Trunk or Treat

A few days before Halloween, the car dealerships in Cedar City hold a Trunk-or-Treat event and let little ones stop by for games and candy. We joined the Jolley cousins for the fun.

Ethan, Nelson, Janecca and McKay

My little fireman waiting for some action.

Cutest pirate ever!

One Month Old!

Such a serious face!

The other day I while we were riding the car, I looked back and noticed McKay was holding Andrew's hand. What a nice brother! McKay has been so kind to Andrew and has been my helper while Nathan's out of town. I was anxious about the impact such huge changes would have on McKay, but he is handling everything well and keeps me pleasantly surprised.

DISNEYLAND

I admit this was a little crazy, but I took a four-week-old and a three-year-old....as a single parent...to Disneyland. We needed to get out of the apartment, to have a break to the monotony of the days without Nathan. So we took the Porters up on their offer to have us join them on their trip to Disneyland. We stopped in Las Vegas to visit the Chamberlains and captured this picture of cute little cousins. Baby Dean is 7 weeks older than Andrew. I hope they always like hanging out together.

Mitchell and McKay ready for the magic to start!

One one of three pictures I have of us on this trip. Having given birth four weeks earlier and trying to manage these little guys, made taking decent pictures nearly impossible.

Waiting in the never-ending Dumbo line.

The cute little Porter family....Kristin, Mitchell and Preston

Toontown fire engine...always a favorite.

All three boys in front of the Sleeping Beauty castle.

Andrew was such a good baby. He slept for most of the day as I held him....totally oblivious to all of the fun and rides I took him on.

Glad we saw Mickey a second time....silly Mickey!

We always take a picture in front of this door, and we always will until McKay gets too big. 

I have never taken time to ride the old firetruck or Trolley on Disney's Main Street. It's a great way to rest and to get another perspective of Main Street.

We should have ridden this more!

Waiting for the World of Color show to begin.

It looks like the day was successful (or we spent to long at Disneyland).

We got to spend time at the beach and played in the sand and water.

October Misc.

I hope these brothers will always like being together!

There was a massive landslide up Cedar Canyon so we took a drive to check it out. We were amazed by the destruction. McKay has tried to tell everyone he sees about it. (And is still talking about it several 

weeks later.)

Andrew is busy eating, sleeping and growing. We can't get enough suggle time!

Just Give Me One Good Smile!

For the last few months, taking (decent) pictures of McKay has proved increasingly difficult. I love Fall, I love pumpkins and I love McKay...a recipe for a perfect picture. Despite his antics, I still think they turned out pretty cute.

 

Pumpkin Patch

First, the great news I failed to mention in my previous posts...Nathan has a job! He will be starting on October 2nd....in Draper. Eventually we will move northward, but for now he will stay with his brother in Herriman and come home on the weekends.

I had a little panic attack when I realized that Nathan would be gone for most chances to do any Fall/Halloween activities with the family. So on the last day of September we had a family outing to a pumpkin patch in Paragonah with some Miller and Reber cousins. We went on a wagon ride pulled by a John Deere through the farm fields...McKay was fascinated!

Then we got to pick our own pumpkins. McKay is the spotter...looking far and wide for the biggest pumpkin.

Pumpkin patches are prickly...McKay found out the hard way. But in the end, he had a great time picking out the best pumpkins.

Our first family photo since Andrew was born...