What we've been up to . . .

Just to catch up on a few things from the past couple of weeks:

We went to Bear River Mutual's 100th Anniversary party and the kids loved it! They had a yummy dinner, cotton candy, popcorn, and sno cones. Mason loved all the 'rides' (blow up playlands) and especially liked the miniature golf. After spending a few hours there, we stopped by the primary activity for a bit.

We had Suzy, Kambry and Melissa over for Cafe Rio and to play in the back yard. We had the ice cream truck stop for the first time and Mason picked the batman popsicle. He actually had a few good licks before it melted on the plate. Tristyn had a blast riding in the Jeep with Kambry and she even learned to push the pedal on her own.

The fun teachers at day care must feel bad for Tristyn since I never take time to fix her hair in the morning. So, occasionally she comes home with super cute hairdos. I love that her hair is long enough to do fun things with and just wish she'd hold still so I could fix it!

We skipped out on the Jenkins reunion at Grey's River because the weather wasn't going to be great. So, Melissa and I decided to make jam to send to Charlie in Rhode Island. I made strawberry and a couple of batches of peach and Melissa helped me make peach raspberry. So yummy! Too bad both batches of rolls I attempted to make for Charlie turned out terrible! I need practice baking bread (notice that I didn't include the photo of the rolls).




After several months of waiting, the day of the Poison/Def Leppard concert finally arrived! We had a great time with Melissa, our friend Ryan, and Dan's brothers Ric and Dave. The bass guitarist for Poison has a home by Ric's property in Mtn Green, but unfortunately he was sick that night so one of Bon Jovi's old band members filled in for him. I haven't seen that many tattoos and mullets since we went to Lagoon!

In honor of Bret Michaels, I pulled out the bandanas and the kids rocked out. This was the last photo before Dan shaved his facial hair (he was teaching a church lesson and also starting back at BYU).

This is Dan with just a 'stache. A little too Tom Selleck . . . he had it for about 10 hours.

We found this super cute 'dinosaur' (dragon) costume at Costco and I really hoped it would fit Mason for Halloween. As you can see, it's way too small, but he still had fun roaring while wearing it. Tristyn roared right back. I may put it on her one of these days!

Karen and Steve came to town to celebrate her birthday. They invited us to join them at Tucano's and it was soooo good! Thanks Dan for staying with the kids! Afterward we say The Proposal for the third time . . . so funny!

We took corn on the cob to a BBQ the other night and had a ton left over. I gave some to the kids the next day and Tristyn loved it! Mason also held it and nibbled a little bit, but no bites. He has loved helping us pick peas and apples from our mini garden and actually ate one single pea the other night. At least it's a start. He does like the apples from the tree even though they're a bit tart! The corn on the cob came from Dan's parent's garden. We were there last Sunday to celebrate his mom and brother's birthday.

Today Dan started his 2nd year of grad school. This is his official 'first day of school' photo. It was also the official start of the college football season and USU got womped by U of U. Mason and Dan still showed their Aggie pride and Mason has been saying 'Go Aggies' all day. Maybe it's time to introduce him to the bull in Logan!

And as if I need one more thing to occupy my time . . . I signed up to sell Miche Bags. Dan's sister, Julie, signed up a couple of weeks ago and she talked me into doing it with her. I've been maintaining her blog for her and am not sure when I'll get my own blog going--especially since I just created one for CTMH. Feel free to visit her blog by clicking the Miche link to the right. We are doing a booth at Novemberfest in Logan Thanksgiving weekend and I'll be doing a table for CTMH at a neighbor's house in a few weeks. So, wish me luck in squeezing that all in!

Mason starts preschool again next week so we went to an open house this week to meet his teachers. He still wants to go to his old classroom, but I think he'll transition okay. I'm grateful for the progress he's made in communicating since he started last November. He likes to type words on the computer using Word or Notepad. He'll type them from memory or copy words that are put in front of him. His favorite saying right now is "not yet".

We took Tristyn for her 15 month appointment this morning and she was 20 lbs 3 oz and 31 1/4" tall. I can't believe she's already that old! She's climbing and running and teasing and doing everything a healthy 15 month old does. She was super mad after her shots and I felt so bad. Mason had his flu shot as well . . . it's a good thing they're quick to forgive! Tristyn still likes dogs and will put her lips together to make the 'm' sound when we ask what a kitty or cow says. She'll say 'all done' and 'oh no' (mostly when eating). She loves it when Mason kisses her goodnight--it's so cute!

So, there you go! Thanks for reading!