Snow Day!!

 

 

Wyatt and I went outside one day to play in the snow.  We built a good sized snowman and a mini snowman on our deck.  Wyatt also made a few snow angels while he was out.  It was fun to get out while we did have some decent snow to use.

North Pole Express!!

 

 

This year we decided to go on the North Pole Express up in Heber City.  It was so much fun!!  We went on the first class car of the train.  It was really neat.  They had a red carpet to get on the train and had elves waiting at the beginning as well.  We got our own hot chocolate mug, a special boarding ticket, were served hot chocolate with whipping cream, had a chocolate chip cookie, had a visit from Mrs. Claus (she gave everyone Santa's favorite cookie recipe), we sang Christmas carols, and went by the North Pole Village where we picked up Santa.  Santa visited with all of the kids and gave them a special bell.  Wyatt has loved his bell.  It was a really neat ride.  We also had a few extra visitors toward the end of the ride.  We had the Grizzles, Real Salt Lake, and a few other teams mascots come in and say hi.  That was a surprise.  We all had a wonderful time!! 

Decorating Gingerbread Houses With Cousins!!

 

 

This last Monday my mom and my sister and her 2 cute girls (Lynlee and Brenna) came over to decorate gingerbread houses and a gingerbread train.  It was really fun.  My mom and my 2 nieces came with me to get Wyatt off of the bus from school first then decorate their houses and train.  They had a fun time.  They even enjoyed eating the frosting and treats while decorating.  This is how their gingerbread houses and train turned out!!  It was really fun!!  Thanks for coming over!!  This will probably end up being a new tradition!!

Family Festival at UVU!!

 

 

We went down to UVU a couple of weekends ago to go to the Family Festival they were holding there.  My brother even came over to meet us since he lives down the street from UVU.  When we first got there the boy scouts and other leaders were there selling pinewood derby kits and had a huge track that had a loop in it as well that people were able to use to race their cars.  Doug and Wyatt made a car while we were there and raced it.  Wyatt's wheels were a little bit off so it didn't quite make it around the look the first time.  We worked on it a bit more and raced it again later and it did great!!  Wyatt gets a family pass through his school to attend the festival.  It is really a lot of fun.  When we enter the festival Wyatt is given a packet that has $5 of paper money that he gets to use to go towards games, bouncy houses, food, etc.  They have booths set up for the kids to earn more dollars as they go.  If they deposit their $5 at a bank at the event for 20 minutes, the bank will double it up to $10.  Wyatt earned quite a few dollars that day by going to all of the stations and investing his money.  He played games and raced his pinewood derby car.  He even received a badge/patch from the scout troop that was there for racing his car.  At the end if the kids have any extra dollars left they can either take some of them to an actual bank and trade it in for $5 in their account at that bank or they can donate their dollars to an organization like KUED 11 where the dollars that are donated get traded in for actual money from the bank which is really neat.  Wyatt donated his money to the KUED 11 station because he really likes some of the kids shows they have.  In the picture Wyatt was standing next to cut outs of Daniel Tiger and Super Why.  It was really fun time.

Halloween!!

 Wyatt with his trick or treating stash.

Here are a couple of photos from Halloween.  I will have to add some more.  Wyatt was the dark knight Batman this year.  I didn't get a photo of him just in his costume.  He was in his thermals that he wore under his costume really quickly because he got warm quickly after trick or treating.  We had quite a busy day.  We went to Wyatt's parade at school, I was in charge of Wyatt's class party at school, plus trick or treating.  For Wyatt's classroom party they had 2 crafts they did (a picture they colored and made a spider web out of  a black plate, yarn and a bug), they decorated sugar cookies, listened to stories, and played 2 games.  I think they all had a good time.  I was able to take Wyatt trick or treating this year.  It was a lot of fun.  I came up with a costume at the last minute.  I dressed up in Doug's high school graduating gown and used Wyatt's cap that he wore for his Kindergarten graduation.  It was hilarious.  I got a few funny comments about it like you're just graduating or professor, etc.  It was a hoot.  Doug stayed home an maned the trick or treater's at our house.  Usually we run out of candy but this year was a bit slower for some reason and we had candy left over which is unusual.  It ended up being pretty decent weather wise for trick or treating as well.

Kaylie's Birthday Party!!

For my niece's 1st birthday my sister Kelleen had a costume party because my niece's birthday is so close to Halloween.  It was really fun.  Everyone dressed up in a costume.  They had relay races, candid photos, and the kids were able to go trick or treating to some of the dorms.  They had a blast with that.  It was really fun.

Reflections Contest!!

Every year with Wyatt's school they have a program called Reflections.  It is a contest the kids in the school are able to participate in.  They are able to do artwork, 3D art, musical numbers, photography, etc.  Wyatt entered a picture this year.  The theme was Believe, Dream, Inspire and they had to base their work off of one of those categories.  Wyatt drew a picture and said that he dreamed that it was his back yard.  He had drawn a picture of Nana Page's back yard with a dear in it, a swing set, an apple tree, etc.  Each student that entered received some sort of prize.  Wyatt got a T-shirt, some coupons to Chick-fil-a and a gift certificate to get an Italian ice.  We took a picture of all of the students, the principal and PTA president as well.  There were some students who won medals or a grand prize.  But we thought it was pretty neat that all the students got an award of some sort.  We are proud of Wyatt for entering a picture.  He loves doing artwork.