Friday, October 31, 2014

Happy Halloween 2014!

We had a BLAST this Halloween! It was so fun especially now that Jayden is catching onto the whole idea of this fun tradition. He is still talking about how much he loved to say “trick-or-treating” and getting candy. It was especially cute to us that he cared more about the decorations than the candy, although he really liked that too-naturally. He would spend several minutes per house just admiring the decor, and pointing to it and telling us all about it.. It was pretty precious. I will be posting more pictures of our night of Halloween fun, but for now here is a Happy Halloween shout out as our last Halloween as a family of three!
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Love, The Ostlers!

August Mobile Pictures 2014

You will notice the pictures and events get fewer and fewer over the next few posts/months (than my usual anyway-still a lot of pictures), due to being pregnant and really not feeling well, but here are the pictures Ben and I took on our phones for August. Enjoy these little tidbits of our wonderful, fun, and crazy life.
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Jayden sure enjoys his massages and goldfish during Sacrament Meeting.
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Of course Jayden is good to return the favor at home. :)
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This little guy is always creating and imagining. I LOVE it! I think all too often we lose sight these days of what children’s learning should really be. This right here is it, folks!
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My birthday present from Ben this year! Yay for upgrading our service provider and getting a new phone that actually works!
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After months of storing our old love seat in our garage to find it a home that it could be of good use to, my old roomie from college stopped by for a quick visit and to pick it up. So glad that it was able to do someone else some good like the good we did us the past five years since my Aunt and Uncle gave it to us.
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Jayden and I love impromptu play days with friends!
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We LOVE our cute not-so-little puppy!
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Fun at Ben’s work’s couple’s dinner!
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We got a gift card to Target from the drawing and used it for some movies and snacks so the date night could continue at home since Jayden was enjoying a sleepover at my parent’s.
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We LOVE our evening family walks!
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The cookies and games afterward are not bad either. ;)
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Movie party to watch our Guys and Dolls performance! It was SO fun and brought back a lot of memories.
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Ben and Jayden make some pretty yummy dinners together. I am one lucky girl!
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This is where I go when I need to relax, unwind, and of course-take family pictures. The Ogden Botanical Gardens are BEAUTIFUL!!!
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Fun at the Lip Sync Party at my parent’s. It was the beginning of a new tradition and SO much fun!!!
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Jayden was anxious to say the prayer and eat the second he got his food. He is totally mine.
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We have the cutest boys EVER!
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Jayden had fun shopping with Daddy for his work clothes.
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Fun at Dad’s birthday party. We made his favorite (and famous) recipe for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies instead of cake.
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Fun with Daddy at the park one evening. He is missing these outings now that it is getting colder.

Saturday, October 25, 2014

A Night at the Box Elder County Fair!

It has become a tradition to go every year, and we have a BLAST each and every time. We did not bring Caleb this time around so that we could just enjoy being together instead of Jayden and I getting ahead of Ben and Caleb due to the many adoring fans Caleb finds there each year. We missed our pal, but we certainly did not miss the gap always finding its way between us. Remember last year? We kept it simple, cheap and fairly quick this year. We got a $5 pizza to eat on the drive there because lets face it, as amazing as fair food is, we could get a lot more for a lot less money this way and we do love our pizza. It worked out perfectly and we enjoyed a nice hour at the fair seeing the animals, window shopping in the booths, and watching the rides. It was a wonderful night as a family!
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Jayden was pretty excited for the treat of pizza.
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Jayden got so excited about all the animals this year.
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Word to the wise-do not, I repeat do NOT make him mad.
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Until next year then. Still fun to think that we will have another little one in our family next time we go. :)