October

So I've been off the radar for a while and I'm trying to catch back up, so here's October doings...

We went to a pumpkin patch that was really fun. Mary had a blast feeding the ponys and going down a giant slide they had. She also like this tube swing.

They had a lot of fun things for Mary to do and for us to participate in too. 

 Mary participated in Trunk or Treat and Trick or Treating this year. She LOVED it!!! She couldn't get enough of it. She was so cute about it and always said "Thanks" - or at least most of the time.

It was pretty cold outside so we had to bundle her up pretty well. She reminded me of Edith from Despicable Me. We went around for an hour, but Mary could have stayed out WAY longer. To this day she asks about Trick or Treating.

We went and visited Garden of the God's one weekend. It was really fun just to walk around and see the pretty rocks. Mary loved running around.

Afterwards we went to a park and had a picnic in the back of the truck. 

Mary had a great time on the slide. No fear for this one!

August!

So we are finally at August! YAY!!! Hopefully I can do some normal updates after this...hopefully!

A week after girls camp we went back to Utah to spend some quality time with my parents. We're usually not there for very long. So, we decided to take a real vacation with them. We get there Sunday afternoon and we plan out our week. Monday rolls around and we're waiting for my dad to get back from dropping off my niece at home when my mom gets a call from my dad. All I hear is "Are you okay?!?", "The trailer, you need the trailer?"..."Are you okay?!? What happened?!?"..."The trailer for your motorcycle? Okay, we'll be right there! Are you sure you're okay?!!!!!"..."Jake, yes he's here. Yes, the trailer.".... Needless to say my ears pricked up and I wondered what was going on. So, my wonderful mother, gets off the phone in a bit of a panic and starts talking in code, but we learned that my dad was in some sort of motorcycle accident and that he needed the trailer. So Jake went with my mom and I stayed at home wondering what was going on. I get a call about 10 minutes later and dad needs to go to the doctor. It was quite the afternoon...long story short...Dad laid down his motorcycle to avoid hitting the lady who turned out in front of him cutting him off. He, luckily (he doesn't usually), was wearing his helmet, slammed his shoulder into the pavement, rolled three times and then came to a stop. After 8 hours of going to his doc and then the ER we learned he had bruised his shoulder really well - he was in A LOT of pain, and only scrapped up his elbow, knee and hand. He was one blessed old man (sorry dad, but you are in your 60's!). He was kind of out of it for the next week. It was sad that we didn't get to do all the things we wanted to do with him, but we're glad he was okay!

Mom took some of the grandkids to Thanksgiving Point. Mary was IN LOVE!!!!

She loved seeing all the different animals and feeding some of them.

She had a great time with her cousins! They almost look like sisters!

Her ABSOLUTE favorite was riding the ponies. She STILL talks about it all the time!!!!! 

She is having a good time, despite her face.

Poor chicken...ha ha ha!

Thanks Mima for taking us!!!

On Saturday we had a fun little outing. Dad got to come with us this time. We went out to American Fork Canyon and played around.

We found a great place to go shooting!!!

Mary did AWESOME the whole time, but was pretty sleepy on the way home.

Broncos had a preseason game that we got to go to! We also got to have pre-game passes so we went down of the field before the game.

Our friends came with us too. So much fun!!!

Our seats were AWESOME! We were 17 rows from the field. It was a blast!

The half time show was a bunch of little girl cheerleaders...sorry Mary that will never be you...

Mary found her halloween costume, she's so funny! It's a little big, but she'll never know!!!

JULY!!! Almost done!!!

July was a really fun month for us as well!!! Not nearly as many pictures though, so no worries!

Mary started out July with tripping and hitting the couch. Nice bump, huh? It was huge! Poor girl really struggles with staying on her feet.

One day when we were playing outside she came and gave me a flower or the closest thing to a flower in our backyard. It was pretty sweet of her. She's never given me a flower before.

These were the only fireworks we got to do or see on July 4th, but Mary had a blast with them. She kept begging for more.

Then it was road trip time!!! She loves Lion and Sheep! She takes them everywhere! She did AWESOME on the road trip! She's so great!

We stayed with Jake's grandparents the first night. Mary had a good time with them. It's fun to watch them interact.

I wish this picture turned out better!

After the trip to the grandparents Mary and I went down to my parent's house. Jake had to work in Salt Lake City to he stayed with his grandparents. We went out to the pizza factory. Mary thought the breadsticks were pretty cool.

My mom has the monkey that is one that you'd see sometimes with old fashioned organ grinders. It plays music and hits the symbols together and when you hit it's hat to makes monkey noises at you. Mary thought he was pretty funny! We had to hide it from her at one point.

My sister's kids came over and played for some of the time. Mary LOVES her cousins! She had a great time with them!

She learned the joys of a slip 'n slide. I happened to find one at Walmart for $3 and bought it. Mary, unfortunately saw it and now wants me to put it out everyday!

Love that smile!!!

She might not look happy, but she was having a good time snuggling with Dad and her cousin.

On the road trip home we stopped at this old railroad area. Mary loves trains and was in heaven. She would tell us the names of all the trains...Thomas, Percy, Gordon, etc.

I finally bought her a bike. She's not great with it, but she's learning. $3 at a garage sale, not bad!

One of Mary's friends has some awesome toys and one of her favorites is this Jeep. She loves Jeeps anyway, thanks to her dad, but this one is her size. She thinks it's amazing! It's pretty fun to watch these two ride around in it. I have visions of what dates are going to look like........