8 month pictures

Quinn is 8 months old!!! Okay she was 8 months old on October 11th so we are a little late. The new thing this month is that she is crawling. That makes things interesting. She is getting so fast and as soon as you sit her down in the living room and try to go get something done she is on the move, getting into everything she isn't supposed to. One thing that she always heads straight for is the dog food.... last week she managed to eat a piece, I hope it was good! 

 Here are some of her 8 month pictures..... already a troublemaker : ) 

Life is SO good : ) 

Train Ride

Last weekend we went to Heber City which is a city about an hour south of where we live and took a train ride in the mountains. We took the short train ride which takes you along side a lake and the mountains. They do all kinds of different rides so Dave and I want to go back and do a different one next time. They also said that in the winter it is very pretty because all the mountains are snow covered and the lake is frozen over so we will need to go back in the winter too! One thing about Utah is there is always something to do. We have so much on our Utah bucket list that I hope we get it all done before we leave!
Quinn did so great on the ride. She loves it when she is able to stand up and look out the window. (**Disclaimer, this only happens on 1. Trains, 2. Major traffic jams on the way to the Outer Banks, 3. When looking at buffalo and driving 5 miles an hour, 4. In the middle of nowhere Wyoming when we have been in the car for 15 hours. I promise that 99% of the time she is safely buckled in her car seat.**)
So on the train ride she was so happy that she could stand on our laps and look out the window. There was a girl playing the violin and every time she got near us Quinn started clapping. She loves music, her favorite toy is drum set that I bought from Target. She will pick up the drumsticks and hit the drum, it is so cute! We got her a little train book from the station so that we can read all about trains. Here are some pictures of our trip:

On the way home we took a scenic route. It took us a little longer to get home but it was so pretty! 

Family time is good, life is good : ) 

Grandma came to visit

A couple of weeks ago my mom came out to visit and it was so nice to have her here! She was such a huge help (like she always is) and I just loved getting to spend time with her. I know that Quinn loved it too. She is such a good grandma! One of the nights she was here we had a really awesome sunset. The sunsets here are pretty cool and always have amazing colors.

We got to do a lot of things while my mom was here visiting. We went downtown and saw Temple square, ate dinner in a covered wagon, went up to the mountains and took a gondola ride and went to Antelope Island which is a state park near our house where you can go to the Great Salt Lake. We went and saw the buffalo that roam the island, saw some other animals, got in the Great Salt Lake (it was freezing!!!) and saw a beautiful sunset. Here are some pictures of our trip to Antelope Island. 

We can't wait to go back to Antelope Island. I also can't wait for my mom to come out and visit again. This time she said she didn't want to have to share Quinn so she didn't bring anybody with her but maybe next time she will let others come too. : ) 

Family is the best, life is good : ) 

Black Island Farms

Today we went to a farm near our house called Black Island Farms. It was military appreciation weekend so Dave got in for free and I got in for a discount. It was very cute and reminded me of Niederman's Farm at home.

We went on a hayride and got to pick out a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. Quinn was great just like she always is. She just goes along with whatever we do. We got two big pumpkins and one little pumpkin for Quinn. It was fun, the guy driving the tractor came out and cut the pumpkin from the vine for you. Well actually he said "if you didn't bring your knife, I can cut the pumpkin for you." We just so happened to forget our knife and he cut our pumpkins.

After the hayride we went over to the rest of the farm. They have a corn maze, animals you can see, pig  races, slides, a jumping house and a lot of other things. It was very slow today because it is Sunday (everybody goes to church and not many people are out and about on Sundays) so they didn't have a lot  of things going on while we were there. We didn't end up doing the corn maze because we both wore sandals and didn't want our feet to get gross. So we are just going to have to go back and do the maze. We also got a pie pumpkin from the farmer's market so that I can make a pumpkin pie. 

After we got back from the farm we went on a walk at a cute park by our house. Sammy jumped out of the back of the Pilot and scraped his chin and it was bleeding. Poor little guy, I bet he doesn't jump out again. Now chicken and dumplings are finished in the crock pot and two of our favorite TV shows start tonight. It is a great Sunday. 

Sundays are good, Life is good : )