Pre-Halloween Festivities!

What's October without a visit to a pumpkin patch. We simplified this year and just went and picked pumpkins, no rides crafts animals etc. & our kids were happy as could be!

So Addison is one determined little girl. She was set on taking every single sticker off of every pumpkin in the patch. There was nothing we could distract her with. At one point all her fingers and her two hands were all clumped together with stickers! You could say the people at the counter were not happy.

The boys playing king of the pumpkin patch.

We were very fortunate to have my parents visiting for the week. The boys thought it was fun to have all four Grandma's and Grandpa's all to themselves. We made all sorts of Halloween goodies, including Monster toes, skeleton skulls, & Halloweenies. This has become a tradition with Grandma.

AJ & his cousin Brady doing a little Halloween dress rehersal!

Latest Happenings from AZ!

Just a few of the things we did this last week. The kids have had lots of energy to release, so we appreciate a good outing to tire them out.

At the Zoo. AJ's favorite animal was the anteater & Rockford's were the monkeys.

We took the Boys boating with their Aunt Marie and AJ was a natural. He got up his first time and skied around the lake for a good 5 minutes before we stopped to give him a rest. He had the biggest smile on his face and said "Look Mom I'm doing it!"

Rocko relaxing at the lake

Mesa Temple Visitors Center

Our newest little friends!

So the boys thought this was really cool and wanted all their friends & cousins back in Boise to see the cool geckos that live at our house. We can usually find 2-3 outside when it starts getting dark.

Sunday morning!

Batman was up way too late last night rescuing people from the bad guys, it's a rough life but somebody's got to do it!

AJ's on a muscle kick. He loves showing everyone (thanks to his Dad) how he trains just like Rocky Balboa with push-ups and sit-ups, not to mention the music.

Addison's latest visit from the "Hair Fairy", the boys love seeing what she can do in the night.

Learning Curve?

So everyone says this blogging thing is easy, so I feel kind of dumb when it takes me an hour to do any simple change/post. Whatever! So we are all adjusting to the Arizona weather quite effortlessly I must say. Ammon is giving the kids and I a little Arizona Education to make our stay a little more painless (literally). They have included, Why we drink bottled water here? Cactus 1o1. Rattle snakes are not our friends. Why there are sooooo many rocks in the neighbors yards. And lastly cockroach and scorpion safety.

We've arrived in AZ!

For those of you who didn't know. We moved to Arizona just a few days ago for Ammon's job. Here the kids are playing at the park, trying to figure out why it's so hot!