Up in the Air

We headed off to California with our good friends the Woods. The kids were SO excited to ride on an airplane! Michael was sitting next to me narrating the flight loud enough for most of the passengers to hear, "Mom, we're going faster"..."Mom, we're taking off"..."Mom, we're gonna land". He loved it! Kaitlyn loved sitting next to her BFF Kyla and coloring, except on the flight home when she was freaking out because it was too bumpy and she couldn't draw straight. After the flight ruining her artistic skills and pinching her finger in the seat belt twice she had tears streaming down her face yelling, "This is just the worst day ever". I think all the partying at Disneyland had caught up with her! It was actually kind of cute.

We flew into Burbank and then took a shuttle (with a little bit of a scary driver) to our hotel that was really close to Disneyland. We enjoyed dinner at California Pizza Kitchen and that night we got in the hot tub on the roof of the hotel and watched the Disneyland fireworks from the rooftop. The hotel was awesome and our room had a living room, full kitchen, 2 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms. Thanks so much Kevin & Kami!! They have got to be the nicest and most generous people ever!

Thanksgiving

We enjoyed "Thanksgiving Eve" at our house with the Terry's. We had pies and treats, shared our favorite scar stories, and Matt & Allison's families stayed and we played games 'til late! It was a lot of fun!

Thanksgiving Day was at my parents' house. Chloe's (my soon sister-in-law) family came too and it was fun to meet them.

ABC book of Blessings

For Family Night we came up with things we were thankful for that started with each of the letters in the alphabet:

f.y.i. I used some ready made quick pages to make the book from

Jessica Sprague

Family Pictures Fall 2010

Thanks Jessica--you are awesome!! You can check out her blog at http://whitedandelionphotography.blogspot.com/

Black Island Farms

Kaitlyn's preschool class took a field trip to Black Island Farms. We had never been there before but we had SO much fun! We took a hayride, picked pumpkins, jumped in a bounce house, went down huge slides, rode several times on a little train, saw a really fat goose, llamas, goats, chickens, and enjoyed the great fall weather. I think the kids could have stayed there all day long!

Michael's 3rd Birthday!

Michael turned 3 today!!!! We enjoyed pizza, cupcakes and ice cream.
At age 3 Michael...
*Loves Toy Story
*Likes to say, "To infinity and beyond!"
*LOVES to eat cheese--more than anything--he chooses it over ice cream. I found little teeth marks in a huge chunk of cheese in the fridge!
*Likes to give his mom & dad big hugs
*He's great at riding his scooter
*He loves to kick and throw balls
*He's already planning on being on a soccer team when he's 5.
*He says, "I wanna hold you" in such a sweet voice.

Cedar City

We decided to go with Steve on a little overnight work trip to Cedar City. The kids were most excited that we would be staying in a hotel room with a swimming pool! On our way down we started things off with a little taste of adventure...Steve had to stop in Nephi at a gravel pit to get some GPS markings. He said he would be back in just a second so we pulled up behind the only other car there, he left the truck we were in running and the kids and I stayed inside. I still had my seat belt on when I realized that the truck was rolling forward towards the other car!!!!!! I screamed and struggled to get my seat belt off, threw my legs over the huge middle console between the passenger and driver seats, and slammed my foot onto the break! At that point Steve turned around, looked at me, and asked what happened. Well that's what I was wondering! Apparently he forgot to put it into park!! I thought for sure we were going to hit the car in front of us, but it was literally a 2 inch gap between bumpers! Let's just say my heart hasn't beat that fast in quite some time! We spent about an hour in Nephi while Steve put on his studly suit...and marked GPS points with this high tech machine that will then show the elevation change in the gravel pits.The kids got to swim in the pool & hot tub & hang out in the hotel room...

While Steve was working during the morning I took the kids to a park where they had so much fun swinging and going down the slide. We were without a car but found a nearby dollar store where I let them each pick out one item. Michael chose a Buzz Light Year figurine and Kaitlyn chose a bright pink fluffy purse. It was fun to have several hours without any distractions to play with my kids.

Steve picked us up about lunch time and we promised to let the kids play at McDonald's play place for a while. On the drive home we of course stopped at the Creamery in Beaver. I love that place!! We all had ice cream and of course Michael wanted to eat way more squeaky cheese than chocolate ice cream!
Most of the rest of the trip went something like this:
*Michael kicking the back of Steve's seat with his feet because there was no leg room whatsoever.
*Kaitlyn asking, "When are we going to be home?"
*The $20 ripoff car charger to the portable DVD player breaking.
*Michael kicking Steve's seat.
*Stopping at a gas station to buy a new fuse for the charger.
*Looking through the car for 15 minutes to find the parts of the charger that went flying everywhere.
*Re-setting up the DVD players.
*Smoke coming out of the DVD player--oh yes, and they don't even belong to us!
*Realizing the fuse in the charger was NOT the right one!
*Kaitlyn asking if this drive would be as long as the drive to Disneyland.
*Michael kicking the seat again.
*Ah...it's nice to be home.