I got home from a very long month of traveling. Being home only 20% of the month I was ready for a break. I had travelled all over California these last few weeks and I get a call from Dave saying we have something planned for this weekend so be ready. I thought it would just be a great relaxing weekend at home. Little did I know we weren't staying home this weekend. At the very last minute we decided to go to Zion's National Park in Utah. Yes you saw that right we were in southern Utah this weekend. We really needed a weekend out with just our little family. It gave Dave and I a chance to chat and the girls got a fun time with both Mom and Dad with NO work! We took some great pictures.
We stayed in St. George, Utah on Saturday night. We stopped by to visit the Temple in St. George. It was so beautiful.
We got some great pictures of Zion's National Park.
A picture of Dave and the girls standing on the slick-rock. It isn't really slick until it gets wet. So needless to say it was really easy to walk on.
This hill was really neat. It was white on the top portion and the bottom is red. It looks like someone put a white rock on top of a red rock. The picture just doesn't do it justice. We had a great time as a family.
We just had our Halloween Party for Primary on Friday. The girls were so excited to go that they were ready an hour before we had to leave.
Kim wanted to be Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) this year. That is all she has talked about since we went to Disneyland in Septemer.
Hadley on the other hand couldn't decide. So we went through several different ideas on what she wanted to be and finally she decided on a ballerina. We had rented Angelina the Ballerina from the library and she started dancing around the house. We got her some dancing slippers and she even wears them to bed.
Kim also has a school parade at school on Halloween and a party that they are looking forward to. So stay tuned for those pictures. :)
I decided to make her a birthday cake that she would never forget. Well that is for sure. The cake took me just about 4 hours to decorate. I baked the cakes the night before and froze them to make it easier to frost. I had a great time making the cake.
Kim also had her first real birthday party. We had 3 friends come over and play. Kim asked if they could have Mac n Cheese for dinner. So we made dinner, opened presents, ate cake and needless to say played REALLY Hard.
We also went to the Golden Gate bridge when Misty was in town. These are my pictures from that day. Misty got some great ones too. 
The girls were hanging on the rings while Dave pushed them. 
At Kim's school they had a fall festival called the Westival. Dave, Mike (our really good friend) and the girls had a great time. We donated cupcakes and Dave served for a while. They had the greatest time. I am wish I could have been there.
Kim's teacher is Ms. Blythe. Kim says her teacher is the greatest and Ms. Blythe just adores Kim. 
Kim hanging her backpack. We didn't get a chance to go to the pre-school day, where they told us that the kids eat lunch during the day. So we had to get her a lunch box which she hangs right behind her backpack. 
Kim was asked to write her name on how she got to school on her first day. Since the town is so small there is no bus service. The kids either walk, drive or ride their bikes to school.
Kim and Hadley saying goodbye. Kim was very excited about going to school but Hadley was very jealous of all of the great things Kim gets to play with. 
Kim sitting waiting for the rest of the class to get settled.
Hadley got really bored waiting for Kim to get out of school.
Kim and Hadley are seperated for the first time in a very long time. They surprisingly enough did really well. But they were very happy to see eachother again.
Kim was the first in line out of class. She is the class leader many of the times when they go to the library, PE, computer class, science class and recess.
Kim is showing off her first school project called "Helping Hands." 
Hadley on the other hand is going to "Daddy's School." Dave and Hadley take Kim to school and then go for walks, the library and they work on her colors and numbers. They both are having fun. 
This picture is one that Kim took on our last 4 wheel drive trip to Big Bear. Hadley is usually scared of us airing down the tires. (Letting the air out of your tires, yes on purpose!) 
This is Hadley just being really cute. Kim took this picture!
We took some great pictures of the Jeep. We found a couple out on the trail that wanted to follow along. We ended up having a great time.
This is just a really cute picture of Kim.
We took some great pictures up in Vancouver when we were up there as well. These are the girls' glasses from Grammy & Auntie Heather.
The girls played with Grammie in a field with our cousin Norah and Auntie Heather. The girls had so much fun.
I know it is a fuzy picture but it does show my new hair style (cut and color). 
