HAPPY HALLOWEEN.....

Our ward was able to have the annual "Trunk or Treat" on Halloween this year. So we headed over to the church for some yummy chili, nachos, cupcakes, lots of fun games and of course "trunk or treating". The kids had a blast dressing up in their costumes and filling up their buckets full of yummy candy. Of course Talan wanted to eat each piece of chocolate as it was being dropped into the bucket, but managed to hold back once he realized how much candy you can get. I love doing the "trunk or treat" each year...its safe and fun for the kids.



OF COURSE, after the ward party Kalei and her friend Jackson wanted to walk around in Grandma's neighborhood and do some real trick or treating. It was a lot of fun for them and a good way to run off all of their endless energy before crashing!!

This years costumes consisted of Kalei being Tinkerbell, Talan repeating the Pumpkin and Naelani being a Flower Fairy! Talan was supposed to be an Octopus but being that the weather here in Arizona was 92 degrees that wasn't going to be possible, without him having heat exhaustion!

Kalei was a little bit excited to have her Auntie Julie paint her face!

Naelani had fun going through her siblings candy and taking a few for herself.

TALAN TURNS TWO.....

October 19, 2008 was a special day for Talan. He turned the big TWO....we started off the day with his favorite breakfast...waffles and chocolate milk....It took him a little bit to figure out that it was his special day but once it clicked it it was all over with. He walked around the house saying BIRTHDAY all day long. Every time he plays with a present that he got for his birthday he will still come and tell me "mommy, BIRHTDAY!!" too cute.



If don't already know the kid is a CHOCOHOLIC..if there is such a thing. He will consume anything covered in chocolate. He doesn't eat the normal kid favorites like fruit snacks, gummy bears etc...it has to be a chocolate candy bar. SO...with that being said we decided to do a chocolate fountain for his birthday. We had all of the family over for Sunday dinner at my moms where we made one of his favorite dinners....Chicken Divan...sang happy birhtday and had some fun things for the kids to dip in the RICH, DARK CHOCOLATE!! Needless to say...it was a hit!

Here are some things about Talan....

*he weighs in at 32.8 lbs and 37" long...at the rate he is going he will be at LEAST 6' 2"-6' 3"!

*he is a big teddy bear...he loves to snuggle.

*big MOMMY's boy...

*LOVES to SLEEP...

*loves to be read to...
*best friend is his cousin Marley...

*loves his sisters...

*loves to play outside and help daddy with the yard work

*he talks so much and is trying to talk in sentences

*loves animals...loves to go to the zoo...

Talan is one special BOY and we are so proud to have him as part of our family !!

DISNEYLAND....

Disneyland is definitely the happiest place on earth !! We were able to take our kids for the first time with my family in October. We had so much fun. We tried to do everything we possibly could and probably didn't even do half of the things that they have there. I didn't realize how many things that the kids could actually go on, which made it a lot of fun for them. The all time favorite ride for them were the Tea Cups by far. I think we went on those about 10 times.

(Naelani,Kalei,Marley & Talan)

(Kalei,Talan & Justin) riding the teacups

We were given some disneyland advice from some friends who had just been a couple weeks prior. They told us that we needed to take Kalei to see the Princesses FIRST and foremost. So that was our goal. We got there a little bit early we ran as fast as we could to get in line to see the princesses. We bought her a princess book and a pen and she was able to meet Aurora (sleeping beauty), Pocahontas, and Little Mermaid. She was in HEAVEN!! She had them each sign her book and then we had pictures taken with each one of the princesses. That was it...after that she was on a mission to get her book filled up with signatures. BUT, the bad guys were NOT allowed to sign her book...lol lol. Here are just a few of the characters she was able to get sign her book...

Naelani was such a good sport, being that we spent every waking moment we could at Disneyland. By the 2nd day she had just had enough. She had been sitting with Uncle Brad while we took the other kids on the bumper cars and by the time the ride was done she was faraway in la la land!

Of course, we topped the trip off by going to Sugar Shack in Huntington, visiting family and going to the BEACH!! That is definitely one trip that we will have to repeat again SOON!