Our little man has turned 4! Check out how tall those german pancakes got!

After wishing for years for an “electricity motorcycle,” the time arrived! This guy is a boss on that bike already.

Birthday party at Jakers in Springville.

Corn pit fun! Corn everywhere!

Happy birthday bud!

It’s Fall time again. We’ve been enjoying all the colors and the season.

Evening hike up Maple Canyon.

A ham sandwhich made with love from Eliza.

Ashley finished the fall soccer season with the Electric Lizards. The team was originally going to be the Golden Retrievers, but once the jerseys came in and they saw the color, they decided to rename the team. We had several evening soccer practices and skirmishes in our back yard as well. This was a fun soccer season and Ashley played really hard and really upped her soccer game.

Zucchini boats. By the end of the season, you start to get extra creative. These were fun and delicious.

Pumpkin patch photos!

Picking the pumpkins.

We love watching our Maple Mountain turn colors.

Happy Fall. Rock on!

School picture day success!

Kathryn and I were able to take a belated anniversary trip to Florida. First off, a huge thanks to Suzanne and Tim for making this possible! Since this was apparently a theme park year, we wanted to cross off a couple more things from our list. Namely, since I went on a work trip back in 2014 to Universal Studios and saw Harry Potter world, I’ve wanted to take Kathryn there. Also, I’ve wanted to go see the Star Wars rides at Disney. So, we pulled it off. Here are some of the highlights from the vacation/trip.

Fish tacos at The Cheesecake Factory. Yum.

Hanging out at the hotel.

The Adventure Begins at Universal Studios…

Hulk coaster. Awesome.

Lots of old comic book and cartoon themed Marvel rides.

Welcome to Hogsmeade!

Butterbeer.

Hogwarts Castle.

Late lunch at the Three Broomsticks while it rained outside.

What a cool building.

It’s true.

Next day at Disney Hollywood Studios on the Millennium Falcon.

Honey, I shrunk the kids!

For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration. This was one of my favorite shows. Lots of little jabs worked in, and a nice relaxing place to sit. I love it when Disney makes fun of itself.

Potatoland nightmare from one of the Mickey Mouse movies.

The big Stars Rise of the Rebellion ride. Very impressive.

We worked in a work trip meeting in Tampa, then had just enough time to make a quick stop at Clearwater beach and get another Grouper Sandwich from Frenchies and dip our toes in the water. Wish we could have stayed a lot longer there.

That’s just a small sampling. Kathryn and I had a blast together. It was so fun to act like “kids” again and just run around and do whatever we wanted without worrying about naps and strollers, etc. etc. Thanks for the fun trip Kathryn, and thanks again Suzanne for running the show at home.

And if you’re wondering, Universal Studios Islands of Adventure won the prize for this trip. Favorite Ride: Jurassic World VelociCoaster. Runner Up: probably Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure.