4-wheelin with the family

Here we are again abandoned by Mom. Just kidding my wife does everything for me:) So were off for another adventure with grandpa and uncle Dan on the 4-wheelers. We chose the desert out behind Bloomington for this weeks adventure.

Here is Grandpa, Grant, and Aiden.

Here is one of the canyons we where in.

This is the side view of where the kids are standing in the next picture. Mom would be proud!

Apparently that is a cliff behind them.

My little rock climber.

And an explorer.

Aiden deep in thought. (About the universe and his place in it I am sure.)

You can't really see it but that is a pretty gnarly cliff we went up.

The kids loved this stop. They got to throw all the sticks and rocks they wanted.

These kids love their grandpa!

Oh ya we started to day playing volleyball with Brittney and her family.

Fun with the kids

While my wonderful wife was abandoning her family for a twilight weekend I was blessed with the opportunity to spend some time with my wonderful children.

On our way through our journey we stopped at cedar breaks.

Our primary goal was to go to brianhead to see the lift chairs, but they were training the ski patrol so they had made a lot of snow. What a bonus

It was more like ice but these little troopers made the best of it none the less.

Grant spent more time throwing snow at everybody then anything else and not just at his bro. and sis. strangers where not safe either.

At the bottom of Parowan canyon is the cemetery where my grandparents are buried so we couldn't pass up that opportunity.

Neal's post soon to come.....

Well, I am home! We had a lot of fun going up North to see Twilight. Thanks to my Mom for being such a great host. It was great to spend some time with my Mom and Dad. We shopped, ate yummy food and I got to sleep in this morning. My Aunt bought a puppy. The cutest little dog. Wasn't on the agenda, but that's what a girls weekend is all about. It was a great trip with some great ladies (and a great man who was drug from store to store). Alex and I talked boys. She has already discovered at the young age of seventeen that boys are stupid and clueless. Hehe :) What a great kid she is.
Here is a picture of us before the movie. It was taken with my cell phone so it's not all that great. I guess I only remember my camera when my kids are around.

So, TWILIGHT!! Wow!!! I left the theater immediately wanting to see it again. I knew going into it that I couldn't compare the movie to the book. The story was out of order and a lot of my favorite parts about the book were not in it, but I thought the casting was amazing. Oh Edward with those peircing eyes. I thought he did a good job at showing Edwards struggle just with those eyes. Was it better than the book?? No way. I loved it though. Let me know your thoughts. I am always up for a discussion about Twilight. Neal had a great time with the kids. They fit so much into one day I am amazed. Who wants boring Mom around when they have fun Dad. :)

I love seeing Linkin Park like this...

Getting really excited for Twilight this weekend.

Just a short rambling post..

Wow, the last couple of weeks have been crazy. Soccer is now over! Hallelujah!! We have our Saturdays back. I am very excited for this weekend. I am going up North, along with my Aunt, cousin and Grandmother, to go see Twilight. We have our tickets and the theater we are going to has assigned seating, so no lines for us! Did I mention I am not taking my kids. :) Saturday night Neal went on an awful call to the high school up the street. A boy had accidentally shot himself in the head with a gun that was loaded with blanks and was being used for a school play. Neal was one of the first on scene. Our prayers are with his family as they are dealing with their loss. Don't even ask me why a real gun loaded with blanks was allowed to be used for a high school play. That's a different post though. He is a fireman, but seems to go to more medical calls than fires or car accidents. I am amazed that he doesn't curl up in the fetal position due to the awful things he has seen. My family will be coming to my house for Thanksgiving. I am very excited about that. It's always a lot of work to host a holiday, but it is well worth it to have so many people I love all in one place. This past weekend we had a bunch of family over to help us with our yard. Thank you, Thank you! We sure have a great family who is willing to spend their Saturday doing yucky yard work and their only payment being orange juice and donuts. :) We burned lots and lots of weeds. Landon sure thought that was great because Neal let him put out the fires. So Landon's desire to be a fireman like his daddy has increased. That's just a bit of what we have been up to.

Gotta love you tube!!

Get off the computer and go vote!!

Landon's prayer....

Landon said the family prayer tonight and he asked Heavenly Father to fill our money bucket. Hehe :) I always forget to add that one in my prayers.

I love Halloween!

This week we.....


Had a preschool Halloween party!!

Took a picture with a pretty Barbie Princess.

Got to walk with sister in the school parade and be just like Daddy!!

Got to be the prettiest football player EVER!!

Had a blast being called Frankie all week long!!

Got to take some pictures with some great friends.
Tyler and Chase

(Alexis and Brooklynn)

Carved Pumpkins from five to five thirty on Wednesday. (Pretty sad when you have to start scheduling pumpkin carving)

Had a Halloween feast with Putrid Punch and worm dogs!

Discovered Mom wasn't so boring after all. Oh and Landon discovered that all of their costumes this year stared with F words. (Fireman, Frankenstein and football player) His words, not mine! :)

Mom made Frankie cupcakes.

Which was a big hit with our Frankie obsessed boy!

Went Trick or Treating with our cousins.

We hung out with some handsome boys.

Stood up to everyone in class who said "Girls can't be football players for Halloween."

Got some fun treats from a crazy man named Josh.

Decided that Josh and Ashley are the coolest for dressing up.

Went Trick or Treating with cousins and had some yummy chili and bread sticks at a neighborhood party. Thanks Cazier Fam for inviting us!

Ended the night with a visit to Grandma and Grandpa Caziers and coming home so tired we could not stop crying. What a great week!!

A post from Neal..

This last weekend I was lucky enough to be invited to go on a fishing trip with my brother and his wife's family to Mexico. We drove to a little village called Puertecitos, which doesn't even have any stores. From there we went twenty two miles into the ocean and caught these monsters.

Pumpkin Patch Fun!!

On Saturday we did our annual trip to Staheli Farms Pumpkin Patch. This is the first time my parents have not been able to go with us. Kind of sad, but still fun.

Landon's pumpkin!

Our rule has always been that you have to be able to carry your own pumpkin. Aliya always pushes her limits. She carried that thing all the way to the car. :)

Baby Trey and Nancy on the hayride to the pumpkins.

Cute girls.

Landon getting ready to go on the bumpy, wild and crazy ride. Remind me not to go on this one next year.

The gang!

This was Aliya's favorite thing to do here.

Grant loved loved all the farm animals and they loved him.

Playing in the sand of course.

They made a little swing ride out of a horse thing. I don't know what is is called.

So fun for the kids.

We had a great time. It was fun to spend some time with Nancy and the kids. I really miss Nancy and I am glad she wanted to go. It was really hot and I was exhausted, so we didn't stay as long as the kids wanted. Pumpkin carving post soon to come!