I can't believe I haven't posted anything since September! I have no idea what happened! I think things just got busy with Jake and Ethan at school. I also got a new phone that I have taken a bunch of pictures with, but have yet to be able to get them to upload to my computer so I was waiting for those but oh well. Here are a few random pictures from Jake's phone and my real camera of things we have done the last couple of months. Warning: There are going to be a lot of pictures!

We went to our first football game of the year in our red hoodies (Go Lynx!)

 Yes, my children are wearing Halloween masks. Don't ask me why, they just love to wear masks all the time, any time of the year.

 Someone got all muddy when her daddy was supposed to be watching her...

 The kids and I had a candlelight dinner one night when our power got knocked out for over 5 hours. A high school girl had slammed her truck into one of the poles going around a corner too fast. She hit it so hard it knocked one pole over and tore up the one next to it too!

 During the high school's homecoming week the elementary school does the same dress up days as the high school. This day was mismatch day and Ethan picked out every bit of his outfit by himself making sure that not one thing would match.

 The second day was crazy hair day and although he was excited about it when we put the pony tails in, he did not like having them in by the time he was done at Kindergarten and he definitely didn't like me pulling them out.

 The third day was nerd day, and I have to say that he is by far the cutest nerd ever. One of my visiting teachers (who works at the school) said he was definitely the best nerd of the day!

To end the week they have a huge bonfire out past the city limits. Throughout the year everyone from town takes out any wood, weeds, lumber etc that they have laying around and put it in a big pile in preparation for the homecoming bonfire. They have the fire dept come out and they are actually the ones who start the fire, just to be safe. The fire in this picture is probably 20-30 feet long and 10 feet wide and that is after it had been going for about 20 minutes. We were sitting on a hill about 100 yards away and had to move because it was so hot!

 Olivia got tired of the bonfire after awhile so she and I went to sit in the car and wait for Jake and Ethan. This is her grooving out to her Backyardigans CD.

 Ethan had a blast at the bonfire because not only was there a huge fire (which come on, any kid would think was cool) but he also got to see some of his school friends and climb all over the rocky hills.

 When we were getting ready for the football game I was helping Ethan find his shoes and Olivia came out of her room like this and told me she was ready to go to the football game.

One day Olivia got mad and didn't want to take a nap but we told her she couldn't come out to the living room so she laid in the hall by her bedroom door and eventually got bored and fell asleep.

We had a couple of sick days that except for all their throwing up, I think the kids enjoyed because I let them lay around, sleep, and watch TV and movies all day.

Going to another football game in their red hoodies

 I think Olivia did it on accident and then Ethan thought it was funny so he had to join in on the upside down sunglasses too

 Ethan gave his temple talk in sacrament meeting during the primary program and he did awesome! He got right up to the podium, spoke straight into the microphone so clearly, and he didn't even need any help from his teachers.

While we were in Ephraim for the Sanpete County Fair, we got to meet Tow Mater!

 Pioche has a Labor Day celebration every year and there are always a few little rides for the kids to go on. This year Olivia was big enough to join in on some of the fun and clearly she enjoyed the swings.

Ethan loves to ride in this little barrel train. They have had it every year since we've been going there and it's always the first thing he wants to do. Olivia on the other hand was not so sure about it but because Ethan was with her (holding her hand) she seemed to be okay with.

And those are some of the things we have been doing this fall! I told you there would be lots of pictures! I am going to try to get the pictures off my phone this week because I have pretty much all of our Halloween stuff (costumes, pumpkins, etc), and a few other fun things we did stuck on there. Hope you enjoyed the random update!