Pre-Halloween Fun

We've been busy this month doing Halloween things.  I never realized all the carnivals, festivals and activities that went on around here until Hailie.  Now it seems every weekend we're going somewhere and doing something fun.  1st off Hailie made a haunted gingerbread house.

I think she actually ate more than decorated.

The finished project

Next up was the traditional pumpkin picking.  This is the 1st time we were able to go on a Saturday.  Much nicer than running around in the dark trying to find a good one.

The perfect pumpkin

Next, the Herriman Pumpkin Festival.  We dressed up Hailie for a costume contest.  She lost out to a pirate and a couple angry birds.  Minnie Mouse is way better. Excuse me, Princess Minnie Mouse.  She kept correcting us.

Princess Minnie Mouse

We waited extra long just to have the horse car on the train.

Pumpkin carving time.  Hailie wanted an Ariel pumpkin so her Daddy did his best.

It took so serious coaxing to get her to stick her hand in the pumpkin.

Daddy did pretty good!

Last stop on the Halloween fun train was to Boo at the Zoo.  We've never seen the zoo so busy but it was a lot of fun. The kids got to wear their costumes and stop by different booths around the zoo to trick-or-treat. It was kind of cool in the morning so most of the animals were outside playing.

Hailie and Chloe (she is a spider, super cute!) enjoying their candy.

All in all, not bad for the month of October.  November's looking pretty boring right now.

Mirror Lake

Yeah for Fall.  Leavings are turning so we took a drive up to Mirror Lake to take in the sights. Utah is so beautiful this time of the year.

Pictures

One of my best friends, Steff, has been taking pictures as a hobby and has gotten really good so I asked her to take some pictures of Hailie.  They turned out great!  It's hard to pick my favorites but her are some of them.

September come and gone

Can't believe we haven't posted since August.  Feels like we've been going non-stop since the beginning of the summer. We're not complaining, we've been having all kinds of fun.  Hailie is at a great age.  She is so much fun to take places and we love watching her experience life. I'll try to get caught up in this one post so it may be a long one.

Hailie's moved into her "big girl" bed.  She's loving it!  Bed time usually isn't an issue, nap time on the other can still be a fight to get her to stay in it.

Who's a big girl?

Labor Day we went to Lagoon with Trevor's family.  It wasn't very warm so we didn't spend much time in the water park but that was okay because Hailie wanted to go on the "kiddie rides."  That's all she would talk about on our way there but when it came down to it she chickened out on most of them.  (quite the contrast from Disneyland)  Her cousin Amelia on the other hand rode on everything.  Her Daddy forced her to go on Puff the Magic Dragon.  I don't think he'll be doing that again.

My lips are blue, it's time to go.

So cute!

If you look closely you can see Trevor and Hailie at the top of the picture.
Hailie's the one screaming her head off.

Granddad won each of the girls a giant stuffed animal.

By far, Hailie's favorite ride.  She went on this probably 10 times in a row.

Next up, we went to St. George for a long weekend.  My parents came to join us for the weekend.  We didn't do much which was perfect.  At little swimming, shopping and relaxing.

Daddy, Daughter bonding time.

Next we visited the State Fair.  They typically have a lot of weird things but this was the 1st time I've seen a traveling sea lion show.  Of course we had to check it out.  It was an alright show and after you could go up and have your picture taken with them.  Hailie kept saying "yes, i want the sea lions" but we got up there and she freaked out.

The pictures not bad, aside from the look of fear on her face.

Hailie got to work on a farm.

Despite her parents dislike of horses, Hailie LOVES them!

We also sent to the Circus in September.  It was really entertaining.  Not quite like I remember it but it was still fun.  Of course, Hailie loved all the animals.  She got very excited for the elephants and horses.  This was the only picture we got from this adventure.

Yum, Snow Cone in a tiger.

 September was pretty busy but lots of fun.  I'll finish the post off with a couple random photos I took of Hailie in our backyard.  She loves to smell the roses.  Such a cutie.  We just love her!