Fall Leaves

I love fall even if it means raking a ton of leaves. The kids and I had a great time playing in the leaves and it was a perfect day. We spent a couple hours raking and playing and by the time we were done the lawn was covered again already from the wind blowing more leaves off the tree.

Halloween

We had a lot of fun on Halloween. Bethany was a great snow white with Alex as her Knight in Shining Armor (or as Alex said, "the army guy") I was a perfect evil queen who even convinced Snow white to eat the poisoned apple (it didn't take a whole lot of persuasion either). Chris as usual held Bethany's (Snow White's) heart in his hand.

Long Beach

We had a lot of fun on the beach. It was almost completely empty except for the birds and we all had a great time chasing down all the birds and making them fly away in swarms. The weather was perfect and it was nice to have a more relaxing day after 3 days in Disneyland.

More Disneyland

Bethany is such a thrill seeker. She really liked the tea cups

One of the highlights of the trip was seeing Bethany meet Tinkerbell. She went running up to her and gave her a big hug. She was fascinated with all the beads on her dress and her shoes. To see her face meeting Tink was worth the whole trip!

Disneyland!

It was Alex's first time on the bigger rides and he absolutely loved it.

• Bethany loved the Ferris Wheel. The cages were on a track so as you went around it sent you swinging. She was squealing with delight
  
  The Kids loved meeting the different characters. Bethany even gave Tiger a kiss.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Alex was able to train as a Jedi and fight against Darth Vader. Needless to say, he won!
  
  
  
  
  
  

Zion's National Park

We had a great start to our trip to Disneyland by stopping through St. Geroge and Zions. We hiked Angel's Landing all the way to the view point 2 miles up. Alex did an amazing job and hiked himself almost the entire way. We got a lot of comments about how ambitious we were to hike with such young kids, but it was such an amazing journey. The fall leaves were absolutely beautiful and it was great to be outside having fun as a family.

Lake Mary

We hiked up to Lake Mary a few weekends ago. It was raining a little, which made it so fun. The kids hiked the whole way up and Alex hiked the whole way down. Bethany almost made it down, but needed a shoulder ride from dad few times. It was so nice to be up in the mountains with our little family hiking, even if it was short.

Alex started swimming lessons this fall. He loves it. Sometimes it looks like he is drowning, but he can totally hold himself up with out help. It is definately a fun thing to do with his Cousin Lucy.

Trip to San Francisco

We rode our bikes across the Golden Gate Bridge, it was super windy and really fun!
Pier 39

The Kids loved the beach

Crazy Hat

Both of my kids have loved this hat/ball. It is pretty crazy!

Piggy tales

These are Bethany's first piggy tales. I have to sit her on the bathroom counter and let her play with the water and toothbrushes to keep her entertained, but she does pretty good.

The kids were having so much fun together playing ring around the rosie. It is always nice to see them playing well together.

7th anniversary

I am really late at posting on out blog. These are pictures from our anniversary trip to West Yellowstone. We spent the first day Cross Country skiing on the rendevous trails. It was so much fun.
The second day we snowmobiled into Old Faithful. We were gone all day and stopped frequently to see wildlife and hotpots and stuff. We saw buffalo, lots of Elk, 2 Bald Eagles, and cyote.