Final night launch

Waiting at the ice cream shop to watch the launch with friends

Tonight the space shuttle had a night launch. I tried to capture it as best I could from our house (actually, a store next to our house) It is an amazing sight in person, hope you can appreciate it from my little camera. We were only about 30 miles away!

My little boy?

Logan has been very crazy lately. He discovered Raegan's barbie and he now is in love with it. He flies it everywhere. It has to come to the store with us, it can't stay in the car. He loves it so much that he wouldn't put it down to carry chips and he LOVES chips. The funniest part is that he likes to undress Barbie. He does it in secret though. I find him under the bed, in the closet or behind the couch undressing her. He then points out that Barbie has 'bow-bows'. I am assuming he is just practicing to be an OBGYN ;) Anyways, we got a cowboy outfit the other day because I thought he would want to dress up to be 'Woody' from Toy Story. I said, "Let's put on the Woody clothes." He said, "No, I hate Woody." So Raegan said, "I'll put it on and be Jesse" (The girl from Toy Story) Logan then said, "No, I want to be Jesse!" I am not sure if he wanted to be Jesse because Raegan was or because Jesse is a girl. Ever since then, it has been the 'Jesse' outfit. Oh well, it was still pretty cute to see him yehaw on the horse, even if he is acting to be a girl. I can't wait until he is 'Jesse' playing with Barbie.

One funny thing from Raegan. In Sacrament last Sunday she asked why we had the bread before the water. I said it was because the bread represented Jesus' body (I don't know why the bread comes first) She thought for a minute and then asked, "So our bodies are made of bread?" I thought it was very cute. I said yes, that is correct and for lunch we will make a ham sandwich out of your hands ;)

Fun weekend

The weather here has been wonderful the past few days. 80's with no humidity. Perfect! We took advantage of it and went to Disney and the beach. It was Brielle's first experience with sand and the water. She was mesmerized with the waves. She kept sticking her arms and feet straight out and would yell. Once she was done with that she discovered sand and then she was in heaven. She kept taking handfuls, looking at it, putting it down and then repeating this. She tasted a few handfuls and decided it wasn't for eating, just playing. (Can't wait for those diapers) It was great day!

Buzz Lightyear on the roof.....Logan was so excited

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Thanks Grandma A for the light sticks!

Dancing with the stars anyone?

I stole this from Kim Middleton's blog. Very funny!!!!

Adorable

Brielle was soo cute this morning. She was just happy to be here. She is always sticking her tongue out and playing with it. Very cute. I know a lot of these pictures look the same to you, but to me they are all a little different and I know grandma's will be happy at the differences. The rest of you, sorry you have to endure them all ;)

Disney Addiction

Disney has completely hypnotised Logan with being infatuated with Lightening McQueen and Buzz Lightyear. They have marketed so well that Logan can't get enough. It isn't even that we watch the movies, it's the books on tape that we listen to in the car, it's all the little play toys, it's the fun rides at Disney. We are definitely stalkers of the two. Too make matters worse, now that Christmas is here, I could buy him every imaginable item from toothbrushes to buzz cars.....Disney definitely knows how to market to little kids (and their moms)!!!

5K

Last weekend Jake and I ran a 5K for the YMCA that we go to. Not a whole lot of runners, but Jake and I had a great time. Jake ran it in 25 minutes and I did 28. We both did better than the last time we ran. Jake took 2nd and I took 3rd in our age group, which means Jake took 3rd and I took 7th overall. (I like the first stats better) We are just glad we finished!

Fun times

Some fun pictures from the week Jake's parents and grandma was here. We had a lot of fun!

Grandma, Brielle and Dave enjoying a relaxing moment!

"It's a small world"

Seriously, don't you just want to just eat her up!

Raegan's new pink dancing shoes

Running from the waves!

A little cold, but lots of fun!

Raegan on the jumping trampoline at a little family fun fair we found.

Logan hugging Winnie the Pooh, he stayed in that position for about 1 minute, no lie. I don't know if he was too scared to move or just really comfy!

The wild bunch!

Practicing to join the circus

"Destroy Buzzlightyear"

We're Incredible

Halloween has been a lot of fun the past few years. Our family chooses a theme and then we all dress up. This year we were 'The Incredibles' since our family fits the profile well. (All the same ages of kids) I was in charge of the ward Halloween party and we had a dance plus the annual Trunk or Treat (Ward members decorate their car trunks and kids get their treats). Jake's parents and Grandma were in town and they dressed up right along with the theme. It was a lot of fun and the kids really enjoyed the party.

T-Shirts

We made our own Halloween T-shirts. It was in a magazine I saw. It was my first attempt at tie dye. Let's just say I have some work to do when it comes to being a hippy. Our shirts looked similar to the ones in the magazine. The kids enjoyed making the pumpkin faces on them. I even made one for myself that has a giant jack-0-latern on it. Talk about scary pumpkin! We wore them to a Catholic fall festival. Those guys really know how to throw a party. Fun rides and great food. Very similar to the fair back in Utah minus the rodeo. Great way to get into the fall mood.
Brielle fell asleep in the car and I didn't want to wake her so I left her in her car seat and put her in her room. When I went in later to check on her, this was her pose! Isn't she the cutest thing you have ever seen!!!!

Wizard of Oz

A few days ago Raegan and I went to the broadway show of Wizard of Oz. It was wonderful. Raegan loved the ruby slippers and the house falling on the witch. It was a very enjoyable night. We went decked out in our finest 'ruby slippers.'

School Party

Today Raegan had a Halloween party at school. I got to volunteer and Logan was able to come with us. They did crafts (which lasted about 20 minutes for Logan and then Jake had to come get him because all he wanted to do was eat the cookies they were decorating). They had made Halloween costumes previously so they put them on and they went trick or treating in them. Raegan was a dalmation and was very cute! She had a great time and we are already getting 'sugared' up for the real Halloween.

Hiding spot

This is Raegan and Logan's favorite hiding spot. They love playing under there. Who knows why????

Disney

We spent the past weekend at Disney. It was fun, even though it rained often and I was soakin' wet trying to make sure the kids stayed dry. Got to love that Florida weather! We went to Epcot to the food and wine festival (lots of different foods from different countries to try). We rode the rides there and just enjoyed a nice night. The kids loved the nemo ride the best.
The next day we went to Animal Kindgom and saw lots of animals close up. Raegan went on the "Dinasour" ride and kept her eyes shut the whole time. It is quite a scary ride. There is one part where a huge T-Rex is right next to you roaring. I even closed my eyes and held on tighter to Raegan. It was fun though. We are grateful that we get to experience Disney often......

My first bike ride

I just had to try these on her.

We have patiently been waiting for Brielle to sit up so that we could start our family bike rides again. We decided to try today. She loved every minute of it. We had to keep a hat on so her bald head wouldn't get sunburned. It is just started to get into the 80's so we can go outside again. Yeahhhh....80's in Florida, 30's in Utah.