Happy 4th Birthday and Halloween!

My little darling turned 4 on Halloween! It was a weekend full of festivities for Bat Girl. On Saturday, she had a few friends over for a little party. They all looked adorable in their costumes! They ate nuggets and fries and apples with caramel dip. They decorated treat bags and cookies and played musical chairs. I'm sure glad Jeffrey stuck around for the party. That boy sure knows how to make the girls laugh! It was very nice of Hannah's friends to come and celebrate with her.


On Sunday, we had family over to celebrate Jeff and Hannah's birthday. The kids are always excited for their cousins to come over. They had some great costumes too! I wish I would have gotten a picture of my sister-in-law Erin and her family. You've all seen the original Karate Kid, right? She was Mr. Miyagi, her husband was the karate kid shower curtain, and her little boy was the karate kid. It was hilarious! Anyway, the kids had fun running around and we enjoyed some yummy food. As usual, Hannah got spoiled with lots of wonderful gifts. It was so funny when she was opening the one from my parents. It was this big, never-ending bag of clothes and she would stick her whole head down in the bag to pull out the next thing. It was cute!


Monday was her real, real birthday as the kids like to say. It was also Halloween! She picked McDonald's for lunch (with some coaxing from her brother!). Then the rest of the day was spent waiting to go trick or treating. The time finally arrived with nice weather and all. I guess this is why they were out longer than usual and got a ton of candy. Jeff and I gave Hannah a few presents as her birthday marathon was coming to an end. She finally got that Jessie doll she's been wanting! We hope that Hannah had a wonderful birthday. Jeff and I agree that she just gets smarter and more beautiful each day!


Aw, I just realized it was Grayson's 1st Halloween. Look at that adorable baby lion! And did you happen to notice the awesome face painted on Dragonoid for his school parade? Yeah, that was all me!

Fall Break

We decided to head to Park City for Fall break this year. The kids love staying in hotels, so we booked a two-bedroom suite and planned a weekend of swimming, movies, pizza and fun! Our room had a hot tub on the balcony so of course the kids wanted to sit in that right away. Then they spent hours in the pool. Then we ordered pizza and hung out in the room by the fire. The kids slept in the big comfy, king-size bed. We woke up and got breakfast, went swimming again, then headed out for some site seeing. We ended up by the Alpine Coaster and decided...let's give it a try! We bought tickets for all of us but had to take turns watching the baby. Jeffrey and I waited...and waited...and waited until finally it was our turn. I think the ride up was almost as enjoyable as the ride down. It was so beautiful up there. In the mean time, Jeff and Hannah gave up waiting and decided to turn in (really, Jeff had to make up a story and get sympathy about our little girl who was just too scared to go!) their tickets and do something else. Then we got ice cream and it was time to head home. We had a great weekend!