October Misc.

October flew by and Halloween crept upon us like it always seems to do. There was lots of fun and activities that I capture a few pictures of.

This handsome dude got a haircut in time for school pictures. 

I was lucky enough to hang out with Logan for his classroom Halloween party. I love to watch him interact with the kids in class and meet his friends.

I was cleaning out an old scrapbook and came across this old ticket. Crazy to think that a one day ticket on a weekend not costs $124.00 each. 

In that same scrapbook I found this picture. It's my friends Jessica and Melanie with me and Batman. I remember this picture being taken. I was in middle school and this was at the Special Olympics we were helping with. 

Getting ready for the boys Lego birthday party. The boys helped me fill the goodie bags. 

Logan's class had crazy sock day. Logan's are the blue and white Mario Brothers socks in the bottom left corner of the picture. 

Logan's teacher snapped a few fun pictures on the class while they were getting their individual school pictures taken. 

Because my boys can pull off the In-N-Out look. So cute!

Logan is regularly eating a full hamburger with extra secret sauce and a milk shake. I see big food bills in my future!

Happy Halloween

This year we planned our annual Halloween costume picking family home evening trip. Dinner at Rubio's then over to Party City. After looking at all of the costumes, Logan decided that he wanted to be the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man again. Lincoln went with the Master Chief from Halo...a video game character from a game he's never played but likes the toys from. We had two Halloween celebrations - Trunk-or-Treat at the church and trick-or-treating with some friends. The boys had a great time. Loved seeing costumes, collecting candy and giving out candy. I even got in on the action this year and dressed up as Waldo since we did it for a team costume competition at work. It paid off because my Phoenix team got an extra vacation day for winning!

Tutus arrived into town the day before Halloween to stay with us for a month so they got to go trick-or-treating with us. 

The kids don't wear costumes at their new school but they got plenty of treats anyway. 

School Pictures

I know I am not a perfect mother, although I try hard to do all the right things for my boys, create a happy childhood and teach them well. One of the things I have done that I hope they appreciate later in life is the fact that we've gotten every school picture taken each fall and spring. I have them all labeled with name, date and grade and put them in a photo album for safe keeping. It is so awesome to flip through that album and see how they have grown...every six months. It's amazing to see and it brings back a flood of memories with each picture. Can we just say, handsome!?! I don't know that these boys will ever know how much I love them and I'm so proud of the people they are...and who they are growing up to be.

 Lincoln - 5th grade

Logan - 2nd grade

Congratulations, Lincoln!

I am SO incredible proud of Lincoln. He was honored at Flag Ceremony for being on Principal's Pride for having straight A's. Even though for the most part school comes easy for him, Lincoln still takes it seriously, is very responsible to make sure his work is getting done and he works hard to maintain good grades. I feel like this is especially special because I know that he was very worried about what the curriculum would be at a new school and he's knocked it out the of the park. The teacher had nothing but wonderful outstanding things to say about him during parent teacher conference. We are so proud of you bubba!

In keeping with tradition, we went to Hayashi to celebrate Lincoln's straight A's. While Logan didn't get all A's, he has improved his grades and his overall attitude toward school and we are proud of what he's accomplished also. I love to celebrate as a family!

Fall Break Disneyland Trip - Day 2

We were up bright and early for our big magical day. We were one of the first cars parked and we headed on the tram to Downtown Disney for some breakfast and to meet up with Logan's teacher who was also at the park for a couple of days. We met Grammy and started the day in California Adventure. We went on the new Marvel Guardian's of the Galaxy which the boys loved. Then we headed to Mater's, Cars Racers, then over to Paradise Pier to ride Screamin' twice. We also did Toy Story Mania and Ariel's before eating lunch at the Wharf. After lunch and some shopping in DCA, we headed across the way to meet up with Lisa's family in Disneyland. Thanks to Grammy running fast passes for us, we hit all of the big rides in a very crowded park. We went on the train, Pirates, Tarzan's Treehouse, Haunted Mansion, Indy, Buzz Lightyear, Space Mountain, Nemo, Matterhorn and Autopia. We also got to see the parade as well. Considering we were trying to make a party of ten happy, in a very crowded park, running on little sleep, I think we had an amazing day and tons of fun. The kids all got along very well, the weather was nice and we accomplished a lot. We crashed that the hotel that night and left to head home after breakfast the next morning. We stopped to lunch at In-N-Out in Rio Mirage because Shannon had never had In-N-Out before. I would say the kids had a great time and we wore them out because they slept for most of the ride home. It was the first time the kids have been in Disneyland with friends. So fun!

Shannon, Lincoln, Logan and Kareth on the tram to the park. 

Logan's 2nd grade school teacher, Ms. Way. She used to be a Cast Member in Disneyland prior to teaching this year.

Lincoln and Shannon on Toy Story Mania

Shannon was a trooper and took Logan on the swings with her.

The gang! Lincoln and Logan in front. Left-right: Sadie, Shannon, Kareth, Me, Lisa, Dylan and Doug

The boys sweatshirts fit in nicely with all of the Halloween decor. 

Sadie's first time on Indiana Jones.

I love these pictures of Logan and Sadie. All on his own, Logan told Sadie that they were going to be a team. He focused on moving them around to get Sadie to face all of the targets and her job was to focus on shooting. It was absolutely heart melting adorable. 

Lincoln and Grammy playing the game.

Logan on the train.

All the kids after dinner and Rancho Del Zocalo in Frontierland.

Logan and I got to ride Autopia together because Lincoln went with Shannon. I pushed the peddle and Logan steered. He is such a clown and is so animated. I loved going around this track with him. He cracks me up. I don't think I will be able to handle teaching him to drive in real life though. That terrifies me!

Sadie and Lisa were behind our car. 

Grammy took Logan on Matterhorn. The other kids waited in lined and went on the other side of the track. 

At the end of the night the kids were wiped out. We had opened the park at 8;00 am (been up since 6:00 am) and closed the park at midnight (although we got home about 12:30 am. They all managed to squeeze out a smile for the camera though. 

My precious boys at the end of the night. 

Driving home the next day.