Halloween Party

The Annual Lowder Halloween party was a hit this year. We had our pumpkin parade, where we walked around Lyndsey & Adam's neighborhood, and chose our pumpkins. Lots of yummy food like home-made chili, root-beer, Mish's breadsticks, and caramel apples. We played games and had a really good spook alley. I think the only kid who went through it willingly was Madelyn and Carson. They were all really scared though. Adam and Lyndsey's unfinished basement was perfect. There was a cemetery, a room full of hanging people, a fortune teller, a crazy old woman, and a psycho doctor. Adam who was really scary wheeled all the kids around in a comfy office chair they were then tied to it. I have to say it was freaky, I wouldn't go through it!

Ophir

When Patrick went hunting this last spring he told me about this small town called Ophir. I had totally forgotten about it, but I'm glad Patrick didn't. We missed most of church yesterday so we decided to go for a drive and check out this small town. It is on the way to Tooele if you are going the back way, I don't know if that makes any sense. It is seriously a half hour away from our house and it was so pretty! It is all dessert out here then there is this hidden oasis with big trees and a gorgeous canyon.

 

We spent most of our time in this little historic center because we weren't sure what was public and what was private. I can't believe I've never heard of this old mining town before. They have tours on Saturdays and I think we are going to go one time to hear the whole history of this quaint little town.

GK was having so much fun running around. He really wanted to rip the lights out of the ground. There was a tiny bit of traffic but it is a small quiet little town. 

 

I just couldn't get over how beautiful it was here. The rocky cliffs of the canyon were so pretty. I think this would be the best place to have a cabin! Thanks Patrick for showing us this spot! 

On the way home we saw the biggest spider we have ever seen. I wanted to stop and take a picture but I think we ran over it. It was seriously like as big as my fist.

 

Kortni

Kortni came and stayed with us for a few days to do some school clothes shopping. We really had a lot of fun, we went to 7 Peaks, Gateway, and a bunch of stores. She was a good sport putting up with me the whole time. We had like 45 minutes to kill and I really wanted to try Lyndsey's camera out because I want a new one. Lyndsey is really good at posing people, we make quite the team! I didn't touch up any of these pics. Kortni is such a babe! Thanks for staying with us Kort!

Mother's Day Weekend

This is the whole gang!

This is my whole family

Just the kids

Cathy, Grandma, Celeste, and John

4 Generations (Mom, Jodi, Grandma, and Riley)

All the Grandkids

The Tolman's who came up from St. George!

(Alisha, Celeste, Larry, Grandma, and Olivia)

The Hassan's 

(Kate, Dennis, Braydon, Wendi, DeLane, and MarKaye)

On Saturday Tom, Yadi, Juli, Dave and I went for a run up City Creek Canyon. It was such a pretty morning and it felt so nice to run without the jogging stroller. Thanks Mom for watching G.K. while we were out! My Dad took some pictures and he walked quite a ways. On Saturday evening we went to a park in layton to take pictures since so many people were in town. It was a lot of fun, all the kids were really good. The ducks were fun to feed and there were a lot of little ducklings. It got really cold and we had to leave before we wanted to.

On Sunday Juli and Dave ran the Millcreek trail and my Uncle John and I hiked it. It was so pretty! It was nice to walk it, there is a lot that you miss when you run it. I didn't take my camera but my uncle did. I will have to get a pic from him. We had a really yummy dutch oven lunch and it was nice to have everyone together. G.K. wouldn't take a nap all day, there was just too much going on. Some of us went for a walk to Silver Mesa and played on the playgrounds. It was a lot of fun. When we got home Jenn and Brandon came over and we roasted marshmallows and ate S'mores. It was such a fun Mother's Day. I am so grateful for the mother's in our lives. I think Patrick and I have the Best Mother's in the whole world! Thanks for all you do for us!

Hospital Stay

Here are a few pictures of G.K.'s first few days. We thought about leaving the hospital after one day, but decided to get a little more rest.  I'm really glad we did. He is a good sleeper but it is nice to have all the nurses there in case we had any questions.  We also had a lot of people come by and see Garrison. He has a lot of people that really love him.  

Thank you everyone for coming to see our son.

Birthday Party

Since Jason and Jennifer were in town we also had Adam and Alyssa's birthday party. We are just one partying family. We got in a good family picture which almost didn't happen. Carson is pulling a face but he will have to explain to his 12 kids why 5 year olds could smile nice and he couldn't. Naughty Boy!

The Family

Alyssa and Adam
Patrick, Kortni, and Jason

Autumn Days

Last Sunday we took D'Ohgee on a walk. We went to Bridal Veil Falls up Provo Canyon. It was a beautiful autumn day.