Disneyland

This Halloween we took the kids to Disneyland with Nathans family. The kids had so much fun, Micah wasn't sure what to think about everything. He only threw tantrums after EVERY ride, so that was enjoyable. The weather was so nice and warm, and then we had to come back to the cold Utah weather. It was a nice break and fun to be with family.

Marens Halloween Birthday Party

Happy 5th Birthday MarBear!

Maren is always making us laugh with her crazy comments and stories. She always has something to say and has such a funny personality. She's a little spitfire and is a determined little 5 year old. We love you Maren, We're so happy your part of our family. Happy Birthday !

Pumpkin Picking and Consuming Cookies

Alina and her boys came up to visit this week since the kids were out of school for Fall Break. We always have such big plans to conquer as much as possible when they come, and after it's all over we're always exhausted and didn't do everything we wanted. The kids are just happy being together and playing at Grandmas, but we did squeeze in some fun activities- Grandma made sugar cookies and we helped frost, decorate and of course eat them!

Micah just enjoying some chili cheese and chips while the rest of us frosted cookies.
An early birthday gift for Maren, from Aunt Alina.

After driving for an hour and a half to get to Santaquin (don't ask) we finally made it to the pumpkin patch. We got to take a tractor ride to the patch and pick our own pumpkins.
The night before we tie-dyed all of the kids orange pumpkin shirts. Nathan said it was cruel and embarassing to make all of kids wear the same thing. They loved it.
Picking the Perfect Pumpkin.

Happy Halloween

Instead of carving pumpkins this year, we decided to do something different. Last night we painted our pumpkins and turned them into scary Halloween bats. They loved painting and I was the only one who spilled black paint all over the floor. Happy Haunting!

Rub a tub,tub-

Rub a dub dub, A little boy ... And his "saur", both in the tub.

Happy Birthday Grandma Zoey

Happy Birthday Grandma Zoey! May all of your birthday wishes come true.

The Witches are here...

This has to be my favorite time of year- the weather, the smells, the leaves changing, I love it all. The kids had the day off of school so we went to Gardner Village to see the Witches. They are so funny and the kids love taking pictures with them. We walked around, enjoyed the perfect weather, devoured some bakery items, and spent a little money on the shops. Witchy Elvira and the girls.
Hurry and take the picture before you get hit with the pumpkin sword!
Micah loved the spiders crawling all over the witches.
After a long day of Witch Hunting.
My favorite find- we found a little shop selling all of these Ann Taintor magnets. We were laughing so hard at all of them, I finally picked this one to purchase. Nathan loves it!

Logan 5K

This weekend was the Top of Utah Marathon and 5K run. Todd and Ash ran in the marathon, so we thought we'd go up and watch them and run the 5K. We had so much fun running together, and are so amazed at Todd and Ash's accomplishment. Team Murdock

The Marathoners, Todd and Ash.
Waiting for Todd and Ash to come across the finish line.
Hatalee ran the 5K with us and placed 1st in her age division.
We had such a great time in Logan, the weather was perfect, the leaves were changing in the canyon. It was beautiful. Maybe Team Murdock should attempt it next year? Maybe the half...

Weekend Festivities..

Friday night we celebrated Ashli's birthday with LaCasita and brownies for birthday cake. Happy Birthday Ash, we hope all your birthday wishes come true! Saturday we celebrated Sedona' s birthday with a backyard picnic and a trip to the pool.
And some lizard lovin.

And the best part of the weekend... My "Adorable Disaster" t-shirt came!!

Spanish Fork 5K

Hatalee and her friend Megan who ran with her.

Saturday morning Hatalee and I ran in the Spanish Fork 5K with a couple of friends. Hatalee took 3rd place in her age division, won a $50.00 gift card to Target, and I won a new MP3 Player. It was a good experience and I am so proud of Hatalee for finishing. She was so excited to receive her 3rd place ribbon and the gift card of course. Now she just can't decide how to spend it.

Marens First Day of Preschool

Today was the first day of Preschool for Maren. She's been dying to go to school and was so excited. She came home happy because she counted on her fingers 8 things they did at school today, 1. Put their backpacks away 2. Did puzzles 3.Sat on the rug and watched a movie about letters 4. Played on the playground 5. Had Snacks 6. Read a book 7. Made a hand painting 8. Picked up their backpacks and came home! Oh the life a 4 year old....

Labor Day

We thought it would be fun to take the kids on the Heber Creeper for Labor Day, so we drove up to Heber but we were too late. We missed the train and got to wave to everyone as they pulled away. We walked around, let Micah look at the "Choos" took a few pictures and left.
We did find the new Monument they just put up about one of my relatives, Joseph Stacy Murdock and the Peace Treaty he signed with Indian Chief Tabby August 20, 1867.
We went for ice cream, played at the park, and called it a day. Maybe we'll catch the train next time...