October

October was busy because Greg was out of town the majority of the month. High school visits, Football games and a recruiting trip to Alaska kept him very busy.
Our church had a talent show and the girls decided to balance spoons on their noses for their talent. Here are two videos of them practicing.

Alexis had some mystery dots on her skin, so I took her to the doctor and found out it was moluscum. Which is just skin bumps that are hereditary and do go away on their own over time. The doctor did try a cream on some of them which did help speed the process. We found out at the doctor visit that Alexis had strep throat for the third time this year. I tried out anew recipe called Cinnamon Bubble Buns. The kids had fun helping me and they were really yummy.Here is Paxton talking about a few of his favorite things:

Alexis celebrated crazy hair day at school.
I celebrated my 30th birthday at the end of October. Greg was actually in Alaska on my birthday. A couple weekends before we were in Orem and we went out for movie and ice cream while Greg's parents watched the kids. Greg surprised me with a wood bench for the front porch for my gift and I bought myself an ice cream cake. I cleaned the house well the day before and planned easy meals so I didn't have to really cook or clean anything. And it worked out that Paxton took a good nap while Denali was at preschool so I had an hour and a half of quiet. What more could a girl want? Also, Rachel and Brittany surprised me with balloons, chocolate and a gift certificate for a pedicure. We carved a pumpkin for each kid. Paxton had a U for the University of Utah Utes, Denali chose a Jack O Lantern face and Alexis and Greg did a Snow College Badger face.
The PTA does a Halloween carnival for the community so I helped with that and we attended as a family. The elementary school also had their annual costume parade and we enjoyed trick or treating. Lots of candy and lots of fun was had by all. We had a Ute football player and 2 Snow College cheerleaders at our house. I would like to add that I made the girls skirts, although you can't see them that well in this pic.
Greg probably has better photos. Taking and archiving better photos is another New Year's resolution.