Halloween

I have always looked forward to my first Halloween with my kid. We went to the Ward Halloween party a couple days before. We went to the trunk o treat the night of and we went walking with Lori and her 4 kids around her moms neighborhood the night of. I decorated our trunk for the ward trunk o treat like we did in California. But soon realized no one else does that. Oh well, Simon had a blast sitting in there eating candy and running around the parking lot. He was a puppy. I just threw on a chinese shirt I got on my mission in Taiwan and Georges just threw on a Jordan outfit to be a basketball player. Simon kept the hood on for awhile but for the most part took it off his head. The funnest part was walking around the neighborhood. There was some pretty scary houses and I had a blast scaring Simon. I know terrible right. There was a spider and I put him right up next to it. It is so funny to see there face freak out. And they hand on to you for dear life. What would halloween be without a few scares!!!

My boss has a huge pumpkin patch. We collected a whole bunch of pumpkins. Simon loved running around saying ball to all of them. I was obsessed with collecting as many as a could. It was sad to leave so many behind.

I knew this day would come. I am surprised it took him so long to figure it out. Of course closing the door all the time didn't allow for much exploration in the bathroom. he also very talentedly covered Mickey entirely. See the block image under his bum. Don't worry though. Mickey ate most of it before i got a chance to undo him.

Sunny Again

AHHH!! What gorgeous weather. I love it!!! We have been able to play outside again this week. Simon got a little sick and now me too, so it felt extra nice to enjoy the beautiful weather. We went to Lunch with Mom and David, Julie, Molly, Grandma Jeanne, Emily and Nixon yesterday and then all went walking up the canyon for 2 hours. Simon loved sitting in his stroller. On the way back he got anzty and I put him on the ground to run around. He had a blast running full throttle. The best exercise I have ever seen him do. No doubt he has some athletic skills. We debated who would be taller Nixon or Simon. We concluded they would grow to be the same. We are all doomed to nights of Basketball week after week when they grow up. I already have to chase after him while he throws the ball. Julie got some great pics of them playing ball together. Cute as can be. I hope we can see them. But it won't be the last time they play I bet.

October Rain

Wow. The Fall Rain has finally arrived. It is so depressing. I'll probably be updating more now that we will be stuck in doors as the weather gets worse. Simon is going to go stir crazy. He is taking his afternoon nap right now. I am still amazed that he will take to full naps a day while still sleeping all through the night. Work has definitely slowed down. We got all the deposit refunds out and havent had too many people calling in mad yet. The rest of the semester should be smooth sailing. I am enjoying the extra time to spend playing with Simon and going to my pilates class at the gym. Still workin on the last 10 pounds from pregnancy. I am sure it will be a forever thing though. Anyway, better run to the grocery store before Simon wakes up. Love you all.

Yellowstone Pictures

YellowStone

Georges and I took a big long trip to our families cabin in North East yellowstone last weekend with My Mom, David, Julie and Moran w/ Nixon. We got back Sept 3. Simon survived the driving, but did really good at the cabin. Our time was spent mostly relaxing in the house and doing some sight seeing at near by areas. We saw lots of Buffalo, Deer a few times, and even a moose once. I was so excited to see a moose. I don't know why. It just seemed like an animal you would never see. Some were able to see a wolf too. My favorite part of the trip (besides reading the twighlight series) was watching Nixon and Simon play together. The couple of hours between there morning and afternoon naps were mostly spent playing on the floor in the main area. After a few surpise hits from Simon, Nixon was on defense whenever simon came around. They played nice and shared most of the time. We took a short hike to see an enormous waterfall. It was interesting caring Simon, and was extremely sad when simon (totally exhausted already) tripped on his blanket and fell to the asphalt scrapping his soft cheek. It must have stung him because he cried in pain the whole way back until he fell asleep ontop of Georges head. On our way back we almost got lost. Missing our last turn off to the West entrance we stopped at famous site seeing place called Old Faithful. We let Simon get the wiggles out and figured out really fast that we were off course. It felt like we were trapped in this neverending forest in yellowstone. We were only 30 min off course, but it felt like forever to get back on track. It was my fault too. Luckily I have a very trusting and patient companion. But the odds were evened up when Georges got pulled over a couple hours later on our way to Idaho Falls. He was only going 70 in a 65. We think the cop suspected our vehicle or something, cause he didn't give him a ticket. It was irritating though. All and all we survived and thankfully Simon slept the whole drive home through the night.