PuMpKiN cArViNg!!!

With Trav away in Temecula for the pre-wedding events for Levi, the apartment was just too empty! So, Friday night the girls came over for some pumpkin fun! Who said carving pumpkins was just for kids? We had a fun time carefully picking out our pumpkins at the pumpkin patch! We picked up some pizza and some tools and began our challenging pumpkins. We roasted the seeds and threw in a chick flick while we carved...for about 3 hours!!!! In the end, we were pretty impressed with our masterpieces and decided this would be a new tradition...that will carry on even when we all have kids! The night ended with a scary movie....yikes. Thankfully Lindsey spent the night, otherwise I wouldn't have slept!!!! I'm so thankful for the girlfriends in my life and I cherish the times we have when we are together!

Another Disneyland Adventure!

On Friday night we got to have a "date night" with Vander! We took him to Disneyland and had a blast! He is at such a fun age.....and he is more of a daredevil on rides than I am! Thankfully Uncle Trav likes the rockets and flew up high with him! Who knew that the train could be such a fun ride too!?! The dinos were a hit! Afterwards, we went and had dinner at Chick-fil-A and he was just the cutest thing. He picked out the table, sat perfectly still, and ate his chicken and chocolate milk all on his own! When did all of our nieces and nephews grow up?!?! Here is a slide show of our Dland night....yes, I am obsessed with Scrapblog!!!! :-)

Melissa's Shower

This past Saturday, Ashley and I held a shower for our high school friend Melissa at the apartment. We had so much fun planning, decorating, working through all the details, and awaiting the day. With the two of us working together, we are quite the shower machine!

Melissa is marrying her high school sweetheart on November 23 and we are all anxiously awaiting the wedding! It has been so much fun watching them grow as a couple and they are amazing friends! Melissa went to the University of Edinburgh and it has been so neat having her back in the States! The shower was a lovely evening with the girls...and it was fun watching Mel blush!

Wedding season continues on!

Millie Arrived!

Happiest Place!

My sister, Kristel, is in town with her two boys and yesterday was their first trip to Disneyland!!! Parker and Kody LOVED it!!!! Their eyes were like saucers the entire day! It was the absolute perfect day for Disneyland...sunny but cool and the crowd was not bad. I think it's neat being with someone for their first Disneyland trip. The excitement over everything that the boys showed made the whole day that much more fun! These pictures don't capture half of the fun that the day was!



It was a bumpy ride for them with Parker driving! :)

Parker loved Disneyland!

"Cheese!"

Parker and Mimi at lunch!

Kody snuggled up with Papa!

He was in awe!!!

Only the greatest ride there! :)

"Wake up Pooh"

We love Disneyland! Most of all....we love sharing it with our nieces and nephews!!! A couple weeks ago we took Vander in the morning and had a blast! He is at such a fun age to be at Disneyland!!! We hit a great day at Dland because nobody was there....so we walked up to all the rides!!! Thanks to the Winnie the Pooh ride, the saying "Wake up Pooh, Wake up!" is now said at least everyday....and I mean from Trav :) Vander showed his skills at Buzz Lightyear and on Dumbo, he only want to be up high!!! I tried talking him into staying low due to my fear of heights but he is a little daredevil so I just held on a little tighter! :) I just love how Disneyland is so much fun whether you are 2 or 92!!!!


He puts his hands up on rides!!! I think he's ready for splash! ;)

Nemo!

He beat Trav on Buzz ;)

Uh...that's not Jackie!!!!

Loves the horses!

Meet Me in St.Louis !

When my sister, Leanna, called to tell me that Savannah was having surgery on her eye, my first thought was...."I need to come to St.Louis!" Well, it ended up working out and at the beginning of September I headed to STL for a week long visit with with Butterfields! Coincidently, I was there the exact same week I was last year when Trav surprised me with a proposal. Hmmm, maybe this will be a yearly Sept trip! Anyways, it was a fun week with the kids...and Savi's surgery went great...although she was pretty loopy after the anesthesia and morphine! I had a great time seeing their school, meeting their friends, going to soccer games, chapel, and being in their home! It was a really fun week and I can't wait to go back...but with my husband next time!!!


Cutest thing in hospital scrubs

They have GREAT hide 'n' go seek spots!

Silly faces =)

I learned how to shake my "bumper" on this trip :)

Time for the daily kickball game!

Making cookies with Maddie!

Sat soccer games! For Sam...and Maddie!!!

You would never have known she just had surgery!