Halloween Party

David and I were able to go to an adult Halloween Party this year. It was fun coming up with a costume. We didn't want to spend very much money and this is an idea we found on the internet. David was the Prize patrol and I was the winner of the Publisher Clearinghouse prize. We had a lot of fun.

Halloween Party at the Disney Store

My sister Holly and I decided to take the kids to the mall for a little party at the Disney Store. It was fun to dress the kids in the Disney costumes. The party was a little crazy, but what do except in a little store. I don't think we will be doing that again.

The whole gang!

Doesn't she make a perfect Alice? She was planning on being Alice for Halloween, but after dressing up for this party and for her school party she was ready for a change on Halloween.

My cute Nemo and Alice sticking out their tongues. Someone this has been a popular pose for my kiddos lately. Amy starts it and Parker copies.

Amy and Hailey.

Tyler and Parker

Amy pretending to kiss the Iquana at the Pet Store.

Disneyland

We had our annual family trip to Disneyland October 9th through the 18th. We took a road trip and spent two days going down and two days coming back. We are thinking that next year we will most likely fly. It is a long trip in the car. Parker got car sick on the twisty park in Arizona going to Disneyland and coming home. Coming home we were a little bit more prepared for him to be car sick. Not a fun thing when you are stuck in a car for many hours. I am sure you can use your imagination. Amy and Parker are both good travelers though. They hardly complained and got along fairly well.

We were at Disneyland with all of David's siblings and their families. We had a lot of fun. It was fun for the cousins to play together. We are looking forward to next years family trip. It was also great to have Elizabeth surprise us. We didn't know that her and her family would be there for a few days. What a great surprise. We ended up spending six days at Disneyland, which was nice because we could do a little bit everyday. We even celebrated Amy's birthday while we were there. We went to Goofy's kitchen for her birthday.

Here are a few of the pictures we took. Parker and Amy both loved to see the characters. Parker kept giving them hugs and high fives. We were able to fill up both of their autograph books.

This picture was at a gas station in Utah.

Pumpkin Patch

Living in Kuna, Idaho we are lucky to have two Pumpkin patches and corn mazes within a couple of mile of our house. The kids really enjoy going. We were able to take the hay ride out to the pumpkin patch, let them run through the hay bale maze, bounce in the bounce houses and of course pick a pumpkin. This year we decided to go early in October and it was really nice weather. We didn't even need our coats until the sun went down. We went with Grandma and Grandpa and Holly, Hailey and Tyler.

Waiting for the hay ride to start. Almost everyone in the picture except Grandpa and Holly.

Daddy and Parker looking for a big pumpkin.

Amy and Parker searching for the perfect pumpkin.

Parker in the bounce house.

They both ended up picking little pumpkins, because they wanted to carry them all by themselves.

Amy testing the scooter

One of my co-worker's won a scooter. Amy had fun sitting on it, but when her fiance offered to give her a ride she didn't want any part of it. She really enjoyed the horn. It was really cute.

912 Rally

I had my first experience with a political rally on September 12th. My sister and her kids joined me. It was fun and wouldn't mind doing it again. My sister was able to get a lot better pictures, but she hasn't sent them to me yet. I will have to add them later. We marched down Capital Blvd to the Capital where there was a small program. I was happy to see others I knew at the rally. I think it is great to see people starting to get involved. We need to be united if we do not want to see the government take over in things they have no business getting into.

Amy's school has a newsletter that comes out once a month. One article was about the constitution. I really like this paragraph,

"A powerful central government can disrupt the right to choose our own destiny. If we allow the government to do things for us, we give government power to tell us what we must do. When we tell government to do things for some people, it must forcible take from other people because people produce--government produces nothing. When government extracts from some people to give to others, it issues a death warrant to individual liberty."

President Gerald Ford said, "A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have."

Amy's favorite skirt

Grandma and Grandpa G came to visit from Colorado in September. We all enjoyed having them visit and wished they lived closer. Amy was so happy to get a new skirt that she was able to pick out the fabric for. She is our little shopper and really enjoyed the trip to the fabric store. She bugged Grandma until it was done. She wears this skirt whenever it is clean. I have to be careful and not wash it too often or she would wear it every day. It is a twirly skirt.