Witches and Pumpkins

Halloween is just a few weeks away so we went to Gardner Village to the "Wee Witches Weekend" to see all the fun witches and other fun Halloween things! The kids had a blast with the music and dancing. It was such a great day!

Here are Tate and Hailey with one of the nice witches. They were both a little skeptical.

How cute are they! Wouldn't it be fun to have a swing like this!

What's a party without balloons!

This picture shows how completely happy Carson was the whole time we were there. I just love this little guy!

The day was so perfect and sunny. We'll have to do this again in years to come!

They wore themselves right out. Fine by me!

Cookies and Milk

Hailey is just too cute for words! After she came home from preschool she asked if she could have some cookies.( Chad and Hailey share the same passion for Oreos dunked in milk.) I said it was fine as long as she washed her hands and face when she was done. She came in afterwards looking like this. I said " Hailey I told you to wash you hands and face when you were done." Hailey replied "But mom I already did!"She makes me laugh everyday!

ABC 123

I cannot believe Tate is old enough to go to Kindergarten! He is so excited to be in school. After 3 years of preschool he should be ready for all the new experiences Kindergarten will bring. He was a little nervous his first day , but I know he will love learning and making new friends.

Here Tate is with his friend Blake working on puzzles. This was the day Tate met his new teacher Mrs. Bauer.

What a good lookin' kid with his backpack all ready for his first day!

Here is Tate with his teacher getting his name tag.

Here are all the kids waiting in line to go into there classrooms.Tate we're so proud of you!

Stars and Stripes

For the 4th of July we had a fun B-B-Q at our house with the Pantuso side of the family. We had lots of fun and the kids loved the fireworks !


Chad did a great job of entertaining the kids while we waited for the sun to set.




The scouts came around to collect the flags they had set out for the holiday and Hailey fell apart when they took the one from our yard. She yelled "They can't take our flag, it's still the 4th of July!" She was in tears , so Chad took her inside to get out another flag we had. Here is her proud moment bringing it out with her dad.




Hailey loved watching the fireworks , just didn't want to listen to them.





On the 24th we were invited to go to the parade in Bountiful with some neighbors. It was perfect because the parade was less then 3 blocks away from our house so we just walked down and watched. Here are Tate and Hailey waving to people on floats . Carson slept soundly through the whole thing.




The kids got sooo much candy that day , as you can see Hailey was so busy eating it all her mouth was too full to smile :) That night we sat in our driveway and watched a great fireworks display. We had a lot of fun and hope to do it again !