Shamu eats Thanksgiving Bird

A 2nd Time Around

Yep, here we are in the splash zone! Up close and personal with Shamu himself. We got to use our Sea World passes again on another great trip to California. Michael was much more fascinated with it this time around, and the hype for Adelyn made the trip all the better. It made for a great Thanksgiving Day.

What a great trip!

Mike was so excited to be able to find tickets (what if I didn't give your credit here again Brett?), thanks to Brett!! Me and the kids came for the pre-game stuff and won a few t-shirts. Adelyn got to see Cosmo, one of her top 10 heros. What a great game!

And what great company! Thanks to all who washed sheets on our behalf. It sure is nice to have family to visit when we're up north.

Adelyn sure had a great time with cousins! We've decided we love, love, love her to have cousins.

Welcome Home!

Adelyn didn't skip a beat, even with her uncle gone for 2 years. She still knew just who he was... a missionary!

Room for one more

Since Savannah took Adelyn's usual seat to the park this week, Adelyn got to walk. She pushed her own kid-sized stroller and enjoyed the responsibility. But by the time we were halfway home from her rigorous park activity, she was tired, and wanted to ride instead of walk. I asked, "where do you think you're going to sit?" Her plan worked, and is described in detail in the picture below.

Ew Ew Ee Ee!

Halloween was pretty cool. Michael didn't get too much into it.

But he did get into the candy bowl. (I guess the wrappers were pretty).

Adelyn wanted to be a monkey like curious george. Mike took her trick-or-treating and made her do monkey sounds and actions at each door.

Alissa was busy at the house handing out candy. Over 200 trick-or-treaters!! We had been warned that this neighborhood got hit hard, so we had plenty of candy!