Cant forget Halloween!

Fun at the Zoo on Halloween!

The kids love to paint! (a little easier then carving!)

we tried the hair spray thing...not fun to get out!

Ryland was Superman for our Ward party and then a Duck

for Halloween night...so cute:)

A fall look back....

Alright, so I think I say this everytime I post something, but I have really been slackin on posting any pictures. But I really wanted to put a few from Skyler's b-day which was at the end of October (yeah forever ago!)

I surprised Skyler and took her to Disneyland for her 6th b-day! It was so fun. Just me and her went while Grandma and Aunt Jamie watched Madi and Ryland. We were there all day long from opeing to close and had a blast!

What a fun time at Disneyland...now we will just have to make

it back someday with the whole family!

A rare moment...guess thats why you have to document it...


We keep warning Madison that someday Ryland will be bigger than she is, and will be able

to get her back for all the things she does to annoy him...:)

Mesa Verde National Park

Wow what an amazing adventure! We just got back from going to Mesa Verde National Park which is located in Colorado, where we spent 3 days camping and site seeing. This National Park is home to the thousand year old Pueblo cliff dwellings which are so amazing to see.

We went with Jakes sister Jamie and her fam. Thanks for letting us tag along with you guys! We had so much fun....we might just have to join you every year on your National Park tradition!

If you look closely in this picture you can see the houses in between the rocks... pretty crazy!

We saw deer everywhere around the campground. We even woke up one morning and there were two deer in our campsite! So fun to see!

There was such amazing views everywhere you looked. The fall colors were so beautiful.....it was so fun to see since we don't get any of that here in Arizona.

We had a sweet campsite! We ended being able to stay in a group site...with no one around and our own bathrooms, so we had lots of space where we could fit both tents and a fun area for the kids to play in.

We lucked out on the weather. During the day it was mid to high 70's and the lows were in the 40's which was pretty cold but as you can see by the kids snow hats we were prepared! If we had gotten there any later in the week I don't think we would have stayed and camped...the weather was suppose to get pretty bad. The day that we were leaving it decided to down pour at 3:30 in the morning (including hail, luckily we had a well made tent!) But the next day, the temperature was suppose to drop to a high in the 50's and lows in the 30's and possible snow showers...so we were definitely lucky to say the least!

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY JAKE!

Alright...so I'm slackin' a little bit cause Jakes b-day was on the 16th. But here are some pictures of his birthday. We went Bowling on saturday (since his b-day was on a sunday) which was a lot of fun and then we went and tried out Joe's Farm Grill (Jake said we need to take Dave and Jamie here when you come:) ) which was really good and was even featured on diners, drive-ins, and dives (which we love to watch). And then Sunday I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast and we went to church and did cake and ice cream and presents that night.

Jake has commented before (jokingly of-course) that I have sewn something for everyone except him. So for his b-day I decided to make him a blanket. It has fleece Padre print on side (his favorite team) and then different quilt squares on the other.

Jake had watched the P90x workout info-commercials several times and kinda hinted that he would like to try it out. He has been doing it faithfully (even on saturdays) for the last week and a half since he got them for his b-day. I really enjoy doing some of them too! We even do them together at night sometimes. They are definitely hard and make you very sore the next day, but it also makes it a fun way to work out!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE! WE LOVE YOU!