Pumpkins and Boo at the Zoo

I promised pumpkin pictures, and here they are! The two smaller ones are the cute regular pumpkins (the one on the right is mine) and the others were definitely more complicated. The Waddoups came over for our 4th annual pumpkin carving/movie watching extravaganza and Kim and Brett went nuts on their pumpkins. Kim carved a ghost family which was so cute, and Brett went with the Utah Jazz logo.

They turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself. :) We had a great time. We got up the next morning to go to Boo at the Zoo. I have been trying to go for several years, but things kept coming up. This year, we didn't let anything get in our way. We dressed Kennedy up in her witch costume, and she was darling.

I'm going to try to get a better picture for you before Halloween, because it really is a cute costume. We headed out and saw tons of kids and families in costume. It was so much fun! We trick-or-treated at a bunch of stands set up around the zoo. Kennedy loved getting all of the free goodies that included pencils and eggnog. Weirdly enough she guzzled the eggnog. We got to see the baby elephant who is only a few months old too.

Kennedy's favorites were the monkeys and the zebras. Every time she saw a monkey she'd say, "Monkey! Ooh ooh!" She really enjoyed seeing all the animals and was really interactive. She was so tired afterward that she even fell asleep in the car, which never happens.

We had a great time with our Halloween activities, but they aren't done yet! On Thursday we are venturing to a haunted house with Brett's brother and sister. I'll make sure to give a full report.

Good Times in Texas

Apparently I took almost no pictures in Texas.  I always take way more or way less than I thought.  I do have some to share with you though.  Like Kennedy, after having been woken up at 6:00 to go to the airport.  The poor girl was exhausted.

She was horrible during the first half of the flight there, but she was pretty good after that.  Thankfully, the Lord blessed me with patience and calmness.  Otherwise I would have cried.  When we got there we went out to lunch at Chips and then went to get some cupcakes at Sprinkles.  We spent the day just having a good time.  Next day we went to the Farmer's Market and tried to go swimming with the kids, but we were thwarted at every turn.  On Thursday we went out to breakfast with grandpa.

And then it was off to the zoo!  Kennedy particularly enjoyed the penguins, the flamingos, and this gorilla.

When he saw her, he came over to the window and stared at her.  She was pointing and talking like mad and started banging on the glass.  He stayed there for quite some time, and even took time to inspect the sketch that Christine made of him.

After deciding that it wouldn't be a good idea to try and pet the ocelot, Blake fed the huge turtles some fresh leaves from a nearby tree.

We had a good (but tiring) time at the zoo and then went out to dinner with mom's fiancé Mark.  On Friday we went to visit Kennedy's great-grandma and grandpa Emigh and then came home to pack.  Kennedy helped.

She was ten times better on the flight home.  On both flights (although it took up more time on the second flight) she completely tore apart the SkyMall.  She made a huge mess, but as long as she wasn't crying, I didn't care. :)  We had a great time seeing everyone, and Kennedy really loved playing with the puppies (mom's - Wrigley, Blake's - Rorscach).  We're happy to be home with our daddy though and we missed him while we were gone.  Thankfully, he will be there for the next plane flights.