Halloween!

This Halloween was very inexpensive. We usually buy new costumes every year but not this year. Ty wanted to be Darth Vader again. Kaycie wanted to be Bobofet? So we were going to do a Star Wars theme. BUT nana found a pretty dress at goodwill so Kaycie decided to be an angel instead. Kendall borrowed a princess dress from Aunt Lisa's collection.

Kaycie is doing one of many many poses. This was just before the ward trunk or treat party. Our kids also have a huge Wellman family Halloween Party every year so they get lots of candy. This year since Halloween fell on a Sunday, we decided we would stay home and they could pass out candy.

Darth had to kill the angel.

Stoneman Lake Campout

This last weekend our ward had a family campout at Stoneman Lake. I'd never been there before but it was beautiful. The kids had a blast. Kendall immediately ran for all the mud puddles and I forgot to take pictures of the aftermath. Oops. Ty as you can see found his own way to get dirty. He played in the firepit most of the time.

They hooked up a swing for the kids. Kaycie had a blast on that. The night we camped out happened to be the night of the big meteor shower. Scott and Ty went out to the open field with a bunch of other people in the pitch dark to watch it. Scott said he'd never seen so many shooting stars. We went on some walks and found an old wooden cabin. We also went on a drive up the mountain with a bunch of other families and we got to climb to the top of the forest ranger's lookout tower. He lives in it most of the week! The weather was beautiful. It was a great time.

First Day of School

Wow. Summer is over and school has begun again. Ty is now in 2nd grade and Kaycie FINALLY starts kindergarten. She's been waiting for years :)

Kaycie was so excited. She attended preschool last year in a school setting so she was ready and not scared at all. She had a boy in her class that was crying hysterically. I felt sorry for his parents. I don't have anymore pictures of Ty because he ran off to find his old friends and go to class by himself.

Kaycie with Ms. O'Bannon

Family Vacation June 2010

In June, Scott's whole office took a week off so our family went to California! We did Disneyland one day with my brother Sean and his wife and girls. He is a dental student in Ohio so we don't get to see them often. It was so fun. We ate lunch with all the disney princesses (Ty loved that part...haha). Kaycie had lots of fun with her girl cousins. The pictures with Chip & Dale were hilarious. They were just goofing off behind her and not really posing and she didn't know what to do. So she just kept smiling and ignoring their antics hoping that I was getting a good picture.

We also went to an aquarium in Long Beach where the kids got to touch some sharks and sting rays. The also got to feed some Lorikeet birds. Kendall LOVES birds. Every time she sees a bird in our backyard, she points at it and starts laughing really hard. She did the same while daddy was holding a bird just inches from her.

After Disneyland and the Aquarium we left the coast and headed inland to the Palm Desert. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures here but it was a Westin timeshare type place. We get all our hotels stays for free with Scott's business card so it was extra fun knowing that we were paying no money for this part of the vacation. We chose this place because of the water slide. It was beautiful and the kids spent the majority of our two days there in the pool.

Update

I will update my blog soon. I promise. :)