{11.29.2021-12.5.2021}

Matthew got his bear skull back this week! It's so big!!

We went to our town light parade with Aunt Patty and Kass and the boys! I usually don't enjoy going to things like this, because...you know...people. But it was so fun! I'm glad we went! 

I promise Eli is in this picutre...he's behind Alya's antlers (which were given out at the parade...how cute is that?!) 

And then after we saw Santa and Mrs. Clause and drank hot cocoa we got to watch the fireworks! There were a ton of people there, but we still had a great time! // At the Sorenson family Christmas party this year we played a game of Kahoot! and if I remember right...Jessica and Miss Lyla were the winners! 

Alya was given this puzzle for Christmas last year, and she finally got around to getting it done! I love that my kids love puzzles, and this was a pretty cute one!

{11.22.2021-11.28.2021}

 

Happy Thanksgiving! The last few years it has become a tradition for us to go bowling the day after Thanksgiving with Matthew's family. 

I love this picture of Lyla and Grandpa! My kids are lucky to have so many people who love them so much! 

I don't think I have ever been this flexible! // I found a few selfies on my phone from Alya! 

Beautiful views up Fairview canyon. // He looks so peaceful! 

I needed a little alone time this week so Matthew kicked me out the door and stayed home with the kids so that I could go on a drive. I drove up Fairview Canyon and was just blown away by the sunset. 

It was absolutely beautiful!

{10.25.2021-10.31.2021}

My little superhero! // My dad had a successful cow hunt up at the ranch with Matthew. It was fun to spend the evening with him...even though it was pretty stinking cold and my dad's knees were shot after coming off the mountain! 

We got the girls' school pictures back this week! They are beautiful!

We visited our local pumpkin patch this week. They just keep adding to the activities every year, and we are never disappointed! // I love when the girls get a little adventurous! 

The duck races were one of the new additions this year! None of the kids wanted to race Eli, so he had plenty of fun on his own! // We made it through the corn maze! 

I love that action shot of the kids climbing the hay tower! 

For some reason I don't have a good picture of Alya on the zip line, and I was holding Eli on it the whole time he was going down it, but here are Lyla and Axel. // Look how small Axel looks! 

Obviously we had to have a buried in the corn picture. (Lyla)//(Axel)

(Alya)//(Eli)

We love the wagon ride the most! 

This year Eli might not have appreciated it quite as much...he spent most of the train ride hiding from the scary things.

It's such a cute little pumpkin patch! I am so glad that we have it so close!

I love the eyelashes that Lyla gave her jack-o-lantern!

Axel had his Halloween parade at preschool this week! He made a pretty good little zombie.

The girls had their parade/party at school this week too. Eli and I got to go help with the party. I think the spider cookies were a big hit!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I love this family of mine and I am so grateful for Matthew. I am so glad I get to do this life with him!

I love this child and his crazy personality!

{7.19.2021-7.25.2021}

This week was our 24th of July camping trip! My favorite weak of the year! We camped on the Boulder and it was beautiful! We got rained on every day so it was a little cold but that meant that we were able to light a campfire so I guess I can't complain too much! 

I love that we do this trip every year and I love seeing all of our kids get to play together! (Lincoln, Alexa, Annalyn, Beckett, Alya)

The other moms are a lot more fun that this mom! Diana brought all kinds of crafts for the kids to do, it seems like we all brought games for them to play, Lindsey brought balloons and made animals and swords for the kids, someone brought glow sticks, Becky took all the kids on fourwheeler rides...the kids were very busy all week long! 

Axel and Ainslee were best buds all week! They were so cute! 

I thought this moss was so cool! // Ainslee was so nice to let Axel practice riding a two wheeler on her bike. He got pretty good at it! I think I know what he might be getting for his birthday! 

It was just so beautiful all week long! 

We went on a hike to Cascade Falls. You can see petroglyphs in both of these pictures...can you find them? 

I think this is our whole group that went on the hike!

We made it to the falls!! 

These people are just really good people, and I say it every year, but this trip is like my Christmas! I almost start counting down the days until next year on the last day of our trip!

(We had to get a picture of the Bankheads seperate from the rest of us because they had to leave early.)

It's so fun to see how these kids grow and change, and see the new additions every year! (Alexa, Eli, Lyla, Alya, Riley, Sophie, Annalyn, Lincoln, Ainslee, Axel, Beckett, Colter, Graycie)

On our way down from our hike it started to rain. All the dads and some of the kids had made it back to the trucks, but some of us moms and a few of the kids were caught in the rain storm. It started raining so hard and so fast, I think it was a legitimate flash flood. It sounded like lightening was striking right above us, it was SO loud. Water was running down the trail. By the time we made it to the pavement we were walking through inches of water. It started to hail on us just as we made it to the little pavilion thing with the maps...we had to take shelter underneath it for a minute. By the time we made it to the cars we were DRENCHED!!!!! It was pretty crazy!