Halloween

Okay, so I'm a month behind on posting. Oh well, at least I have the blog looking all Chrismassy and stuff. That's a step in the right direction eh?

Getting the little man into his costume.

The lovely Pirate Princess and Chicken Little.The happy Princess.

The sassy Princess.

Our arrival at trunk-or-treat. We LOVE trunk-or-treat!

They didn't quite get the whole maze idea. But it was still entertaining to watch them try and figure it out.One of the many games out of someone's trunk. You play the game and then get the treat.Collecting his reward.A successful night with plenty of candy (half of which got thrown away when they weren't looking)!There's nothing like eating a sucker in a chicken costume.It was a fun, low stress, short evening. That's why we love Halloween!

Pre S-C-H-O-O-L

We have been anxious to get Morgan started in preschool. She's been asking about it for a while, but we couldn't really start until we got back to Arizona. We found a wonderful one in Benson that incorporates Spanish and sign language in their daily lessons. This is her first day...
She has been going for a few weeks now and she just loves it. She has already learned so much already. We are SO excited because we have been wanting her to have more stimulation then we could provide. I'm sure just like any other 3 year old she learns so fast and soaks up so much right now that we want her to learn as much as possible while she actually enjoys it! :)

Roy Boy is 2!!

We celebrated this little guys birthday a couple weeks after the fact so that Papa could be there. We went to Chuck E. Cheese with just the four of us and the kids love us. Roy Aaron, you sure keep us on our toes, but there's not a more adorable boy out there! You are so precious to us, we love you son!
After several attempts at trying to throw the ball up, she figured out a way to make it a bit easier.

He followed suit of course.

Sweet Reunion

October 11th was a good day. After 39 days these guys got their Papa back. Wow, I didn't realize how hard it would be to have the hubby gone for so long! We won't do that again if we have control over it. Kudos to all the wives who have to send their hubby's overseas or to the spouses who go without each other for long periods of time for any reason!

We're so glad to have you home Papa Roy...we love you!!

Lotsa time

The kids and I have been in Utah for almost a month now and have been able to do some fun activities with family and friends. This is just a few pictures since I am bad at taking them while here for some reason. The kids have LOVED spending time with Grammy and Grampy and their aunts and uncles and cousins...it's so fun to see how each has their own special relationship with every individual person.

The pictures in order:
A big family birthday party where some Tongan dancers came and performed a mini luau.
Making cookies with Grammy and their cousin Mia.
Prego pics of me and my sister Leslie...I've been to 3 of her baby showers since we've been here! The pictures were at the first shower.
The kids with my parents cats. They love every opportunity they get with them because I'm allergic and normally throw them out every chance I get!

We'll be here another 2 weeks, so I'll be posting more pictures later.

Little Spellers

Morgan and Roy spelling their names...Morgan with a bit of coaxing and Roy with a bit of help!

ta ta

Ta ta Seattle, ta ta Washington. We had a good summer, but we will not miss this place much. Was it beautiful?? Yes...breathtaking! It just didn't strike a chord with us. Was it the crazy winding roads and horrible street planning or the apartments with no a/c that had a pregnant woman sweating all summer?? Probably a combination, but we are grateful to be leaving the 'Evergreen' state.

We are a little sad that we never made it to many of the touristy attractions such as the space needle and Pikes market, but we will survive.

This isn't meant to be pessimistic, just honest. We are grateful for the good productive summer we had, but are even more grateful to be going home. Of course, that's not until mid-October...but we are excited nontheless!!

There were a couple highlights. For me these were, #1 The hotels we stayed in that had a/c, and, #2 The Lake.

The kids and I loved coming here as often as we could for walks, a beach, a huge playground, and some of the most delicious hamburgers ever. In fact Morgan called the place where we lived 'Lake Washington'. Whenever we were away on one of the out of town jaunts she would ask, "When are we going back to Lake Washington?"

I may miss the lake, but I think that's the only thing. I would like to say, "Good bye Washington and HELOOOOO Arizona!!"