October & November '10

We had so much fun when Ricky, Kayli, James and McCall came to visit.  We went to the Mormon Battalion musuem and ate dinner at the Coyote Cafe in Old Town. We spent a day at the San Diego Temple (James and McCall did baptisms and Kayli, Rick and I did an endowment session and sealings) then Chris joined after (he had to work) for a lovely lunch at El Torrito.  My kids love these guys and girls so much and we were all sad when they went home! 

Ricky getting his Mormon Battalion on. This museum is a must see if you visit San Diego. AMAZING! 

This is Scott's field trip to an apple orchard. Wasps EVERYWHERE, but still a lot of fun!

Here's my darling little apple picker!

I love spending time with my kids and their classes! Scotty really loves his kindergarten class.

This is Ty's class at the play Willy Wonka at Balboa Park.  The kids are entertaining themselves while we wait to go into the theatre. ***NOTICE*** Tyler is the ONLY boy. TO BE CONCERNED...OR...NOT TO BE CONCERNED??? I'll keep you posted! 

Looking at the picture makes me concerned! He's adorable!  As his mom, I can totally think he's the cutest second grade boy! ;)

Concerned!

Sweet and adorable!

This pic isn't so fun! The reason I added it is because this scenario was such a big part of our October/Novemeber. My kids went through quite a sick spell from strep to croup. After steroids and antibiotics everyone finally regained their health and I regained my sanity! :)

Chris has his own birthday post, but I'd already added this to our monthly post,  so  he gets double birthday recognition! We had a lovely dinner at Buca di Beppo with our friends Damon and Rachel Afualo. We celebrated Damon's birthday too! After dinner we went to see the new Harry Potter movie "The Deathly Hallows". What a fabulous movie for a fabulous night!

GRANDMA DUCK WAS HERE! We had so much fun! She loved Old Town and the Mormon Battalion museum.  One of my favorite memories of her visit was when my mom and I went to the beach, sat on a bench,  chit-chatted and enjoyed being together and watching the waves.  I miss her and I try not to take for granted that she is still with us. After her leukemia,  I know that there's a reason she's still here and I know in my heart that it is a miracle!