Books, Bow Ties, The Zoo and the The Marsh

One of my favorite parts of this time of year is getting out the Halloween books! Thanks to their Nana, our boys have quite the collection of Halloween literature and it's so fun to pull them out. I snapped a few photos of Ben reading to the boys on a few different occasions (In the first picture I believe they are reading Froggy's Halloween and in the second one they are reading Dinosaur's Trick or Treat). Our boys are such readers, they love story time so much and it's a big part of our lives. It's so fun to bring a little festive Holiday cheer into it!

 We went to the zoo again this week! We have such great friends with zoo passes that keep getting us in for free. We went again with our friends the Bennett's and Alyse's friend Chelsea and her kids. Chase was mostly just happy to be there with Ryder and the two of them occasionally glanced up from their running around to see an animal. Hudson, on the other hand, loves the zoo more and more each time we go. I don't have a favorite child, but I do have a favorite child to take to the zoo and it's definitely Hudson. He loves animals and gets so so excited. He was claiming that each one was his friend and each animal we saw was his favorite. He excitedly would yell "OH MY GOSH! There's my friend giraffe! Hi giraffe-y!" It was hilarious.

And then we got to the bears, which have always been a highlight for Hudson.  They were napping up against this glass pane, so Hudson laid down right by them and sang to them for a solid ten minutes. When I finally pulled him away he insisted "But mom, I need to sing my friend the bear some lullabies!" Oh my goodness, days like this remind me why we keep Hudson.

Not photographed, but worth mentioning, is that Ben and I got to have another beautiful get away to Park City that weekend, thanks to MarketStar! They treated us to a super delicious dinner and then a night at the NewPark resort, where we've now stayed twice and we love it! We did a ton of shopping and thanks to good luck and great sales found everything we were looking for. And then we came home to our two sweet boys, who didn't miss us even a little and were spoiled by their grandparents. I overheard Chase saying to my mom, "I like it when we stay here, we get to do whatever we want!"

The boys are now wearing their fall church clothes. They generally have just one church outfit to wear a season/they grow out of it. I bought them a few bow ties and I loved how cute and dapper they looked!

 And this is our beautiful marsh! Having bought our home in the winter, I didn't realize what a gem this is! Our property is bordering this gorgeous marsh and all spring/summer/fall I've absolutely loved the view! This is the view from my huge bedroom window and also from our kitchen sink, so I see it all the time. It was beautifully green all summer and now it's turning gold. Seeing the sun rise over the mountains, the pink sky, and this below is a beautiful, welcome sight every single morning. The picture doesn't do it justice, but trust me, it's one of my favorite things about where we live.