Fall, a Long Bike Ride, and a New Truck

My dad stayed at our house for a couple weeks.  As always he was busy doing projects I never get around to.  We did manage to pull him away from the house one day for some fun.  We took the kids out to Black Island Farm.  It was someplace I had never been but always wanted to take the kids.  I was worried Andrew and Jared might be too old to enjoy it but there was a lot of fun stuff for everyone to enjoy.

 I'm not sure where this dare devil came from wanting to go down the slide head first!

 When I sent Andrew up with Skyler to go down the slide this wasn't exactly what I had in mind...  But he made it down in one piece and enjoyed it enough to want to go again.

Who would have thought a sand box filled with corn kernels would be so much fun?  Skyler could have stayed in there all day and his older siblings enjoyed it almost as much!

Andrew, Jared and Kaitlyn all took a turn being buried in the corn.  Skyler seemed to really enjoy helping, especially throwing the corn in their faces!  Grandpa even joined in the fun burying the kids.

Last, we were off exploring the corn maze.  By this point I thought Skyler would fall asleep in the stroller for sure but he was having way too much fun and prefered riding on Andrew's shoulders.

And now for some other things that have been happening in our house lately.  Jason offered to watch Skyler for me one morning and I got to enjoy one last beautiful fall morning on the trails, this time on my bike with my friend Natalie.  We did some serious climbing up the sardine trail at Snowbasin and we may not have broken any speed records but the view was amazing and the ride down was fun!

Andrew finished the last requirement for his Eagle!  He and Jason did a 50 mile bike ride to finish off his cycling merit badge.

Here they are ready to start.  Andrew looks excited but I'm not sure about Jason!

One of the last beautiful fall days of the year!

Just over half way when I took them lunch in Roy.  They don't even look tired yet!

50 miles completed and ready for a ride home in West Bountiful!

We have been shopping for a truck for quite some time.  In September we decided the truck we really wanted didn't actually exist so we ordered one from the factory.  It has been a long wait but it finally arrived!

Happy new truck owner.  I hope I get to drive it some time...

I have never actually owned a brand new car before.  I had to get a picture of the odometer at 4!

Who's new toy is this?  Guess where the kids all jumped in as soon as we got home.