Our Pumpkin

On Tuesday we carved our pumpkin. At first Samantha didn't want to touch the guts but as you can see she decided to give it a try. We had a lot of fun!

Here's the pumpkin all finished with lots of sharp teeth!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Halloween Party

Jake took the girls to our ward's Halloween Party last Saturday, I couldn't go because I had to work. But they had so much fun dancing, playing games like the limbo and trunk 'r' treating. As you can see Kayla was a witch and Samantha was a cheerleader. They both picked out what they wanted to be which is a kinda a funny story to me. At first Samantha wanted to be a fairy but when she saw this cheerleader costume she said, "mommy I want to be that!" I said, "are you sure?" And she said "yes!" I thought she was going to change her mind after I bought it, but she never did. Maybe she wants to be a cheerleader when she grows up. haha Kayla for the past 4 years has always been something girly like a princess or fairy. She surprised me and said, " I want to be a skelton or a witch." She decided a witch, maybe cuz she likes the dress. But she doesn't want to be a ugly witch so I guess its still kind of a girly costume. Oh well, we'll work on getting her to wear a scarey face next year.

The girls gettin' their groove on!

The New Kids On The Block concert

On October 13th I went to the New Kids On The Block concert. It was so much fun! I sat in the 10th row which was a great view of the stage! I screamed like I was 14 again! The guys sounded really good, everyone was on key. There were lots of lights, videos on the big screen, fireworks and smoke, they went all out for this tour. They sang a mix of their old songs and their new ones. About the middle of the concert they appeared on this round rotating stage in the back. They did that so the fans in the back could get a good view of them. After they sang 3 songs, they ran off the stage down the aisle right next to me! Even though they had body guards with them, girls were grabbing at them like wild animals! Even one girl jumped on top of Joey(guy above in pink shirt)! I guess it doesn't matter how old their fans are, they still act crazy!

Here's a video I took of "If You Go Away", sorry about the bad quality and my screaming. But it at least gives you an idea of how close I was.

Samantha's 4th Birthday

On Oct. 12 which is Samantha's birthday, we had a small party for her. It was us and my stepfather Jerry(her grandpa). My mom couldn't come because she wasn't feeling good. We ate pizza and cake and opened presents. Samantha had fun and she got some good gifts.

The new Dolphin Webkinz she got from mommy and daddy.

She got the Sleeping Beauty movie from grandma and grandpa.

Relaxing after opening presents.

This is us singing Happy Birthday. Samantha blows out her candles and Kayla helps.

Farm Fun!

Two weekends ago we went to a farm where the kids picked out pumpkins, looked at animals and did other fun things!

Las Vegas trip

I know its been so long since I've posted anything lately, just didn't seem like there was anything that great to post. But there's been some things that have happened that I'd like to share so I will be posting a lot this week. I'm gonna be going backwards starting with our trip to Las Vegas last week.

We took a trip to Las Vegas last week because it was Kayla's fall break. We left Thursday morning and our first stop was the Hoover Dam. Of course every one has to get a picture at the Dam, no matter how many times you've seen it. Why is that?

That night we went over to my brother's house for dinner. My brother Cliff met his wife Deise in Brazil where he used to live. They have a son Michael who is 8 yrs old.

The kids being silly! They had a lot of fun together!This is the coolest park I've ever been too! We went to this park down the street from Jake's sister's house on Friday morning. It has really cool slides and things to climb on but unfortunetly it was closed off. :( But we still had fun because there was another playground nearby. These giant flowers were everywhere! Thats the girls with their cousins below this flower. Just over that hill is the other playground where the kids played.Kayla and Samantha sitting on top of a giant snake. They also had a giant lizard, turtle and aligator. The playset was pretty cool too!Then Friday night we went down to the strip and looked at some of the hotels. We looked at the Luxor, Excalibar, New York New York, MGM Grand, The Bellagio fountatin show, M&M Factory(awesome store), and The Forum shops. We didn't get to see everything we wanted to see but there's always next time.

From left to right, Jake's mother Joyce and sister Tara, me, Samantha, Kayla, and sister Lorena with her two girls. The New York New York hotel in the background.
Jake, me and the kids with the Vegas strip behind us, the kids were amazed at all the lights!

Here are the lions at the MGM Grand. They were kinda boring cuz all they did was lay there. But the kids had fun seeing them up close, they were lying on top of glass bridge where you walk through a tunnel and look up at them.

Here's Kayla in front of the M&M's at the M&M factory. The store has almost everything you can think with M&M on it. I love this store!

Here we are in front of the big water fountain just outside of The Forum Shops. We weren't able to spend a lot of time in there because the kids and Jake were getting to tired. What wimps, I could of gone on another couple of hours. lol

On Saturday we went on Cliff's boat at the lake. It was so much fun! We went tubing and Jake and I tried wake boarding but we didn't have much luck with that. This was the girls first time on a boat and they loved it! Cliff's boat goes so fast and it was so funny to watch the kids reaction when he would speed up or turn a tight corner going 50 mph!

We went over to the Dam as you can see. This lake is so freakin huge! We were out for hours and seemed like we saw the whole lake but we only saw about half of it!

Saturday night we celebrated Jake's father(Paul) 60th birthday even though it was the week before. It was a lot of fun just hanging out and watching Paul's Alaska slideshow. We are at Lorena and Matt's house, Isaac and his kids were there too.