryan & family, and Kim & family. As you can see from the pictures, it is beautiful. My pictures don't even do it justice. The hike roundtrip was 5.4 miles. Luckily my parents were able to watch Kylie and Jacey. They would not have made it!

Look at the cloud tornado. I didn't even realize it was there until after the picture was taken.

Nate's sister Kim and her family

Tyler and his cousin Caleb.

Nate's oldest brother Mike and part of his family

Tyler holding his hiking treasures: a butterfly(which he caught with his bare hands), a red leaf, and his hiking stick.

Nate's younger brother Ryan and his family.

Pride Rock!

The Double Arch Alcove!!! ( you can only see one of the arches in this picture...Sorry)

Grandpa Graf and Tyler.

The whole hiking CREW!!

Making Haunted Houses with Cousins

Okay, so I have the funnest sister-in-laws! I had so much fun hanging out with Barbara and Kim this weekend. On Friday we decided to let the kids make haunted houses (awesome idea Barbara)! They had so much fun. Grandma even poped in to see the good time. Thanks Heidi for all your help!

As you can see from the pictures... I didn't do anything to help... but I did take the pictures to document the fun occasion. Kim and Barbara had the hard part. The cousins got very creative as you can see.

The Pumpkin Patch & the First Day of Snow

So we are crazy! We knew it was supposed to snow, but we didn't care, we wanted to go have some fun. We went to Parowan, Utah. It is about 20 minutes north of Cedar City. We drove up there to go to the fall festival. It was supposed to go from 9 am to 6 pm. It was supposed to have a bounce house, over 75 vendors, kid games, face painting, food, etc. Well...when we got there around 2 pm there were snow flurries coming down. When we drove up, there were hardly any cars in the entire parking lot. I think all the cars were from the few vendors. There was no bounce house, everything was pretty much shut down. They were about to pack up all the kids games until we came. We spent $5 for Tyler, Lexi, and Kylie to play ALL of the games and get their face painted. They loved it. They would give them a ton of prizes. We about froze outside. We wandered inside the pavilion to get warm. I found some cute new flowers for Jacey's headbands and then we ventured back to the car. In the mean time, the kids games and face painting were all put away. Wow, we caught them just in time. So while we were out, we decided to go to Paragonah, Utah. It is about 5 minutes north of Parowan. We heard there was a big pumpkin patch. We hunted it down. It wasn't hard to find....

We spent about an hour picking out pumpkins. It was so bitter cold. The kids didn't care. They loved picking out the best pumpkin. We ending up getting four pumpkins: 1 giant family sized, Tyler's large, Kylie's normal size, Alexa's perfect size for her-small. The total weight was 55 lbs. The total cost was only $8.00. I couldn't believe it! I felt like I was stealing!! What a deal. In California I would have to pay $3-$4 dollars for each small to normal sized pumpkins. That made my whole day. Nate thought I was crazy. On the drive home, it started to SNOW!! And I mean snow. The kids loved it. They couldn't wait to get home to play in it. I just wanted to cry. I want to migrate to California for the winter. I'll come back in June again. Nate thinks I am kidding, but if I had a chance, I think I would take it....well I would think really hard about it anyway.