Our Other Fun Costumes

Some of you were wondering if we won the Del Sol Halloween Costume Contest. We did not this year, but we have in the past. It's not that we've always had the best costumes, just that the three of them together are just so dang cute! As you can see, we've had a lot of fun dressing up the triplets!

2004 - Karate Kid Shower Costume - I made this for Aaron all by myself (okay, with the help from some guys at Home Depot). I was pretty proud!

2005 - Best Group Costume (Thing 1 and Thing 2 and 3 and 4 and 5) This is how we announced to everyone at Del Sol that we were having triplets.


2006 - Best Kid's Costume (101 Dalmations)




2007 - Best Kids Costume (Three Blind Mice, Farmer and Farmers Wife)

Snap, Crackle, Pop

I've always been sort of a Halloween Scrooge, but since we've had kids and since Del Sol always has a huge party and costume contest, I've started getting into it. This year we dressed the kids up as Snap, Crackle and Pop and used Rice Krispies boxes as their Halloween bags. To go along with the theme, Aaron made himself a milk costume out of boxes (and did a mighty fine job if I do say so myself), I dressed as a spoon and Tanner was a strawberry. It was a blast!

Aubrey

Brock

Carter

Tanner (not in his complete ensemble)

Thanks so much Grandma Laurie for the costumes and Grandma Hobson for the hats! They were a big hit! We're so glad you are both so creative and willing to help us with our crazy ideas! We love you!

My Little Smiley Guy

Here are some recent pictures of Tanner. He started smiling about a month ago and has just started giggling. He is a really good baby and we all enjoy giving him lots of loves (especially Aubrey!) We don't have any nicknames for him, but Carter calls him Tanner Tans and it's kind of starting to stick.



Okay, not so smiley, but cute!

And here's Aubrey giving him her loves! They seem to have a special bond. She loves helping me take care of him and he responds to her voice when she's around and gives her big smiles.

"Faster, Faster Grandpa!"

My kids loved running on the treadmill with Grandpa! They went really fast!

Carter

Brock

Aubrey (not quite as coordinated!) :-)

Finally a Trip to Rexburg!

Aaron went out of town for a couple of days so I decided it was time to take a trip up to Rexburg with the kids. Grandpa Brad was so nice to take the bus down to the airport so that he could drive back up with us. It was so nice to be home! Grandma and Grandpa have a so many new things for the kids to do, so we played hard every day. I had the camera out as often as I could to capture our fun times. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa and Kyle for being so patient and accommodating. We love you!





One of the boys' favorite things to do was ride the tractor with Grandma and Grandpa! We probably could have mowed the lawn 3 or 4 times! Aubrey didn't even care to try it.








We turned the hot tub temperature down so the kids could go swimming in it. Brock loved it! The other two stayed in for a while but didn't care for it too much. I have a darling picture of Brock swimming with Grandma Laurie, but she threatened me if I posted it!


Carter and Grandma gathering up the potatoes that were dropped in the field across the street. Do you know how expensive potatoes are these days?!? It's outrageous!


My favorite picture! We were up there during spud harvest, so the kids could watch the potato trucks all day outside our front door!


The kids got to spend some good quality time with Grandpa Brad. Carter loved riding the pink bike around the driveway with Grandpa!






They also got to help him build the new Power Wheel and use all his tools (even his drill). They were super helpful! :-)




They loved driving the car! It went really fast!





Grandma and Grandpa Walker came up one afternoon to see us! We don't get to see them too often so it was fun spending some quality time with them!




I could just kick myself for not buying a tee ball set this summer! The kids played with that more than anything else! By the time we left, they were all really good at it!

We also went to McDonalds, played at the park, jumped on the trampoline, played on the swing set, made and ate sugar cookies, fed some bunnies, and climbed on an air mattress. The kids didn't get a nap for three days in a row! We were all pretty tired when we got home but it was totally worth it!

Tanner's Blessing

We blessed Tanner on Sunday, Oct. 12. We were so happy to have some family there. Aaron gave a beautiful blessing and it was a great day. Almost every time I told Tanner that it was his special day, he would look up at me and give me a huge smile. Too sweet!

Aubrey's New Dress

We just had to show off the pretty new dress that Aunt Stacey bought for Aubrey! Thanks Stace! She adores it!

Splash Park

We took the kids to the splash park by our house and we had a ball! We were the only ones there so the kids could do whatever they wanted (usually it is packed!) Last year they wouldn't go near the water and this year we couldn't pull them away.





I can't even tell you how long it took me to get Aubrey to strike a pose for the camera!

Utah State Fair

We had a great time at the fair with the kids. They loved seeing all the different animals, eating pulled pork sandwiches and fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and rocking out to the music!


Here's Carter giving the "big cow" a thumbs up!


This was taken near the end of the night. They really did have fun, I promise! That was my first time to the Utah State Fair and we will definitely be going back next year!