The future's so bright
gotta wear shades!

October in a Nutshell

To start autumn off right we headed up the Alpine Loop
for some beautiful scenery.

Love these boys!

Friday was the annual Halloween parade at school.
Alex was a Mad Scientist while
D was Harry Potter.



Apparently the older grades don't parade,
but I caught a picture of E in the hall watching the parade.
Sally made his amazing costume in 1 day!!!
Thank you so much!
It was a hit!

After a week of crazy snow and wind,
yesterday turned out to be a gorgeous day.
We started off with E's semifinal
football game which they lost :(
E played great though
and definitely did some damage on the offensive line.

Then it was off to Alex's championship game.
His goal all season was to play defense.
This was quite the goal as it was
his first year playing football
and there were no substitutions on defense...
until yesterday!
Alex not only played left tackle on defense,
but he played the ENTIRE game.
He even had 2 fumble recoveries.
Way to go!
His team lost to the undefeated Alpine team
and took 2nd place.



After football it was time to get ready for
our annual Halloween party.
Jeana, Eric, and Dane made a surprise
visit from California!
Yeah, we were so happy they came!!!
Yummy soup was eaten and then off
to trick-or-treat and a visit to the Haunted Creek.

We're so glad everyone could come.
Thank you very much!

Enjoying the last bit of summer.

Quick Trip

This past weekend we made a

quick trip to Laguna Niguel, CA

for Dane's blessing.

We left Saturday afternoon after

E and Al's victorious football games

and drove to Vegas.

We woke up early Sunday morning

and finished the drive.

It was so much fun being able to be there!

Thank you, thank you, thank you Aar

for taking us!

You're the greatest!

I love you!

I couldn't leave Cali without a stop

at the beach!

A very fun Labor Day weekend

although WAY to short!

Boys and Girls

The other night we were at Alex's football scrimmage.

E, D, and Peyton were all playing at the playground.

Drew kept running over to us

yelling the girls are chasing us and trying to kiss us!!!

Peyton ran over and said,

Mom, those girls gave us a note

that said they want to kiss us!

It was SO SCARY!!

Then under his breath I heard him say,

I mean it was so cute!

Another School Year Begins

We just got back from taking the boys to school.

Before we left Drew said,

I'm so glad that no one will

be in love with me today!

Well, it turns out the little girl with her heart

filled up with love for Drew is in his class.

I don't know what he'll think about that.

E starts his 5th grade A.L.L program today.

He informed me I could not take any

pictures of him at school today.

(He's growing up!)

This is all he'd allow this morning.

Alex's 3rd grade teacher's classroom

theme is all about sports!

He's in heaven!

Drew was so excited for school this morning

that he woke up before 7 all by himself!

He's so excited to be a 1st grader, so that

he can eat lunch and walk home with his boys!

It's going to be a quiet day around here

with just P.

We'll be happy when the boys get home!

Road to Hana

We started off our last day in Maui

snorkeling at Black Rock.

Ethan saw another big sea turtle.

Then it was off to Cheeseburger in Paradise for lunch.

The restaurant was right on the beach.

Beautiful view!

After lunch we started on the road to Hana.

The views were gorgeous.

Our favorite was the black sand beach

where Aar taught the boys to skip rocks.

Alex decided that we need to come

back once a year. I agree!

Beaches

Tuesday was our day of beaches.

We went to Napili, Po'olenalena, Makena Big Beach,

and Wailea.

We woke up early and attempted to

take a family picture at Napili Beach with

our tripod and timer.

We got a couple of cute ones.

We stayed at the Sheraton

in a Ohana suite which was amazing.

The boys loved the hammock

on the patio!

That evening they showed Bolt

on a big screen outside with popcorn

and punch.

The boys wanted to stay here longer!

We ended the day watching another

gorgeous Hawaiian sunset on the beach.

Maui

Sunday we were able to go to church

and spend the day with Grandma.

It was so nice to be with her!!

That evening we flew to Maui.

We stayed in Kanaapali - first at the Westin.

The hotel was right on the beach

which was beautiful!

The pool was so much fun with two waterslides,

a hidden pool, basketball hoop, and view of the beach.

Peyton loved the waterslide!

E and Alex had fun playing some hoop.

After a morning of fun in the sun

we drove up Haleakala.

It was amazing to go from sea level and 88 degrees

to 10,000 feet and 54 degrees in less than an hour.

I love these pictures of the boys

with the clouds and ocean!

That evening we ate dinner at the Hard Rock

in Lahaina and enjoyed a beautiful sunset!