Off to see the Witches

 October 17, 2012.  We made our annual trip to Gardner Village to see the witches.  Ellie even dressed up in her Halloween costume and got many comments on how cute she is!  I agree!!!

She was a little apprehensive with the first witch and made sure to stay close to me.

Ellie really loved this one.  There was a cat and mouse running around her and she thought it was hilarious.

 Flying witch

Baby buggy witch

It was great because they had a petting zoo and pony ride this time and Ellie loved it.  She wasn't at all hesitant and ran right up to pet each animal.

She got to sit on an alpaca...how awesome is that!?!  The little brown one is a baby and they are really soft.  I was surprised to find that there fur is a few inches deep.

Riding on the cool swing

She absolutely loved the bunnies.  She was so excited to be able to hold one

This was the little pony she sat on while waiting for her pony ride

Riding on the pony like a pro.  She loves 'horsies' and the guy that led them was so funny.  There were two going at once and the other one had a little boy on it.  He kept joking that they were on there first date.

I really like that they have "The Witches" every year and think it is a fun tradition.  Glad we were able to make it and that the weather was good for us.

Gavin's Baby Blessing

Patrick blessed Gavin on October 14.  We had lots of family there to support us and it was great to have everyone together for it.  Patrick did great and I just love that he is worthy to do this and listen to the spirit.  It was a wonderful blessing.  Afterwards we headed back to the house for lunch.  We had soup, rolls, vegi's, watermelon and lots of yummy desserts.  It all turned out great.  I only wish that we had gotten more pictures.  Here are a few that we did take. 

Gavin all tuckered out from the busy day

 Yummy food

My mom had a lady in the ward made a chocolate tres leche cake that was so yummy!  My cousin Liz brought some yummy pumpkin baked donut holes and Judy brought her yummy chocolate rice krispees which are always a favorite.  And of course we made more than we needed and had some lemon bars and brownies:)

Lot of people came

Above: Aunt Krista, Brett, Liz and Colton Madsen(Cameron and Conner) Below:Grandma Judy and Grandpa Cassity, Aunt Kati and Griffin(Uncle Mike), (Tom), Susan, Landon and Dillon Gilmore

Uncle Derrick

Uncle Eric was also there but had to leave to catch a ride back to school and we didn't get a picture of him.  We had a great day and are so grateful for all of the support we had for Gavin's baby blessing!

Hanging in Layton

We were able to head up and spend a few days in Layton with Patrick's family.  We had tons of fun.

October 7, 2012

Making Milk Carton Ghosts and hanging with Cousin Griffin-Don't they look so cute all in skeleton jammies.  Ellie loves Gavin and Griffin so much and is so cute with them.

 Napping with Grandma Judy or pretending at least-October 8, 2012

 Making yummy Nutter Butter Ghosts-October 11, 2012

We also, shopped till we dropped and played outside tons.  It was great to be able to head up there for the week and spend some time.

Picking Pumpkins-2012

We had a great October full of lots of fun activities and outings.  Here are some of the things we did for Halloween.
 Picking Pumpkins for FHE-October 1, 2012
This is the first year we haven't lived in Logan and been able to go to the Paradise Pumpkin Patch.  I did a little research and found a pick your own patch in Pleasant Grove, The Wholesale Landscape Supply that was wonderful.

 Ellie loved walking through the patch and picking her very own pumpkin...and a couple extra:)

They had golf carts that we were able to ride around and carry our pumpkins in.

We came home and ate some yummy Mickey Mouse pumpkin shaped sugar cookies.

We had a great time finding the perfect pumpkins

Griffin's Baby Blessing and meeting more Family

It is so fun that Kati and Mike have a little guy that is a couple weeks older than Gavin.  We were able to go and spend part of the weekend in Layton when Griffin was blessed and we had a great time.  Sept 29-30, 2012.  Here is the set up for sleeping.  I thought it was pretty good and Ellie loved that she had her own little bed.

Gavin with Great Grandma Miller

 Mike's sister also had a little boy just after Gavin.  Here are all three of them hanging out.

Liam, Griffin, Gavin

 I'm pretty sure Griffin just punched Gavin here:)

 4 Generation Pictures.  I love that we are able to have these!

Great Grandma Miller, Grandma Judy, Ellie, Patrick

 Great Grandma Miller, Grandma Judy, Patrick, Gavin

Hanging with Aunt Susan Gilmore

 And of course how cute is this little girly!  Love her!

Gavin - 1 Month

1 Month already!!!  I know I say it every time, but man time flies.  Gavin is so stinkin' cute and so cuddly.  I forgot just how much I love little babies.  Even though you go through so much to get them here and lose quite a bit of sleep and 'me' time, they are so very worth it.  I have wanted to get a big truck for a picture like this for Gavin.  I think it turned out awesome and I'm so glad we got one.  Now we can have it as he grows and see how he changes...plus, what little boy doesn't want a huge dump truck to play with!?!

• Right now Gavin is awake more and more.  He looks around at everything and is very observant of everything.  
• Gavin spits up like crazy.  On Sept 17 he spit up so much that I started to get a little worried.  As I talked to people they all said not to worry and that some babies just spit up.  I even called and talked to a nurse and she said as long as it isn't projectile and happening all the time, he is fine.  It is crazy the amount he spits up and I constantly have a burp cloth and bib!
• A little personal, but Gavin poops so loud!  No body ever wonders if he is stinky, because you always know when he has gone. 
• Ellie is a great big sister and is very protective.  Whenever he starts to cry, she is there to check on him and make sure he is okay.  She constantly wants to hold Gavin and play with his hand and toes and hair.  She LOVES to rub his head.
• Gavin is starting to find his voice and makes lots of little noises.  He still gets a little surprised when it happens, but it is so cute.  I kind of always thought all little babies sound the same, but he definitely sounds like a little boy, just like Ellie sounded like a little girl.  I love hearing his little noises.

Red Light, Green Light

Sept 27, 2012  We decided to go and have a picnic in the canyon tonight.  We just stopped at McDonald's on the way up.  It is so beautiful out right now and we couldn't pass it up.  Ellie really enjoyed running around outside.  Patrick taught her all about red light green light.  

Here she is sneaking up on him.

Red Light

Then she would get 'scared' and run away as fast as she could

He always caught her;)  (Which she loved!)

We had a great time and are really enjoying being able to be out and about in the nice weather.

Happenings Around Here

Ellie was helping daddy get ready for church today.  Sept 16, 2012

Ellie and Grandpa Brown go for walks most days.  She loves to be outside and it's very nice that Grandpa is here!  Sept 17, 2012

 We tried out painting with different objects.  We used a dish cleaner, pom poms and pipe cleaners wound together. Ellie loves painting and this was lots of fun. Sept 24, 2012

Lots of snuggling with Grandpa Brown for Gavin.  He loves to take naps with Grandpa.

Playing in the rain with rain boots and umbrella.  Sept 26, 2012

Hanging with Grandma Brown before bed-Ellie loves to sit with my mom and drink milk or read books before bed.  She has even started going into my moms room at night to sleep.  She loves both of my parents and they love having the kids here all the time.  Sept 26, 2012

Ringling Brothers Circus!

I had never been to the circus before and always wanted to go.  Every year when the circus comes, I always say we are going to go...this year we made it happen.  It was awesome!  We had a really great time and Ellie was mesmerized.  We even got some yummy lemonade and cotton candy.

  Sept 22, 2012 This years theme was Dragons and it didn't disappoint. 

The Lion Tamer was pretty cool and the lions and tigers actually got quite feisty.  I was a little worried for him a few times.

They had a cat show during part of it and it was amazing what they trained cats to do.  I didn't think you could ever get a cat to do the things they did.  They had cats going through obstacle courses and climbing a rope hanging upside down.  It was really cool.  They also had motorcycles on wire above the stage with girls doing crazy moves on the back.
They had these two girls that swung from there hair...it was crazy and kind of creepy at the same time.  I was shocked that there hair was that strong.  They even hung from each others hair.  Around the outside they had these other girls doing acrobatics in a glass ball that was pretty cool.

The cage with motorcycles was amazing.  They fit so 15 motorcycles in!

I loved the acrobats that went on and the samurai sword guys were really cool also.
Ellie loved the clowns and how they would do each act after the real one.  They were hilarious.

She also loved the elephants!  I still can't believe that elephants can do so many things.  They sat on there bum with feet in the air, climbed onto little buckets and hopped onto each others back.  You wouldn't think they would be able to do the things they did being so large.

We had tons of fun and Ellie was worn out!  It was well worth it and we will be going back again!