Pumpkin patch

I took Nic and Ben up to Ogden Saturday to see Geoff & Ky's new house (Andrew and Chris are in St. George for a baseball tournament).

Geoff and Ky are still unpacking so we decided to take their boys out of their hair for a few hours. We hit the pumpkin patch, Kurt's Drive-in (glaciers... Yum!), and a visit with Grandpa. It was a super fun afternoon and the pumpkin patch was awesome! These boys are funny, each wanting to try on the stinky pumpkin head.

Vote Ben for president!

Ben for president!

School elections were held last week. It was a hard fought race and Ben worked hard. In the end, Ben was the runner up... conceding by a mere 3 votes!

The candidates were not allowed to campaign outside of a video and two double-sided posters.

Here are a few photos of his posters and here is the link to his election video.

Ben is excited to try again. He announced he'll be running for 7th grade President this spring.  He already has an idea to make his video funny - as he determined that was how he could improve.

Way to go Ben. We are proud of you and so very proud you put yourself out there.

UEA weekend

Chris had a business conference in California that coincided with UEA weekend. Since the boys were out of school we decided to head to California for our long weekend and meet up with Chris. I took the boys to Disney solo while Chris worked. As a family we spent a few days at the beach. We are driving home now. It was a great long weekend.

Halloween banner

Halloween is one if my favorite holidays because it is just so fun to decorate for.

Last week I met up with Paula and we stopped by Tai Pan. The place was decked out with crazy Halloween decor. Usually I find Tai pan somewhat inexpensive - not this time around. While there we saw a super cute, small Halloween banner. Not wanting to spend the $30.00 we decided to make one. 

After little time and a lot of conversation we finished our banners. Much cuter and a little larger than the original. Besides our time, it was basically FREE.  Another excuse to use up some of my crafting stash.  

Most product is SU. The base is made from large manilla folder tags (penny a piece). Letters use black glitter paper.

Paula's house always has cool decor. Check out this amazing Halloween advent she made a few years ago (hopefully you can see it well enough with the crappy phone photo). Totally awesome!