Craft Night

Last week I hosted my first craft night with my friends. We all made these fun Halloween decorations. They turned out really cute and we had a great time crafting together. Ryan played a big part in it too. He cut out all of the wood for everyone and drilled the final holes to finish it off. We were so glad that it was a success and it was a lot of fun to get creative. I think we should go into business (not likely). (: Thanks to everyone who came. It was a blast!!

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The Moehle Harvest

Every year we grow a garden. We are just starting to get the hang of it. This year we made the mistake of planting two squash plants along with our zucchini. We have squash coming out our ears. I don't really know how to cook it but I think I may try to make some baby food. We also have lots of tomatoes because I always plant way too many bushes. I even planted a yellow tomato bush on accident which gives us some variety. For awhile we were wondering why those tomatoes were not turning red. This year we grew cucumber that I started from seed and they are delicious. We have not been very successful with cucumber in the past. We also tried pumpkins this year and we now have a pumpkin patch growing in our backyard. The plant is taking over the garden and so far we have seven pumpkins growing. We will definitely be ready for Halloween. We always let our zucchini grow ridiculously huge mostly because we can't keep up with them. Ryan thinks we should enter them in the fair next year.

What is Nathan up to these days?

Nathan is working really hard on becoming mobile. He hasn't quite figured out how to crawl forward but rocks back and forth, pushes himself backwards and does 360's. My new favorite is his "frog hop". He lifts himself up pushes forward and plops on the ground and does that over and over until he gets where he is going.Nathan is also mastering the push up. He sure is a strong little guy. He does this several times a day. It is very entertaining to watch. One of these days he may just stand right up. While Nathan is working on crawling he manages to get into interesting places like under the bed, behind drapes, under coffee tables, etc.
Nathan has now advanced to a "big boy" car seat. He was getting way to long for the other one and he seems to enjoy this one a lot more. I love it too because it converts to a booster seat for later.
Dumping his cereal on the floor.

Our Spiderman

He loves his new rocking chair and even rocks in it. He is so grown up and in that outfut looks like he is ready for Charter School.
We started a play group and Nathan enjoys playing with all of his new friends. He is also very good about sharing his toys. I hope it lasts.

Worn out after all his crawling and exploring.


Nathan "singing" in his cup at bath time. He loves to put the empty cup up to his mouth and make noises in it. We have a very funny guy.

So big in his 18 month size pajamas! He is tall and thin just like his daddy.

Fun at the Fair

It has been a tradition for us to go the Utah State Fair every year. This year it was a lot of fun because Nathan got to come along for his first Fair experience. He was quite intrigued by all of the farm animals and the sounds they made. He got to eat a snow cone, grandma bought him a cowboy hat, he saw the amazing butter cow display and he got his picture on a pumpkin. We had a great time. Family PhotoThe classic tractor picture of Ryan and Nathan (we get one evey year).

Nathan even got to play a fair game. He picked out one of the boats and won a stuffed frog. Awesome!

Nathan's first cowboy hat. Yee-haa!! We decided he would be a cowboy for Halloween. Now where do I find cowboy boots that little?

Checking out the farm animals.

Nathan and I with Big Red (biggest cow ever!)

And finally a picture on a pumpkin.

Zion National Park Vacation

Two weeks ago we took an amazing trip to Zion National Park with Ryan's family. We stayed at Zion Ponderosa Ranch which is just outside the park. We had lots of fun hiking, exploring, swimming and spending time with family. We are so lucky to live in a state that has so much beauty!

These were the cabins we stayed in. They were great. We did have a "ghost" though. The cabins are made out of wood and because it was so dry our cabin kept popping and cracking. It sounded like someone was on the roof.

Beautiful Zion.

Ryan took some awesome pictures but I would have to start another blog to show them all to you.

Nathan got to spend time with his cousin Robbie. They are three months apart and look so cute in their matching shirts. Robbie lives in Arizona so we don't get to see him very much.
The pool at the Ranch was awesome! It had slides and everything. It was great to swim after our long hikes.
While we were there we hiked the Narrows which was my favorite part. Nathan did awesome in his backpack. He loved it and even took naps in it too. We were impressed with how well he did on all of our looooong hikes. He is such a trooper.
The water was pretty deep in some areas but the surroundings were beautiful.
Nathan taking his nap in the Narrows. The Narrows was the coolest hike ever. I highly recommend it.

More hiking.
Happy that he doesn't have to hike.
Stopping for lunch.
Another one of our cool hikes.


Our happy family. We love the outdoors!

Nathan's 6 month Pictures

These are Nathan's 6 month pictures. I just figured out how to post them so they are a little late.