Crazy Wind Storm!

 We had several terrible wind storms this year but we had one in November that did some damage! It was SO scary! It felt like the Wizard of Oz! I thought the whole house was gonna blow away!! Baylor was playing in the playroom and he watched this gigantic tree fall right outside the playroom window. He was yelling 'Mom a tree fell down!' Several trees had already fallen so I figured that's what he meant but nope... this huge tree in front of the house! We had scheduled to cut it down the following week... but Mother nature took care of that for us! Fortunately there was not much damage. The tree fell on the front of our Sequoia but there wasn't even a scratch! Unfortunately our white railing was toast! That night we were so scared we hurried and packed our bags and stayed at Lori and Verne's house. Since then, when Baylor sees a tree that has fallen he says, 'I bet they needed to stay at their Grandma and Grandpa's house!' This storm was so crazy there were fallen trees and blown down fences EVERYWHERE! I've never seen anything like it!

 Verne and Lori came over to help clean up.

There were fallen tree out of every window! We lost a total of 7 trees... and our neighbor lost a huge one that fell over and smashed our chain link fence. Our forest has 4 horizontal trees in in. 

During the storm the vent to our oven was flapping and making a noise. Bentley named this noise 'Freaky guy' every time the wind would make a flap he would yell 'NO FREAKY GUY!' Then he would apologize to freaky guy. 'Sorry Freaky Guy, sorry freaky guy.' Then he started kissing freaky guy (the air) and saying 'hugs freaky guy!' It was so entertaining!!

Huckleberries

Wesley was BEYOND happy to be a soccer player this year. Every week he would ask, is today Soccer? He loved his practices and games. He also loved his teammates. His team was called the 'Huckleberries' it was just too darn cute! We LOVED watching Wesley play soccer each week!

Utah

After a busy Summer of remodeling we decided we needed a getaway!! We thought for sure we'd be done with our move weeks before the trip... but we ended up moving into our home just two days before the trip. Moving and planning for a weeklong trip at the same time was stressful. We left everything a big huge mess- but we were so grateful to finally be in the house... and to get a vacay!

We loved going to the Pumpkin patch!!

We had a fun day of shopping and Temple Square.

....and of course we HAD to go to Lagoon. We had way too much fun!!

Bentley LOVED this Bulgy ride. He rode it over and over and over and OVER again. He looked so adorable on it!!! So does little Ivrie in the background.

Baylor is so obsessed with anything scary. I knew he would love this picture and he does. He wanted to go on the haunted rides the most... and of course he always claims that he wasn't scared!

We were able to visit Grandma Davis on Friday. The kids always love seeing her and her toys. :) She was so nice and took us out to lunch. Chick-Fil-A... our favorite!!! 

It was a trip to remember that's for sure! We absolutely love visiting the James family and Grandma Davis. So many fun memories were made!!!

School Halloween Party

Baylor's school had a Halloween Festival. This is one thing I LOVE about his new school- they celebrate holidays! The weather was warm and perfect for the occasion. It was a very busy month so we didn't have much time for costumes. After the boys' soccer games we ran to the Halloween store and they each picked out a costume. Not my favorite way to do it- but they LOVED their costumes. It was a dream come true for Baylor to be something really scary! Wesley loved being Darth Vader too. They were happy boys! 

 The party had food, games, a cake walk and the boys' favorite.. a 'Haunted Hallway.' We walked through it several times! The PTA did a great job putting this together. We had a great time. 

Bizi Farms with Ms. Carolyn

We went to Bizi Farms for Wesley's very first field trip! Bentley got to come too and he LOVED it! They both did!

The rule at Bizi Farms is that each child must be able to carry their pumpkin all by themselves. Parents are not allowed to help carry the pumpkins.  Wesley picked a very big pumpkin and INSISTED that he could carry it the whole time. I tried to talk him out of it but he promised he could do it and he did!

Bentley and Chloe. Bentley LOVES this girl. We joke that this is his girlfriend. During the field trip he was right by her side holding hands. He loves to hug her. They really are the cutest little couple I've seen!

Chloe, Wesley and Ms. Carolyn. Pumpkin washing time!

Bentley loved the Llamas!

SERIOUSLY the cutest little thing I've laid my eyes on! 

I had so much fun with my two little boys. Oh how I love them!

First Day of Preschool

Wesley has been sooooo excited to go to Ms. Carolyn's ALL YEAR! He was so happy for his first day! His class is filled with familiar faces... including his friend Simon who used to be our neighbor. We are going to carpool with my friend Becca and her daughter Chloe. 

Baylor's First Day of 1st Grade

Baylor's first day of first grade... and his first day at his new school! We met his teacher and went to his class a couple days before school started. His teacher seemed really great and the classroom was decorated so fun. It is going to be a great year!

Wesley was jealous he didn't get to start! 

A couple more days for Wes!

Baylor's first time riding the bus to school!