The camera- on vacation

I didn't want to carry "the big camera" everyday in Disneyland. So I decided to limit myself to the beach and the day we were in the park on Elle's birthday. Here are some favorites (the sunset scenes are for my photo class homework):

Disneyland? Weren't you just there?

So when we were planning our November, we saw that we would be in St. George the weekend before Thanksgiving. And since Scott had taken Thanksgiving week off, we thought we would make a vacation out of it. So- why not drive to Disneyland? We would be half-way there already. We know, we know, we just went in the spring, but oh well. So we ended up going to St. George for 2 days (golf tournament), Disneyland for 3 days, and Mesquite for Thanksgiving. What a trip! Highlights:

Elle is 2!

We celebrated Elle's birthday three times. Once at Disneyland (the actual birthday), once at Grandma and Grandpa's in Mesquite (on Thanksgiving), and once at Grandma and Grandpa's in Murray. It was an on-going party:

Halloween- the candy on the cake

Well, I finally found a moment to catch up on the blogging that I've missed, go figure that it took a time change and an extra hour for me to do it. This year Halloween was as fun as ever- the boys decided that they wanted us all to be a family of Ninjas. Lucky for us I found their sizes of Ninja costumes (yes, even Elle) at Savers. However, no adult version. Susan found Scott's karate uniform from when he was 12- so that took care of my costume. But we never got out and found a costume for Scott. So when we were thinking about a costume party with our friends, we weren't sure what to do. There is always a little pressure to be funny- good thing Todd and Breanna had a 6 foot dalmation costume and a Cruella DeVille that we borrowed. We won the prize for guy on the tightest leash.

But on Halloween night, we had a family of Ninjas trick or treating with dad dressed as dad (in the picture, Elle is saying "waaaa". That is what we told her Ninjas say). He stayed at the house after Elle was done and manned the firepit-while the boys and I ran around the neighborhood- a few times. It was such a nice night, we couldn't resist.

But we are paying the price for having all that candy in the house. Elle (and Cam to some extent) has a one track mind when she knows there is candy around. Last night she loaded up her dinner plate with candy and was seriously disappointed when Scott and I wouldn't let her have it. She shouts at us for a "treat" and cries when she doesn't get one. We are already ready to throw it out to get our little unobsessed girl back. In the picture with all the kids, they had made a fort and were trading candy. We walked in to find Elle with a sucker in each hand, eating both.

Flag Football

I didn't really want to, but when it isn't tackle, and all his friends are playing, how do you say "No"? So we are into flag football now, the next in the line of successive sports that just seem to back up to one another. Davis is having a lot of fun. In one game he scored an extra point (from a pass no less) and a touchdown. I am just hoping that this doesn't evolve into a love of tackle football. I am not so sure I am up for the commitment... or the bodily harm to my son.