more dino park pics

Auntie Heather and Ladybug Gwyn (Stephanie, my sister's, little girl)

Caleb, "The Wild Man" and Ella The Love Bug at the pumpkin patch.

Dinosaur Park Halloween Party!

My sister took my kids last year one-on-one so that she could spend some "auntie" time with them. Then this year we made it a huge family thing. My grandma came, Heather, my niece and nephew, my cousin Pat and Danielle and their baby, Ally. It was a lot of fun! And I highly recommend it!

The Dino Park was super festive, with pumpkins (and skulls and goblin heads too) in the mouths of the dinosaurs. The pumpkin patch display was awesome and there were orange, green, and purple lights everyone. Afterwards we went over to the Dino Outdoor Cafe and had scones and hot chocolate. Caleb made a S'more at the camp fire next to the cafe'. The kids had a great time. Caleb is going as Peter Pan for Halloween and Ella is his sidekick, Tinkerbell. But, Saturday night I just let Caleb wear his "I'm a Wild Man!" Halloween shirt and made Ella a 'Love Bug' with antennas and a pink heart sweatshirt to keep her warm. :)

The Pumpkin Patch

(L to R) Ella the Love Bug,

Ally the Bumblebee, and Gwyn, the Ladybug

A few random pictures

I was helping my sisters-in-law put together a Christmas present for our mother-in-law, Jan, and was pulling out random pictures from over the past year that I never uploaded onto my blog. So I figured-while I'm at this, I should post these. So, no I did not grow 10 inches of hair back overnight and dye it dark brown. These pics are from the San Diego Temple back in March when Rex and I went on a cruise with my parents, my sisters, their husbands, and my brother.

It was so much fun! The day before we boarded the cruise ship, we went to the San Diego Temple. It was my first time visiting that one. I loved it! It's so beautiful inside and out.

Married for a little over five years in this picture, and Rex is down on one knee, letting me know he'd do it all over again, too. :)

Rex and I outside the Temple.

Rex is not a fan of the camera, so normally he's pulling a silly face, an over-exerted smile, or blocking his face entirely anytime the camera is pointed in his direction. (The only two days he's ever not done this were for our engagement photos and on our wedding day because he knew I'd kill him if he didn't smile nicely! :))
So, here he is at dinner on the cruise ship, classically avoiding the camera. I love him so much--and have fought this over time--but have learned that you can't change 'em all the time and that's ok. :)

Ella Bella Cinderella as Caleb calls her with her sticky chocolate face. I love her little tongue sticking out licking up the rest of the chocolatey goodness! :)

Caleb showing my grandma that he knows how to pull a crazy face. :P

Can't believe it's October!!

Hey there! The weather has been sooo beautiful the last few days, and this is the last day they ran through the sprinklers--I'm thinking it's probably going to be too cold from now on unless it's during the day.

Caleb is really starting to lose all of the baby fat and starting to lengthen out. He is so excited about learning and books and his favorite thing right now is PBSkids.org with tons of fun free educational games. He loves it and is really picking up on letters and sounds now.

Ella is wacky! Love her so much! She loves to just sing, sing, sing. She'll just be walking around the house singing her song, and doing her own actions. She'll sometimes sing, Twinkle Twinkle, just kinda humming it out at first, then going , "up pa baw ba wa wa hi!" So funny! Sometimes we'll sing together and she'll start putting her fists together, (like the sign for "more") and then says "sing 'pan'" "pan, mama". And I don't know what song it is that she's talking about. Any guesses?

Right now that's pretty much life's happenings. I'm going to be 26 next Friday-- Holy Guacamole!!!

Have a fabulous day!