October

This year for Vivint's year end party, they rented out Lagoon for the night. We went down with Dallen and a date and had a blast. Only bummer part was Brad got sick after the second ride. After we got some dinner, he did feel a little better and was able to go on a few rides. 

Cam went through the temple for the first time! It was so special and I am so happy Brad and I were able to go. We had a yummy dinner at my parents after. 

In between sessions of Sunday conference, we went with my parents and Cam on a hike/walk in Logan Canyon. It was SOO pretty!

We went to the cabin with the Galvins to spend the night one weekend. We had a lot of fun riding the 4-wheelers, playing games and hanging out. 

My friend, Meghan got married and she look absolutely beautiful! I went to her reception and it was fun to catch up with some old friends.  

Brad and I went to Brigham one day to babysit this cute niece of ours. Aideen is such a cute, easy going baby and we enjoyed our time with her. 

Brad went with Derrick to go deer hunting one morning and they got a deer! Brad said it was hard work hiking the mountain, and then dragging the deer back down, but it was worth it! 

I hosted bunco this month at my parents house. I am sad I didn't get more pictures, but we had a good time! Mikell even brought baby Kennedy for everyone to love on. 

One of many beautiful Cache Valley sunsets.

One day while Brad and I were driving home, we came across this horse and buggy in the middle of the road. We thought it was pretty random!

And just for fun.. the kids I nanny in the mornings. Makoi on the left, Malachi on the right. I can't believe they are already 3!

 And the kids I nanny in the afternoon. They love climbing trees and the girls are super big into cats right now. They also love the 'scary house' that we pass every day that is decorated so awesome for Halloween. 

Guess who came to town??!! Yup, this cute nephew and his amazing parents. I just really cannot get enough of him! Brody had to go to Cancun for a week, but we enjoyed having Ky and Evan here for a week and a half and we did a lot of fun things while they were here. 

We hiked up to the wind caves since Cam claimed he had never been there before. What?? Brody stayed home with Evan. 

While I was babysitting the Hess' one afternoon, my mom, Ky and Evan joined us in going to the pumpkin walk. This is always one of my favorite Fall activities to do. They always do such a great job! 

We spent Saturday getting ready for Cam's farewell. Then the Densleys came over for dinner. It was fun seeing Shep and Evan together since they are so close in age! 

We love our 'little' brother! Cam gave his farewell talk and did an amazing job! 

After sacrament about 100 people came over for some lunch. Luckily it was good enough weather for some people to go outside. I enjoyed catching up with some of my cousins who I don't get to see very often. 

Drew got home from his mission to Cancun! He was scheduled to arrive on Oct 30th at 7pm. We got a call from Ann that afternoon saying that he missed his connecting flight because his plane was not able to land due to thick fog. So we were told he would get to Salt Lake at noon the next day. I arranged my work schedule so that I would be able to go pick him up. We got another call at 5am from Ann to tell us that he would actually be landing at 9am. I wasn't able to get work off so last minute so Brad had to go without me. I am so sad I missed it, but I am so happy the whole family is back together! It has been almost 4 years! 

Our cute nieces and nephews on Halloween. 

We had our annual Halloween party this year at the Vivint building. This year we chose to do a 'survivor' theme. We gave everyone 'buffs' to choose their teams, played games, had a hidden immunity idol, and even had tribal council where everyone voted for the best costume! We also gave the winning team one million dollars.. in the form of 100 grands. :) We had a great turn out and it was a fun night!
Brad and I dressed as an old couple this year and I am happy with the way it turned out. 

{Mariana and Luke won best costume dressed as stick figures}

Krista and Clayton, Mariana and Luke, Derek and Rose, Mindi and Nick, Rusty and Natalie

Claudio and Tamires, Derrick and Kelsey, Sam and Kado, Mikell and Nick, Jason and Andy. 

Relay Race: They had to untie a bunch of knots, throw glow stick necklaces onto witch hats and complete a {hard} 9 piece puzzle. Winning team got one point.

Not pictured: a memory game where they had to hold up pictures in the correct order. Last person standing received one point for their team. 

Food Challenge: We are mean hosts and made everybody eat a gross food. Everyone was a good sport about it though. Whoever finished first got a point for their team. The food items that we had included: Vampire blood (tomato juice), zombie eyes (Spanish olives), devil’s heart (whole beet), cow’s cud (canned spinach), Frankenstein toes (Vienna sausage), pig tongue (tongue shaped spam), spider eyes (tapioca pudding w green food coloring), goblin guts (baby food), pumpkin puke (baby food), and bat intestines (sardines).  

Balancing: They balanced balls on a ping pong paddle. We played boys against girls. We made them turn in circles to make it harder. Last one standing got a point for their team.