Halloween

While on our trip visiting Nana and Papa, Nana took the girls to pick out pumpkins!  They were so excited!  So, when we got home, I let the girls each paint their own pumpkin.

Mommy was rethinking this choice after I saw this!  Good thing it is washable! 

Mommy also carved one of the pumpkins.  I let the girls each take a turn pulling out the "guts" and Anne thought it was pretty weird.  Sophie wouldn't even try it! 

Here is a photo of our finished work! 

Trick or treating in our neighborhood is so much fun...especially when we go with friends! Anne dressed up as one of her favorite princesses - Cinderella!  And Sophie went as Minnie Mouse!  Such cute little girls.  And, of course, the Park boys went as Star Wars characters.

The girls with their loot! 

Our ward also had a trunk or treat.  So much fun!  This year that did that before the dinner so we could actually SEE...such a brilliant idea! =)

Staycation in Uintah County

After a very crazy summer, mommy needed a little getaway.  So, we all headed to Nana and Papa's to drop off the girls and then mommy and daddy went on a little retreat in Vernal.  We stayed in a honeymoon suite.  It was fun!  Here is Dan watching a game with the fireplace going. 

The next day we went to do an endowment session in the Vernal temple.  It was so nice. 

After lunch, we were headed to Walmart to pick up a pie before heading back to Whiterocks and saw this sign.  We just had to turn around and take a picture.  Only in Utah! 

Nana and mommy took the girls to get their own pumpkins and then decided to take some fun photos with the girls.  Mommy has learned to get the girls to smile in a more natural way, I first need to get them to make some faces. 

 

These turned out pretty good, don't you think?

Sophie's own little pumpkin face!  She was loving this popsicle! 

I just had to take this photo of Sophie getting fish feed out of this bucket with the warning picture on the side saying to not have kids lean in the bucket like this.  Haha! 

The girls had so much fun feeding the fish! 

Anne decided to be a little photographer and this is one that she took of us with Papa's birds!

Anne holding a pigeon.  She loved the colors. 

The Cartier girls swinging! 

Sophie was having so much fun! 

Anne and Nana! 

Antonia loves Bucca! 

Time for some more fun!  Papa decided to rake up the leaves for the girls to play in. 

Weee! 

Sophie is such a great little helper! 

Running into the leaves!  Anne is on her way! 

Hmm...who do you think was having the most fun here? 

Some more cute photos of the girls in the leaves 

Anne was enjoying being buried in the leaves. 

These two are great buddies!  Sophie loves her Papa.  Sophie's birthday is the day before Papa's and so we had yummy pie and ice cream and sang happy birthday.  Then we stayed up late playing a fun game!

 

Thank you Nana and Papa for a great time!  We had a blast! And mommy is feeling much better after her break!  Big thank you from me!

Sophia turned 2!!!

Our little Sophie is growing up fast!  I can't believe she is already two years old!  We decided to go to Chuck E Cheese for lunch to celebrate her birthday.  We were so lucky to have family come with us!  Here is Sophie and Anne.  I'm not sure what Sophie was looking at but she sure looks cute in her outfit that Papa gave her!

"Where a KID can be a KID!" 

Anne and Kristen were attached at the hip!  These two girls have so much fun playing together! 

Here's the birthday girl! 

Party of 12! Uncle Chris, Aunt Jessica, Aunt Laurel, and cousins Mason, Michael, Kristen, David, and Levi...what a fun party! 

They all just LOVED the party hats!  Some more than others! 

Sophie's favorite was all of the fun rides she could go on...weeeeee! 

This car was her favorite...and she loved having riding buddies! Here she is with Levi. 

And here she is with David.  She loved having cousins to play with and follow around! 

Back to Dan...he loved the games!  Yes...that is 583 tickets he has there.  By the end of the day, he had a little over 700! 

Sophie and mommy with Chuck E Cheese...that's his name, right? 

Sophie going on a little ride! Look at her cuddling up! 

Sophie and Aunt Jessica! 

This was fun.  They had a little sketch machine that took your picture and then printed out a sketch of it!  So much fun!

Kristen and Anne...this was actually take two.  It was a little confusing for them to figure out where to look and where to put their heads. 

After we got back home, mommy had to head to a cub scout den meeting so she left everyone home napping.  When she got home, this is what she found...Anne had climbed into Sophie's crib and they were watching a show together on our PSVita.  Silly girls!  I love that these two are such great friends! 

Then it was time to take Anne to her swimming lessons.  After that, we went through the drive through at McDonalds to get the girls a happy meal and then it was time for cupcakes and birthday candles!  Sophie did such a great job blowing out her candles...with Anne's help, of course! 

Mmmm....gotta love that lip smaking yummy frosting!  What a fun day we had!  Happy birthday little sister!!!