Happy Birthday Kaitlyn ♥♥♥

For Kaity's birthday this year we went to Inside Out with the Larsens. It's her favorite movie of late. She also got her very own copy.

We had a family party on Saturday and went to the Pumpkin Walk. It was a lot of fun. We had ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins (chocolate cake with strawberry ice cream per Kaity's wish)

What a doll.

 It makes my eyes all teary when I think about how fast she is growing up.

The cute cousins

 Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Linds

 We love you Kaity!!

 Being sung to...thinking about that wish

 Blowing out the candles!

 This year she wanted Legos and she got a whole bunch! She has been working on them for days. 

She also got a gift card from Barnes & Noble from the Larsens.

She was in heaven picking out some new reads.

Hope it was a great one Kaity Pie!!

The Perfect Fall Day

If you know me well you know I ♥ everything fall. It just makes me happy.

We got in the van with lunches packed and set out on a fall adventure

We drove through the Alpine Loop and loved all the fall leaves. 

We found a fun lunch spot

 The kiddos did a little exploring

...and running around

They had fun

We had fun exploring the trails at Cascade Springs

Quietly watching a deer 

I ♥ this guy 

It was beautiful

After we drove to Heber and ate at the Dairy Keen. 

Yum!!

 What a totally fun and perfect fall day. I wish it was fall all year long.

In the Kitchen on a Sunday Afternoon...

After church we got to work on home made cinnamon rolls

 My 2 little assistants in matching aprons from Grandma

 Markham and Pirate Jack prepared some tin foil dinners to cook out back just for fun.

 YUM!!

Sunday= the best day ♥

Vacation to Grandma and Grandpa's House

Day #1 Saturday = Long day in the van

But we finally got there!! These little people are actually very good travelers. We stopped only 3 times on our 12+ hour drive. Roxy pup did pretty well too. 

We were there for a week and went to Sea World on Tuesday and Disneyland on Thursday. In between, we spent a decent amount of time at the pool and visited with cousins. Dang it! I didn't get one picture of the cute cousins. 

Grandma helped Kaitlyn make a cute panda pillow for her bday.

  Puzzling!!

SEA WORLD!!

Addie really loved petting the rays. She would have climbed in there if we had let her 

 It was really fun to watch the kids in discovery mode. At the end of the day, we spent some time over in the kiddie section and Addie went on a couple rides with Grandma. She loved it

 Our Day @ Disneyland!! 

First thing!!

On the Tram...all the excitement and anticipation was intense! It was going to be a super fun day!

A couple of ladies gave us a free ticket they had won in a raffle and couldn't use!!! WOOT WOOT!! Saved us $100!! Crazy right??! What's even more crazy is, it happened last time too!! 

Totally and completely lucky us!! 

We never buy tickets beforehand. It has REALLY paid off for us. HaHa

We left little Addie home with Grandma and Grandpa. She will join us next time. 

It was sad to leave her but we left really early in the morning. She would not have handled our non-stop, 15 hour day adventure well. 

Not the best picture, but this is Jackson's favorite ride- ASTROBLASTERS!!

Autotopia! 

  Jungle Cruise!!

 Pirates!!

 Space Mountain!

  Kaitlyn's favorite ride- The Nemo Submarine. 

♥♥♥

 Matterhorn!!

 Keep your hands up Jacks!!

 The magical kingdom is for real! We had such a great time and made some awesome memories. 

Here is our day at a glance:

Astroblasters ♥

Autotopia

Jungle Cruise

Pirates of the Carribean

Space Mountain

Lunch at the Tomorrowland Terrace-watched the Star Wars Show

Nemo Submarine ♥

Matterhorn

Indiana Jones♥

Had Ice Cream on Main Street 

Watched the parade

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Pinocchio

Snow White

(i ate a ginormous pickle, not the best choice)

Big Thunder Mountain

Haunted Mansion ♥

Splash Mountain

Churros and Fireworks

Souvenir Shops

On the Tram- headed to the parking garage. 

Half asleep Zombies. 

♥ = family favorite

True Confession--

Jackson was almost tall enough for all the rides. But for Indiana Jones, he was about an inch shy. Markham really really wanted all of us to go on it together so he manufactured these little shoe inserts for him to wear.....for comfort. hahaha. 

After we got off the ride, Jackson said, "The plan worked Dad!" My oh my, not sure if that lesson was a good one. Yikes. Probably brings down our average a bit. 

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for all the fun and for spoiling us all week!! Love you ♥♥♥

Now we are home and looking forward to Kaitlyn's birthday and Halloween!!