September 2012

I know I am way behind and I have been contemplating just starting with now and not even trying to do the past 6 months, but then I felt guilty...so here is the quick summary of the past months at our house.  Starting with September:

McKay loves playing games he makes up (I think he gets that from his Daddy).  He is so imaginative and sets up his little games and then instructs you how to play them- and you better play them the right way or else he gets after you!

I ran the Onion Days 10K on Labor Day and did really well.  I placed 2nd in my age group and even got a little medal to prove it!

 We love Onion Days with the Wrights.  The band concert, parade, picnic lunch, carnival, and all the festivities always make for a fun weekend with all the family.  Here the kids are enjoying the carnival with Matt.  Matt and McKay spent the afternoon going on rides and having a blast, while Logan and I made an appearance and then headed back for a nap...he's my kind of kid!

Logan LOVES the vaccuum.  I get it out and he laughs, follows me around, and even sits on it and tries to ride it like a horse!  McKay on the other hand is scared to death of the vaccum- he cries, runs and hides, and throws a fit the whole time I vaccum.  These boys couldn't be anymore opposites!

Just enjoying my boys!  McKay set up all the stuffed animals and made me a bed to sit on- how sweet!

Silly boy! 

 

My fruit monster!  Logan LOVES fruit- any kind.  We go outside and he heads straight to the garden and crawls through the strawberries biting right off the plant- no point in picking them.  Then he waddles over to the raspberries and has a few bites, then he meanders through the orchards and takes a bite of an apple- yes, still attached to the tree.  He would be a great homeless child!  This time I managed to get him to come in, sit in his chair, and eat his apple.  What a true farm boy- he must be a Rowley!

Happy Logan

Lovin' Life!

Life is good isn't it?  These are just some fun moments from August-

McKay pulled these boots on and yelled, "Mommy, I going to work!"

Logan is a forager!  He loves food and finds it everywhere he goes.  I open the fridge and he is always right behind me trying to climb in to get food out.  We go outside and he will eat raspberries and strawberries straight from the plant- no picking required, green or red.  He'll go into the orchard and pick up apples off the ground and try to eat them...he loves food!

Margaret made these fuzzy hats for the boys and they LOVE LOVE LOVE them.  Almost every night they run around playing "Giants" in their hats (it is a game where they run up and down the hall  Roaring at each other and laughing...very entertaining especially now that Logan joins in!)

 Matt in his Giant get-up

 I canned tomatoes all by myself and they worked!  It worked so well I have done several batches since this first initial batch!!

 What a happy boy!  He thinks he is so big sitting in McKay's booster chair.  Logan is so easy going and happy- I love this little guy.  He can't help but make you smile!

Happy Birthday Katelyn!  "Cool Runnings" and Zesty- what more could you ask for?

Craft Night

Katelyn planned a girls night for some fun canvas painting and modge podge.  McKay tagged along and we all had a blast!

McKay loved it and really did a pretty good job on his painting

And then he enjoyed Curious George while we all kept crafting

 Adrian and I modge-podged scrapbook paper on our canvases and Katelyn free-hand painted hers.  They all turned out really fun.

 Katelyn's creations

The finished products- it was a lot of fun and I definately want to do it again!

August Adventures

Matt covered extra shifts throughout the summer as everyone took summer vacations and as it turned out, he ended up with a week off in August.  We decided to have a mini-vacation ourselves.  We didn't go anywhere but we had fun doing things together around home.  We went to an Orem Owlz game which was fun but I think there should only be 5 innings...baseball games get a little slow for me!

Next up we hit Two-Buck Tuesday at the Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum (along with the rest of Utah County...)  It was crazy busy, but the boys still had fun.  After the museum we went to Cabelas and I think the boys had just as much fun there!

Last stop- Hogle Zoo.  I think this was our favorite of the week.  The zoo was a blast!  The boys loved all the animals especially the Polar Bear.  The bear was quite the show-off and came right up to the glass performing for the audience.  McKay was a little anxious but he liked it afterward!

 My gorillas!

 Picnic lunch at the zoo

 Smiling on the merry-go-round