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Utah Trip | The Trost Family 2014 Pumpkin Carving Night

 

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Every year my dad plants a bunch of pumpkins in his garden. Then one night in October everyone gets together and, he brings whatever has grown for the grandkids (and all their parents) to carve. We aren’t always in Utah for this tradition but definitely love participating when we are! 🙂

The grandkids all have a lot of fun selecting their pumpkin, choosing their design, etc.

This year, Titan decided to go with a Sonic design. Shocking, right?! In the picture above he is describing to Broc how it should all go down…

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October was a very busy month for us in 2014! Not only is it my most favorite month of the year (and so I cram a lot into the month anyway) but we were also able to spend about two weeks of the month in Utah visiting friends, blessing Chayse and doing a TON of really fun activities!

All of those posts are on their way, but first I thought I’d put up our typical Month in Review post. So this post is basically all of the photo’s that didn’t fit into the fifteen other posts I have to get up from October 2014! (I know, I know…I’m like 6 months behind!)

And the photo overload starts now… 🙂

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At the beginning of the month we decided to try out a restaurant that was recommended by our neighbor called Mama Randazzo’s. It’s a little ma and pa type Italian restaurant over in Altoona, PA. Apparently Sal’s Six Packs (which is basically a beer and bevarage store) which is right next door to the restaurant is owned by the same owners and so the two places are connected. As we pulled up Titan’s first words were, “Um guys! I don’t know about this. Look at all those beer signs!” LOL He thought we were going into Sal’s Six Packs!

Once we convinced him that we weren’t going in the beer place, but rather to get some pizza or other yummy italian food, he finally was ok getting out of the car.

This place was definitely an older place but their portions were huge and the food was really yummy! The picture of the calzone above was HALF of their medium calzone. We started out ordering a large and the waitress quickly explained to us that a medium would probably be sufficient!

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My two cuties waiting for dad to get home from an all night shift at the hospital! I saw Chayse’s adorable headband and glittery spider leg warmers for sell through an online shop and couldn’t resist getting them for the month of October! Especially since all of October she was still in her Pavlik Harness. Her super cute “I’m FABOOLOUS” onsie was surprisingly a $3.00 Walmart find. Loved the saying and the super cute polka dot sleeves!

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Baby girl getting kisses from dad after his long shift! We LOVE hearing his keys in the door after he’s been gone on a 16 hour shift!

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A quick picture I snapped at the beginning of the month as everything here in PA started to change color. We missed the peak of the changing colors when we were in Utah but, all in all, what we did get to see was gorgeous! I still can’t believe how lush and green it is here in PA. Definitely different for someone like myself who grew up in the desert that is Utah!

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Shopping with the little man at our most favorite grocery store here in PA. We love ALDI! Titan was looking over the ad as I was checking out to make sure we hadn’t missed anything on our list. I love taking him with me because I can tell him what we need while we are driving there and 9 times out of 10 he can remember the list perfectly while we are in the store. No need for a day planner or written out list when he’s around. 🙂

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I went to make eggs one morning and realized our egg carton had a scripture on it. “This is the Day which is the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.” – Made my morning!

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Another thing I was loving in October…lots and lots of hot chocolate with some french vanilla creamer mixed in! So yummy! Our Cocoa Motion basically had a permanent spot on our counter all month long.

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Twice a year in April and then again in October our church has General Conference and I almost always make a batch of blueberry muffins that Sunday morning. In fact, we’ve probably had them so many times, now we could probably start calling it a tradition. 🙂

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October is also the month of our anniversary! This year it was our 8th anniversary. For our anniversary we (and the kids) went to dinner at a mexican restaurant we’d been told was good (it wasn’t! but it was nice not to cook that night!) and then made a trip to Coldstone for dessert and to Toys R Us for some browsing for Titan! Things sure do change when you start adding more kids to the picture! 😉  (At this time Chayse was still exclusively nursing so she couldn’t be left with a babysitter for very long and if we were taking her along, we figured Titan may as well join us too!)

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Chayse checking out her photos while we pass more time in the Mother’s Room at church. This girl…she cracks me up!

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When we left for Utah, this tree was still 100% green. Coming back from Utah though two weeks later, we were greeted with this gorgeous and bright yellow tree! So pretty and such a fun surprise!

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Each year I try to pick up a couple new Halloween books to read all month long. Over the years our collection has grown quite nicely. Little did I know, Titan would want to read every single one almost every night! LOL

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And here is a quick shot of what our front entry looked like a day or so after we got back from Utah! I debated posting this, but this is real life at our house! 🙂 We got in at like 2:00am and just dropped everything in the entry. Then, the next morning it was back to work for both Broc and I, and back to a normal schedule just in general which doesn’t leave a lot of room for spending an hour or two unpacking. So yes, this is what our front entry looked like for 2-3 days until I could get all the laundry sorted out, the pumpkins back on the front porch and everything just back where it belongs.

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Titan’s birthday is the first week of November so the last week of October he requested a visit to Game Stop to check out their games and to do some window shopping in anticipation of some birthday money he knew was coming he way. As you can see, he takes his window shopping quite seriously! 🙂

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Ti Guy, our little man that is/was 5 going on 25! (I say was because’s he’s 6 1/2 now that I’m typing this up in May! LOL) It was killing me how grown up he was looking in his flip flop and jeans checking out the games. Pretty sure this site won’t change much between now and his teen years! We definitely have a gamer on our hands!

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The lighting is awful in this photo, but I couldn’t resist. My adorable little work buddy every morning. She loved laying on the boppy looking up at mommy work and I loved looking down and seeing her sweet face!

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Titan had been requesting chocolate chip cookies for weeks and I just never quite had the time to make them from scratch. So it was Pillsbury cookie dough to the rescue one afternoon! Love how they even have themed cookies for each holiday and that all I have to do to make them is pop them on a cookie sheet!

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Broc’s grandma always puts together really cute treat boxes for all of her grandkids (and now great grandkids) for Halloween! Chayse was of course too young for candy in October and so she very nicely sent Chayse a new toy rattle in her treat box and Titan couldn’t wait to show it to Chayse.

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Baby girl getting the hang of her adorable new toy and still rocking the Pavlik Harness on her favorite toy mat!

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…and this is probably my favorite photo of the month! Watching Titan be a big brother has definitely been one of my favorite things! He adores his little sister and seriously thinks the sun, moon and stars all revolve around her! 🙂

Park City Girls Weekend 2013

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Every year in the fall all the girls on my dad’s side of the family get together for a weekend in Park City. We stay at the Marriott Summit Watch and spend lots of time catching up, laughing, shopping, and of course trying out all the fantastic restaurants Park City has to offer.  I’m not able to go every year, but when I do get to go, I always have a blast!

(Thanks to my sister, Tara at Keep Moving Forward with Me for the photo!)
The first day (Friday) we got up to Park City around 3:00 and made our way to the Tanger Outlets and TJ Maxx for some serious shopping! At TJ Maxx my sister found this oh so cute sweater and we both decided that this is one trend we will be passing on. Just not quite sure how I feel about wearing a squirrel, cat, fox, bird, elephant or any other animal on my sweater?! Maybe I just haven’t found the right one yet…??? 😉

After shopping it was off to meet everyone for dinner at Good Thymes. We were all very excited to try it out. Sadly though, no one’s food was very good. But they did have a cool chandelier! 🙂 (Note: If you do decide to give this restaurant a try, make sure to pay for your dinner with a Restaurant.com Gift Card. We were able to purchase a $25 gift card for only $10. So it saved us $15 on our meal!) 
I seriously want this is chandelier in my kitchen when we have an actual home of our own and aren’t renting! How fun is it that it’s made up utensils?! 
Oh, they they did have yummy s’mores. (Kind of hard to screw up s’mores though…) 😉

After dinner it was up to the hotel to show off our shopping purchases and trade our “Favorite Things”.  For the favorite things exchange we all purchase five of our favorite things under $5 and then we trade by drawing names. It’s always really fun to see what people bring. We had everything from Naked Juice Protein Smoothies (that was my favorite thing!) and Great Harvest Granola to Suave Dry Shampoo and scarves from New York! (PS: Anyone else absolutely LOVE the beds at Marriott Resorts? I swear I will own an exact replica of this bed one day…)

The next morning my sister, mom, and I decided to wake up a little early and get a work out in. We did some weights and cardio at the hotel gym and then did a brisk walk and some stairs on Main Street. 

I love Park City this time of year! 

The stairs. 

Happy we got our workout in. Especially since we were eating SO much yummy food all weekend! 

On the way to the Tanger Outlets for our second round of shopping my sister let me take a sip of the Total Nutrition Immortal Herbs sample that she was trying out. It looked absolutely nasty (thus my look of concern) but actually ended up tasting ok since it was blended with Bolt-House Farms Juice. 

While shopping we worked up quite an appetite so we stopped in Park City Pizza Co. for a quick snack before dinner. My mom and I found this place last year and LOVE their cheese sticks. 
It’s kind of a hole in the wall, “Ma and Pa” type place, but you seriously can’t beat the food and prices! 

The delicious cheese bread! 

Later that night we went to another favorite, Baja Cantina. It’s a mexican restaurant with great food as well. We’ve been going for a few years now and every time it’s been awesome. 
My Not-So Nachos at Baja Cantina. Can you tell yet that we basically just do lots of shopping and eating on this trip? LOVE it! Of course, we also played Bunco on night (I won $25!) and spend time down at the hot tub. The whole weekend really is the perfect mix of relaxing and having fun! 

After a jam packed weekend of girl time and shopping it was home to our families to carve some pumpkins! Every year my dad grows pumpkins in his garden and then brings them for the grandchildren to carve. Titan had A TON of fun hanging out with this cousins. Aren’t they so cute?! 

Here they are doing their “scary” faces. Love them! 

Let the carving begin! 

Ti wasn’t really into the carving. It was too slimy and yucky for him. He did great supervising though. Of course, no big surprise there! 😉 

The finished product. This isn’t all of the pumpkins that were carved but it’s at least some of them. It was hard to get a photo with all the candles lit since it was a windy night. (Titan’s pumpkins are the two in the center row.) 

And just so we can remember, here is the pumpkin Titan and Broc carved at a party Broc’s side of the family had while I was in Park City. Titan said it was “Frankenstein’s Goblin”. 
Overall, it was a fantastic weekend! I got to spend time with the girls, score some awesome deals and take a break from being mom and wife for teeny tiny bit and my boys got to have fun going to football games and family parties! Win win all the way around. 
What are you favorite things to do in Park City? We are always looking for new activities or restaurants to try out!  

Have you started carving your pumpkins yet? Or do you wait until Halloween?