Two wheelin'

When the weather turned nice again last week Lauren decided to practice on her bike. She is pretty good on her scooter but hadn't quite figured out her bike yet. She has had training wheels off most of the summer but hasn't been able to ride it without help. Well, she got on and started balancing herself around the driveway...kept trying...and guess what? She just sorta picked it up and started to go. She's pretty proud of herself. And after about a week of practicing she has gotten pretty good at it. She makes me a little nervous at times I will admit. She likes to show off and is always trying to come up with new "tricks". She is sometimes a little wobbly but has only had a couple minor falls. We are pretty proud of her!

I took this video of her the first day she picked it up. 

Poor Ben...Luckily she was going pretty slow and no real harm done :)

Halloween

After waking up to THIS the week before Halloween...

I was a little worried about how well trick-or-treating was going to go for us this year. But nothing to worry about. We got our pumpkins carved....

(Ben likes to play with them and switch the lids around)

Our costumes on....

(Glow fairy, She-ra, Mermaid, and Spiderman)

Walked a lot, and knocked on lots of doors...

 And candy accounted for.

All in all it was a big success. The weather was perfect--the girls even went out in short sleeves and did not complain about being cold. It turns out we live in a great trick-or-treating neighborhood which is new for us. 

Wedding weekend

We were able to get together with Julie's parents and siblings including Evisa and her family who drove up from Arizona for Alan's wedding in SLC. Mom & dad came up to Idaho Falls first and we also got to visit with Uncle Newel while they were here. I didn't get many pictures from the actual wedding and Matt has a few from his phone but I don't have them on my computer. Anyway, here are some photos from that weekend. It was good to be able to see everyone! I haven't seen Evisa since she was married--I think 7 years ago.

End of summer

Trying to catch up here. I keep telling people I will get around to this soon...so here it goes. I made a little slideshow of photos from this summer. More to come...