Halloween in PHOENIX!

Playing football in the backyard at Uncle Alvin and Aunt Eleanor's house. Yes, Isiah is playing in rollerblades.

Our "Star Wars" Dinosaur.

Optimus and Superman with light sabers

My parents have been contemplating buying a *eventual* retirement place in the Phoenix area for close to a year. So....with the long weekend (it was the end of the quarter for the school district), they decided to head down and take 2 days just to go look at houses. It also happened to be George's FIRST weekend off since Brayden was born, so we went with them! It was so nice to see Alvin and Eleanor again and see how much the kids have grown! And, of course, nice to be in some warmer weather! We were loving it, and Koda loved it even more since he didn't have to put a coat over his costume to go trick-or-treating! George, Koda, and the kids went swimming Friday night in the outdoor pool.....which I figured was a bit cold for me, so I stayed on the sidelines reading. I knew it was heated, but HOLY COW.....that was the 2nd warmest outdoor pool I've ever felt (the first being the one at the condos in Orlando!). We had a blast in Phoenix!

Disneyworld

The beginning of October, the entire family went to Orlando. We spent 3 full days at the various Disneyworld parks, a day at Daytona Beach, a day at Wet and Wild water park, and one at Universal Studios. Besides a couple "war wounds", a chunk of my skin was removed at the bottom of a waterslide, and George got stung by a jellyfish in Daytona, it was a great trip. Dakota and the twins had an amazing time at Disneyworld. They got to meet all their favorite characters, and Koda was old enough (or tall enough at least) to go on most of the rides, including the "twilight zone tower of terror" at Disney's Hollywood Studios, in which he had a blast, and I about peed my pants! The "big kids" (George, my dad, Scott, Heather, and I) left the little ones with my mom, grandma, and Dan while we went to Universal Studios one day and Wet and Wild another day, so that was a nice break as well! We had a blast, and afterwards, George and I sent Dakota back to Alaska with everyone else while we went on our belated honeymoon in the Caribbean!