Ashley, how old are you?

Ashley was looking forward to eating on the red “You Are Special Today” plate.  This is one of Kathryn’s traditions mixed with the German Pancake tradition from my side.

When we asked Ashley what kind of cake she wanted, she consistently asked for a chocolate lion cake.  Kathryn delivered big time.

Treats for the friends party.

So happy to be the birthday girl!

Best. Day. Ever.

Sunday dinner at the Hawker house.  Let the party continue!

Ashley saw this tiger umbrella at the zoo one day with Adam and absolutely had to have it.  She was pretty distraught to leave empty handed.  We heard about Adam’s tiger umbrella for a good portion of the ride home.  This was a fantastic gift that put in major points for the favorite uncle position.

Putting it to good use in the rain the next day.  Check out that smile!

Four years ago we were in this very same spot up at the cabin and took what we like to think of as a famous picture.  We have it printed on a huge canvas in our house.  Pretty amazing what can come off of a phone camera.  We’ve come back every year but this is the first time we’ve been there at the right time to capture an almost identical photo.

Fall 2012

Fall 2016

There were also these awesome leaves on the ground that had large droplets from the recent rain.  It was interesting how the water only stuck to the back side of the leaves.

We drove the Alpine scenic loop and stopped at Cascade Springs.

On a separate drive we did the Nebo Scenic Byway.  We missed most of the colors, but the drive was still a lot of fun!  Here is the Devil’s Kitchen.

It’s fall already!  We’ve had quite a bit of fall fun too.

Check out this cute little pumpkin!

We went to the pumpkin patch place in Springville for a bit of FHE fun.

Salt Lake Weekend.

We went to Top Golf on a hot date with Adam and Shalyn.  Adam was the undisputed golf pro among the four of us.  Awesome place and lots of fun.

Afterwards we got dressed up for a Halloween party with some of Kathryn’s friends.  The girls were not sure about Mr Bones at all.  We’ve got Sophia the second and her friends Clover the bunny, Crackle the dragon, and Oona the mermaid.

Ashley has discovered the goodness of Waffle Crisp and how fun the back of a cereal box can be.

Cute girls!

To my chagrin, Eliza quite likes olives.

Kathryn had her Halloween concert.  This is the one concert a year that the girls get to come.  Peter Pan and Tinkerbell came with us to the concert as well.  Lots of fun!