October was another busy month! We went to my parents cabin in Shaver Lake with Jeff's parents and his brother Rob's family for conference weekend. It was nice to watch it together and get out in between the sessions to enjoy the beautiful weather.
Jackson and Grandma relaxing on the deck in the sun
Exploring the big sequoia trees
Jamisen and cousin Sarah
Jamisen turned 5 years old!! A whole hand!!
He had a party at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo. Friends that came are (left to right) Brennan Evenson, Cole Jolley, Gretel Thackeray, Nate Pedersen, Malachi Cope, Cohen Evenson, Elijah Koberlein, India Jones, and Lilah Canon.
Jeff made THE coolest cake!! Not sure how he will top it next year! It was a big volcano with dinosaurs around and he put dry ice in the volcano so it "erupted". The kids faces were priceless watching it explode!
Jamisen and cousin Kaitlyn
Best pals Jamo and cousin Cole
This picture is hilarious...Lilah has a little crush on Jamisen and she was being a little territorial about him with other girls at the party. Her face says it all, "this is MY MAN!" ;)
The kids had fun at the Dino Dig. I think Jackson could have stayed there all day digging in the dirt.
Rainbow pancakes...a birthday tradition!
We had fun at our ward Halloween party. Jackson stole the show in his cute little scuba diver costume and Jamisen loved being a shark!
Nana and Papa came for a little bit
Grandma Schill was also able to come!
Jamisen and his good friends, Brennan and Cohen Evenson
After all of the Halloween festivities in Fresno the boys and I boarded a plane and headed for Houston to meet up with Jeff. The boys and I managed to squeeze in some fun activities in between working and advertising for Colorjam. We went to the Blue Bell Ice Cream factory to sample yummy flavors of ice cream!
We went to Jo and Carl's ward trunk or treat party. This little boy LOVES candy and treats!
Our family costume was finally complete with daddy the surfer that survived a shark attack!
Jackson ready to test out his "scuba equipment"
Jamisen loved being a shark and getting into character!
Hunter and Jackson trick or treating
We met up with Bonnie and her boys in downtown Houston to go to the dinosaur exhibit.
After the museum we went to our favorite pizza place downtown called Star pizza
On Halloween night we went trick or treating with our cousins Abby and Claire to a really fun neighborhood that goes all out for Halloween.
I've never seen a neighborhood like this one go all out for Halloween. Every house had a display. One house set up barbed wire and boarded their windows, at another house pictured above they had a lab setup in the yard and they were dressed as mad scientists, and at the house pictured below there was a massive Yoda inflatable and a lit up dance floor in the driveway where people could stop and dance. They say everything is bigger in Texas and Halloween proved that true!
