october

1st of all, we found out greyson is VERY allergic to peanuts. :( this does not make a momma happy that already has gluten-free kiddos. he was in the instacare once for a strange allergic reaction, and when it happened again, i realized both times i had shared my ice cream with him. both times happened to be peanut butter cup ice cream. so off to nate's clinic we went to get his blood drawn. clearly it's nowhere NEAR as much of a challenge to have a peanut-free diet, but the reaction is so scary. i had to pick up his epi-pens from the pharmacy the other day, and they are SO huge. i hope i never have to use one of those bad boys on my little man. ah well, life goes on.....

october!

we are SO lucky to live right down the street from the pumpkin patch. it was fun to just walk down and let the kids play in the corn pit, mazes, see the animals, etc... and the weather was so nice last month! halloween was fun, with TOO much candy, and TOO many festivities. the kids traded their candy in at the dentist and bought the mckenna movie they've been wanting forEVER with the money. sigh...this house is finally candy free!!!

 corn pit fun! (way cleaner than a sand box)

 greyson following emma in the kiddie maze

 hayride!

 1st snow of the year. emma was lucky enough to not have school, so she played in it for an hour or so before it melted.

 pumpkin carving. cait and nate carved pumpkins the traditional way. abby, emma and i opted for the sticky-free method of just putting faces on our pumpkins

 emma's cute doggie

 abby's weirdo man

 cait's owl, nate's pumpkin. cute, but i loved my pumpkins and that i didn't get super messy!

 my superhero. jack jack attack.

 ward trunk-or-treat and halloween carnival. my vampire and witch.

 cute little cheetah

 cait (trying to keep the too-big-for-her-mouth fangs in her mouth) and her friend addysen the jellyfish.

bye-bye october, SO glad to be moving on to november!!!

our fave place

...is DISNEYLAND of course! We were able to go to Disneyland with Carrie and Justin and kiddos this year. It was awesome weather and we had a blast! We'll let the pics do the talking:

Cars Land. The BEST land EVER. Amazing.

 EVERYTHING is exactly like the movie. EVERY detail.

 'Meeting' Lightening McQueen with the cousins.

 Ready for another day! Don't mind Brookie's portruding forehead, she has a rather LARGE run-in with a cement wall full speed. :(

 Ladies' man.

 Gadget's!

 The fam.

 The Johnson Clan.

 My men.

 That face of Micah...oh boy.

 One of Nate and the girls' fave ride. I can't STAND that ride!

More posts to come, I know I'm 2 months behind!!! Stick around, I'll post more later today...

school, crafts, vegas

the latest. mostly pics.

 homemade crayons

 hard to come up with enough ideas to keep kiddos busy all summer!

 couch potatoes

 girls' trip to vegas with maile and camie!! at serendipity3. my 1st time to vegas, it was big, incredible, DIRTY, gross, probably will not be going back. but the BEST girls to go on a girls' trip with..thanks ladies!!

 cirque du soleil: KA. i cannot put into words how amazing this show was. insanely impossible, it was 'epic'..and i hate to use that trendy word, but it just was. i could see it a hundred times. now i want to see all of the cirque shows!!

 had to take this pic for nate :)

 love ya girls!

 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!

 Caitlin 4th grade, Abby 2nd grade

 emma was almost in tears because she wanted to be starting kindergarten so bad :(

 their school is an old jr high, so they get lockers

 Emma's first day at Little Fireflies Preschool with Mrs. Kristie! (Cait and Abs 2nd day of school)

 Emma has LOVED this preschool...she asks every day if she has preschool, and if she doesn't she cries.

 this is how greyson plays in the van. oh boy.

 this is the pic nate txt me when i was in vegas. missed my babies.

 maile and i had been in vegas maybe 20 minutes and she decided to use ONE dollar and try a penny slot. we got carded in about 2 minutes. boo yeah. ugh.

 lazy river at the resort we stayed at...love. thanks maile!

 i remember i used to take pics like this of my feet and the palm trees in the background when we lived in arizona. i miss az, i miss the beach pool, i miss the palm trees!

 coke store/factory/whatev. yes camie made us try ALL of the flavors from around the world. one of them was concentrated benadryl i swear. some of them were really good, some were the most disgusting EVER.

and that's all for now folks. just don't have much spare time anymore, but i've GOT to be better about keeping up on the blog. :)