One of Ethan's best buddies is Dylan. They are about 9 months apart in age but they play very well together. Here they are having a blast swinging on the swingset in Dylan's backyard. It's so cute to hear them have a "conversation", of course it's not like ours but it is so sweet to listen to them talk about what they like to do or toys etc. Ethan has so much fun with his pal 'Dyl', as he calls him.
We had Wonder Woman, a Ninja, Darth Vader, Dorothy and Toto, a Pumpkin, and even a Constuction Worker. Ethan was supposed to be Buzz Lightyear, but refused to put on his costume, so we put his tool belt on with his hat. I have learned to just "go-with-the-flow" when it comes to what 2 year olds want to do. We'll just have to see if he dresses up next year!
I know that I am posting pages backwards, but I just haven't had time to keep up with all the holiday and events from the month of October. Halloween pics will soon be posted too! 
This is a quick page I made from Logan's Veteran's Day Program they had at his school. It was a wonderful performance and tribute to our veterans, and all grade levels contributed. Logan made some stars for the service wall and the memorial garden for our family members that have served and are currently serving. What a great day for teaching our young ones about history and sacrifice, thank you again to our incredible verterans!!!
Exactly four weeks after our visit to the magic kingdom, Ethan finally decided it was okay to wear his Mickey Mouse ears! He was very excited about them, wore them the entire rest of the evening and kept touching the tops of the ears to make sure they were still there, so cute!!! He even made the rest of wear our ears at the dinner table, it was quite the scene (and no I did not take a picture of it!). He completely understands whose ears they really are (Mickey's) but when it comes to dressing up in costume or hats, Ethan is a little slow to warm up to the ideas. I think 4 weeks is his time-frame!
Just ran this very quick and fun 9K this morning with more of my running groupies! It was 5.6 miles around Tempe Town Lake, what a beautiful day!And, what a great event to raise awareness and funds for this organization that provides homes and shelter to women that are pregnant and are alone or living on the street. It was the 2nd annual run and I am sure that it will continue to grow each year. Thanks ladies for a fun morning!
Here are a few pages I created from the San Francisco adventure with our running groupies, AZ BABES. We had so much fun the whole weekend, what a wonderful and beautiful city to not only visit but run in!!! This is definitely on the top of my race list as a favorite (not that I have lots of races under my belt), but the entire experience was awesome!!! And what a great group of women to spend 3 days with...I look forward to the next Az Babes adventure. Again, these are only a few of the many pictures I took while we were there but just wanted to share some highlights with you. By the way, YES that is a picture of a nice looking gentleman holding little blue boxes on a silver tray! Instead of a race medal, each runner received a silver Tiffany necklace when they crossed the finish line...maybe that was the draw for so many runners, I LOVE mine of course!
It's a yearly tradition for my mom, my sisters, Kari and Leslie and their families, to head out to Queen Creek, AZ to Schneph's Farms to celebrate the fall. The kids look forward to our time there and its so fun to see them each year try new things as they get older. There are many rides, play area, a giant slide, pony rides, pig races, a big corn maze, a huge pumpkin patch and even a train ride (at night it becomes a spooky train ride). This year we were joined by our family friend Bryce along with mom's new hubby Dave. Kettle corn and Italian ice were the favs this time, we will see what next year has in store!
