Halloween

Since Ory is obsessed with Bob (our tortoise) I thought it would be cute to dress him as a tortoise for Halloween (thanks Ashley for finding the costume). It was a fun day, and my sister in law Ashley came and helped me in my classroom, which made Halloween so fun for my students. We had them feel some "body parts" and read them a story to go with it! I love seeing them freak out thinking they are touching wrinkled ears and brains... it's great!! We made bubbling apple cider (dry ice) and screaming balloons this is a great website: http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/ Then we went to the ward Halloween party... we had a great time!!

Ward Luau

Mason aka Chief... really he has a chief title

Ory on stage

He's too cute!

Johanna and me after our "performance"

Sila... the natural!

Nia was too cute!

One of my favorite things about living in California is our annual ward luau!!! It is so fun, especially since it brings me back to my PCC (Polynesian Cultural Center) days were I was lucky enough to wear a mumu!! And it's really fun to watch all my family members showing off their incredible skills!! (I even danced, which I'm sure is not the highlight of the show... it's more a break for Nia and Carrie!! :) Ory even got to show off some of his moves... and of course we were not disappointed by Mason's fireknife show!! Way to go BNG champion!!! :)

grandparents

Ory is so lucky to have such wonderful grandparents on both sides (they came to visit at different times in September!!)

still catching up...

Stagecoach days parade... Ory looks so big sitting on the curb!! :) He loved watching the parade this year!!

My cousin Whitney

Whitney got married in September and it was incredible. They really look like a fairytale couple, and the wedding was a fairytale wedding. They were married in the Salt Lake temple and the reception was at the Grand America hotel in SLC. It was gorgeous. They had tons of food, a mash potatoe martini bar, candy bar, chocolate area, photo booth, live band, and on!! My sister Jenna has always been really close to Whit and couldn't be there because she is on her mission, so it was so fun to be there and take some pictures (I'm a few months behind on this and I think my cousins have already posted some!!) :) It really was such a special day and I'm glad I could be apart of it! I love you Whitney!! :)