October 2011

Oct 5- 14 weeks pregnant photo. Showing much sooner with #3. ;)

Oct 8- Ed and I wanted to do some apple picking with the family and a few others were interested as well. We headed to Gizdich Ranch for a delicious lunch and then picked some apples. Fun fall activity.

Apples right off the tree!

^McPhies

^Bonds

Oct 12/13- Ed had a work conference in L.A. so we decided to make a family trip out of it and visit the Katz's while he was gone during the day.

We met up with Kristen in the morning for a delicious breakfast and then went to the beach with the little ones. Such a fun reunion. Sarah and Sydney gave some adorable hugs!

Oct 14- After more delicious breakfast, we took the kids to Disneyland for the day.

Lots of people looked at us like we were crazy taking on 5 young children between the two of us. We were. ;)

The kids and us were definitely worn out by the end of the day. It was pretty crowded and SUPER hot!!

So fun to get away for the weekend and reunite with such great friends! We put the kids down at Kristen's that night and got a sitter and went out to dinner with Kristen and David at a Venezuelan Restaurant and played games at the hotel.

Oct 17- Halloween Decor

Oct 27- Pumpkin Carving

Oct 28- Harman Halloween Party!

^Mikila and Connor Duke/ Potato Heads- Best costume winners- as usual. :)

^Christian and Molly Aufdermauer/ Grave robbers

^Jeni and Jared Nunn/ Baker with a Bun in the oven

^Us/ Olive Oyl and Popeye

^Jared and Tierney Kirk/ forgot?? :)

^Kim and Rich Bond/ Oldies

^Scott and Rachel McPhie/ Mr. Peanut Butter and Jelly

^Ben and Jaimi Thomander/ Cave peeps

^Chase and Mary Baldwin/ Paintings- Vincent Van Gogh's self-portrait and Jackson Pollock painting

^Natalie and Patrick Nelson/ 80's!

^Shannon and Ryan Busby/ Super hot fire and Firefighter

^Michelle and Jon Maginot/ Forgot?? Sorry :(

^Whitney and Ben Shafer/ Tourists

For the party, my friend Kari gave us a cool scavenger hunt idea to do in teams. We split into 3 teams and then had to do random tasks all around town and take pictures doing them. You can see the varieties.

Team 1- Busbys, Kirks and Shafers

Team 2- Thomanders, Nunns, Aufdermauers, and Dukes

Team 3- Bonds, Baldwins and Us

Oct 29- Ward Halloween Party

^Goldilocks and the 4 Bears. (Papa, Mama, Baby, Baby #2 and Goldilocks)

Doughnut contests...

and of course trick or treating. ;)

Oct 31- Halloween!

^Kai with our black Halloween Kitty- Auz

^Trick or treating with Sarah at Preschool

^Halloween night costumes. Kai- Knight, Sarah- Rapunzel

We went to a chili/doughnut party at the Field's and then came home for trick or treating.

^ We're lucky to have Kaylynn and Brook join us and go trick-or treating with us. Brook carried Kai most of the way. :) Thanks for your help and company!

The kids buckets were full! We love our neighborhood!