Trip to Disneyland

Alright this actually happened before Halloween, but who's keeping track? Obviously I am not keeping up with all the happenings anymore in addition to everyday life. We went to CA in mid-October for a trip to Disneyland. It was a beautiful sunny day and we had a great time. We are thankful to Grams and Grandpa for a great trip. Jonathan liked the teacups. He was smart and came with his mom, auntie, and Grams. It was the "slow" teacup.

Evan and Grandpa on the carousel. It requires lots of people to get four kids through Disneyland. This time we had an adult for every kid.

Lindsay and Jonathan on It's A Small World. They had new plastic boats that felt a lot less sturdy compared to the older, mostly metal boats.

Laurel and Evan on It's A Small World. I can still remember the first time we took Laurel to Disneyland. It is crazy how fast time flies. She doesn't say "Again, Again" anymore. She did try out Space Mountain and the Tower of Terror this time. She was very brave, but I think the Tower of Terror was a little much for her.

Aren't these really cute kids. I think so! They are also so sweet and I am lucky to be their mom.

Halloween 2009

We are going to go back in time to Halloween. We got some more pictures off of the camera and wanted to catch up on Halloween. We continued the family tradition of caramel apples and carving pumpkins Abraham Lincoln meets the Bat twins.

My two princesses. They got to do lots of trick or treating with Laurel's friend and family. They got lots of candy.

Cousins Isaac and Elijah also stopped by. They were Tigger and Eeyore.The kids pose with their finished pumpkins. They had a good time. Evan even turned into a vampire.

Even Jonathan was willing to scoop out the goo. Mom also cleaned and roasted the seeds.

No one was a fan of cleaning out the pumpkin goo!

Thank goodness Michael likes to help them clean out the pumpkins. I enjoyed doing the caramel apples instead.

Pictures the First Day of School

This picture of the girls on their first day of school is amazing because they look really nice even though I had vertigo and could barely do their hair. Good thing they are naturally beautiful. Below Jonathan is very excited about his new backpack. He started school first this year. He loves preschool and has never made a fuss about going. He is suprisingly shy around the teacher and other kids.

This is also a picture of Jonathan with his backpack. Soccer season started the same week as school so they were trying on their soccer clothes. Lindsay had her first practice the same day as Jonathan's first day of school. Michael ended up coaching Evan's team and Laurel's team. They all played hard this year. We did not get a picture of Evan's first day of school. He started a full 2 weeks after everyone else and somehow it got missed. The picture above at least gives you an idea of how big he was when he started Kindergarten. He has already grown so much!

Trip to Park City

Michael and I stayed in Park City without the kids for two nights at the beginning of October. It was really nice to have conversations with each other without being interrupted constantly. Then the kids came and stayed with us. We went to Main Street and rode the trolley. The kids really liked the trolley ride and wanted to keep riding, but we had to get back to the hotel so Michael could go to the Priesthood session . It was a little chilly that day. Everyone else wore their coats. I am not sure what my problem was, but I was really cold.

We took this picture while waiting for the trolley. We looked at a statue of a miner and some old mining equipment.

Michael took this picture of us with his camera, which is why we look a little smooshed and my head is kind of cut off.

These are the best kids in the world. I know I am very biased, but I think they are great!

Family Reunion Pictures in Oregon

The picture below is of just the granddaughters. There numbers have been slowly growing, but are still less than the grandsons.
Picture of all of the grandkids at Greg and Michelle's farm.

Below is a picture of just the grandsons. They are definitely more of them, but the girls have had some new additions in the last two years.

Hiking Y mountain

Our new goal is to get up and do things as a family on Saturdays. We decided to hike the Y because the kids had been begging for a long time. I expected the boys to be exhausted half way up and I could go back down with them. I was wrong, they hiked all the way to the top without being carried at all.

This is a very steep hike and the kids were awesome. the girls were always ahead trying to get us all to hurry up.

With a little bit of hand holding the boys marched right up the mountain. I know I was sore the next day.

Lil' Lindsay' Birthday

Now you know how behind I am. These pictures were from Lindsay's Birthday back in August. We celebrated with lots of family. It is hard to believe that my baby girl is already 7 years old. Time flies. I still remember her 4th Birthday when she wanted a purple cake with purple frosting.
This is her new bike from Grams and Grandpa. They were in town until just before her birthday when Uncle Ryan had surgery. She got to have it a few days early and loves to ride it.

Grandpa our family expert on bikes was available to get everything adjusted and ready to go.

We had lots of good food and a delicious cake for her birthday. She had fun playing with her cousins that were able to come.