San Diego

After the cruise, we spent a day in San Diego. I would definitely go back. You have to love the weather there, it is so temperate. We stayed by Mission beach, it is beautiful, there is miles of beach but the water was pretty chilly.
We found this really cool place right on the beach to have lunch. They had these wave machines so people could practice their surfing and tricks, it was really neat to watch. The table were in the sand so the kids good dig and play while we had lunch and watch the surfers. The crazy thing though was the pigeons, they staged an attack on us! One landed right on my plate and then about 10 joined in, we were hitting them and the kids were screaming and it was chaos but the birds would not leave until the server ran over with a spray bottle! If my kids have a fear of birds this will be why :)

What is better than a park on the beach? I would love to live somewhere with a beach and nice weather instead it is snowing like crazy outside as I look out my window now!

Sea World

On our way to San Diego. Our kids are such good fliers, it helps that they love the cartoons that are on the flights.
Elyse and I in San Diego, having some dinner.

Sea world! We really enjoyed our day here, the weather was perfect and there were so many neat things to see and do.

I love dolphins and these ones were so playful. When I went to take a picture of Elyse, three of them came over to "pose", it was pretty cute. They'd also toss their balls out of the water for people to throw them back to them.

Shamu!! The show was really good, we all really enjoyed it.

The kids loved the rides at the Sesame Street part.

This is the Journey to Atlantis. We are mean parents and convinced Elyse to go on with Chris, it was scarier than we thought it was going to be. That is Chris and Elyse in the very front.

She was proud of herself that she went on it but she did not want to go again. She also got soaked but she was a good sport about it.

Halloween

Elyse was Snow White this year for her Pre-School Halloween Party

Paige was an Indian Princess but when you asked her she said she was "Belle" (from Beauty and the Beast)

Elyse and I made some pumpkin shaped cakes and she was excited to decorate them. Like we needed more treats!!

Ready to hit the mall.

Paige wouldn't nap because she didn't want to miss "getting treats too!".

We met up with Bruce and Alida at Northland mall for some daylight trick-or-treating. The kids had a great time and it actually wasn't too busy.

I bought Chris this shirt in Great Falls for Halloween, I thought it was fun to get in the spirit of things. The kids are already into the candy!

Caitlin brought the girls over to trick-or-treat around the neighbourhood with us. It was really fun. The little girls lasted for about 3 blocks and then Chris took them back to the house to give out candy.

Brooklyn and Elyse however, were not easily stopped. Caitlin and were both shocked at how big they seemed running from door to door to get more and more candy. After Brooklyn was done, Elyse wanted to go back out so Chris took her and Paige for another block, they loved it this year! It was so great to have another mild night for Halloween, that really helps in the enjoyment for everyone.

Digging into the treats! We have SOOOO much candy, what to do with it all??? The girls are constantly asking for just one more treat, what can I say, they take after their mom with their sweet-tooth's!

The Wiggles

Uncle Dave got the kids tickets to the Wiggles at the Saddledome. We aren't huge Wiggles fans but we had a great time. The kids I think were excited to be at the dome and see and all the other kids and see the Wiggles live. Thanks Dave for the great tickets!!
The stage

We knew a few of the songs.

Girls Weekend

Auntie Care had all the girls out for a girls weekend at her place in Deerborn, Montana. Alida and I drove down on Thursday and enjoyed a very nice and relaxing weekend with Kate, Auntie Care, Grandma, Auntie Sue and Mom. We watched movies, read magazines, went for a walk (see picture below of Alida and Kate), unfortunately it was pretty chilly to explore too much (it was about -10). We also went in to Great Falls and had a great day shopping, we went to Ross, Target, Walmart, Sonic for yummy drinks and Jakers for dinner. I got some good bargains, it is always fun to shop in the states and with the dollar being so strong now, it makes the deals that much better. Thanks so much to the Thomas' for hosting such a fun weekend!
I was pretty excited to see my girlies when I got home. They were pretty excited about the goodies I brought them. Paige is showing off her new jammies and hat.

Elyse and her new Princess jammies. They both LOVE Disney Princess things.

I have to thank my husband for watching the girls while I had a great weekend. I think they enjoyed themselves too. It was a party everyday, they went to a movie, Chuck E Cheese, the McDonald's playpark, Perkins, Boston Pizza, got icecream, pizza and Chicken on the Way. Plus they got to play with Connor and Coleman pretty much everyday so I don't think they really even noticed I was gone :)

Kicking Horse

Chris and I were lucky enough to go up to Kicking Horse again. He had some measuring to do for a job up there and I got to be his helper. I don't think I'll be hired anytime soon but we had a great weekend away. Thanks Mom and Dad for watching the girls!
It is really beautiful there. We had a really nice villa (not as nice as last time), but the heat wasn't on and it took until about 7:00am for the place to warm up, I FROZE, I hate being cold! Other than that, it was nice, we went for dinner to a cute Italian place and then watched movies wrapped up in blankets and got to go in the hot-tub, which felt amazing after being in the freezing house!

Kite Flying and the Zoo

We went to fly kites by Fowler. It is amazing how high they go with the right kite and a windy day!
I think Chris and I had as much fun as the kids did.

Elyse loved to hold it and she did a really good job. Paige just loved running around.

My girls love to play on the metal animals at the entrance of the zoo.