PTA Carnival

I love school carnivals. I have always loved a good school carnival and this one was no exception.
Palmer and Lincoln had only one objective and that was the climbing wall. They didn't care at all how long they had to wait to go on it over and over.


After that I didn't see much of them. Josh is taking a class and the thought of keeping track of them all by myself was a bit overwhelming, so thankfully my friend Kristen came along. Thursday is supposed to be our project night but she was a good sport and agreed to hang with the boys at the school carnival.
Hunter wasn't too interested in the climbing wall so he headed off with a friend from school. We were laughing at how well she was taking care of him. I think he liked it :)

A quick picture I got of Lincoln as he was running to something else.
And one of Palmer when he checked in to get a drink, and was off like a shot again (I don't think we ever talked about them running around on their own, but it just sort of happened and I felt a little useless actually. At least I was there to hold their water bottles and tissues and things...wouldn't want them to be tissue-less...)
And here is a picture of Hunter standing in life for some ride that had an enormous line. it was so funny, he would stand in line for a while and then get bored and then leave and then come back when he watched how cool the ride was and it would start all over again. I think he stood in line 4 times and actually rode the ride once.  Doesn't he look like he is having a killer time?
McKay was too little to do anything but watch from his stroller (he was on tissue holding duty with me). Finally we went and played on the toys.
The boys had a ball at the carnival so that made it all worth it :)

Outdoor Movie

Last year I began to see people posting on blogs about doing outdoor movies. It sounded like so much fun to me and I was determined to put one together. I put it on our Summer Bucket List this year and finally planned it for last Friday (the night before Palmer's friend birthday party...not my brightest planning moment. Last week was CRAZY busy!!!) We sent these little invitations to the houses in our neighborhood.

Wouldn't you know it, it rained and rained and rained the day of the movie. We were so sad that we might not be able to do it. Luckily I have some pretty cool and determined neighbors and everyone agreed that if it even cleared up just for the movie, we were in. Guess what? It cleared up about 1 hour before the movie!!!  I have to mention that just about as soon as we had everything packed inside, it started pouring again!
Most of the neighbors showed up and the movie was on! The grass was totally swampy, but most of the adults just pulled chairs over and the kids thought it was just fine to sit in a puddle of water...gotta love kids. Hunter started getting cold toward the end, but we wrapped him in a blanket and he was happy as a clam.

Our next door neighbors got their popcorn machine going and brought everyone fresh, warm, buttery popcorn. I think it was a highlight for some (me).
I didn't take that many pictures because I didn't want to annoy anyone (ya, big moment for me...since when has annoying people with my camera ever mattered before :) We had quite a big group.

We had a screen to show the movie on, but then we happily realized that our house was a much bigger screen.  It was perfect!
Even McKay joined in the fun having had a really good nap during the day. I snuggled him up in warm jammies and a blanket and he sat on my lap eating popcorn and treats and watched the whole movie. It actually surprised me! It was so much fun and definitely something we will do again next year.

Florida-The Magic Kingdom

On the last day of our trip to Florida we decided to go to the Disney World's Magic Kingdom. The last time we went to Disneyland with the boys I was pregnant with McKay and I couldn't go on very many of the rides, so I was excited about actually riding them.
We were pleasantly surprised that they were getting ready for Halloween and everything we decorated so fun! I love fall and I love Disneyland, so Disneyworld decorated in fall decorations is right up my ally!




To be honest being around all of the kids and seeing things that the boys would be thrilled with made Josh and I pretty homesick for our kids. I can't even tell you how many times we said "the boys would love..." It was a lot. I guess it was a good thing we were going home the next day.

Once again, it was a great time to be here as the ride lines were so short! We had to wait about 10 minutes for everything. Most of the people there were speaking different languages as well.  I couldn't believe how many people from different countries were there, it was so fun.  We met people from Germany, England, and a lot from Brazil.  
It was fun to see the things that were different about Disneyland and Disney World. This was one of them. It was funny, every once in a while this sculpture would hiccup bubbles.
I have never had a Dole Whip in Adventureland before is that crazy or what? I saw a recipe for them on Pinterest and everyone went crazy over it. I thought it must be something that I needed to try. It was so good!

They had a great parade going on. We took pictures on Josh's phone and sent them to the boys.
Can I be honest that I love the Disney princesses every bit as much now as I did when I was a kid. I still get butterflies with the romance of it all.
We ate lunch at the Plaza (because everything else was closed! We came on the one day that they were closing early for some sort of celebration...lame) It was pretty good though.


The castle in the Magic Kingdom has as stage built into it and shows going on every so often. It was really cute. We stopped to watch it quite a few times...





We had such a great time on our vacation and can't wait to bring our boys back here!

Florida-Downtown Disney's T-Rex Restaurant

Long ago (yesterday it seems to me) I served a mission for my church to Spokane Washington. I had so many wonderful companions one of which was Tracie. She was so fun to be around and we had a great time together. She and her husband (also one of our favorite people) and their adorable boys live in Florida now and we had the great pleasure of spending the evening with them.
We went to eat at the funnest restaurant called "T-Rex" at Downtown Disney. We ate in an "ice cave." I couldn't help but think how much my boys would have loved it.
The ice cave would change colors
We sure love these guys!
Every 20 minutes or so the animals would come to life!









After dinner we headed to to Lego store. My boys would have loved this place! We have been to the Lego store in California but this one was so much bigger!
This lochness monster was built entirely out of Legos outside the store in the water.
These guys were also built out of Legos. Really who are these amazing people building all these awesome things?

We had a great night and loved seeing Tracie and her family!