Christmas Meadows...

 It's amazing to me all of the beauties that are so close to us.  This last weekend during the kids' fall break we decided to tough out the cold weather in our last camping trip of the year.  The days were beautiful and the nights were cold.  Everyone was worried about us freezing but we survived and I'm so glad that went. We stayed in Christmas Meadows Campground in the Uintas.  We had the entire place to ourselves.  There was no one anywhere near us, to which both Nic and I later admitted it was kinda scary.  Especially in the middle of the night when you would hear coyotes not to far away.  We stayed warm enough at night and only used the heater the first night.  We had fires at night and ate breakfast around the fire as well.  We spent our little get away, sight seeing, hiking, and fishing and loved every bit of it, well except when I fell off the rocks and banged up my hip, knee, and shin and finished it off with rolling into the water.  Yes my ego hurt a bit too!

Witch Fest, and Enduro Cross Racing...

 On October 11th we had a fun filled day.  That morning we got up and ready for Payton's soccer game at 8:30.  I asked the coach if she could play the first half since we would need to leave to be down to Garndner Village by 10.  The coach was awesome and let us do that.  Payton was so focused on getting her face painted that we could have missed her game all together and that would have been fine.  She and I both love the tradition of putting on our witch hats and having fun looking around all of the shops.  And it's always nice to get good pictures of everyone with Joni around.

 She loves her Great Grandma Montgomery..

  I'm pretty sure I was in the middle of goofing off and you know "working it" so don't mind me.

 That night it was back to Salt Lake for Nic and I.  We went to the Enduro Cross Racing at the ESA.   This was our first experience with it and it was lots of fun to watch.  I keep telling Nic that he should try this.  Maybe I can get him to try next year.

Apple Press...

 On Monday we spent the day picking apples and the night pressing them to make yummy apple juice.

Liquid gold is what we call it! It's yummy!!!

Dinosaur Week...

In case you didn't know, last week was dinosaur week.  Officially, probably not, but for us it was.  Last week I visited the Dinosaur Park 3 different times. The first visit was with Payton on her first Kindergarten field trip.  Later that night we went again with my family for the Weber County Faculty night.  And the final visit was on Friday for Connor's first Preschool field trip.  I have to say I had the funnest with Connor.  He was so into every dinosaur and would run from dinosaur to dinosaur asking what it was called and after me telling him he would run to the next.  It was good one on one time with him, time that I really enjoyed.

On Sunday Grandma Rich gave the kids little tiny dinosaurs that grew when you put them in water.  Very fitting for our week.

Payton's Triceratops..

Between the dinosaur fun Payton learned to blow a bubble with bubble gum!

Such a stud. 

Friday night the boys left for a Father and Sons outing.  Nic was glad to have stayed in the trailer, since it rained the entire time.  Connor had tons of fun and loved spending the night camping with dad, uncle Sam, and Grandpa Rich.  To add a little more fun Aaron, Weston, and McKay joined them in the trailer.

Since Nic and Connor were out having fun, Payton and I couldn't pass up a mommy daughter date.  We ate dinner at Cafe Rio then went to Farr's Fresh for ice cream. We came home and watched Charlotte's Web together then went to bed.  Payton several times told me it was the best date ever.