Some October Stuff

I wanted to share this picture.  I love that Clayton rode his bike to cheer on Kenz.  It allowed him to cheer from lots of different spots. 

While I'm at it I might as well share a few other pics:

 Rylie's awesome octopus birthday balloon.

 The State course hill.  I am freaking out a little that K finished up her senior XC season.

It's Sadie Hawkins time here in Lehi.  I thought this was a clever and punny way Kenz asked.

Me and the younger girls went to the BYU soccer game.  Way fun.

Awesome boys.  It was a great baptism service. 

Great hike up to Lake Blanche on Tuesday.  I have always wanted to hike up and see Sundial Peak.

More October Pics

 Laynee Lou

 The "Pianist".

 Drapers

 More Drapers

 More Drapers

Ryan and Becs kin and missionaries.

 Some posterity.

 More posterity.

 Waiting for the race to begin.

 about 2 1/2 miles in.

Flying at the finish!

October Thus Far!

 Autumn leaves.

 Drapers park.

 Lexie Lou.

 Tah Tah Tay and the "Vette".

 Fixin' grub.

 The "Program".

 Monday night lights.

 #48 waitin' for his number to be called.

 Look at the definition on Tays arms.

 Goin' on a hike.

 Powerful medicine.

 A "Whatchamacallit".

 Jaxons "Candy bar card".

 Father and son.

 The "Torsells".

 Rylies "Candy bar card".

Cupcake Umm good.

Cam's Birthday

Cam had a great birthday.  9 is pretty cool.  She requested homemade mac 'n cheese for Sunday bday dinner, went to Applebee'ss for dinner on her birthday for noodles, and had a late nite on Wednesday with 5 of her friends.

Here's some cool cupcake photos thanks to the amazing cupcake maker Jenn.  Which is the best picture for a cupcake advertisement?

I thought this was the cutest cousin photo.  Gracee was so funny this day and loved playing with "Meeson". 

Photography

Cam was on fire last Saturday and scored 2 goals in about 5 minutes.  I was standing right behind the goal with the camera, ready to get her goal on film.  I took a few pre-goal shots and then snapped as she shot and scored:

Nailed it.  :)

Yep, we DID just buy this!!!

Introducing our new mini van! I know...I know...we only have two kids, but I totally love it!!!!!

Alternate Names for the New Bateman Mobile

Having heard that the Batemans got their first mini-van, we thought we'd come up with a few potential names for it. Here are our top three:

• Tidy Whitey

• Room to Grow 2 (R2G2)

• Two More on the Way

Can you think of any more?

Christmas

I hope it's OK that Bridger and I drew names for Cmas on Sunday.  Here's the list:

Kenzie - Bridger
Mason - Jaxon
Rylie - Taylor
Camrie - Laynee
Sadie - Gracee

Taylor - Mason
Jessie - Blake
Lexi - Easton
Kelcie - Camrie


Jaxon - Rylie
Hudson - Kelcie
Easton - Kenzie
Brynnlee - Lexi

Bridger - Hudson
Blake - Kendyl

Laynee - Lilee
Kendyl - Brynlee

Lilee - Jessie
Gracee - Sadie

If this is not OK let me know and we can begin again.  I did notice that the Torsell boys have all girls to buy for.  Not sure if they will enjoy that...

Zoo

Some days you just have to check kids out of school and enjoy the beautiful October day at the zoo.  It was a fabulous day!

We couldn't get Lilee or Gracee to stand for our picture but here's the rest of the gang.

The zoo had awesome Lego animals.  Today was probably the last day to see them and we were glad we caught the attraction.  The Lego polar bear was huge but these turtles were pretty cool too.

Rylie and Camrie fought over Gracee all day - the girl is loved.  :)

As usual the polar bear entertained.  Gracee would laugh out loud when he would come near.

Cute bears.  :)

 
We enjoyed the giraffes learning that their heart weights 25 pounds.  One of the best parts was somehow avoiding the stinky reptile house.  :)

Thanks for a great day at the zoo!