Halloween 2010

Halloween this year was kindof sad. It rained while we were trick or treating. The girls didn't mind, they were with their friend and running from house to house. I hated it. Just standing in the rain and the cold was not my idea of fun! The things we do for our kids!!! Harley this year decided to be a Zombie Cheerleader, but come to find out she really wanted to be, Frankie from monster high. Completely different from the costume I bought, made.
Mylie wanted to be a tiger for the longest time. Then she finally decided to be a purple unicorn. Nobody sells purple unicorn outfits, so we made it. Not the best job, but Jer's face paint adds a ton!

Quinns halloween jammies!!! Mylie as a Unicorn, Harley and Mylie. Love Harleys serious face!!!

Quinn watched cartoons on Jer's phone while he passed out candy. Harley as "Frankie" kindof.

October - South Dakota

So october was an eventful month. It didn't start that way but it ended up being a fun month. About the middle of the month, Harley had a 4 day weekend. We were just planning on staying home. Then Mylie and me were doing a map puzzle and just happened to see Mt Rushmore on the South Dakota piece. I thought, well we have never been there why don't we go. I called my sister who is a teacher and asked if she wanted to go with us. All together is was the Burns 5, my 2 sisters, my brother in law, and my aunt Karen. We drove from here in Utah the 14 hours through Wyoming to South Dakota. It was an ok trip, Quinn did amazingly well and traveled great!
We went to Mt Rushmore and spent about 5 hours there walking around and seeing the museum and how the moutain was formed. Pretty amazing stuff. One thing that was interesting to Jer was they started building a granite vault behind the monument, similar to granite mountain here in Utah that the LDS church stores its family history records in. It was never completed, because they ran out of money.
We also went back later that night and saw the mountain lit up. That was beautiful.
WHile we were in the "black hills" we took the girls panning for gold. They got a few small pieces. I would say about .25 cents worth of gold!!! But they had so much fun I think it was worth the 10.00 to do it!
Our last big thing to do before we heading back to Utah was to take tour in the Jewel Caves Monument. It was an hour or so long tour that only covered about a half mile of the cave, but it seemed like we walked forever. We went down about 300 feet into the cave and walked in and out of rooms. I was slightly scared. But it was amazing. The guide told us a long time ago the whole cave was filled with water. They also said that they measure the wind and how it comes through the cave and by that they can guess how big the cave might be. They have only explored 300 miles of the cave, but estimate that the cave could be 5000 miles long, big. It is amazing to think that there is so much cave unexplored. He said in one part of the cave for 6 ft it is only 8 1/2 inches tall. People go there and do extreme caving and spend 5 days in the cave. I think I would freak out squeezing through a opening 8 1/2 inches tall.
It was a fun quick trip. We are going to do this more often as a family, so if anyone has an suggestions for our next trip, please let me know. We are open to anything. Maybe next time we will hit Yosemite. None of us has ever been there!

Mt Rushmore. My sister Robin, me and Lumpy, my aunt Karen, and sister Jaime. Our family and where mylie spent most of the day, on Jer's shoulders.

Random wildlife. Mylie and Harley fishing. We stopped and fished at 2 different spots. Never caught anything.

Devil's gate in Wyoming. This is where the Willie and Martin Handcart companies were when the rescuers found them. Not too far away is Martin's Cove. Harley is crawling through the 8 1/2 inch height that you have to be able to pass through to extreme explore the cave. Then the 2nd lake we stopped to fish at.

More random wildlife. Crystals inside the cave. And running through the middle of the last picture is what the guide called "Cave Bacon". Really does look like a strip of bacon!

Better view of the 8 1/2 inches with Mylie crawling through. I don't know how adults do it!
More crystals and cave goo.

More cave pictures. There were some pretty interesting things in the cave!

Mt Rushmore. We drove through 1 lane rock tunnels where you honked your horn the whole way through. The girls loved it. We also drove on amazing all wooden bridges. And lumpy just being adorable.

A goat and her baby at Mt rushmore. They were just walking around, free. Mt Rushmore at night and another view of the wood bridges.

Mylie caught a butterfly. and the 1st lake we fished at.

September

So time has quickly gotten away from me. I can't believe it has been 2 and a half months since Quinn was born. So many things have been happening with us. I will try to do this monthly for now. Hopefully more posts will follow.
September was busy. Harley started school at the end of August and she is loving it. She in now in 2nd grade and she loves her teacher Miss. Isaacs. Recently she has been in trouble by me because she doesn't want to leave class at the end of the day so on my days to pick up her and her friends are usually in her class for 20-25 mins extra after school.
Mylie is doing preschool here at our house. She has a friend in the neighborhood that comes and does preschool with us. Not to brag, but she is a genius!!! We are working on all kinds of things and trying to be crafty. She loves it. I have them go to the door, ring the bell, and answer I answer it and welcome them to school. Mylie likes feeling like she is going somewhere to school.
Quinn is continuing to grow. I love the newborn cuddle stage, but I love that she now smiles and interacts and wants to grab at things. All we need now if for her to giggle!

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Harleys 1st day of secong grade. Mylie needed to be thing 1!

Random pics of Quinn and the girls. Better ones soon!