Halloween in Utah

We decided to make a quick trip out to Utah during Halloween weekend to go and celebrate Nana's 90th Birthday (Aaron's Grandma on his Dad's side). The kids were OK with missing the festivities here at home due to the fact that they would be able to spend the weekend with their Utah cousins. I also told them that I would give them each 5 dollars so they could buy their own Halloween candy.

We left Thursday after school--drove half way--then drove the rest of the way on Friday. We hung out with my brother Kyle and his family Friday night/Saturday morning. We would have loved to spend the entire weekend with them, but more family were expecting us.

We spent the late morning/early afternoon on Saturday with Ron's family. Kiana was able to do a "trunk-or-treat" with their kids that afternoon. They had a great time posing for crazy--scary pictures.



We then headed over to the birthday bash for Nana. LOTS of family were there to visit with and see.



Saturday evening we spent time with Heather's family and had some crazy fun at their "Kids in Motion" business. The kids favorite game was lazer tag.



Sunday was a little more relaxed. We went to church with Heather and her family, went to visit Chris and his new wife Amy and her family, and then stopped to look at the lights of the Oquirrh temple.



Early Monday morning we packed up and drove all the way home. It was nice having a third driver (Andrea). We made it home just in time for Kiana to throw on a costume and go trick-or-treating around our street with her cousin Hazel.

Baby Bree

My sister Marcelle had her baby! After 3 boys her little girl finally arrived. Kiana and I were lucky enough to go to the hospital the next day and see them. Nothing is better than holding a newborn except when you have to fight for a turn to hold the new little one--Kiana LOVES babies.

Pumpkins!

Nothing says "Fall Time" more than carving pumpkins. Handing over sharp knives to my children, creating scary faces, and scraping out pulp and slimy seeds is not one of my favorite things to do during this season, but it's a tradition!

Hail Storm

There was an amazing hail storm that hit our hometown. After living in Chico for many years, I've never seen a storm last as long and leave so much hail. It also destroyed many of my yard plants. The kids thought it was great, but after feeling several hits from the hail, they decided to wait for it to end before going out to play.