Oct Misc.

 Hiking:

Fall leaves are in full color and I love it! I went on some solo hikes and some with some buddies, per the usual!

Intensivist's Party: 

We said goodbye to the intensivists from ORMC with a big party at Faith's parents' vacation home in Eden. It was a beautiful setting. It was a fantastic party. I can't talk about it too much cause I get too emotional. Still real broken up about this and the decision that was made. We are 6 ish weeks without the team so far and it has been rock bottom, shall we say.

Witchapalooza:

One of my favorite annual traditions lives on! Lizzie got to come this year for the first time and it was a blast.

Devin's birthday: 

Happy big 41 to this big guy. Love him. We celebrated at home for his Sunday birthday, but went to the Hale and to dinner with many of his siblings, which was a lot of fun.

Flor's Day Program:

Flor has been living her best life with her day program. They send lots of photos of all the fun things she is doing!

Jace's Orchestra Concert:

Self-explanatory, except that he had to dress up. :)

Halloween: 

We have one, ONE trick or treater left! So sad. I volunteered in Lizzie's classroom and was super helpful in pouring root beer for root beer floats. However, I think she just loved that I was there and that's all that matters! That night, we stayed home and could not even watch the world series on the driveway, cause the world series is over! Lizzie was off with her cow friends, Hallie and Mishell were at parties, and Jace stayed home to answer the door. We usually dress Flor up, but did not this year. She usually hates it. Anyway, she went downstairs and brought up a costume and threw it at me, like hello woman, it is time to dress up. It was way too big, but she did not care. Maybe she just wants to pick out her own costume!

Another excellent month!

Fall Break Day 4

 Wow, I am finally back at it to finish this trip! Day 4 was probably our favorite- it took us to Mt. Rushmore, the reason for the trip! I have wanted to visit Mt. Rushmore for so long and I will tell you, it did not disappoint. It was so cool to see the work that these men were able to accomplish in carving the president's faces into the stone. We also visited Custer State Park that day, which was a real highlight for me. It was so pretty and so cool. The Needles Highway and the and Iron Mountain Road are must do's if in the area. We also went to Crazy Horse, which was super cool, though unfinished. We circled back to Mt. Rushmore to see it all lit up at night, which we also did not regret!

Day 5 was nothing but driving, a solid 10 hours from South Dakota back home to Utah. It was a lot, but we did it! And well worth it. Love a good road trip.

Flor living her best life

These pictures at Crazy Horse were such a bust. They are hysterical so I am including them both!

Loved seeing this part of the country with the fam and especially road tripping with Jen and the kids. We added 3 more stickers to our state map!