Sorry I have been so bad about blogging lately... life is way too crazy! Will I ever be bored again? I think not!
We spent October Break at Disneyland with lots of family and had the time of our lives! It was super HOT and super CROWDED! But even with that, we had a great time!
Anyone that knows my little Ryan knows that he is a wanderer! And I am not sure why I thought I could go to Disneyland and not lose him! Needless to say (and very embarrassing...you'd think I'd be used to it by now!) we lost Ryan for about 30 minutes one day. We had California Adventures on alert for a blonde haired, 6 year old wearing a navy Gap shirt! A nice Mom had found him in the middle of her group just walking along with her and turned him in! I asked him if he was scared and he said NO. He is my adventurous one!
I found these on a blog and I think they are one of the greatest inventions for parents with "adventurous" children. I definitely wish I had this BEFORE Disneyland! Check these out! They are called "Safety Tats"!
You can find them at www.safetytat.com. Some mother with my same problem was very smart and came up with this ingenious idea. I don't normally let my kids wear fake tattoos, but I think this one I would let slide! :o)
Ryan will definitely be tatted up next time we hit Disneyland! Which will hopefully be often because I got year passes for us all! I'm a glutton for punishment!
I have lots more pictures that I will post later... if I find the time! :o)
Here are the people who came... Grandpa Ron and Grandma Carol... Anne and Dave, Dustin, Jesse and his two kids Colby and Brexlin, Jake and Jessica and Westin... Bill and his kids Ryan, Logan and Blake (we missed you Kelly!)... Steve and Rhonda and their kids, Jordon, Kyle, Justin, Colten and Hallie... My family... and Tyler and Kristen and their kids, Ryan and Ryder! We also missed Stacey and the rest of her family (they live in St. George) and we missed Stuart and Rene' and their family! There's always next year! :o)
Ryan drew on his pumpkin face with a permanent marker, so we pretty much carved what he drew the first time. It turned out adorable!
Westin broke his arm the weekend before and couldn't carve a pumpkin. We tried desperately to get him to smile... nothing a little tickling couldn't fix!
Ridge carved his pumpkin all by himself this year! What a relief! He did a great job too! He had soooo much fun designing it and then carving it.
Here is the final tradition for our Pumpkin Carving Night... we line all of the pumpkins up on a wall and light them and then the kids line up for the picture. We have one from every year... I need to scan the old ones in and compare the years. That would be fun!
It has been really hard to keep up some of our family traditions now that our kids are getting older. Some are married with their own kids, some are serving missions, and some have school or work schedules that conflict, but we try to keep up with the traditions, especially the ones that were so close to my Mom's heart. This one was definitely one of her favorites. I know that when we get together that she is extremely happy and proud of us. Love and miss you Mom!
