Halloween

We survived yet another Halloween. I will feel better when all the candy is out of our house, but until then, I will just deal with the hyper kids. Here is the cute children... I mean, here's Bumblebee and two cute fairy princesses. Is it me, or was every girl a fairy this year?

Earlier in the week we got our pumkins. The kids each get to pick their own. They had a good time.

Here are the kids fighting over who is going to pull the wagon full of pumkins. Of course Sam is hitting Aiden. She does that a lot.

Adi's Birthday

By the looks of it, I would say that Adi had a good 1st birthday. At least she liked the cake. We had family over and had a little party for her. It was fun to see her turn into a big girl! This year went by so fast. She is a good little girl and we love having her in our family.

California Fun

This last weekend we got to go to California and stay with the Vongsawads in San Diego. We went for Tyler's 10 year high school reunion which of course we have no pictures of (snooze...), but we did get lots of pictures of all the fun we had, especially our time hanging out at the beach in Oceanside.

Of course there is no pictures of me. That's what happens when dad is out having fun playing!

Off to Knotts Berry Farm we go!

We also celebrated Aiden and Adi's birthday since the Vongsawads missed it. Adi got to eat her first piece of cake and Aiden got his first real camera.

Sundance

A week or so ago, our family headed up to Sundance for a lift ride/hike/picnic. It was great, except for a couple of mishaps. #1- I forgot the bread for the sandwiches. So we had meat and cheese roll ups. #2- I made the mistake of mentioning bears, so the whole time we were eating Sam and Aiden wanted to leave so the bears wouldn't get them. It made Sam so upset she turned into an instant grump. Tyler had to take her away for a time out. Note to mothers: Don't mention bears in the mountains!

Pretty view!

Adi walking

To all of those that care... I think it's official that our baby girl is walking! She loves it and is so happy. Now whats next? Oh yeah, getting her to go down the stairs on her own so we don't need chairs and gates blocking all of our stairs... and we have a lot of them.

So, I have been telling my kids that I would paint them an ocean in their play room (partially so they would actually play down there), and I have finally done it... thanks to the artistry of a childrens book that I was successfully able to copy. The kids love it, and I had a ton of fun doing it. I think I'm going to take up painting. As in, taking other people's ideas and copying them. I'm very good at that.


They love the whale!

The "pinnapple under the sea" was painted for my mom.

Tyler participated this weekend in the Echo Reservoir Triathlon for his second year. He shaved 7 minutes off his last years time. He also looked a lot better out there than he did last year.

YAY!!!! He finished!His cousin Emily did the triathlon as well. Tylers goal was to finish before her, which he did, but then again she started 15 minutes after him. I do think she beat his time though.

Aiden and Sam got their face painted with hearts and dragons, compliments of Pop. Mike came as well thank goodness. I wouldn't have been able to take care of the kids without him. Thank you Pop!