Legoland

The boys had a couple of days off at the end of October so we asked them where they'd like to go for a long weekend getaway.  It was pretty unanimous that they wanted to go to Legoland.  I was extremely impressed with the Castle hotel where we stayed.  I loved everything about our time in Legoland!

                                 Levi's first lunch was his own turkey leg.  He was thrilled!!

         Walking around "Minitown" was one of my favorite things about Legoland.

We tried going on almost all of the rides.  Most of them were for little kids but we still enjoyed them!
                           Our average wait time to get on rides was five minutes.  It was great!

The park was very decorated for Halloween.  Lego ghosts and pumpkins were everywhere.  

I loved it!

                                   Our hotel room was really dreamy!  I loved our room!

This was in the dining room where we ate breakfast and dinner.  The dragon even snored.  So fun!!

                This is also in the dining area.  Kids can play while they wait for their food and they can
                                       even bring some of the legos to your table to create.

This is outside "The BIG Shop".  It's the biggest Lego store in the park.  We spent time here every day and everyone was happy here! 

While Nathan took Spencer and Benjamin on a few more rides, Levi enjoyed playing in the sand and discovering dinosaur bones. 

                     Almost every ride had a photo op that we all tried making the funniest picture.
                                                       This was my favorite of Nathan.

        All of the boys spent their evenings creating their legos.  I loved watching them be creative!

       
                         This picture was taken in our hotel.  We loved seeing the characters!

                                    I absolutely LOVED everything about our trip to Legoland!!!
                           
                       

For anyone who's wondering...Andrew stayed in Boise with Nonnie.  He had friends over for breakfast and made them waffles, he hung out with friends the entire weekend and loved his weekend of freedom!!

September

We got up early Saturday morning so we could see the balloons at the Spirit of Boise.  

Then, we drove to Sun Valley to spend the weekend enjoying the beautiful weather and being outside.
                     I absolutely love Sun Valley!  I truly can't get enough of the beauty of it!

 Cool new haircut for Levi!!

We got all of Nonnie's boxes out of her U-Haul and into her new garage.  We'll fully move her in after new carpet is installed.  Yay!!

Levi lives for the school carnival and this year was just as great!!

Sarah surprised us with coming home one weekend.  It was super fun to see her!  She's loving college!

Andrew asked Lily to Homecoming.  Nonnie and I had to be a little sneaky to get it all set up without being seen.

Nathan, Spencer, Benjamin and I went to the Hyde Park Street Fair.  We had some yummy food and saw very interesting booths.  I sent this picture to Sarah and she knew immediately where I was.  

Doing a little scripture reading together.  Love these boys!

We got up early one Saturday morning and drove to Logan to see Sarah for the weekend.  It was so fun to spend time with her, meet her roommates, walk around on campus, go to a football game and go to church with her.  She's doing fabulous as a college student!  In fact, she makes college life look so good, all of the boys are ready to go!

Levi found the world's longest corn dog and was pretty pleased about his find!

I think we both can't believe we have a daughter attending college....we definitely don't feel old enough! 

This was the first time our youngest boys have gone to a college football game.  It was a fun game to watch and I loved being all together!

                                                                Benjamin got braces!!!

                                         Let's take a closer look at this handsome boy!!

For our birthdays, Kerri and I spent a whole day together eating breakfast, laughing, shopping, talking, going for a long walk at Quinn's Pond, laughing and eating out for lunch.  Such a fun day with such a fun friend!!!

     
                                                           Such handsome, silly boys!       

 Such a fun, BIG group!!!  Some of these friends, Andrew has gone to school with since kindergarten.

                                                                  Andrew and Lily

 Nathan took this picture of Spencer speaking in church.  He did a fabulous job talking about preparing himself for General Conference.