hay ride!

It would of been a sleigh ride if we had gone last weekend, (it snowed), but this day was soooo nice, just perfect for going to search for pumkins and play at the pumpkin patch and at the red barn. If anyone has not taken the short drive to Santaquin's South Ridge Farms, they are missing out. There are so many yummy foods, like ice-cream (the best), apples, tomatoes, dried fruits- especially their tart cherries, kettle corn, pies, doughnuts,cider, nuts, jellies and syrups, salt, crafts, cookbooks and more. I love that place.


We had a lot of fun taking a hay ride to the pumpkin patch, taking silly pictures and finding just the right pumkin. The Rowleys are such a sweet family that has run Southridge farms for many generations. We had a lot of fun.

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These pictures were ok if you are wanting some entertainment, it was even more entertaining to be there but we won't go into those details.
Anyway, None of the ones taken with the digital camera turned out, which are the ones here. I took some with my other camera that should be much better,
Levi and Sophia refused to either smile or look at the camera, there just was too much to explore in the canyon. But all the kids were very cute.

Levi's Birthday Party

We didn't really let on that Levi's birthday was getting close until a couple of days before, mainly because he is already an excitable boy and it would just be hard on Mom. Which proved to be true, he has never made so many messes in his life because of his energy level and excitement.

The day finally came and he was so excited, he woke up at his usual time and just like Christmas morning, ran to the living room, hardly noticing the 5o balloons on the floor outside his bedroom door. He just ran through the balloons saying whooah, He got a beginners scooter and loved it. Mom took him to the park without having to earn it(he usually has to pick something up that he messed before he can go). I asked him what he wanted for breakfast, and that he could have anything he wanted, he said "cool! I want cookies and candy!", he had cereal instead, cause he couldn't decide on real breakfast foods.

He wanted a starwars cake, notice the two finger swipes in the frosting, I'll give you two guesses whodunit.
It was very entertaining to watch him open his presents, he was ooing and ahing the whole time.
He really had a great day especially spending it with his family.

Bike rides just got fun

We finally figured out a way to go on bike rides with the little ones. Cody, Kait, and Sheree found that if you strap a pillow to the bar that it makes a fine seat for them.

Sophia looks so cute in this bike helmet, she really loves to go on bike rides.