Monday, October 29, 2012

Other October stuff

October started off warm and full of outside playing...and then quickly turned into an on again off again 3 week long quarantine due to pink eye and cold bugs. I'm already annoyed with winter and it hasn't even begun. We did get some snow, and people acted like it's an anomaly, then it melted and they all moved on with life :)  Here are a bunch of random pictures from this month (sans Halloween parties, ya'll know that's GOTTA be its own post)

Dalton and neighbor friend Luke pushing strollers down the street in the manliest of fashions

always a good time...

soup weather...how I love thee....I've made like 6 different soups in a couple of weeks. This broccoli cheese one didn't disappoint.

Cinderella came out on blu ray. That should be documented apparently.

Conference weekend, we made cinnamon rolls. It's tradition, and Addie loves it. 

Dalton's new favorite hang out spot. Addie's bed. He looks at books and thinks it's cool that he can climb off and on there on his own.

Addie's been practicing writing, mom, lately

We also sewed on conference weekend. I made Addie a Halloween skirt, you know, like ya do.

Dalton's been super busy chatting online with babes all day.

and being cute

....and getting pink eye...poor kid

 We went to the zoo! I think is the one place we went this entire month once all the strain of illness set in.
Addie and Maggie by the elephants




The sea lions were my favorite

There's a baby giraffe and it's so cute!


who doesn't love a carousel ride? well he didn't, until it started moving. Then he said, weee..

Birthday breakfast at Kneaders with Laura. These two don't know it, but we've arranged their marriage already. 

K-9 police man day at preschool

Addie and her friends mad a potion with leaves. Dalton supervised.

City Creek with my sisters the day after my birthday. We stayed overnight downtown, got no sleep, and had tons of fun!

Me and Ash..I didn't get a picture of the group, dang it.

we thought this was fitting to watch for my birthday, but stupid marriott and their tvs wouldn't let me change the input so my bluray player would work. Yes, I brought a bluray player...

Oh, and we painted nails. Like girls do

Nice view eh?

Not such a nice view...drunk dude at our door at 2am. Wrong room man!

Picking out some pumpkins from a neighbor's pumpkin patch. Gotta love free pumpkins!



Addie and Tristan are buds :)

Whit helped me make Dalton's costume. Turned out great.

Cutest little friends. I like them.

Addie made Dalton a cubby on her bed while he was looking at books one day. 
We've been seriously so bored the past two weeks...

Pumpkin painting!

Addie had to pain a pumpkin for preschool, so I let Dalton paint one too. Because he's the second child and my brain was now mush from day 4 of literally not leaving the house for a second.



You'd think I put him in a straight jacket when I put him in feet jammies....he was annoyed.

Oh, and he's learned how to do this. Nice.

After two nights of zero sleep for either of us, he finally slept..as we were walking into the Doctor's office. He woke up when the nurse took his temp and was not happy.

Yay for antibiotics, ibuprofen and oragel. He's getting four molars and has a minor ear infection.

and then he slept...from 7am-10am. on the couch. 

Feeling better! ...and needing a haircut!

What?? Who says he needs a haircut?! 

We've had a fun Halloween party-filled weekend. I'll post all the Halloween stuff together after the rest of those events have passed :)


My {SURPRISE} 30th Birthday Party

It was no surprise I was turning 30....I've felt it looming over my head for months as it approached. Really, I'm okay with it. Kind of like a bandaide. Once I ripped it off, I was like, oh that wasn't too bad....



What made it AWESOME though, was the amazing party my sweet husband threw for me. He had some help from his sister Ashley. Good thing there's a party planner in the family, because he didn't mess around with the details of this event. He mapped out where people could park, emailed people specific recipes of soups and treats to make, and left Ashley in charge to corral everyone til we got there. I was under the impression we were meeting Ash and Ian for dinner in Farmington and just dropping our kids off at my mom's for her to watch them. I wonder what he'd have done if I'd told him I'd wait in the car while he took them in...they did have a fake story about Jed needing to look at their ps3, which is a common occurrence.

I was shocked!! VERY SURPRISED! It took me a few minutes to even soak it all in and realize WHO was all there...and to notice extra long distance friends on my parent's 80" TV skyping in to the party. It was SO. MUCH. FUN. Jed and Ash picked a "Jenny's favorite things" theme. They had a variety of my favorite soups, as well as most of my favorite treats....Mmmm...it helps we've got a lot of good cooks and bakers in our circles :) The lighting down there isn't good, so these pictures aren't the best.


I think every toy in that house was out :) 

Me and my cute mom

Me, Ash and Whitney

Me and Grammy Lynette

My Beautiful cake made by my cute sister in law, Kacey!

Here are a few shots from my phone of the food...I hope someone took more!

Gorgeous gourmet caramel apples (Ash made enough so every could take one home)

that made Kacey happy :)

Carmelitas

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Disneyland PB sandwiches

Browned butter brownies

Gooey butter cake

Isn't that so pretty! White grape juice with a cherry in the bottom.



My cute little family. These people make 30 MORE than alright. LOVE them. 
Thanks, Friends, family and especially Jed for making my birthday so special. Love you all!

Funny random side note. I instagrammed a picture of me birthday shopping with my mom a few hours before the party...she had to run and meet me at the mall so they weren't all neglecting me all day. I ended up wearing the outfit that night to the party, so half my friends had just seen it lol.