Halloween 2012

We went to our annual Halloween party with our friends.  This year's theme was "hats".  Brady and I bought our hats in Disneyland! (I have Minnie ears and Brady has a Goofy hat).

In this picture, Caleb is a lion and Gage is a vampire.  They switched costumes for trick-or-treating! 

Gibson went as a football player!  Nice, easy, cool costume! 

Caleb is now the vampire!

And Gage is the lion!

It was so nice going trick-or-treating in warm weather!

Gibson's 9th Birthday Party!

The weather in October was just BEAUTIFUL!    So we made a last minute decision to have Gibson's birthday party a few weeks early so he could have a party outside (his parties always have to be indoors because of the cold, crappy November weather).  So he invited his closest friends and they went to Boondocks for the day.  Brady took a half day off of work to take them and they stayed for about 7 hours!  They all had a blast and Gibson said it was his best birthday party ever!  

Gibson, Carter, Jack, Bowen and Tyson

Cake time! 

Opening presents! 

Driving the race cars at Boondocks! 

October 2012

Caleb started out the month by making a GIGANTIC mess with the baby powder.  I think there was at least an inch of it all around and in all the drawers of their changing table.  But this cute face made up for it! 

We took our annual fall drive up to Preston, Idaho.  We had lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant, El Tapatio (formally "The Taco Bus").

We stopped and visited with my great-aunt Anna.  She is just amazing!  She is in her 90s and blind, but lives on her own and gets along fine.  She has the best memory - she always remembers all of our names and my kid's ages!  

Cute kitties enjoying the gorgeous fall weather!

LILY! 

SQUEAKERS! 

TWO! 

The boys had a great time playing in the leaves!  I hope they got their fill because we probably won't have any leaves to rake next year in our new yard.

Super cute Gage! 

Super Caleb!  (I like this picture because you can see our swim towels outside drying - that means it's still warm enough to go to the pool!) 

My 3 handsome boys! 

Yes - it is (mid) October and we are still going to the pool! 

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these warm autumns!  

NEW ORDER!!!

I had a list of singers/bands that I "must see" before I die.  I was down to one, New Order, and I never thought I would be able to cross them off of my list.  For one, they weren't together anymore, and second, even when they did tour, they didn't come to the United States.

But... obviously (or I wouldn't have this post), they reunited for a tour AND came to the United States.  So I joined one of my friends who also had them on his "must see" list and we saw them at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles!  So I had a great 3-day weekend trip all by myself!

First stop... Andrew and Meghan's home in California.  

You could tell it was Andrew's house right from the start.... the bikes:

and the DM posters!

My room (it was so comfortable and SO quiet!  I actually slept in until almost 10:00 am!!):

Andrew and Meghan:

And their cute kitty:

Next, onto Los Angeles!  

I stayed at the Loews Hotel, right in the heart of Hollywood.

 

My hotel room:

The view from my hotel room: 

Just a few steps from my hotel and I took a tour of Hollywood: 

Then some pool time!

Pre-concert partying.  I got to meet their friend, Benny, who came down from Northern California for the concert. 

THE CONCERT!

Andrew, Meghan and Benny: 

Meghan and I:

NEW ORDER!!!

The show was definitely worth the wait!!