Halloween 2010

We aren't going to be able to make it to our ward's trunk-or-treat this weekend, so we celebrated Halloween this past weekend by going to my sister's ward's trunk-or-treat which luckily for us took place a week early. :) So I thought I'd take all my kid's Halloween pictures and post them before the rush next week. :)

Unfortunately my camera died just a few pictures into the actual trunk-or-treating, but here are pics from before we left of Emily, Justin, and Eden...all ready to celebrate...

Emily was a scary witch...

(check out the green nail polish, that was a very important part of the costume for her.)

Justin was an awesome astronaut...

(Emily had her witchy poses down, but we couldn't think

of anything for Justin to do so we told him to try the double-thumbs-up.

Astronauts do stuff like that, right?)

Another thumbs up...

And Eden was a beautiful princess...

(Her favorite, Snow White.)

And here is the beautiful Princess blowing on a dandelion...sweet. :)

Emily was so excited when she realized she could be the mean witch from Snow White that gave Snow White the poisoned apple. She thought it was cool the costumes could go together.

Emily's super dramatic...
This picture cracks me up, check out how wide open Eden's mouth is already...
she really like apples.

Kind of scary to see her poisoning her baby sis like that...

All together...

Happy Halloween, everyone!!!

The Beach 2010

So, we went to the beach. (again.) We had such a wonderful time with my family...we look forward to this trip all year. Here are the girly cousins...they had so much fun together.

And here are a bunch of fun, beachy pictures...

My Justin...

Kisses from Eden...

(the best ever.)

(O.k., yes that is one of those caramel apple suckers that last forever and are absolutely horrible for kid's teeth, and yes...that is un-rubbed-in suncreen in Dave's ear.)

Grandpa...

Still the same sucker, 3-hours later.

Just kidding. (more like one.)

Eden holding a sand crab!

(and check out all that sand in her hair...it was rough getting it out.)

Playing football...

(Or tossing the old pig skin. Is that the right way to say it?)

The end.

The Wedding 2010

Going to the beach is always amazing, but the main event of our trip was my brother Dave's wedding in the San Diego Temple. It was such a special day. The San Diego Temple has always been my favorite. After we moved to Utah from the San Diego area my family would travel back every summer to spend a week at the beach and then go visit this temple site while it was being built. Then finally one summer when it was finished we were able to actually attend the open house as a family and I remember how awesome it felt to walk through this gorgeous, amazing place. It's a special memory for me and even though I had only been inside that one time it has always been my favorite. (It's o.k. to have a favorite temple, right?) So I was so thankful to have this opportunity to go inside this beautiful place for the second time in my life for my brother's wedding. :)

Here's the gorgeous couple...

My brother Dave and his wife Jessica.

The kids not very reverently enjoying the grassy hill...

It was windy...

My girls...

(Dave and I are always telling Emily she needs to meet somone from

SoCal so she can get married here. She says she'll see what she can do. :) )
The reception...

There was lots (and lots, and lots) of dancing...

(mormons totally know how to party.)

Especially Mormon Grandmas...

(My cute mom and cute Aunt Laura)

These two really did dance the night away, I loved it...

This was cute, the DJ called for a dollar dance where you paid the bride or groom a dollar (or more) to dance with them...Emily totally got her moneys worth with fun Uncle Dave...

What it's all about ...