Halloween

Mickey and Minnie Mouse

He is happy, but do you know why? Because he got a cheesy watch at the ward party (see on his left wrist??) It's always those cheap things that make their day, hmmm, something to think on when Christmas shopping!

Getting ready to surprise Gma and Gpa

Maddax would ring the bell, then knock while saying 'knock knock' at every.single.door.

It was cute, he finally understood it this year.

Driving through the middle of the night

We were able to spend a day in Disneyland with my entire family

(That is nobody we know in front of Mickey, but this lady was  adamant about her dramatic photo in front of the pumpkin, so we'll forever memorialize her here.)

A day in Huntington Beach. It was forecasted to be in the 80's. It wasn't even near 80 degrees. That is Hannah in the coat huddled in a sand hole to keep warm! But we had fun anyways-

Long (very long) drive home.

Jumping on the health bandwagon

We got a treadmill this week. It has built-in Wi-fi and links to ifit Live. It downloads workouts from Jillian Michaels who talks you through the workout and automatically adjusts the incline, speed, etc. It then reports back to the website how many calories you've burned, how far you've walked etc and you can track it by week, month, total, or day. You can even create your own map from google maps to run or join a race and race other users on the same "course." I'm looking forward to the possibilities, but as many know, I HATE running. So we'll see if this program can ease me into it!

Resourceful

Hannah can be resourceful when she wants to be. They are enjoying one of the last nice days of weather before Fall really comes. They've used that sandbox as nearly everything, except a sandbox. As they are being creative instead of glued to the TV then I'm good with it.

Gardens again this week

Kolby had a rare night off, we went to the gardens with some friends. All in all it was great, until we got lost in the dark and had to wind all the way around the huge waterfall to find our way out :)

Kick-off

For Young Women's we held a Personal Progress kick-off event. It was short, simple and to the point. My "kick-off" theme vision turned out pretty well. The program was listed like a roster and we began with a cheer, etc. The girls really liked it too.

Getting our $$ worth

We have really loved our pass to Thanksgiving Point. Whenever we need to get out, that's where we go. In early September I took the kids to the dinosaur museum and the next day I took them with my niece to the children's gardens. They always have a great time and the weather has been so nice this last month!!

Back to School

Maddax started pre-school. The bus comes to pick him up and drops him off. We aren't sure what he does at school because all he talks about is the bus, backpack and shoes!!

Hannah started 2nd grade - She was very excited!