Hanging Out With Movie Stars

We met three movie stars the other day...Mater, Lightning McQueen and Finn McMissile. They were so nice and down to earth ;). We even got free swag.

Fall Princess

Izzypop helped her dad with leaf cleanup today. She ended up sitting in the gutter amidst a pile of leaves happy as a clam.

My Baby Wears Combat Boots!

I've always said that you only have to look at Skeeto's feet to tell that he is Brian's child.

First Snow

Yesterday we had the first snow of the season. Izzypop was so excited she could barely contain herself.


We of course had to build a snowman.


And I couldn't resist taking a few pictures of the view. What a beautiful day!


It was enough to make a girl that hates snow love winter.

Marathon Halloween Part 4 -- The Finale

The October 31st Halloween festivities started early, with a 9 o'clock school parade. Izzypop and her Kindergarten class looked awesome! They went all over the school...even outside!




The next stop was Grandma Orr's office. I know I took more pictures than these two, but I think a little white rabbit may have gotten a hold of my camera. :(

The third stop on the Halloween Day Tour was Grandma and Grandpa Bennion's house.


At Grandma and Grandpa Bennion's house we all got out to do some actual, real-life trick-or-treating. Here's the white rabbit in the wild:


The last stop of the night was Aunt Joan's house. Grandma Sherrie had some fun with the kiddies (even took Izzypop for more trick-or-treating) while mom and dad got to enjoy some awesome chili.


Cuddling with Cousin Erica:


It was truly a fun Halloween...even if it was 4 days long. But by the end, we were all ready to rip our ears off.

Marathon Halloween Part 3

Sunday night was the Hansen family party. We had the party out in Aunt Shereen and Uncle Chad's new huge barn. All the kids looked great!


As usual, we had lots of good food and fun. We played a bunch of fun games like musical chairs.


The fan favorite was the pinata. Skeeto even got a few good whacks in.

Marathon Halloween Part 2

Halloween Day 2 started with a visit with Great Grandma June. Unfortunately we don't have any pics from the visit, but it was great to see her. We had such a nice time visiting.

The next stop was at Great Grandma and Grandpa Orr's. The kids got a little more trick-or-treating practice in and got to show off their costumes yet again.



There was even time for a little goofing around. Izzypop, you're a ham!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa! Happy Halloween!

Marathon Halloween Part 1

Okay, Halloween is a big deal around here. My mom and I make the kids costumes every year and every year we have about a million places to visit -- I have to take a vacation day just to get to it all. This year was no exception. This year was even more of a marathon Halloween in that it was broken up into activities over 4 days...that's right, 4 days of Halloween.

It all started on Friday afternoon with my work Halloween party. We got the kids in their costumes and packed them in the car. They could barely contain themselves. Skeeto even seemed happy to be wearing *the hat*. Victory for me!



They had fun games for the kids and then had them follow the "green line" all around the office to trick-or-treat in the training rooms. I have to say, for only being 1 1/2, Skeeto picked up on the point of the exercise pretty quickly.


We even met some old friends from Wonderland.


The kids had barely gotten into the car before they had broken out their haul. This holiday is awesome!