Just In Time For Halloween

My sister gave me this CD recently and I am obsessed! I have not taken it out of my CD player or listened to another playlist on my ipod since I got it in the mail on Monday. I am dying to go to the show, but it doesn't come to Tempe until July! But you can bet I'll be there! I had heard of Wicked a lot, but never knew the story or any of the songs. I absolutely love it and can now say that "I have been changed for good!"

So, thanks Michaela! Now I have something else to add to the list of things that make me instantly tear up: The end of Meet the Robinsons when Lewis gets adopted, talking about people from my mission, and now Defying Gravity and The Wizard and I ( and even the opening, No One Mourns the Wicked).

Let The Halloween Festivities Begin!

Last night we carved our pumpkins with the kids. If any of you have been following our doings for a while, you might remember this post from last year. This year wasn't much different, except that we carved our pumpkins instead of just decorating them. Jonah loved it just like last year, and in the end, Eden kept up her tradition:

The finished masterpieces:

We have our ward Trunk-or-Treat tonight, so I'll be sure to take lots of pictures and post about it soon!

My 29th Birthday

Yesterday I turned 29! It turned out to be a great day. Peter came home early and brought me some lovely roses. We had an appointment to do family pictures with my friend, Kayleen. It was pretty hard to get all three kids to cooperate. That is one thing I look forward to as they grow up. But Kayleen did an amazing job getting their attention. I guess she's not Primary Chorister for nothing! You can take a look at one of our photos on her blog here.

We also took the kids to the Rainforest Cafe. We had never been there, but we thought the kids would like it. If you have never been there or heard of it, it's basically a restaurant that is decorated like a rain forest with all sorts of animatronic animals and huge tanks of fish. It almost felt like we were at Disneyland! The kids were pretty terrified at first. We sat in a booth under a tree with a leopard in it, who periodically growled and roared at us. The kids did finally get used to it and had a good time after many "it's not real" reminders. I even heard Jonah tell Eden near the end, "It's okay, Eden. It's not scary."

Right after Eden worked up the courage to get near the gorillas, she chickened out.

I wasn't able to get many good pictures. It was really dark in there and the kids were all over the place. This leopard was in the gift shop. Anyway, we had a fun time!

Early Halloween

The kids went to a Halloween birthday party on Saturday and got to wear their costumes early. I snapped a few pictures before we left. Jonah was a little unsure about the costume at first, but then he got the hang of it.

Buzz Lightyear and a blonde Snow White

I had to post this one of Eden!

Having fun at the party

Can't wait for Halloween!

Silly Kids

Levi is getting a little concerned about his weight, I guess. He loves getting on the scale!

Eden can actually walk really well in these things!

How Cute Is This Guy?

A week ago I watched my nephews, Phoenix and Marcelus, for my sister just for an hour or so. I forgot about these cute pictures until I cleaned off my camera tonight.

Levi was playing peek-a-boo with this plastic container. He thought it was so funny. You can really see his "goofy teeth" in this video!