Maze of Leaves

This is what I use to do when I was little. We needed to have a little fun with the leaves before raking all of them up. Come on over to our maze of Leaves.

Happy Thanksgiving

We are very grateful to our friends who took us in....ok, they wanted Larry to help carve the Turkey and teach Zion....AND...they wanted my rolls and the rest of the meal. It was so much fun hanging out with the Dunn's. We missed our friends who have moved away!!! We are truely thankful to our family and friends this year for being there for us. We are also grateful for the freedoms that we have in this wonderful country and most definitely the Gospel. We hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving!

Zion attempting to carve the turkey...he did a good job!
Larry checking the potatoes.

Caleb & Maddie playing a game.

Kylie

The TABLE!

Asher...he's so cute, what a great baby.

Kylie...I LOVE this pic!


Maddie, Seth, Caleb, Kylie

More fall fun!!!

Me & My sis-in-law Liz


Maddie, Me & Kylie

Fall is FUN!

Ok, so Maddie has been begging me to rake the many leaves outside. So I finally gave in yesterday. Here's a few pics from the fun.

Life...

Ok, so last week totally sucked, now I need to get back in the swing of things and get ready for the holidays!!! Christmas music here I come!!!!!! Thank you for all of the prayers and well wishes! What would I do without friends and family??? Love you guys!

Dad

Well, 4 years ago today (Nov. 6th) my awesome dad died. I always try to remember who I am! I miss you everyday! I love you dad!

Monterey

So, our drive into Monterey was nice and rainy. We decided to stay in for the night and order Pizza. Not the best....but who cares. We stayed in a little cottage. The beds were not comfortable at all and then the whole place was all TILE. YUCK! The floors were freezing. On Tuesday, we strolled up and down Cannery Row and had a SUPER $$$$ Lunch. We walked on the beach (for 5 mins), saw a ton of stupid birds everywhere. Some were even staying in the same spot while in mid flight. You will have to find the cool pic of that. Wed, we got up and went to the dock @ 8:30am to board a Whale Watching Tour. We were so excited!!!!! That is until I threw up not 1...or 2....or 3....or 4...but 5 TIMES!!! YUCK! Other than that it was a great 4 HOUR trip. The water was suppose to be nicer in the morning, which it was, but it was still WAAAAAYYYYY too much for me. We never have to go on another boat like that again out in the open water!!!!! The tour guide was amazed at what we saw. We saw a few groups of Humpback Whales, and also a ton of Transient (meaning those particular ones are normally NOT in that area) Killer Whales (keep in mind---Larry saw a whole lot more than I did!!!) The adult male dorsal fin can be up to 6ft tall. Then we saw some amazing Dolphins. They weren't the typical movie or Marine World Dolphins....these didn't have any dorsal fins. They were swimming all around the boat, it was amazing. I only saw these right after one of the times I had thrown up, so I was standing on the side of the boat. (Thank goodness I made it to the side of the boat everytime!!!!). The water was clear enough for Larry to get some amazing shots. Please bare with me for putting all of these on here....but I can't choose!!! After the LOVELY boat ride, we actaully came straight home. I wasnt' feeling well enough to go to Santa Cruz for the Mystery Spot, I was sad...but I was happier to be going home to my own bed and cheaper food. Thank you to Mom & Dad Evans for taking such good care of the girls!!!

Sunday Best

Ok, so we went to our good friends Baby's blessing in Manteca, so while we were all dressed up we got our pics taken, I guess it's our 10 year Anniversary Picture.

Maddie was still at church, sorry Maddie.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

So, Maddie went to school today and Kylie & I joined her class to help out. It was going great until a little girl had a mild seisure right next to me. It was the standing frozen body type. Still just as scary. She had just walked over to me so I sould measure her head to staple her hat together for her to put on. We were telling her to put it on and she just froze with her eye fixed to the corner of the room. I know sometimes she can get distracted, but she didn't see or hear us at all calling her name or asking her questions. After about 30 seconds, we realized something was not right. So I picked her up and carried her to the office to call her dad. I was trying to talk to her ad snap her out of it, but it took a while. Finally after I explained what was going on to the office lady the little girl was slowly trying to talk, until then she was awake, but non responsive. Her dad said she'd be fine and to keep her at school and just watch her. Luckily she was fine after that, but she sure did give us a scare. Thank goodness there were lots of moms in there to watch her.

So.....after school we came home and did the lunch and nap thing. Maddie was too excited to sleep. After Kylie went to sleep Maddie & I decorated the porch. Then Uncle Roger came over to surprise us with 3 big pumpkins. Glad he did since I forgot to buy some. He plopped them on the counter and began to carve. Later Mom & Rick came over, Larry got home, and we all went out to dinner. We came home and Trick-or-Treated to a few houses. Not that many people give out candy anymore. It even started raining, but not too bad. Over all the day was fun, and I am glad October is over. Now....tomorrow Melinda is blessing Asher (YEAH!) and we drop the girls off at Larry's parents, then on Monday Larry & I FINALLY get to go to Monterey for our late Anniversary trip. This trip is much needed!!!! Happy Fall to all!

Soccer Party

Well, the season is over and the team was undefeated!!!! Yeah baby! All of the girls worked so hard and they had a blast! We had a party @ Round Table where each girl got a trophy and a medal. They were so excited. I had to leave early, so Larry took these pics. Luckily, Maddie and few of the other girls are able to move up to the next age group for the next season. That means that they are able to have the same coach. YEAH!!!! Thanks Coach Mario and Erika.