October 2012

Happy Birthday to JR and JP!  The Boys turned 2 years old!  They have really been in to Tractors lately, so we did a tractor theme party for them.  They loved it!  I made a tractor cake and we got them a ride-on toy tractor...to match the toy we already have.  Now they can ride side by side...and not fight over who gets to ride first.

We also got to go to Upland for Great Grandma Thomas's 90th Birthday celebration.  It had to be a very short weekend, since James had to work Friday and Monday, but it was totally worth it!  We drove down on Friday and made it in great time.  The kids all did really well for the 9 hour adventure.  Saturday we got to relax a little bit and then got ready for Grandma's party. 
The party was great.  There were so many family members and friends who I haven't seen in quite some time.  It was nice to see everyone.  I know Grandma was touched.
After Grandma's party, we did a little "cousins" party for all 3 kids, since their birthdays were so close and we dont have family in Reno.  It was a bit chaotic, but so fun to be able to share a party with the cousins.
We had to leave right after church on Sunday for our long drive back to Reno.  We were able to stop by Uncle JR's new house and see it since we hadn't seen it since he bought it.  It is such a great house for them!

JP and Karenna playing at the kids activity table.

Daddy keeping Xanthie occupied

Auntie Cindy made cute cakes for the kids.  This is Xanthie's cake.  It is a doll on a runway...

Monster turcks on their "runway"!!!

Opening presents with the cousins

She had to taste the doll to make sure she liked it.

JR was playing on the front porch with Grandpa on Saturday morning.  They came running in the house and Grandpa was saying "lets go show Grandma".  They went in to Grandma's room and woke her up from her nap to show her the goldfish that JR "caught" from the fountain. (It might have already been dead and floating)  JR was so proud of his catch, it was hard to get it out of his hands.

For Halloween, we dressed up as dominoes...as a family.  We feel pretty lucky that our kids are still young and don't know about Trick or Treating yet.  We took them to James' work Halloween party, and the the ward Trunk or Treat and called it good.  There will be plenty of years to go out on Halloween night.  We chose to stay in and carve a pumpkin.  The boys had fun watching daddy carve, and handing out candy to the trick or treaters that we got.