October!
Our Autumn activities...
Included our annual Fall visit to
Rowley's Red Barn in Santaquin!
Baby V wore the little cowboy
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We went to the BYU homecoming 
So grateful we were there in 
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Hannah & Brady were able to attend
She and I were able to sneak off
boots that used to be Kyleigh's
when she was a baby.
Cousin Daniel tagged along with
all us girls!
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A drive through Guardsman's Pass
with my man to see the Fall leaves!
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Listening to General Conference!
It was so wonderful.
IT IS ALWAYS one of my
favorite weekends of the year!
This was my favorite talk...
We had a breakfast spread...
conference crepes included
of course...Hannah made
homemade syrup!
conference crepes included
of course...Hannah made
homemade syrup!
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Some of my girls and I had an
outing to Temple Square! THE
temple, grounds and visitor
center look so SO beautiful.
It's amazing to see everything
finally finished.
So lovely to walk right up to the
temple doors again.
This is where I had my
wedding pics taken
33 1/2 years ago.
We had the tastiest meal at Seven Brother's
after... THE FRIES! 😍
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During Fall Break we really enjoyed our hike to Stewart Falls in Provo Canyon!
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B and I were able to go to two
BYU football games in October.
game against Iowa St.
We went early to see the
team arrive...
It was a spectacular fall evening...
It was so fun being there!
THEN....we landed ourselves in the stadium
for the much anticipated game against
Notre Dame.
Don't ask how much we paid for our tickets!! lol
So dang crazy but worth every penny!
A bucket list item for me to
see the Cougs play the Irish
at LES!
A wild game.
An epic win!
I screamed and cried and prayed my little
heart out for our team. lol
person to witness it all.
If BYU could win only one game this season
this was the one for me.
WHAT A NIGHT IT WAS!
We did some fun activities
leading up to Halloween...
Went to the Witch Fest at Gardiner Village...
The spider pb fudge is one of
our favorite things to get at the
Chocolate Covered Wagon!
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Movie night with the girls
in Mapleton!
Wheeler Farm...
Ward Youth Carnival....
Lilly Belle and Baby V were
Disney princesses...
Rapunzel and Belle.
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Our Halloween costumes 2026!
We were American icons in honor of
America's 250th birthday this year!
Mr. Roger's!
Betsy Ross!
a Mormon Pioneer!
NBA Star Larry Bird
1940's wartime Rosie Riveter
Annie Oakley the infamous sharpshooter
from Buffalo Bill's Wild West
Babe Ruth
We had chicken pot pie for our
Statue of Liberty
Audrey Hepburn
the Liberty Bell
This past summer Lilly Belle was obsessed
with the Liberty Bell!
She learned about it from one of her
patriotic alphabet board books.
She was so concerned
about the crack lol and wanted me to
always show her the pictures
of Jaren and I
with the real Liberty Bell
from our Philly trip in 2019.
She helped inspire our costume theme for Halloween.
Baby V was the American flag!
family Halloween dinner
which we had the Sunday before.
Kate and I painted this old
doll house black to add to our
Halloween decor.
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Halloween night we did some
trick or treating and baked home-made pizzas!
the BYU vs Arizona State football
game in Provo on Halloween
afternoon. Brady's brother and sister
were able to attend as well.
Kate had fun dressing up for a
party with her friends
on Halloween night...
B helped cousin Taylor get his
face makeup on for his Halloween party...
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In other family random this month....
Baby V turned five months!
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It's been so enjoyable for me being part of an Inklings group in my new ward
where we meet to study and discuss 
General Conference talks.
General Conf talks have my heart!
Truly one of my very
favorite things in my life!!!! I gave
sprinkles to our hostess.
IYKYK 😉
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Dinner with childhood friends after
a dear friend's mom's funeral
earlier that day....
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Some fun YW activities in the last
month or so...
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work treats & prizes for my work kiddos
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Emmsie, B and Kate made the cutest
fishing-themed cards for the
twin cousins birthday...
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Our B had a birthday in October!
She and I were able to sneak off
to brunch here...
On Brie's birthday night all us girls went
and saw the new Sense 'n Sensibility.
We were looking so forward to this movie.
(It's my favorite ya know.) Some very lovely
things about it, but overall we did not
care for it much. In my humble opinion
nothing will ever outdo the original 1995
movie or the tv mini series from 2008!
