Disneyland!

Beware... lots of pictures, and in no particular order either.  I tried so hard to get lots of good pictures in Disneyland, and I think I did for the most part.  I still got lots of blurry ones, but oh well. It goes without saying that we had a blast, especially with my parents in tow.  We had a great hotel right across the gates with a swimming pool and free breakfast, and 3 days to play at the parks.

The new Radiator Springs ride was especially fun.  I can't wait to do that one again.

I love this one of my boys jumping in the water.  If you haven't noticed, Sam is ripped! See below.

The kids had saved their allowance for the better part of the year in order to having some fun souvenirs.  Emmi and Sam had over 100$ each, and Keaton was closer to $50.  Emmi spent most of hers on her new best friend "Emily."

Sam wanted a "Stitch" and Keaton got SpongeBob and Hero Factory legos.

I love this one, it is so much my Dad.:)

These were the brave souls who went on the Tower of Terror, which really did terrorize my children, unfortunately.  Grandma loved the ride, and wanted to go again but no one would go with her.:)

The boys talked Chad into taking them on the ferris wheel, which was yet another bad experience.  Keaton was in the fetal position on the floor for most of it, and you can see how much Sam liked it...lol.

Me and Jack going for a ride on Autotopia.

It only took 2 tries, but Chad finally got me to go on the Coaster with him.  I love roller coasters, just didn't liked the strapped in part.

Help!

Help! I got a post stating that I have met my limit for photos on this blog.  I cannot delete any because I have yet to make my posts into a book.  How did you all get around this?  

I also need to update my heading and side pictures, but I don't have Photoshop.  What do you all use?

Did I mention?

Where has the month gone?  Well, these are some things that you might have missed, or at least I have neglected to post about.  Emmi lost her first tooth.  She wiggled it out during one Sacrament meeting and has been showing everyone she can since.  Oh, and did I mention she has a lisp now? What a cutie!

Keaton did get his cast off just before Halloween, and with the little saw, no less.  Keaton was squirming and giggling the whole time.  He kinda freaked out a bit when Dr. Peterson turned it on.

We were delighted to have not only Grandma "B" but also Great Grandma Hess come down and watch our primary program this year, and both took time to play barbies with Emmi. (Sorry, I neglected to take one of Grandma "B" and Emmi, but she plays with Emmi almost every visit).  How sweet is that?

Keaton and Sam got invited over for their first sleepover.  They got to go and party with Caleb, Luke and Isaac Sutton.  They had a blast!

Since the boys got a sleepover, I promised Emmi that Daddy would take the rest of us out for dinner.  So, we had a little Taco Bell and Maddi Rocks ice cream.  Emmi and Jack were happy with that.
 

I also told Emmi she could sleep in Jack's room so she didn't have to sleep alone in the basement.  It took these two monkeys FOREVER to fall asleep, but once asleep, they actually sleep the whole night.

Halloween!

It was a hard Halloween at our house.  Emmi and Jack started getting sick a few days before, and were still running a fever that morning.  So, of course, I had to keep Emmi home from school that day, which I felt terrible about.  Being in Kindergarten, it was her first time to wear her costume to school, be in the school's Halloween parade, and first class party.  I guess I lucked out that it was her first, and she really didn't realize how much she was missing.  She didn't take it too hard.  I did though.  What a crummy day to be sick!  I told her that we would still let her go trick-or-treating, being it was Halloween after all.

Before we headed down to trunk-or-treat, we had to stop by and see some of our favorite people, who sweetly always have a special bag of treats waiting for my kids.  First was our Carolyn.  For the first time since we have moved to Payson, we did not get to show Ida Mae our costumes, and that was sad to me.  However, Carolyn was as cute as she could be with the kids. 

Next was Max and Linda's house, who are good friends of Chad and I's that we met through working at the temple.  We lucked out in that they live in Payson too.

Max was even good to get in a shot with the kids.  I just love these people.

This is my FAVORITE costume that I have ever bought.  Yoda is special to me and for a number of reasons.  First, when I was a baby, I was bald.  I also was blessed with my Dad's slightly pointy ears and hence, my uncles on my mother's side used to tease and call me Yoda as a baby.  This was all said before I was old enough to know, thank goodness, because I probably would have thought my uncles mean.  But anyway, it makes me smile to dress my kids up as "their mother" for Halloween. Then, in high school, and the first year I was on the drill team, our motto was "Do or do not, there is no try," which are Yoda's clever lines, and was one of my first times to actually watch and appreciate Star Wars.  And lastly, it has been said that Yoda's physical characteristics were patterned after another great spiritual leader, Pres. Spencer W. Kimball.  I can totally see the resemblance, and makes me love Yoda all the more.  It is also is too darn cute on little toddlers.. you just can't beat it.


Remember this?  Emmi was the first one to don the Yoda back in 2008.

 


After the trick-or-treating was over, it was time for more visits to favorite people.  First, was Grandma and Grandpa Thornock, who now live nice and close.  We didn't get to stay long, being a school night and all, but the kids sure surprised Grandma when she came to door.  It took her a minute to recognize us.

Last for the night was Grandma and Grandpa Hunsaker.  Grandma told Keaton his red eyes were sure scary.

So, another Halloween is in the books.  It wasn't my favorite.  It just felt off.  Normally we have pumpkin pizza from Papa Murphy's, but we had to settle on grabbing a pizza late and eating it in the car on the way to Santaquin.  The trunk-or-treat was a bust, I am kicking myself that I didn't take a picture of the back of Emmi's costume because the long braid was so darling, but worst of all, when we got home that night from the Hunsaker's, we found one of our pumpkins smashed in the driveway, another one missing, and the candy, along with my favorite mixing bowl no where to be found!  

It was the very first time we had left a bowl out, and only because were not going to be gone for more than one hour, and becase there was no trunk-or-treat, we had a lot candy that we wanted gone.  The kids felt the worst about the missing bowl, and Keaton all teary-eyed asked me if we should call the cops.  I felt bad that it shook them up so.  After school the next day, I even found my boys looking around my front yard to see if they could find the bowl, since the only way I could appease them to sleep that night was the idea that maybe it was just hidden somewhere in the yard, and not stolen.  Oh, what sweet boys I have!  

Oh well, I guess there is always next year.  Hopefully, it will be a healthier, and all around, better Halloween for all of us.