Balloons and Cotton Candy

The local senior center held a fair. Lee loved the cotton candy and her balloon. She also went for a train ride!

Halloween with Cousins!

We went to St. George and spent Halloween with Keb, Melissa, Sam, Rachel, Jared & Nathan. It was a blast! First we went to Melissa's Halloween concert. Laralei loved the music and so did we. Then, on Halloween we made Mummy pizzas, Bone bread sticks, and Witches Brew (root beer poured over dry ice in a cauldron). The kids all dressed up, and so did Shawn and Keb. Shawn dressed at a handsome Robinhood and Keb was a stick man. Check out the pictures of everyones' costumes below. Keb's costume was particularly creative and a lot of fun. He was moving when I took the picture so the arms aren't just perfect in the picture, but you get the idea. Outside in the dark you only see the glowing stick man walking down the street!

Laralei loved her ladybug costume. From the time she was dressed, she knew something was up and took off running down the street! It was difficult to get pictures because she did not want to stand still. She also started saying "thank you" for the first time! Being handed candy at every door was a great reinforcement for the newly acquired manners. Laralei loves her cousins, and so far, loves Halloween!

Some more pictures...

Sorry it has been so long. I am trying to catch up here....Laralei's first birthday...family party!

Emergency Essentials

Shawn and I have been working on building our food storage and I found out about this really neat calculator by Emergency Essentials. You input your family, and then the food that you currently have stored. The calculator generates and estimate on how long the food would last. It makes recommendations on nutrient areas that are deficient in your current supply! So neat! There is a link to the calculator on the side of my blog!

Disneyland 2009

This year we all went to Disneyland for Free on my birthday! We had a lot of fun introducing Laralei to the Tiki Birds, Carasoul, Pirates of the Carabean, Dumbo, It's a Small World, Peter Pan and Neverland etc. Her eyes were wide and she hardly made a noise, blinked or moved. When the rides were all over she clapped her hands. She was a good baby all day and I believe that she had a good time. I had a wonderful birthday. Thanks Disneyland!

Laralei on the Carasoul.

Laralei liked the tea cup music...

"A Very Merry Un-Birthday to You!"

Fun at the beach

We had a wonderful Friday on the beach with Grandpa Mike and Grandma.

Laralei kept putting her face in the sand to make nose imprints in the sand. Consequently she was covered in sand from head to foot. She loved it! She ran in the water, dug in the sand and chased seagulls.