We had some really nice weather this weekend, so we took advantage of it by raking some leaves! We don’t have many trees at our new place, which we were sad about but at the same time, I thought it would be nice not to have to rake leaves. Well unfortunately that didn’t happen. One of the houses down our street has a few huge trees out front and all the leaves they lost blew into the surrounding yards, including ours. So I still ended up getting to rake leaves, but it was okay, I’ll take the nice weather if it means I have to do a little work.
Reading
Lucas’ kindergarten picture
Halloween
Halloween 2013 has come and gone already. The kids had a great time trick-or-treating and enjoying some other activities. Lucas had a school party and a parade, where the kids walked around through all the classrooms. We got to go watch him and I think he was excited to have us at his school. He dressed up as Batman this year, but couldn’t wear a mask at school, so he dressed up as a pirate for school.
Kryssi helped out with his school party, so McKinley got to go for that. She dressed up as a Princess, but then that evening decided she wanted to be a monkey. So both kids got to dress up twice. William had a monkey costume but I’m not sure he ever wore it.
We got quite a few trick-or-treaters coming to our house, which was a new experience for us, as we’ve never had very many come in the past. We actually ran out of candy, but it was okay as it was about 8 at that time and our kids were going to bed, so we didn’t want people ringing our doorbell at that point. But next year I guess we’ll have to buy more and be prepared.
It was quite cold and a little rainy at times but we’ve had worse Halloweens in the past, weather wise.
Carving pumpkins
We carved our pumpkins this past Monday for FHE. The kids were really looking forward to it, though Lucas didn’t want to have to clean out the pumpkin guts. He would touch one seed and then have to go wash his hands. William was already asleep, so he didn’t get to participate, but maybe next year. But they turned out really nice.
Primary program
Our primary program was this past Sunday and Lucas did such a great job. He was one of the first to do his part, and he did awesome. The only problem was one boy was out of order, which confused Lucas some, but he still got up there and did his part great. Our primary in our new ward is probably double what our last ward was, so our program ran about 30 minutes over time, but it was a really good program.
Picnic at the park
We’ve had really nice weather this week, highs in the upper 50’s and mid 60’s. I doubt it will last much longer though, so we’ve tried to take advantage of it. So this week we decided to go to the park and have a picnic dinner.
Las Vegas
This past Wednesday I flew to Las Vegas for a work event. There’s cheap flights from Idaho Falls to Vegas, though they only fly Thursday and Sunday, so we decided Kryssi would come out on Thursday with William. Lucas wasn’t too happy about that, as he really wants to fly on an airplane, but I think McKinley and him had a great time at my parents.
So I had work stuff Wednesday, Thursday, and part of Friday, and then the rest of the day Friday and Saturday, we did a little sight-seeing. There’s quite a bit to see in Vegas, but after a couple days there, was definitely ready to be home and I don’t really have any desire to go back.
We stayed in the Trump hotel, which is a 4 star hotel I believe. It was really nice and I was upgraded to a suite, just as a thank-you for my work over the last year. So our suite had two bathrooms, the master bathroom being huge, also had a kitchen and a living room area, with a couch and table. I think it was probably about the same size as our first apartment. So that was really fun.
So again, we really enjoyed our trip but Las Vegas just isn’t really for me. Was worth the experience but if we ever do go back, would try and find things to do that are off the strip, get away from all the people, and drinking, and smoking, etc.
Standing in front of one of the fountains in Caesars Palace.
You can see the Trump hotel in the background, which is where we stayed.
I really wanted this Superman painting, but it was already sold (plus I’m sure it was way pricey, like everything else in Vegas).
Waiting to see a free show
Our hotel was right by the Fashion Show Mall. It has this huge structure out front, which I never could figure out what it was.
One of the pieces in the Bellagio Conservatory
Talking tree in the Bellagio Conservatory
Our main bathroom in our suite. About the size of our bedroom I think.
Our hotel room also had a kitchen.
Standing by a Lamborghini, which is probably more expensive then our house.
One of the gondolas in the Venetian. Our company dinner Thursday was right by the canal, so we got to watch these go by.
Treasure Island pirate ship
The fountains at the Bellagio
Might be as close as we’ll get to Paris
Just a note, for those not aware. The thumbnails above link to a gallery, so clicking any of those opens a gallery of larger images. So anywhere you see thumbnails, be sure to click on them for larger images. Hopefully everyone already knows this but if not, now you know!
Rolling baby
William has now learned how to roll from his back to his stomach. He rolled the other way pretty early on, but just recently has he started rolling front to back pretty regularly. Apparently when Kryssi got him a few times last night, he was on his stomach. Next stop, crawling!
Oh, he’s also 4 months old today!
Park City
Buds
Enjoying the hot tub
Cousins (can’t really tell there’s 4 months difference between the two)
Taking a walk between conference sessions
McKinley liked this scarecrow
Minion!