Tran Siberian Orchestra

At Christmas time some of our favorite songs to listen to are from the Tran-Siberian Orchestra.  So when Grandpa called Friday and let us know he had tickets I was very excited.  He wanted to take Joe and Emily to see them live, and I got to go because they needed a ride.  (Lucky for me Ryan was going to be out of town so I didn't have to fight him for the ticket.) 

 

Ryan and I had seen them in concert before and I was excited for my kids to get to see them.  The concert was just as fun as I remembered. 

 

What they can do with a white background and lights these days is amazing.

 It was a great show and the kids loved it. 

Thanks Grandpa!!!

Fall Leaves

Visiting my Grandma in the Fall is always so much fun....even though some people might think it sounds like work. 

 

My Uncle Dean showed the boys the best way to get the leaves in the bag.

Josh really liked bagging them that way.

Emily stuck with the more traditional way.

Valerie just played.

 

The boys may have spent some time playing too. 

 

Uncle Dean's dog Sam loved playing in the leaves with the kids.  He would get mad and start to bark and growl when they would start to bag them up.  The kids thought he was really funny.

 

 

Somehow I got my kids to pose for pictures, and I think I got some cute ones. 

 

 

 Valerie spent a lot of time in this tree and loved to pose for me.  So I got a lot of her.  These were my three favorite. 

 

I love my Grandma, and I am so grateful she lets me bring my kids out to play and visit. 

 

 

 

Halloween

 It is Halloween once again.  We started off our haunting at Red Butte Garden After Dark with Grandma and Grandpa Bolander and family.

 

This year Grandma got Ryan to participate in the costumes.  When the boys decided to be Minions from Despicable Me there was no question that Ryan would make the perfect Gru, and he did.  Ryan's mom made these cute costumes for the boys and they were a favorite everywhere they went.  During the school parade both of the boys teachers stopped and told me how much they liked the costumes.  I hope they know how lucky they are to have a grandma who will make them costumes like this. 

 

 Valerie wanted to be a green witch this year which made me very happy,  because I tried fro years to get Emily to be a witch and she never would.  Valerie loved being the witch. 

Emily put together her own costume.  She is a Anime teenager.  She explained to me that in every Anime cartoon there is a teenager dressed like this.

 

The Sunday before Halloween Gru's mother showed up at our door.  We were all very excited to see her. 

Especially because she brought the fixing for caramel apples. 

She also came back to Trick or Treat. What would Gru be without his mother?

 

The night before Halloween we carved our pumpkins.  We have kids safe knives so the kids get to carve their own.  It can make for some fun ones. 

 

 It was a great Halloween....

 

 Happy Spooking.