My Superheros

The boys were playing around in their superhero pajamas last night, and they looked so cute I had to snap some pictures.

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday the boys and I went with Ethan's preschool class to the pumpkin patch. It was really fun, and we got some great pumpkins. Here are some of the pictures from the patch.

Fun times

This weekend we went up to the Phoenix area (again!!). I went to a baby shower for my friend Heidi from high school. It was fun to see her. It's been so long since I saw any of my friends from my GHS days! After the shower, I met back up with Zak and the boys. We went with Zak's brother Christian and his wife to the Maricopa Founders Day celebration. It was a pretty fun little party. Ethan loved the giant blow up obstacle course that we had to wait in line for about 30 min to get to. (I was about to fight some little kids that kept cutting in line--but that's a whole other story). There were different bands playing throughout the day. We went over and sat down in the grass by the stage to watch Anarbor. The boys loved it. They were both rocking! They were dancing like crazy. It was fun to watch.
It was especially fun to get out and do something different! It's been nice that we have been able to do more exciting things lately than sit around the house because it is too hot to do anything else. It seems like when we are out doing things, the boys actually behave better and get along better. It's kind of weird. Maybe they just get so bored at home that they pick fights with each other! I don't know what it is, but they do seem much easier to handle when we are out doing something that is different than our everyday routine. Does anyone else ever notice that? Is it just my kids?

The Zoo

Last Friday we went to the Tucson zoo. I love our zoo because it is fairly small (you can see the whole thing in about an hour), but there are still lots of cool animals to see. We get a membership every year so that we can just head down there whenever we want, and now that the weather is getting so nice, we will spend a lot more time there!

Here's Colby. He loved the zoo. This was the first time we have gone since last winter, so it was the first time he was really able to enjoy it. He was so entertained by all the animals and the people (and of course a couple handfuls of goldfish crackers) that he never even complained about being in the stroller. It was great.

Here's Ethan and his friends watching the zebras. We have been doing more playdates with some of our friends in the ward and Ethan is loving it because he has so many boys to hang out with. It seems like he has always just had girlfriends to play with, so it is fun for him to find some new friends that he can be wild and crazy with!

I just had to put the picture of the tiger in. I love tigers. She was just pacing back and forth right at the front of the cage. It was pretty cool.

Splash Park

I know some of you have already had some snow at your houses, but we are still having very warm days here. We spent the other day with some of our friends from our ward at a Splash Park. The boys had a lot of fun. Ethan was worried about getting wet at first, but once he got in there, he loved it. Colby kept running into the water, getting soaked, and then running back to me and giving me huge bear hugs, so I ended up pretty soaked too. This was the first time we had tried this park, but I'm sure we will be back there. It was great, and free! It doesn't get much better than that!

Disco Fever

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!We liked the Square Dance so much, we decided to do a Disco too.

Celebrating Fall

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!We got together with some of the cousins for our annual square dance. The kids are getting pretty good. And Wyatt doesn't look too bad in a dress!

Keeping up with the Crizers...

I finally got around to doing some scrapbooking for the first time in over a year. It started with me just trying to organize some pictures into albums while I was listening to Conference yesterday. I should have been better and just focused on listening, but I always feel like I have to multitask....Anyway, I actually made some progress on Colby's baby book, and pages for our family book. It felt good to actually use some of my stash of scrapbooking supplies that has been hibernating in my closet for way to long. Maybe I'll try to scan and share some of the pages soon.
BTW-The Crizer family is our "adopted family" up in Utah. They are the ultimate scrapbookers and they try to teach and inspire me to keep up, even if it means dragging me to the warehouse sales and buying me trunkloads of supplies! Love you guys! Thanks for helping me step up my game!

Grandma Jeanne

Zak's Grandma Jeanne passed away last week. She has been sick for quite awhile, and we just found out a couple weeks ago that on top of everything else, she had a large mass of cancer in her stomach. She was moved to hospice and Zak was actually able to drive over there for a weekend to visit with her one more time. She will be missed. We went to El Paso for the funeral. As always, it is not fun to get together for that type of occasion, but it is still good to be able to visit with family we don't get to see very often.