Fall is our favorite time of year

Today we drove the Alpine Loop and saw all the beautiful leaves of the trees. I love the fall, it is my favorite time of year. We also stopped to have a picnic lunch. 

We just wish Daddy was here with us too. :(

Zoo!

Since Jared is out of town for 3 whole weeks I have to do tons of activities with the kids too keep my mind off of how much I miss him. :( So We went to the Zoo with my SIL Jen and her son Nathan!! 

Cute Baby Elephant

Nathan directing us on where to go

I can't believe how old they look :(

We rode the carousel 

And the train

Ian is yelling "giraffe!!" because to get him to look at me I asked him what those were. I think he thinks I'm dumb cause I asked him like 10 times.

Scaring away bad spirits

How do you measure up?

The cute boys ready to go home after a fun afternoon at the zoo.a

First day of School

Ian started Pre-K on Tuesday after Labor Day!! I am so excited to have a break from him for 3 hours a day 4 days a week!! He has been asking to go to school for the last year and finally he gets to go!! I actually use school as a bribe. If he is being bad I tell his he can't go to school. Only good boys go to school so he has been on his best behavior. 

A little to excited :)

He has the best teacher in the world!! 

Much anticipated CA Trip

The much anticipated trip to California came and went too fast but not before we could make some memories.

This is how the boys travel :) 

Chillin' with the fam

We spend the first night at Justin and Liz's house and me being the smart person I am I locked BOTH sets of keys in the car. I was so tired when we got there late at night I didn't realize what I was doing. Thankfully Justin had breaking into car skills. :)

We spent 3 days going to Disneyland. It will be awhile until we can go back.

Waiting for Ian and Jared to go on Grizzly Rapids

Watching the Aladdin show.

Quintin's favorite ride

This is how the kids passed time while camping out for the fireworks show. Every night we saw a show. Fireworks, world of color, fireworks again, Fantasmic. 

This is how the boys looked at the end of every show. :)

We took the kids over to Tom Sawyer's Island. They changed a lot of it and made it Pirate themed because kids don't know who Tom Sawyer is anymore. :(

I think this was in the 3rd Pirate movie when they were all trapped on the island.

This tree still says Tom + Becky

My kids know how to ruin other people pictures :)

Quintin was to scared of Mickey. 

 Its hard to take pics while moving.

Quintin went on Finding Nemo with Daddy while I took Ian on Space Mountain.

On friday we decided to take a break from Disneyland and go to the aquarium.

The boys petting jellyfish

Then we went to the beach.

We took turn burying the kids. :)

 On Saturday was Chad and Katelyn's wedding.  She is the last of Jared's siblings to get married. 

On Sunday Baby Austin was blessed. 

Then I drove back all by myself because Jared flew out for a 3 week training to Texas. :(

THE END