Interviews

Each month one of us will take the kids out to have "interviews."  We try to do it on the first Saturday of each month. One month Courtney gets breakfast and Ethan gets ice cream.  The next month Ethan gets breakfast and Courtney gets ice cream.

This month I took Courtney to breakfast and Ethan to ice cream.  Courtney ALWAYS picks McDonalds because she wants to play on the play area and she LOVES hash browns.  We had a lot of fun chatting about how her life is going and things.

I didn't take a picture of Ethan but I took him late Saturday night to the Adobe Ice Box in Ivins for ice cream.  You get to serve yourself and then they weigh it.  He loves that place.  But they don't have any indoor seating so we sat in the cold van and chatted while we ate our freezing ice cream. 

It was fun and I love hearing how the kids are doing.  I think they like the one-on-one attention too.

The Law Firm

In October, Bryan was made an equity partner in the law firm so they put his name in the firm name.  It was pretty exciting.  They made up a new logo with business cards and they have spent the last month changing the signage.  I think it looks pretty good!

The Park

 During the Thanksgiving Holiday we wanted to do some fun things with the kids.  Bryan had to go into work for a little bit but we wanted to go to a movie.  Courtney had wanted Bryan to take her to the park but it just wasn't going to be possible with all the other activities we had planned.  We had been out and were on our way home before the movie when we passed the park on Bluff Street.  Courtney asked if we could go and I figured it was as good a time as any.  The kids had a lot of fun climbing all over the structure that was there. 

Growing up, there was one of these in our play ground, but you can't find one near a school now because of legal ramifications.  The kids had a great time climbing all over it and I got some fun pictures of them.

Thanksgiving Day Hike

We have a tradition of going on a hike after Thanksgiving dinner.  This helps with digestion and makes us feel a little better after we have stuffed ourselves.

This year we went to Paradise Canyon which is really close.  It's at the top of a subdivision just off Snow Canyon Parkway.  It took about 10 minutes to get to.  Bryan had been mountain biking there before but we hadn't been to this part of the trail before.  It was really fun because it wasn't too steep and the kids loved it.  We went about a mile in (I think) until we came to a vista of Ivins. It was cool to see the entire town at once from above.  Then we hiked back to our car.  It wasn't long, only about an hour, but we all had fun!

Birthdays

 My dad's birthday is on November 23rd and Bryan's is on November 24th.  Since Thanksgiving was on the 22nd, my parents were going to be around for the birthday celebrations.  So we celebrated on Monday with dinner out and then I made a cake for my Dad (Bryan likes pie).  I had some old candles that I had forgotten about so I put them in the cake.  I had forgotten they were sparkler candles that were trick.  We lit the cake...as you can tell it was really bright!!

 Dad tried to blow them out but they kept re-lighting.  It was pretty hilarious while he worked and worked to get them all out.  He finally got them all to stay dark!

Cute Courtney

I don't remember what she was doing but I thought these were cute pictures!

Twister

Courtney loves to play Twister.  A lot of times I just spin for her and she plays on her own but she got us all to play one time and it was hilarious!!  I saw a "dance" version in the store the other day.  That would be right up her alley!!

 

Ethan goes down!