Sage misses her Daddy

Josh has gone back to JP Morgan Chase and is again, back on an airplane every week. It has been hard for everyone to get used to. The first trip he took when he went back to Chase, we were all a mess including Josh. We have gotten used to him being home every night for the past 6 months, and now he is traveling a ton. I had to capture this picture of Sage that I took with my cell phone last week when Josh left out of town. We wnt to dinner before his flight and I got in the car with the kids and he said goodbye. Again, there was many tears and wailing ( Avery ). Josh and I looked back at Sage and her lip was curled, and she had tears streaming down her little cheeks and was sniffling. We both starting crying. It was so tender. This picture definitely doesn't capture the whole emotion, but you get the picture. Broke our hearts.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

For those of you that aren't aware, my mom has been battling Breast Cancer since last Spring. She has completed 8 Chemotherapy sessions within a 16 week time frame, and began her 30 daily radiation treatments a couple weeks ago. She has 20 more Radiation treatments to go until she is finished. I added an approximate countdown on the sidebar of my blog in her honor. My mom is amazing. She has been such a trooper and is such an example to me. Way to go mom!!!! You are almost done! Keep the Faith! I love you mom! You are my hero.

Pumpkin's for the "little Punkin's"

And in the end..........Each of us found a pumpkin, shared a night of laughter, and a lifetime of memories.

Pumpkin Patch

I am sure every fellow blogger is going to have this exact same posting, but what else is October for but a good Pumpkin Patch. 24 cents a pound is very deceiving when you are dealing with pumpkins. We piled pumpkins in our cart, until everyone made their final decision on their perfect pumpkin. 100 lbs and 5 pumpkins later - we completed the Halloween tradition. It was a little cold, but everyone had fun taking turns pushing their cart, looking for pumpkins, and laughing at Sage's ridiculous hat.

What was I thinking showing her this hat?

We decided to go to the traditional "Pumpkin Patch" outing for family night which happened to be the first chilly night of the season. I was getting the kids socks out of their drawers and when I was in Sage's drawer I found a hat from last winter. I pulled it out and showed it to her ( thinking she would have no interest), and she would NOT take it off all night. She insisted putting it on by herself, so instead of looking "cute" , she looks like she has a cone head.

Halloween Craft

Ok well my sisters, and my mom and I got together last night during the Priesthood session of General Conference and decided we would do a simple craft. We completely under estimated the "simplicity" of this craft. What we thought would take an hour, took over 4 hours! So, I had to show it off since it actually turned out cute! Martha Stewart would be proud!

Last days of Summer

As I mentioned, the park's have been very good to us and our kids this summer. We have found a lot of fun parks in the valley and have made a lot of good memories this summer. If I had to give a theme to how we spent our summer, it would have to be Parks, parks, and more parks. Our kids LOVE the park. Avery and Jackson have mastered the Monkey Bars, and Sage has mastered the social aspect of meeting, befriending, and mothering every other child at the park. She is a social butterfly, and a busy body. She is not afraid of much at the park - which scares Josh and I to death. We have had so much fun watching our kids play together this summer at the park. We will definitely miss these nights during the cold Winter months.

Park Discovery

The summer long nights are coming to a close too quickly. Our summer nights consisted of frequent park outings including take-out and new park discoveries. Josh found this great park in West Jordan. It is HUGE ( as you can see from the picture). Everything in it is little replicas of businesses in the area. Police station, hardware stores etc. There is one way in the park and one way out - which is nice for parents since it is a huge maze inside.