Leila's 9th Birthday & Halloween

10/29/14
We had her birthday in the basement. She had Kage, Drey and Talia over. They went to a jumpy place while I was at work but was home by the time I got home. Candi and I had taken her to the Chinese Gourmet buffet for her birthday on the the Friday before, 10/24.

10/31/14
The costume theme this year was Dr. Who. Candi was the Tardis, Jaxon the 10th doctor, Leila a weeping angel and Erana a Dalek. Candi started planning and making the costumes in June I think. Spent forever making them the weeks and days leading up to Halloween. They turned out really well but I thought the whole effort was a bit overboard for the amount of time they actually used them. Halloween was on a Friday so I didn't have work that day which was nice. Got to Jody's home around 5pm. The backyard was covered in leaves so I raked them all into piles. We had lots of soups for dinner. The kids went trick or treating but didn't really last that long. Erana's shoes hurt her feet and Leila got tired. I picked them up in the van and took them back.

Lava Hot Springs

10/16-17/14
Went to stay the night at 'Lava Hot Springs'.  It took about 2hrs to drive there. When we got there we looked around a little and got some lunch from the grocery store and the kids played at the playground, went for a walk with Daddy. While Mummy had a nap in the van.

We checked in around 3:30pm, we were staying in a room attached to the arcade. It had 2 queens, and couch and we put the blow up bed on the floor. Connecting bathroom and a little kitchen. It was nice and clean. Went to sit in the nice hot 'lava hot pools', they were very hot. Erana found a little friend to play with.

We left and played at the arcade, played pool with Tyrell and Mina. Got some more food from the grocery store.  Kids had some hot chocolate and Cup O Noodles etc.  At night time, Jason, Tyrell, Erana and I went back to the hot pools and sat in it till it closed.

Ensign Peak

10/4-5/14

General conference weekend.

10/6/14

Went to the annual Ashworth Halloween party for FHE. Erana got her face painted as well as a temporary tattoo on her arm. They dressed up in costumes and had a good time. Jared and family came too.

10/11/14
We hiked up Ensign Peak today and took some family photos on the top. We're going to use some for the Christmas card photo. It was a nice day for a walk. It was the first time I went up there. Quite a nice view. Right after we went to Tania's so I could help fix a computer problem. They also showed us the Grantsville reservoir after. They were catching little crawdads under the rocks. Tania likes to eat them.

10/13/14

I had today off for Columbus Day. Didn't do much. Took the kids to Arctic Circle to get fries and shakes for a FHE treat.