VB vs. BB

So any predictions? We start em early in this house with any sport...but we are just hoping to pass on some athletic ability. One thing we know for sure--Tyler loves balls, so we hope he'll get the hang of whatever sport(s) he chooses.

Trunk or Treat!!!

So here's our Halloween preview...we had our ward/neighborhood trunk or treat tonight and had a blast!! (and can I also mention how much I love this new computer and photo system--I've posted four blogs in like 10 min. compared to the hour long blog for a few pics with my old computer. I can honestly say I'm living the life these days :) )

Getting ready to go!!
He is probably the cutest little red dragon I've ever seen (although that's because I haven't seen cousin Wyatt's red dragon yet (: )
Isn't she gorgeous!!! I forgot to add her hair pieces and makeup but we were running late and didn't want to miss anything.

Fun at Gardner Village

So last week we got to spend some time with family at Garner Village. I was really impressed with their Halloween decor--Elina loved seeing all the witches. I don't even think she knew what a witch was before this trip. Elina is really starting to get excited about Halloween and seems to be understanding more of what is going to happen. Fun times to come!!!


Elli and non-cooperating Tyler with cousins Avery and Baylee
Elli with cousins Avery and Baylee and Cressida
Here's all the kids that came posing with Grandma Great!!! (again with a non-cooperating Tyler)
Elli's favorite part--ponies!!!

Getting ready for Halloween

So Grammy sent us some fun fun Halloween shirts!! We wear them all the time and have gotten tons of comments on them--thanks grammy!!!

Tyler 9 mo

I know this is a little late, but here is Tyler at about 9 1/2 months. Thanks for the pics Fran!!!

More Zion pics

On the river walk--sooooo gorgeous--next time I can get down to Zions, my goal is to do the Narrows. I think that'd be incredible!!
Karina and Elina skipping/throwing rocks into the river.
The petroglyphs absolutely amazed me--they were the first ones I've ever seen in person--definitely another highlight!!!
The shuttle bus was definitely the highlight of the trip for Elina--she couldn't get enough of it!!!

Zion!!

Well we had a great weekend in Zion visiting Karina. She has about 2 more weeks left at this job and has a residential employee house in the park all to herself--which is the only reason that my children were invited :) Unfortunately, Ryan wasn't able to come/decided not to come so I went with my parents. Some highlights...

#1--by far, Angel's Landing hike--I've never done anything like this hike before, and like my dad called it, it was truly the "hike of a lifetime"
#2--The animals were awesome!! We actually got to see a turkey vulture along this part of the angels' landing hike, and it was literally like 10 feet from the trail--just perched on the cliff not even caring about all the people going by. We also saw the wild turkeys, a wild tarantula, and plenty of deer.
#3 Tyler's pretty tights !! It was actually quite cold on this weekend down there, so I packed Elina's old tights, not really intending to use them on Tyler, but then it turned out he needed them. If I can say I learned one thing from my mom's finnish heritage it's how to dress/overdress my kids in the cold weather. Well, his pants were supposed to be packed with us. But I knew he'd fall asleep in the car on our drive to the east side of the park so I left the pants off so he wouldn't get hot in the car. However, when we were ready to do the river walk, Tyler's pants were no where to be found--so I did my best to cover him up with the blanket until I realized that I had changed the poor kids diaper for like 6 hours and he was completely soaked. Way to go Nina!!
#4--Just being with my family, it has definitely been a while since we all were even on vacation together, and I'm sure it will be another while before it happens again. Hopefully next time, Ryan will make the effort to come :)

What the!!

So here Elina's funny story that I was promising. She had been in her room for about 1 1/2-2 hours having "quiet" time, although I don't think she really gets the concept as she continues to bang on all the doors and slam her drawers etc... When all of a sudden it got quiet right before I was supposed to leave, of course, so I scrambled up a babysitter and went to check on the kids before I left. This is what I found in Elina's room.

Nowhere to be found in bed...
Notice the pullup on the floor...
Hello bare bum, where's the rest?
Surprise surprise surprise...this was the first time she fell asleep under her bed--you can see there is not much space under there. I think she found my food storage stash under her bed and was trying to get to it :) Interestingly enough, this was not the only time she's fallen asleep under her bed.

Headers

So now that I've learned how to create fun headers, it's time to experiment--but not anymore tonight. Good night!!

So where's the posts?

So now that I have what I've been asking for I'm sure some of you are wondering--so where's the promised posts? Truth is, now I've lost my camera :)

I guess I can report that Halloween costumes are done/purchased for the kids and I just can't help but laugh when Tyler has his on---you'll see what he is as soon as I can find my stinking camera. Tyler even surprised us today when he was doing his usual thing in playing with the volleyballs when it appeared as though he was trying to dribble it--again, video to come as soon as i can find my blasted camera.

And I have a really funny sequence of events of Elina fighting her naps, which she apparently seems to be done with, but again it is all on the #** camera!!!!