Halloween - obviously late...

I realize that Halloween was awhile ago now, but I never posted pictures - and grandparents requested them. So, here you go! Kenneth was Robin Hood, I was a cat, Danny a construction worker (he LOVES tractors - see post below) and Emily was a bee.

Cute Kid Pictures

Here are some random cute pictures of the kids:

Snuggling

Danny trying on my boots

There is a big tractor in the back of our apartment complex and Danny LOVES it!  Daddy took him out to drive it one day.

I saw one day that Danny had put his baby in the jumper and was making him jump and swing.  It was so cute!

And lastly some cute pictures of Emily!

Vegas

Back in early October we headed to Vegas for a 3 day weekend.  It just so happened that my brother Michael, sis-in-law Kim and nephew Jonathan were going there as well.  We booked a hotel together and had a great time together - as usual!

I wanted Danny to see the Bellagio fountain show because I thought he would love it.  Come to find out he was kind of scared...not sure why! I'm going to attribute it to his sleepiness...because usually my kid isn't afraid of anything!  I loved it though!

While we were there we also did some rockclimbing - because if we didn't, we wouldn't be a vacation!

During our first 2 days we also got together with Michael & Kim's friends.  They adopted a little boy awhile back and were able to be sealed to him in the temple!  They had a party to celebrate at the church afterwards.

After Michael & Kim left we headed to Fremont Street.  I'd never been before and Kenneth thought Danny would like it - which he definitely did!  He was so mesmerized by all the nights and sounds.  It was so cute.

Even Emily would stare up while in her carseat!  It was so funny!  Anyway, that was our short trip!

St. George - 11/11-11/14

Kenneth had a 4 day weekend recently, so we headed up to St. George, UT to meet up with his sister Stephanie to do some rockclimbing.  We had a great time!

We arrived Friday, and headed to a climbing area called Chuckwalla Wall.  While there we were climbing next to a dating couple.  The guy had brought along his little dog as well.  Danny of course was following the dog around and petting it, and the dog seemed to be very nice.  This all changed when a tiny dog walked by on the path with a family of 3.  The small dog charged and was biting the tiny dog around the neck.  It was crazy!  I was so happy the dog hadn't bitten Danny!!  It was intense.

Stephanie

Ok, I need to take this moment to let you all know how incredibly cute Danny is!!  Obviously Emily is too, but I'm not featuring pictures of her right here.  Anyway, Danny was totally showing off for his Aunt Steph.

We bought a harness for Danny about a month ago, but he was reluctant to put it on until now.  This was Danny first official rock climb!!  He did such a great job!  He was so high!

Here Steph is helping him repel down - he was a little more nervous on this part!

On Saturday we headed into Snow Canyon.  I love it there!  So beautiful.

We started off with a short hike into a small slot canyon.

Emily is always fascinated with Danny

After our short hike we headed to the sand dunes.  Danny had a lot of fun crawling around, and also had fun watching Kenneth do some back flips.

Love these girls!

Finally we arrived at our climbing destination within Snow Canyon.  We did a really fun climb that was about 200 ft tall.  We had quite the crown watching us!  It was a lot of fun.

Danny pointing out where Danny was

Sunday came around and Steph left shortly after church.  Kenneth and I decided to take Danny to the Little Narrows so he could hike up the "little narrows" and to just walk around the fun rock formations.

The "Little Narrows"

Danny (fuzzy) heading through

Danny is obsessed with bugs!  He picked up this stink bug while walking through the Little Narrows and insisted on holding it (and hugging it repeatedly).  The day before he did the same thing but with a little green caterpillar.  ;)

Can't believe how big Emily is getting - 7 months now

Exploring the little caves - and apparently taking a nap

On Monday we headed back to the Little Narrows so that I could walk through them - since I had Emily strapped to me the day before.  I was very happy that I could still make it through!  The last time I tried, I was about 5 months pregnant...and that didn't go so well!

We did a final climb or two before heading out.

And there you have it!  We love St. George and were so happy to be able to spend a little time with Stephanie and have the kids get to know her better.  Good times.

Hollywood

On September 17th we decided to finally go see some of the major tourist attractions around LA. We started out by heading to the historic Chinese Theatre. It was fun to walk along the stars and see which ones we actually recognized - and how many more we were completely clueless about.

What can I say - I am addicted to Harry Potter!

Afterwards we headed to the Hollywood sign.  We were at a dog park and Danny had a lot of fun watching the dogs running around, and playing on the fenced-in playground.  It looked like a great park - there was a huge game of ultimate frisbee going on.  There was occasionally a pause in the game when a dog ran out into the middle of the field.  Danny loved it and screamed when we left. ;)

For some reason, kids always think Danny needs help walking...

Danny loves these things

Danny with his grumpy face - we made him get off the playground to come take this picture.

Afterwards we were going to attempt rockclimbing at this random place.  The trail was kind of wild though, and we came to a section of the path that was covered with these:

Needless to say - I refused to go on!  Sorry Kenneth!

Lastly we headed to the beach.  What can I say - the beach is always amazing!

He has his happy face on again!

Hanging out with Emily

Daddy & Son

Just by the beach at Pepperdine University, they had a tribute up in honor of those who died on 9/11 in New York, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon.  The exhibit displays one flag for each victim including the flags from other nations whose citizens died that fateful day.  The flags seemed to go on forever...

Well, that was the end of our touristy day in LA.  Good times!