October 2021

 October was busy, but fun! Here are Google's Then and Nows:

For one of our Mommy and Ivy days this month we went to the gardens at Thanksgiving Point:

Ivy loves to stop and smell the roses (all of them):

She LOVED feeding the fish too:

We took a quick drive on general conference Sunday to see the fall leaves, but so did the rest of Utah Valley, so we didn't really end up seeing much:

Ryan finished coaching Zane's soccer team at the beginning of October! It was hard, but he did a great job!

We had parent teacher conferences at the kids' school this month (except Ivy), and they got raves from all their teachers! Great job kids! They also loved going to back to the book fair and getting new books:

Ryan, Mindi, Zane, and Ivy went to one of the football games this month!

The kids love cheering on BYU! Ivy even asked, "was that another cougar?" meaning "first down," because the announcer always says, "that's another cougar...." and then the spectators respond, "first down!"

The littles also love cougar tails at the game!

Sleepy girl:

Hyrum and I brought home these suckers for the other kids from DC, and it was fun taking pictures with them:

We went to see Addams Family 2 this month! The kids liked it:

Ryan likes to put Ivy on top of this bookshelf for fun:

On a different Mommy and Ivy day, Ivy said she wanted to go on a leaf hunt, so that's what we did. We got some pretty autumn leaves in Provo, then drove up the canyon to get some more:

Ryan is so cute all bundled like a mummy when he sleeps:

Ryan's parents and Dallen came into town this month for Dallen to be able to go through the temple with family and friends. We felt so blessed to be able to attend! He is heading on his mission soon, and we are sure going to miss him.

Hyrum had a few swim meets this month, and he did great!

My parents also took Hyrum out birthday shopping, and he ended up coming home with a giant Nerf gun:

There was a BYU football game the night of trick-or-treating, so after we got home from that my dad, Mindi, me, and Hyrum headed out to the game! It was a great game!

The older kids had school pictures this month:

Ivy also had soccer pictures, and her season ended. She loved it, and her favorite part was the snacks!

While Hyrum and I were in DC, Ryan did great with the three littles at home! They went to Brooker's to get ice cream:

And he took them to the scarecrow festival:

At the scarecrow festival, they got this awesome Yoda cotton candy:

They also got a bit worn out from all the fun:

They went to the park with a beautiful view:

They had cuddle time:

And Cora even did a cute little braid in Ivy's hair for church:

Ryan got a robot this month! Her name is Pepper, and she is meant to be used for Ryan's research. It is a pretty cool robot- and maybe a little too lifelike, lol.

We went on a few dates, but got a picture of us after we went to a show on BYU campus and got some Crumbl afterwards: