The Nutmeg

On Sunday, I was making a spiced pumpkin crumb cake. I had all the ingredients scattered on the counter in our kitchen. We had some friends over. They have a little boy too, a few months younger than Carter. So Carter and Wes were playing and were in and out of the kitchen all night. Then one time they were in there for a while just playing, and I heard Carter say something over and over again. I wasn't really paying attention to what he was saying or what they were doing. Finally I realized that Carter was saying, "Mess! Mess! Mess!" So I turned to see what he was talking about.

I forgot that Carter was tall enough to reach onto the counter. And I didn't realize that he really had figured out how to unscrew things. He went through the whole bottle of nutmeg and his pans smelled like nutmeg the rest of the night.

Also, when I went to take pictures, he was very embarrassed. He started crying more each time I took a picture, so I only got 2.

Halloween

Carter was a zebra for Halloween this year. We went to our Stake trunk or treat and he had a blast. He wasn't much of a fan for going around and getting the candy from strangers but he loved running around in the parking lot and on the grass. He did enjoy asking me for more candy and looking at all the kids in their costumes.

He was being such a pain and wouldn't leave his hat on...and then dad came home and he had no problem leaving it on for him.

Let me go on a little tangent here. This boy LOVES his daddy! We're not quite sure why the obsession but it is adorable. When daddy leaves for work, he cries. When he sees a picture of daddy, he tells me over and over again that it's daddy. When he hears neighbors outside during the day, he yells "daddy". When daddy comes home, it's all smiles and grins. Seriously, he loves him.

Crying because I made him keep his hood on for a second.

Looking at all the trick or treaters.

Eating some candy.

Deciding which piece he wanted next.

Grazing for some more.

Mouth full of candy.

Enjoying his natural habitat.

Hope you all had a happy Halloween!

A Clayton Filled Weekend.

This past weekend, we were lucky enough to have Marks sister and her family come up and visit us. They have a crazy life and needed a bit of a break from it. These pictures are naturally backwards (thanks blogger) from the order that they occurred but oh well.

Once upon a time Mark had a birthday back in August and I was too sick to ever do anything to celebrate it until this weekend. We had a nice little surprise party for him and some of my family members came down to help celebrate. Needless to say, he was really surprised...

Look at all that fire. He's old! haha

On the same day we went up the canyon and hiked to a waterfall. We didn't get any pictures of the actual waterfall but here are some Christmas card potentials.

Clayton Family

Another day we went to a really yummy place called Tepanakis for dinner. It was delicious and so entertaining. It's a japanese steakhouse that cooks all your food right in front of you with fire and everything. It was a lot of fun and the kids really enjoyed it. Except little Bryn, she was quite frightened by the fire.

That same day we went to Cornbelly's. I don't really know how to describe what it is. Basically just a whole bunch of different fall time activities that you can do. We spent pretty much the entire day there so there's tons to do!

Zach and Carter playing on the spider web.

Carter, Bryn and Brisa climbed all the way to the top of the hay tower.

Liam and Shane climbing the rock wall.

Brisa made it all the way to the top!

Carter enjoyed watching all the kids, jumping in the bounce house and most of all, eating suckers!

We had such a great weekend and we can't wait until Thanksgiving when we get to see them again. Plus, Nana and Paw paw will be there too!