Other Utah Fun

While we were there Ava got to go to School with my mom again! The day she went, they were actually going on a Field Trip…to see some play at the Covey Art Center. And they got to ride on a School Bus—Ava was very excited about that one!

Ava with her matching outfits—one for her and one for her American Girl Doll!
She was a little excited about that! i had to tell her they were pajamas...cause she wanted to wear them everyday!
Thanks Laura.

one of the days we were there the boys went over to church to Basketball… i think they ended up playing soccer the whole time though.
Anyway, Gavin was in Heaven. Sports, Boys and Gym… what could be better!

I love this Video…he just seems so grown up to me. He was shooting and going crazy for at least an hour. I don't know what he liked more all the attention or the basketball part!… I'm sure both!

Well as you can see we had a Blast in Utah! We love and miss all our family and friends so much—the cold not so much! everyone needs to come visit us in AZ. The weather right now is Perfect!

Snow Day

of Course the day we were supposed to leave, a
huge Snow Storm hit.
(way Worse then "blizzard 2010" we had earlier that week…which was nothing)
So instead of risking the drive home we decided to stay an extra day and enjoy the snow. Sense who knows when we would be seeing snow again!

The boys already to go…Man its a lot of work getting snow clothes on!!
Thanks Lori for letting Gavin borrow snow clothes!

Ava—cute as always!

Gavin really liked it. His only problem was that he couldn't move.
So you would have to pick him up and move him to his next playing area.

I love how posed they all looked…looks like a Christmas card photo!

I only came out to document this Occasion…not to play in it.

Sledding on the little hill they made.

Snow
I'm really mad you came the Day we needed to leave.
but
I'm glad you came, cause the kids really loved it! And so did my family... I think you answered my mom's prayers!… us having to stay another day!

Ava's Pretend Birthday

So before we left Utah we had to have a

Pretend Birthday for Ava.

Her real birthday is December 2nd, and we would be at Disneyland (more on that coming soon). But we wanted to do something with family. So we decided to go to lunch with some family at her Favorite restaurant—Costa Vida.
and then have Cupcakes and Ice Cream later that night.

The Day of the Pretend Birthday was the
BYU vs. Utah game
So Ava had her BYU Cheer leading outfit ready.
Such a Sad game!

I can't believe she is 5 years old.

Gina made her and her American Girl Doll matching Clips... So cute.

Ava hope you had a Great
Pretend Birthday.
We love you.
And thanks to everyone who came.

Thankgiving 2010

Thanksgiving
Great Day— Great Food— Great People
what more can i say

little stealer!

the Sleepy…Lazy kids after Dinner

Gavin Loved the Pumpkin Pie—a little messy but that's not stopping him!

Cute Girls!

After we stuffed our faces we headed up to SLC for some more Dessert…you can never have to much! We had a Great time up there. And yes, I did amazing at Mexican Train—oh yeah highest Score baby every time!

Oh and don't you just love the new addition Spencer and Brittany brought to Mimi and Papa's house?!...Spencer at least my kids LOVED it!

oh yes and I have to say Thanks to Will and Yessie (Will's Girlfriend) for taking Ava to see Tangled!
She Loved it, but I think she had more fun with Yessie... Ava did not let her out of her sight. Thanks Yessie and thanks Will for Sharing her!

BYU Football and Animals—Utah

So for Thanksgiving we headed up to Utah. And only being there for a week... we had a lot to do!
One of Gavin's favorite Moments was going to one of Braden's Practices (we were not very happy they only had one open practice that week!)
At BYU
When we first walked into the indoor Practice facility Gavin was in shock! He was just staring at all the players, the field everything— he was in Heaven.
He had his football and he was ready to practice!

Thanks Rachel for letting us tag along with you!
(and cute Cheerleader pose)

Gavin was not too happy that we had to leave early to meet up with some of my family.
At the end the players kept getting closer to us and there was an old man that kept telling Gavin to move back—yeah right that was not happening. So i guess it was good that we had to leave.

But once we got with my family and he saw all the animals he was good!
So one of my Grandpa's friends is an animal Collector—is that what i would call him?
Basically it was a smaller more glorified version of the beam Museum.
He had to build additions to his house to fit all the animals.

He had everything from Rhinos, Tigers, Alligators, Giraffe, Elephants (ok not there yet but on its way) everything you could think of!
It was a little crazy. But whatever, if he really wants to spend that kind of money on it... go for it.

Thanks Grandpa for letting us come check it out, and Jenny for letting us come over for Hot Chocolate and Donuts after.

Pumpkins

Halloween Night
Ryan was still gone, so the Nielsen's let us come hang out with them again.
We had dinner, the kids helped Eric make the "throwing up pumpkin" and they passed out Candy...to the 10 or so people who were out trick-or-treating.

Sweet Throwing up faces!

A few days after Halloween when Ryan came home, we finally got to Carve our Pumpkins.
We made a Cat Pumpkin and a Mickey Mouse Pumpkin with polka dots. (as you can see)
The kids of course loved them! I'm really glad we waited to carve our Pumpkins until our dad was home to help.

We had a very different October/Halloween Season.
• having warm weather

• not seeing all our family
• and our dad being gone
But i have to say we still had lots of Fun.
and we still Love
HALLOWEEN!
(Ava is already planning what she wants to be next year!)

Trunk or Treat

The night before Halloween we went with the Nielsen's to Eric's parents Ward Halloween Party and
Trunk or Treat.
(thanks again for letting me and the kids tag along with you guys!)

Gavin Loved those Dogs...
Dogs wearing Hats—Perfect for Gavin! Couldn't be Better!

London after eating her Cup Cake she won at the Cake Walk—I don't know what she got in her mouth cause it's all over her face! no worries... Amy's got the wipes! :)

We Decorated Eric's Car for the Trunk Or Treat.
So Spooky. There was even Halloween tones...like Monster Mash and thriller. So Sweet.

Such a cute Idea... we may have to steal that idea one year. The girl in the peanut costume would hold up a bowl of candy and the elephants trunk would pick a candy for you...i think they passed out Paydays—the Caramel and Peanuts candy. And they even had elephant carnival music playing.

Oh yeah and Gavin did not like it... he would cover his eyes.
The least scariest thing there!

But he did love the Candy...at the end of the night i found quite a few candies he chewed on while trying to get them open.

Such cute kids!

The three cute girls—they did all show up with wigs on but about 15 minutes into it they were off! i don't blame them…way too itchy. I did have to talk Ava out of not wearing the wig—I had to keep telling her she still looked like Jessie without the Wig!
And yes, Ava was excited to wear her costume once again! So Thank You!

Way Fun, but the only thing missing that night was our Dad...