Happy Halloween!

Yes, it's a little late but we can't leave out pictures from our multiple Halloween celebrations... We had the neighborhood party, the ward party, trick or treating and a couple visits to the pumpkin farm. Never a dull moment!
We were lucky to have Superman, Anakin Skywalker and Snow White to celebrate with!
Check out our fantastic pumpkins! The only one missing is Napolean Dynamite who went onto display in Trader Joe's. He was quite authentic!

Celebrations...

October is a major month for us. We celebrate two family birthdays and of course, Halloween. This year, October also brought visits from The Holladays and the Wilsons. It was a very busy, but very fun month!
Here are a few pictures of the excitement with family....
Grandma Shelley and Aunt Megan celebrating Lauren's birthday...
Mom, Dad and the kids in San Francisco...
Halloween celebrations with Grandma Cindy, Papa Russ and Marcia...

Happy Birthday Scott!

It was the big 31! We celebrated with gifts, balloons, Japanese food and really good cake.... yum! The best present (according to Micah), matching Chargers t-shirts for both of them, from Micah! Thanks to everyone for making Scott's birthday so great! We love you and think you're the greatest!

Life's little blessings...

So, every Thursday morning at 5:50 I've been meeting friends from church to jog. It's great! We talk the whole time and really go to town. Today we went 3 1/2 miles just jogging, we did some walking before and after too. Not so bad! Well, when we ended today I realized I had lost my cell phone. So, I drove the few miles peering from my car for my new, cute purple phone. I had to replace it less than a month ago.... no luck. I jumped on my bike, praying the whole time. After looking, there it was on the side of the sidewalk, nestled nicely in the grass. The whole time I was looking I couldn't help but worry it had fallen on the iceplant side, thick iceplant on the left for our whole route... But miracles never cease to happen. One, I found it and two, I fould it before someone else pocketed it. Thank you!

Happy Birthday Dear Lauren!

Well, our baby is two years old! What a birthday it was! Three days of straight parties and lots of presents later, she's officially a year older. Here are a few sanpshots of the actual birthday day. A picture of her in her playhouse having a princess tea party, dinner at Moo Moo's Burger Barn (yes, she wore the princess get up all day long. We couldn't figure out why everyone was staring at us in the restaurant... we finally figured out it was because we were having dinner with "royalty"!), opening presents like a pro and loving a cupcake. More pictures of the visit from Grandma Shelley and Megan and the friend's birthday party to follow!

Pumpkin Patch

We spent the day (all dressed in red) at the Pumkin Patch for Micah's fall field trip. There were lots of pumpkins, a pea planting activity, hayride, petting zoo and play area complete with a swimming pool full of dried beans. Micah hung with his friend Bella (who REALLY likes him if you get my drift) and Lauren really enjoyed the goats although not so much the tractor. Does crying ever look like smiling? Not really as you can tell by the picture!

Where a kid (or grown-up) can be a kid!

Monday was a great Federal Holiday, Columbus Day, which ment Dad had the day off, yipee! What a great way to spend it (ok, great place for kids to spend it) at Chuck E. Cheese. Needless to say, I think we all had some fun and I have made a new personal record, winning the Ski Ball jackpot not one, but TWO TIMES in one afternoon! Our grand total: 501 tickets between the four of us, just under 100 tokens. Good, clean fun!