Pumpkin Faces

It is that time again to get messy.  The kids picked their pumpkins and faces and we went to work.

Taryn had no idea what was going on, but was so excited anyway.  I'm pretty sure we could have gotten her to do anything.

 Save the seeds so Daddy can eat them.

Though Dayton wants to love this, he just does not like cleaning the pumpkin.  Every year he lasts just a little bit longer then the year before. Kyle doesn't help the matter any when he does this to him.

 Hard at work.

 Camrie never holds back; she gets right in there to get the guts.

 Dayton held his own this year.

 Camrie stuck around to do her face.  She did pick the hardest one.

Ta-da!  Minnie mouse, kitty cat, and a mean face.

Birthday Bash

Dayton was so excited for his birthday he could not sleep the night before and was up extra early that morning.  We tried to play it down that we were not really doing much for his birthday, but we had a few surprises for him.

  He woke up to his door covered with balloons and donuts for breakfast.

 I surprised him by checking him and 5 of his buddies out of school early for a birthday party.

I took them and all their scooters to the classic fun center.  It was great because there was nobody there so they pretty much just ran crazy.

This is the pirate cove.  They ran through and climbed all over it. If you look hard you can see Dayton in there somewhere.

 Some of the huge bounce houses they jumped on and slid down.

And this was really fun.  They turned off the lights and played music while the boys rode around on their scooters.  They played games and had races too.

 Cup cakes for the birthday boy!

After the party we went to dinner.  There was one more surprise waiting for Dayton.  Nana Decker came up for his birthday and brought another great buddy and cousin Kaden. They were so excited and inseparable the whole night. They even sat at their own table at dinner.

 Time for presents.  Camrie and Nana hid them all and then Dayton found them.

 Among the gifts were a new tennis racket and tennis balls.

 Who doesn't love money!

 Anything NY Giants is always a bonus.

 And just to keep him diverse he got some BYU stuff too.

 More cupcakes with Nana.

Yum.

And if all that was not enough Nana took Dayton, Kaden and Camrie back to her house for a sleep-over.  I went the next day to get them and we had a family party for both Dayton and I with more presents and cake. We were spoiled by friends and family all weekend.  It was great!

First Day of School - 2013

Summer came to an end real fast and it was time to go back to school.  This year Dayton is in 3rd grade and has Mrs. Poulsen.  His favorite thing about school is recess.   Camrie started Kindergarten and has Mrs. Bair.  She was very excited to get the same teacher that Dayton had.  Her favorite thing about school is everything but wishes she got to go all day instead of just half day. 

 Breakfast of champions (his choice not mine).

 Our big 3rd grader.

 New Yankee book bag and Yankee shoes.

Camrie started a week later and boy was it a long week.  But her day finally came and she was more then ready with her new dress and new shoes.

Our big girl going to Kindergarten.

New York Trip

While in New York we played all day every day.  

We saw Grandpa Bill.

And met our new nephew/cousin Jackson.

We got to see cousin Ainsley and play together.

And went swimming.

Played outside.

Played with Grandma Jody.

And Uncle Jared.

Ate ice cream.

And cake.

Grandpa's birthday.

More ice cream.  This time at Good Ole Wishey's.  It is a tradition.

Uncle Jared and our cousin Logan came with us.

After months and months of asking and asking and even praying, Camrie finally got her hair cut. Her beautiful long hair before she cut it.

And her adorable hair after.

Taryn did not get her hair cut but did not want to be left out, so thank you Heidi for playing along.

BBQ with lots of friends and family.

All the big guys against the little guys.  There were twice as many big guys as little and they would not let them win.

Family picture.

Grandpa and Grandma Carter with the great grandkids.

No trip to New York is complete without a bon fire and some smores.

One more party before we go.  Happy 30th uncle Jared.

Saying goodbye to Grandma.  We had such a good time in New York it was hard to leave, but we look forward to visiting them again and we hope they might come visit us.