Philadelphia

Kevin had a conference in Philadelphia last weekend and I was able to go with him. We had a fabulous time!


This is the room where they wrote the Constitution.




Thanks to my sister Kariana for taking care of the kids and spoiling them (and us).

Girls in Chicago

Catie and I had a girls weekend away to Chicago and had SO MUCH FUN!!!

We got a hotel right in downtown and were on the 27th floor with a great view!

The highlight of the weekend was "Wicked". I had seen it before with Kevin but this was Catie's first time. We loved it and are ready to go again:)


We went to this amazing restaurant right in Millenium Park. It is the same one from Lakehouse with Sandra Bullock, where they are suppose to meet. The food was absolutely incredible!

The last thing we did before heading to the airport was get a Chicago Style Pizza - it was as delicious as they say claim it is!!!

Thanks Kevin and Steve for being the best dads and husbands and giving us this chance to spend 3 days catching up:)

Family Photos

Jedi, Ballerina, and Fairy

We had a warm Halloween which made it a great night! All three kids had a great time trick or treating. Bryson didn't want to stop and even did an extra street with Kevin while Kaitlyn stayed home and had fun handing out candy.

I never could take my eye off of Alyssa. She was determined to go to every house with the kids. As her plastic pumpkin began to get heavy I tried to help her carry it but she wouldn't even let me touch it. When we got home, she was screaching at Kevin when he showed her how to dump it out on the floor. She then decided dumping it was the fun activity and would dump the candy out, throw them around the room giggling the whole time, and then pick them all up. She never once even asked to eat one. I love this age!!!





Bryson designed his jack-o-latern all on his own. Kevin helped him cut out the details but he had drawn it out. He said all the added parts were the "decorations."

Clifford

Our Family Photo

I was chair of the Scholastic Book Fair at Bryson's school. It was a busy week but tons of fun. Kevin was a huge help in many ways but the kids' favorite was when he was Clifford for the night. Bryson was very proud of his dad and loved telling everyone!

Clifford would need a break to cool down (the costume was not air conditioned) and he would walk the hall. One time he even played basketball with some cub scouts. (Another reason he is dad/husband of the year!)

Watch for Kevin in possible Christmas letters, many photos were taken with him!

California Friends

It is so fun to get together with friends and feel like it was just yesterday that we were together. Giles moved to Chicago this fall and we finally were able to get together. We met in the "middle" at the Fair Oaks Dairy. Unfortunetly Kevin and Scott weren't able to miss school but we still had a great time without them!

Chicago

We went to Chicago for the weekend with our good friends the Dunfords. We were able to trade off babysitting so that we could attend the temple as couples.

While we were babysitting all the kids, we went to the Kohl Children's Museum.

















The weather was beautiful so we had fun walking around Millenium Park.