USU Homecoming Parade

While we were in Logan for the Pumpkin Walk/USU Homecoming game I took some graduation pictures for my little sister (more on that later). The campus was on fire with beautiful leaves and I couldn't help taking a million pictures of them.

This has always been one of my favorite areas of the campus. It is right in front of Old Main which is where I had most of my classes.

Nothing beats Logan in the autumn that is for sure.

We went to the Homecoming parade which was right in front of our hotel.

Cafe Sabor was giving out chips and salsa, heavenly! Who gives out chips and salsa at a parade? Are they awesome or what?

Josh rigged up McKay's stroller so he could watch the parade. Genius!

And I love this face. A lot.

I love this picture of Michelle motioning Lincoln to come over to her. She loves the boys so much. They are lucky to have her.

Lincoln got some great loot at the parade. Actually they all did. I have to say they felt that the fliers people were handing out were as cool as the candy. I think they have started a "collection". We have a lot of those. Lincoln told me he needed to add something to his "broken stuff" collection the other day (apparently there is a broken stuff collection somewhere in our house that I need to find and dispose of.)

I am so jealous for all of you Loganites. They are putting on "Seusical the Musical" I have been looking for a play to take my kids to for a while now. They would have loved this one!

The local celebrity. I think this is "Wild Bill" he has been on ESPN and all sorts of things. He dresses up as crazy things at the games to distract the other team. We are talking Ariel from the Little Mermaid complete with seashells.

The hockey team went crazy for my little sis. Seriously nuts.

Only in Logan will you find a tractor pulling the princesses. I love it!

Oh we love you Utah State!

Halloween Activity-Logan Pumpkin Walk

Josh and I have wanted to do a weekend in Logan for the last few years. We decided that this was the year. Little did we know that it was also USU's homecoming (we definitely should have known this). I think we got the last hotel room in the whole town. The main reason that we have wanted to go was to take our kids to the North Logan Pumpkin Walk. This was always a highlight to me when I attended USU as well as when Josh and I were first married and then later when we had young kids. It is such a good memory for me. The last time we were here Hunter was only a baby.

We got to the Pumpkin Walk at the absolute worst time ever. 7:30 on a Friday night...very bad. The lines was huge! Luckily they have these cute little scenes you can take pictures of the kids in.

This is a new one that I have never seen before and so clever. There are glasses on it's face! Brilliant! How is it that so many brilliant people live it Logan, because this is definitely a great event. We have gone to other pumpkin walks and they don't even hold a candle to this one.

Hunter was way too short to do this one so Palmer lifted him up as high as he could. He had to hold on while he did it. I asked him if he could move his hands and he looked at me like I was crazy!

My favorite part of this little scene is the pumpkin/carrots they are toward the front. They totally look like carrots. I think i was a little more excited about this than the kids were. I just thought everything was so creative and fun.

McKay finally fell asleep. Lately he has a hard time falling asleep anywhere except his bed.

This Polar Express scene was my favorite. You can't see it as well, but the faces were AMAZING!

The Christmas tree was made of corn stalks and the presents were pumpkins.

These penguins were made of zucchinis.

A great time was had by all. I wish we could do this every year.

One of our favorite things about this trip to Logan was this. An "A" on the mountain. My older brother was the Student Body President of Utah State back in the day and he fought so hard to get an A on the mountain to no avail. I am not sure if this is permanent or temporary for Homecoming week, but it was so fun to see it.

After the pumpkin walk we went and got pizza and watched movies in our hotel room.

Can I just say how fun Josh is. He is such a great husband and is usually up for anything. He loves having adventures as much as I do. He even watches the Disney channel without complaining (but not without a few eye rolls :) and rocked McKay to sleep without being asked.

You've Been Boo-ed

When I was a little girl my family loved to give the "Halloween Phantom" to other families in our neighborhood with a little treat. These were hand drawn ghosts with a little poem. A lot of the time it was a poem we made up ourselves (and laughed a lot while we were doing it). Now you can get some seriously cute versions of this (now called a "Boo") on the internet.

I got our very cute monster Boo here. The boys were so excited to Boo someone!

We also bought our treat, which is so different from days gone by. I just thought whomever we Boo-ed would be a lot more comfortable eating something in a package than something they didn't know where it came from. I wasn't going to go to all of that work only to have it thrown in the trash!

The Booing itself was pretty funny. Josh declared that this year he was staying home with McKay (who was already asleep). I was a little nervous taking the boys out by myself. We went to a close street and parked our van right in front of where we were booing. Oh well, I wasn't about to be far away from my car at night! Palmer placed the note on the doorstep and Lincoln put the treat down and then I rang the doorbell and we all went and hid. When the kids were getting the candy my kids all started coming out of their hiding places. I realized that they WANTED to get caught! I grabbed them all and pulled them back with me, but not before Palmer yelled "Dang it!" Meaning he was seen. Oh well, we tried right?! The last one was a little better as I explained to the kids that we did not want to get caught. I think they still did, but they went along with it.

Here We Go....

McKay is now mobile! He managed to find a bag of cheerios in the diaper bag and they must have been open. He had a great time with them. I was in the kitchen not to far away. One of the kids had also left the fruit snacks down and he got into those too. Wow, we are in for it! Thank goodness for a dustbuster!

Oh and he keeps leaving his pants behind with his new inchworm crawl. The boys think it is hilarious!

Last Flag Football Game

Palmer was so great during flag football. He was such a trooper through the whole thing. He never complained about anything and was such a good little sport. I was definitely proud of him. If you can't see Palmer in this picture...he is the one diving one the ground. 

I think that Josh had a good time teaching Palmer about football.

For his last game he got to play quarterback.

I love all of the intense looks that Palmer gets on his face.

Palmer scored two touchdowns in this game. He scored 4 for the season. Pretty good when you realize that he was the quarterback only twice.

Score!

Palmer loved football like nobody business. He was so sad when it was over. He is already begging me play tackle football.