Pumpkin Patch

Baby Blessing this Sunday

I had great plans to let everyone know about Jason's blessing this Sunday, November 1st, but alas, somehow time has totally escaped me. So...

You're invited

Jason's Blessing

Stake Center

11 am

(first thing - so try not to be late)

November 1, 2009

Ward Halloween Party

We had fun at the Church party. Kelsey's cousins came too.
Kayley, Collin & Ellie in the parade

Kelsey was going to be Ariel but decided to be Tinkerbell at the last minute

Ellie and Maddux - when you find other random costumes that match so well you have to take pictures

Have you ever seen a cuter Charley Brown?

Kelsey didn't quite get the concept of hands free bobbing-for-donuts but she enjoyed it all the same

Chad & Jace hanging out.

There was a Chili cook off as well. I didn't even think about judging I just made Sharon's chili (with a few modifications) and won "Honorable Mention" - Good thing I didn't follow through with my first idea - just heat up a few cans of store-bought chili :) For the recipe click on the Oranges and Biscuit's icon on the sidebar...

The party was lots of fun! Good Job Violet and gang!

More Harvest Moon Pictures

At the party Annalise took pictures and e-mailed them to me...

Our Family

The cousins

Happy Halloween at Disneyland

One of the problems of the get-in-free-for-birthday at Disneyland is finding a friend to go with you. Luckily my twin nephews have built in friends... and a wonderful aunt with season passes :)

They go all out for Halloween now - it's fun to go just to see all the decorations
Not only is the boys first trip but it was Jason's too (Not much of a surprise since he's only 2 months but he'll probably go several more times before he's 6 months)
(This is just us riding Nemo - but I'm so seldom in the picture I had to add it :)

Jason was excited about the ride.

We took turns going with the boys on the 'fast rides'. I haven't been on Star tours for years and years. I highly recommend it!1

I made the kids stop to take a picture. Notice something strange... No lines! The longest lines were maybe 20 minutes - fabulous! Most were about 5 minutes.

As we were riding overhead on the monorail I noticed the Queen of Hearts out. I'm a character stalker (for my kids - not me :) We went over there but though I tried to bribe Collin with money and/or Webkinz he would not go get his picture taken. Cruella helped me out and went over the rope to go to him but the others weren't that mobile...

so I had to finally be in the pictures. the witch was pretty cool and got Jace to hold her hand :)
Kelsey was excited to see the Queen ...
but not so much the witch that was hiding around the corner

Collin was trying to get me to offer the same bribe to stand with Jack and Sally - but no dice.
Jace loved the rides he had a fun time seeing all the moving lights and characters - until mom decided it would be a good time to feed him while we were all sitting down.

If it was crazier I wouldn't have made my 12 yr old nephews go on all the kiddy rides but since we rode everything twice there was no reason to pass up the Disneyland experience.

Collin wouldn't ride Mr toad's Wild Ride but we still got a picture.

I gave him a hard time about not going on any rides that were too fast or too scary -- but then when I heard the cousin's give him a hard time the next day I found myself defending, "Collin, just has a certain group of rides that he prefers to ride..."

Always hopeful...

Put your back in it!

I was worried about taking baby Jace but it was much easier than I feared. I think the key was having Chad there to help out. I need to go a few more dozen times before our passes run out in December.

This year they even had fireworks for Halloween - so cool, Especially for someone like me, who loves Nightmare Before Christmas. I highly recommend it.

2 Months

Guess who's already TWO MONTHS OLD!!!

What a beautiful baby we have.

(though he looks a little goofy here :)

Time flies by in a haze. I can't believe so much time has gone by already.

Already Jace is 2 months old and wearing 3-6 month clothes. (I hardly notice since he wears his nightgowns most of the time.)

Jason is all smiles when he wakes up. Collin loves to get his "first smiles in the morning."

Jace is a pretty mellow little boy.
I would love to say that he sleeps through the night but he doesn't. If I want to sleep I tend to feed him more often but last night I had him in his bassinet and he only woke up once (between 11-6). We'll work on that more as time goes on.

Tummy Time

Kelsey and Jace

I can't take a picture of Jace without Kelsey wanting to jump in too.

Can you believe how small they start out

My beautiful boy

I love his smiles!!!! His whole face lights up.