A trip to California..Napa Valley

Jared was doing a Family Medicine rotation at Travis Air Force Base, so the girls and I joined him for 2 weeks before we went to my grandparents house for Thanksgiving. We stayed  at the TLF, which was very nice. The girls and I did stuff around the base during the day while Jared worked. The first Sunday there we ventured to Napa Valley. All the vineyards were beautiful. 

first night back with dad

love my sweet kenna 

she loves the freedom of walking around

We had an enjoyable Sunday walking around exploring Napa Valley.

Halloween 2012

(I'm trying to catch up after I have been slacking for awhile. I was in Utah without Jared which meant no computer. Once we got back to Texas we had to get Jared's computer fixed) 

For Halloween the girls and I were in Utah. It was so much fun to be around family. The girls loved it. Before we left our ward had a Halloween party. They had a chili cook off and played games. 

Mckenna was so cute, she knew she looked so cute she went around screaming so people would look at her. They would say "oh your so cute" and she would give them this huge smile. She knew what they were saying. 

After arriving in Utah, for family night my parents and I went to the pumpkin patch behind their house. There was an actual pumpkin patch where we got to pick the pumpkins straight from the vine. It was fun picking out our pumpkins. 

I took this cool picture with my iphone (no filter)

missing dad

best mema

 Halloween morning we went to Suzanne's school for a parade. We walked around to all the different classrooms to look at the kids costumes. It was a lot of fun. Hallee got scared a few times with the different costumes. That was the first time Suzanne walked in the parade. The things your grandkids get you to do. 

cute lil lion 

sister kisses 

as you can tell Mckenna was done 

Later that day we carved pumpkins with Tara and Papa as we waited for Kimberly, Brad, Luke, Grandma, and Grandpa to get there. Once they got there we had pizza and then went trick or treating. The girls loved going from house to house for candy, especially Hallee! (she is her father's daughter)

My cute lil lion 

So happy to be with cousin Luke

crazy grandma and grandpa

(Auntie Tara had dressed up for a witch for Halloween & Hallee told her she was done being a "scary witch")

Hallee did so well going from house to house. We got through my parents neighborhood without getting scared. We ended with my parents next door neighbor and all of the sudden you could hear a blood curddling scream from Hallee. The guy who answered the door was wearing a scary mask. She was so scared. It was sad. I hate when people scare little kids. In all we had a great night! It was so fun to be with family we just missed Jared who was in Maryland for a week of Family Medicine training.

Mckenna was so tired from a fun filled day

Thanksgiving Point

Before getting to Utah I bought a KSL deals for a petting zoo and horse ride. For some reason I thought it was at Thanksgiving Point. My dad took the day off and we picked up Tara on our way down there. We get to Thanksgiving Point and right as we get there Tara noticed the deal was for Gardner Village. Awesome! We just drove all the way down there. I decided since we were already there we would just see the animals there. Hallee was in heaven! She loves all the animals. It was a petting zoo but you couldn't pet them. We were all disappointed. We walked around to see all the animals. Hallee got to go on a horse ride. She loves horses and riding them. She has no fear of them! She is just like her auntie Tara. 

Mckenna just loved walking around, it was a beautiful day

Love her to pieces! She is growing up way too fast!

She had a huge smile on her face the whole time. She kept saying yeehah!

We went on a fun hay ride. I love fall in Utah. 

We ended our day at Thanksgiving point with lunch. It was such a pretty day. It was the perfect weather. I'm glad my dad and sister could come spend the day with us. The girls loved having them there!

Pumpkin Patch

We had a fun night at the pumpkin patch. We met up with our friends the Dennis'. It's crazy to think that it's fall because here in Texas we are still in the 90's. This pumpkin patch was very different from the ones that we had been to before. It was off the freeway on just a bare lot of grass. They had brought pumpkins in for you to choose from. They had bounce houses, petting zoo, pony rides, and a hay ride. Hallee loved bouncing in the bounce house and petting the animals. 

Kenna loved walking around eating the pumpkins and other things she could find on the ground 

Hallee picking out which pumpkin she wanted 

cute little Lucy 

Kenna was in heaven

love her pretty blue eyes and smile 

We tried to get a picture of the girls 

I LOVE this picture of Mckenna's face! So adorable!!

Getting ready for the hay ride 

Hallee wasn't scared of the animals at all. She walked up and pet all of the animals 

Hallee kept saying the pig was stinky 

She loved holding this bunny! It was so cute!