Halloween Party in Cannonville

Every year on Nevada Day weekend we have our annual Halloween weekend together. 

 The kids LOVE Cannonville.

 We play and play.

 Friday we had our fiesta and the kids dressed up in their costumes. Isaac was the transformer, Iron Hyde and Jackson was Spider Man.

 Anna and Emma were both cute little fairies.

 Miss Allie was a Rodeo Queen

 Grandpa wore his pumkin costume and Elise was a beautiful witch.

 Sweet little fairy.

 My tough spider man.

 Getting the pinata ready.

 Momma of the year.

 Luke was a rodeo clown.

 Matthew was Grandpas baby pumpkin.

 A family shot.

 We always go youngest to oldest. Big pumpkin has to help little pumpkin.

 Annabel

 Jackson

 And once we get to the 6 year olds we blindfold them. Isaac did great.

 Check out my wings.

 It worked out perfectly - Will is the oldest (the last to hit) and he broke the pinata!

 Candy! Candy!

 Grandma Bonnie came down for the festivities. We had a lot of delicious Mexican food. (In memory of our old annual Mexico trips)

 The big kids headed to the fort they built to hide out and eat their candy.

 Anna headed for the tractor.

 Grandmas trailer.

 Saturday morning Uncle Corey helped the kids build rockets out of 2 liter soda bottles.

 They had so much fun.

 Showing off their rockets. 

 It is amazing how high they fly!! 

 The fins help it go straight. (I think)

 Jackson pulling the cord that launches the rocket.

 Anna and Grandma

 Dustin set up some bases and we had an awesome baseball game.  Isaac had never played a real baseball game before and he said it was his favorite part.

 So much fun.

 Isaac thinking about stealing a base.

 Of course Grandpa always takes the kids for rides. 

 This picture was too funny to leave out. Anna loves our trailer!

 Jackson said his favorite part was when we went hiking on red rock. Me, Estefan, Mark, Anna and Jackson    went for a fun hike.

 Pretty good hikers.

 Mark and Jackson found some little caves to play in.

Anna found some neat rocks.

That's Estefan way up high waving.

Biking

The kids love riding their bikes. Our neighbor gave us a bike that we fixed up for Anna and she would ride it all day if I let her. All 3 of them ride their bikes to the bus stop in the morning and afternoon and Jackson just  learned to ride his with no training wheels!! We practiced and practiced and he got it down. 

 He is so proud of himself, and I am proud of him too!!

 She must have strong little legs because she keeps up with her brothers.

 The day before this she crashed and got a bloody lip but she got right back on.

 Jackson has had a few crashes too but he is tough about it and it doesn't slow him down.

 Just a scrape.

 Later that evening Wendy and Emily came over with their kids and we had a whole gang of bikers. (Dillon on the trike.)

General Conference Flowers

 Isaac was looking at the flowers on T.V. when we were watching General Conference, then he disappeared for a little bit and came back in with a pretty bouquet of flowers for me.

 So sweet.

Beautiful Day for a Ride

It's always so exciting and invigorating when the weather starts to change. We can finally get out with out having to find some cool water to dive into. Today we rode the rhino up onto the little mesa (Jumpback) and played in the cool soft sand.

 The kids were loving it!!

 Grandma came along with us.

 Amazing views from up there and it was a beautiful overcast day.

 They are all getting so big.

 Running and running and running!

 And we all fell down!

 Mom can fly!!

 Isaac learned to spell his last name today by practicing it in the sand. He is getting so good!!

 Loading up to head back down. 

 We went back to Grandma and Grandpas and good ol' Grandpa BBQ'd for us.

I'm really not sure what that thing is.

We sure have a sweet Grandma though.

Anna Girl

Anna just cracks me up everyday. I really always thought that girls acted like girls because they were taught to act like that but now I know they really are born that way!