Pumpkin Patch

We took our two to a pumpkin patch over the weekend. We were lucky to hit the last warm day for a couple weeks but it was right after the last snow storm so most of the pumpkins were bad but the girls still loved it. There were barrel rides, pillow jumps, the biggest, creepiest inflatable thing I have ever seen and Mike and Kyia even went on a helicopter ride. Kyia loved it! She was so excited to go and Mike said she had a smile on her face the whole time. We stayed for several hours and took a lot of pictures, as usual.

The barrel ride was actually pretty fun. They had several hills and Brooklyn and Kyia would raise their hands over each one and just laugh.

She found her pumpkin

Brooklyn loved playing in the corn kernels!

Estes Park

A couple weeks ago we took a little day trip up to Estes Park. I love mountain towns and lucky for Mike, it was their Elk fest. We saw tons of elk while we were up there. Being the hunter that he is, Mike was in heaven but was wishing he could have done more than watch. We spotted one heard that was right next to the road that had about 20-25 cows. It was during the rut so it was exciting to hear them bugling and watch the bull elk herd the cows. Also in the area, was another big elk that you can tell had lost the battle. He had horn marks in his fur and the leader elk wasn't bothered by his presence. As we drove around, we saw several more big herds of elk. It was a really fun trip and we are glad we were able to go up before we move to the flat lands.

The leader in the back, the one that lost in the front

A wolf across the street, watching the elk

Wicked

Mike and I have been trying to see this play for a long time. We listen to the music and have both read the book but every time it was playing near us, something came up so we were unable to attend. We finally caught up to it a few weeks ago and loved it! We both thought the musical was better than the book, we thought it was easier to follow. The songs and voices were amazing. It's a must see and highly recommended.

The Inside

I have had a lot of questions as to where the pictures of the inside of the house are so I thought I would post a few. It's 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. I'm not quite sure why I didn't do it in the first place but here you go.

Front door. Dining room on right and study on left

Back to the front door right when you walk in

Kitchen

Laundry room (left) and study

Dining Room

View from Kitchen. Family room

Game room, upstairs

Master Bathroom

We'd love visitors if anyone is headed down to Houston. :)

Success!

We have had a busy week. A very busy week. We had 5 days in Houston to find and buy a house. Luckily we did most of the work on the internet before going down and had a good list of houses we wanted to see. Mike and I have similar tastes in houses so it wasn't that difficult to find something we both liked. We made an offer the second day and with some negotiation, they accepted our offer. The next few days were spent signing papers, doing walk-throughs to make sure everything was how we wanted it and since we bought an inventory home, we went to the design center to make a few changes here and there. If everything goes according to plan, we will move the end of November. We are so excited!

A few interesting bits of information, our neighbors across the street, work at the same firm as Mike. He was excited about that. Their cousins just moved from New York and were good friends with my brother and now they are in our ward. Small world. One more move to go. Hopefully this will be the last move for awhile.

On a side note, Brooklyn is walking. Before we left, she was walking a lot more but still crawled quite a bit, a few days later we come back and she isn't crawling at all anymore. She's growing too fast.