November, Part 1

A couple weeks ago I took the kids to visit my sister and her family in San Diego. We had a lot of fun hanging out, eating yummy food, and going places together. David even got to come down on the last day and eat yummy tacos with us. We got to visit my grandfather. Jeremy loves to play in their backyard. Here's my cutie patootie niece getting ready for family pictures. I got to take their pictures this year for them and it was so fun! Daddy had the next day off so we went to Disneyland! They are all decorated for Christmas. It's beautiful. One of our favorite holiday attractions is the Haunted Mansion all decked out Nightmare Before Christmas style. Daddy had fun taking pictures of Kelsey while I took Jeremy on a big ride. She's learned how to say "cheese." But only when she wants to of course. Playing peek-a-boo with Daddy and his hat. That Saturday was the last game of the soccer season. The kids love to run through the tunnel of people who came to cheer them on. We missed the team picture because it was on Sunday, so I told David to have the kids pose with their banner. This week we had the soccer team party at our favorite pizza place. Jeremy had fun playing the arcade games. We had fun playing with Kelsey.Jeremy was so excited to get his trophy! He kept asking me when he was going to get it. They gave David a little coaches trophy too. Kelsey liked it and screamed when I took it away from her. I've been wanting to move Kelsey out of our room because we couldn't go in there when she was sleeping. Since bunkbeds were the eventual goal, we decided to get them now. I found an awesome deal on Ebay! Thanks to Grandma who gave us some Christmas money to help buy them!We organized and counted all the screws. David graciously let me help. ;) First one together. Now the top. Ta Da! Jeremy loves them and was so excited to sleep on the top bunk. Kelsey has been doing great sleeping on the bottom with her bed rail to keep her all tucked in and safe.I love these cute surf sheets I found on Ebay for a great deal! And finally, Thursday night/Friday morning was the movie we'd been waiting for - NEW MOON!!! I painted my toenails blood red with sparkles just like Edward! I broke out my red feather boa. I went with some friends to the midnight showing. We made matching shirts that said Bite Me. Thanks ladies, it was so much fun! Can't wait till next year!

Octoberfest

So we've been home from Disneyworld for a month already and I have been the laziest of bloggers, so here's the October recap. My favorite thing about October is that it's Marie Callender's pie month! We had pies for birthdays and pies just because! I LOVE PIE!!!

My next favorite thing in October is our annual visit to the pumpkin patch. Our traditional pumpkin patch we go to every EVERY year was booted out by a new pharmacy. What? It seems like they're on every corner. We tried out the Seal Beach Pumpkin Patch, and it was pretty good.
Playing the Pumpkin Drums

Daddy and his girl

The cutest little pumpkin in the patch

Me and my boy

Jeremy wanted to go on the rides. They were so expensive! We let him choose one and he chose the big slide. It did look like fun!

Kelsey must taste everything.

Jeremy the Scarecrow

I love the way the sun hits their hair and makes it golden.

On Columbus Day, Daddy had the day off so we went to Disneyland. Jeremy loves the Great Mickey Pumpkin.

Run Away! She loves to look at the characters but doesn't like to get too close.

I love this picture of Daddy and his kids! They sure love him.

Waiting while Daddy and Jeremy went on the roller coaster. There they are in the first row for Jeremy's first ride on California Screamin'. Jeremy got chosen to play with the green army men. They were fun. Round and round and round they go! That night we celebrated Grandma's birthday at the Rainforest Cafe and then took her into Disneyland for some rides and fireworks! Daddy injured his leg playing racquetball so he was home with us for a day. It was fun to have him home all day with us and it was nice for Kelsey to have a playmate while Jeremy and I did school. I told Daddy he could stay home every day, but he convinced me that he really does need to go to work.

Hey, I can dream, right?

The next Thursday night I took Jeremy to Disneyland for a little Mama/Son date. It was great. He had lots of fun with his lightsaber. We went on some rides and then found a place for the fireworks!

They are awesome! The Halloween fireworks show is the best I've ever seen! My all-time favorite!
The line at the ice-cream shop was so long that we came home and made ice-cream sundaes.Then we feel asleep curled up on the couch listening to Daddy read us the scriptures. It was a great night!Soccer season is on! Jeremy is doing better and better every week and is having so much fun! Kelsey is hard to keep off the field. Jeremy got to be player of the game one week and he was SO excited! Grandpa & Grandma come to as many games as they can. It's fun for Jeremy to be on the same team as his cousin. Kelsey enjoys having cousins on the sidelines to play with as well. We got to go to Disneyland with my sister, BIL, and my niece. She and Kelsey both loved the teacups and the carousel.Later, we were on our own and checked out the Jedi show. Kelsey loves to sit with her big brother. She also found a little boy to love on. His mom actually used one of our hair bands to make a ponytail on top of his head to get the hair out of his eyes, so they had matching head sprouts! Later we met my sister's family at Hometown Buffet to celebrate this boy's birthday! He and Jeremy both had fun making and eating big bowls of chocolate ice cream! Our ward Halloween party was fun for the kids. Jeremy liked playing the games and winning the little prizes. Kelsey liked standing on the stage with the big kids for the never-ending costume contest. I had to take her down finally cause she was running all over the place. We had a fun surprise when my BIL and SIL showed up from Utah at the party. We love them and don't get to see them very often. Jeremy was excited to tell his uncle all about something, probably Star Wars. I finally broke down and we drove to Irvine to where our pumpkin patch had moved. It was so nice to be there. We measured the kids against the How Tall this Fall Scarecrow, as is our tradition.

Kelsey laughing at Daddy. Jeremy enjoying his free bounce in the bounce house thanks to the coupon they had online. Love it! Group Hug! I love that my kids are always up for a squeeze! Cuties with the Giants We had a special treat and went to Chick-fil-a after the patch. YUMMY!!! We lucked out and hit the Friday night promotion. We can go back any time till the end of the year and redeem our receipt for the same meal we ordered that night for FREE!!! LOVE IT!!! Kelsey is way into dunking in the BBQ sauce. On Halloween night we went to our friend's party. Here's my dragon and fairy princess. Kelsey loved this dog dressed up as a chicken that we encountered while trick-or-treating.

My poor niece was having foot pains and so David carried her around the neighborhood to trick-or-treat. When we got back we went to the backyard spook alley. You can see how Kelsey felt about it. I actually screamed louder than everybody. But it was fun, and I was proud of Jeremy for going through it. Here he is winning the prize for putting the nose the closest on the Jack-o-lantern. Great job baby!

It was a super fun, busy month and I am ready to move on to new adventures!