Utah trip

Instead of doing laundry and putting away our tons of luggage I will write about our wonderful trip to Utah. We had so much fun but missed Dave by the end of the week. It was the most perfect flight on the way out there. It wasn't a full flight and we had the nicest flight attendants that actually took my kids and walked them around the plane for a little bit which saved my sanity. We also had a whole row to ourself which was nice. On the way back it was another story. I didn't get on the plane early enough so we got the last seat where there were actually 2 seats next to eachother and it happened to be next to an older man, he was very nice and helpful but it would have been better if we had the whole row to ourselves. Of course halfway through the flight Ben was stinky and we had to change him. So I took him to the back where the flight attendants were and changed him there on the little jumpseat that the flight attendants sit on. I changed him then lifted him up and Siena had her fingers there when the seat came up slamming her fingers in the seat.She screamed for 30 minutes while a nice flight attendant held Ben. It was awful and we still had 2 hours left. We never really recovered from that and had a wigly crying wining rest of the flight. Thank you, thank you holly for the dvd player that helped. We did so much in Utah. Siena was really excited that we could see so many temples. We saw the almost finished Draper temple and we went to temple square. We went to music and the spoken word to see my dad sing in the choir and then president Monson came out after they sang. It was cool. I was so close to him and it was cool to see my dad sing live. We went to a halloween party where we could trick o treat and Siena fell asleep in the car ride there so she missed the whole event. She woke up when we put her back in the car when we were done. We were so off our schedules and were always so busy. Ben had a good time trick o treating. A lot of people thought he was Robin Hood which I guess is easy to mistake him for. If Siena was awake and trick o treating with him they would have been able to tell he was Peter Pan. They are so cute together in their costumes. We went to Thanksgiving point and did the Dinosaur musuem which Siena was scared of. I don't know why. We went to barnyard boo also at Thanksgiving point. That was lots of fun. There was a little petting zoo, pony rides and a haunted hayride where the headless horseman came up and rode right next to you. She wasn't scared of that. Surprisingly I saw my mtc roomate there, that was really fun to see her little family too. We braved the HUGE crowd to go to Boo at the zoo. It was the most perfect fall day ever to go to the zoo. I think my kids were the only ones not dressed up. They would not put on their costumes. I got yelled at by a little 4 yr old because I thought he was a tiger when he was a lion. WOW. I guess I don't know my animals well enough. We saw lots of animals and got some candy. They need to be a little more organized about it all. We got to hang out with my brother that day which was really fun. My sister Jennie and her 3 boys came to play a lot and they loved hanging out in grandmas basement and on her swingset and my sister Amy came and stayed with us while we were there. It was fun to see my newest nephew and my little sister Amy cute and pregnant. The cousins got along wonderfully and we miss you guys. We played all day and shopped a lot which was exactly what we wanted to do.

Haircut

We are having a great time in Utah and Dave will never let me come back because I cut all my hair off here. I love it. We miss you Dave

Happy Birthday to... ME

this is the only picture of me on my 29th birthday...how sad



Yeah I had my birthday Wed. It was a good day but not the kind of birthday you had when you were little. I miss those fun all day birthday party type days. I got to spend it with a 2 1/2 yr old and a 7 month old doing errands. Yeah! It was nice Siena would randomly say happy birthday to me all day and she even said it this morning. It was a good night, we went to Five guys and we had a delicious chocolate cake that Siena was so proud of but she would not sing happy birthday to me. She had been asking for the cake all day. I turned 29 and will forever be that age. It's been a great year!

Gettysburg

We had so much fun today. We met grandma and grandpa at Gettysburg, which is halfway between us. It was such a beautiful day and the leaves were so pretty up in the countryside. I hadn't been since after high school and I don't really remember it, so it was good to remember the history and the battles. Siena loved following her older cousins around and playing on the cannons and rocks. My little nephew told me today at one of the battle sites that he was sorry that my team had lost the war. Being from viginia, even northern virginia qualifies us as the south. I thought that was pretty smart. It was a perfect day and we had fun.

 

on the farm!

We had so much fun. We went about 45 minutes away to a farm where we took a hay ride out to a pumpkin patch where we could actually pick the pumpkin off the vine and then there were orchards where we could pick our own apples. Siena loved picking her own apples and eating them and then throwing them in the orchard. She ate a lot while we were there. We picked so many. We have apples forever! I have started making applesauce and other yummy food for Ben to eat. Luckily both Siena and Ben love apples and Dave makes a yummy apple crisp. There was also a petting zoo with goats that climbed up boards that were crazy high, it was fun. It was a perfect day and the leaves and countryside were beautiful.

entertainment

I thought this was the funniest thing. Siena likes playing guitar hero with daddy at night and has tried many different kinds of toys as being her guitar. Then she just decides that dancing is better. She was way into it.

trip to d.c.

Siena has been talking a lot about going in and visiting daddy for lunch so today we rode the train in and did it. Each time I forget how much she loves doing it.Ben of course was great. Such a good kid. They both liked the train and were really good. I also remember how lame d.c. is for not being great stroller friendly. I hate finding all the elevators that are in the way opposite corner and they are all dimly lit and scary. O well it's over now. So we went in with our friends Marcy and Jacob and met our daddys for lunch. Then we went over to the natural history musuem for the new ocean exhibit there. It was fun. I think Siena wanted to see more fishes swimming around but she was entertained. We also like the mammal exhibit where all the big animals are stuffed. It was fun and a long day. No nap so tonight will be a early night. Yeah!

Halloween Time!

Fall is my favorite time of year. We all are so excited to go to a pumpkin patch and apple orchard this weekend. Siena is getting excited about trick or treating eventhough I am not sure if she completely understands it. She so far like dressing up in her costume. So last night we made halloween cookies. Siena ate a lot of the dough before they were actually cookies but surprisingly isn't sick. She was very excited to decorate them and did a good job. Nice and sugary.


Ben later found 2 M&M's on the ground. first chocolate at 7 months. that's terrible!

time goes by

I am kind of sad that I haven't posted in a while and I don't have any pictures to post but we have been as busy as ever. Dave actually asked if I had posted anything recent so I know it's been a while. The days just go by so quickly. Ben is crawling so fast now, I wish the floor would get swept and vacuumed more because he picks up everything and eats it. It is so gross. He finds things everywhere. It seems like this last week Siena realized that Ben was her brother and now includes him in things. It's really cute. She will bring him toys and take her toys away from him. She will want to go and wake him up so he can come and play with her and when we are leaving she says we can't leave Ben. We haven't left him anywhere yet so I don't know where she gets the idea that we are going to leave him. It's fun and I hope it gets even better. Sometime I will try to get pictures of this but we go to a church organized music group every monday. It is so much fun. Siena tells daddy every night when he comes home that we went to music class that day. She loves it. We sing and do marching band and rythym and parachute. Her favorite are the shakers and the parachute. The 45 minutes go by way too fast. So life is great and crazy all at the same time. We are excited for the fall where we can get our warm new clothes out and go to all the cool pumpkin farms around here.