Grandma and Grandpa Time

Allie and Hadley LOVED having all the attention from Grandma and Grandpa Shaw for the whole month of October, so much so that they had some withdrawal when they actually got home.  Thanks Grandma and Papa for all the love and attention you gave us!

Almost every night Grandma or Grandpa would read to Allie and she always chose Curious George as her book.  The love of Curious George goes on!

Utah Parks and Pumpkins

We enjoyed the beautiful weather by playing at the parks and viewing the beautiful scenery.  On this Saturday, Grandma and Grandpa took us to a park where we were all by ourselves and enjoyed the slide to our hearts' content.  

 This was Allie teaching us a family night lesson from her nursery lesson the day before.  Kevin's kids all save their papers from Sunday and then recap what they learned at the beginning of their FHE.  I love that idea and we have done it ever since.  It is amazing what she remembers from the day before.  

 We also carved pumpkins for FHE.  Allie dictated what we did and Hadley had a scary face, Allie a happy face and Mommy did Mickey Mouse.

 Allie got to practice Trick or Treating with Grandpa multiple times to make sure she got it right ;)

That night Hadley refused to go to sleep but that was okay because her future BFF cousin Benson came over.  Too bad she is already tackling him, but he is quickly gaining on her size, so we'll see who wins next year.  

Bud's Pumpkins

Bud sells pumpkins at the end of the cul-de-sac and it is a yearly tradition for the Shaws to get their pumpkins for family night from Bud.  Being away from Utah for the last 6 Halloweens, this was my first time and we had lots of fun!

Hadley and Brookie hapily rode the stroller :)

Cute little benson with so much hair!!!

Part of the tradition is to ride in the wheelbarrow with Grandpa

Snow white picking out her pumpkin

I think this picture epitomizes picture taking of toddlers!

We also made some halloween sugar cookies

Went to Pumpkin Land with the Garlocks who came down just to see us!  

Hadley's First Food!

Hadley also had her first solids while in Utah, and after a little questioning, she really liked it!  It is amazing how fast our little girl is growing up!  Her favorites are squash and bananas, mixed with Oatmeal cereal.  She eats pretty well and Allie love to "help" feed her.

Fall leaves and Ostriches

One day while in Utah we were on our way to the Bean Museum, but both the girls fell asleep so we detoured up to Provo canyon on the Squaw Peak trail and saw AMAZING colors.  I don't remember leaves ever being this beautiful before, but I loved it as my mom drove and I snapped pictures while the girls slept away in the back.  

 Allie LOVED the bean museum and had so much fun!  This is her impression of an Ostrich

 We missed the reptile show, but Allie got to pet this snake all by herself!

 Hadley slept most of the time at the museum and woke up smiley while were were perusing the gift shop.