Top 10 of our Trip- # 9

9. Extreme Flagstaff
Ziplines, rope crawls, and swinging from tree to tree is what this place was all about.  I sat this one out too, and the cousins had lots of fun cheering on their grandpa, uncles, and aunts!

Love this one of Aunt Becky!

Gabby watching Aunt Sarah

They hadn't seen each other in like, 15 minutes.  What a reunion.

Happy Halloween!!

Chris had to work late, so Uncle Matt came over to help take us around.  Elia and Gianna were sort of star struck at first, just staring at the homeowners as they asked questions or told them how pretty they looked.  Then, they got the hang of it!  They started saying trick or treat each time and after much encouraging, thank you after they received their candy.  I was worried some of the more decorated houses would scare them, but the spookier the better for Elia!  Oooo mommy, lets go to this spooky house she kept saying.  Love that girl.  After a while, they didn't even want Uncle Matt or I to come up to the house with them.  So each time, as they turned up a walkway, Elia would turn around and say, "mom, you don't have to come with us!"  Every. time.  It was cute but also sad that she is so independent.
Our neighborhood has always had some crazy decorations, but this year there weren't as many houses near us that were full of zombies and skeletons etc.  There was one house we went to that gave out glow necklaces, and that was super fun, not to mention practical.  Another house was handing out adult beverages to the adults!  They will be on our permanent rotation, I must say!  Here are some highlight pictures of the night:

Started the night out with Books for Treats.  An annual favorite!

We practiced first, going over to our next door neighbors while it was still light out.  Ms. Kay (our nd neighbor) bought them each a huge lollipop, just for the girls!  So sweet.

Elia figured out no hands!

Once we got home, we only got 3 trick or treaters!  The girls thought it was super fun to hand out candy.  They went to bed pretty late, but it was well worth it.  They had so much fun!

Weekend Shenanigans

Saturday started early with a garage sale at the McBrides.  She was wanting to have a sale and I had a lot of junk to get rid of so I brought all my stuff over.  I made cloud dough, a pinterest find, to help entertain children.  Chris had to work so there were only 3 adults to corral 5 kids.  The cloud dough was a hit but only lasted an hour before most of it got dumped in the grass.

We came home, rested, and then had a barbecue with the Carses, McBrides and Kiowskis.

For some reason a table full of children eating makes me so happy!

Then Sunday was as usual- cartoons, church, and lunch.  We took Daria to Lake Lewisville to meet Matt and Sarah's dog JuJu for some playtime at the lake.  Fun times!

Matt and Sarah's Wedding

Just Married!

Reception

Fun Weekend

Somehow weekends are even sweeter now that I'm back to work.  Its not that I didn't enjoy them before but we seem to squeeze in as much as possible these days.  Friday we went to Fuzzy's with my teacher friend Lindsey and her husband and baby (the one I subbed for last year, she is almost 1!).  Fuzzy's was having a one year celebration for being in business in Carrollton, and everythng was $1!  Everytime we drive by Fuzzy's the girls ask if we can go there so you can imagine their excitement over getting to go.

Saturday morning we went to our hiking park and ran errands.  Saturday night my cousin Meghan babysat the girls so Chris and I could go meet Sam and John to see a movie.  Girl with a Dragon Tattoo was sold out, so we went out to a bar instead.  Seriously fun!  Whenever we get together we always have our kids with us (which is fun!) but it was nice to get out and be adults together.

Then Sunday was the usual- cartoons, being lazy and then church.
 

 

Then Uncle Patrick, Matt and Sarah came over to watch the football game.  There was quite a lot of shouting and liveliness with the 49ers losing, and of course G and E thought it was a little scary but mostly hilarious.  We ended the weekend with some ice cream and whipped cream.  Yum!

Ranger Game

 We went to the last regular season Rangers game.  We tailgated first with Uncles Patrick and Matt, and Sarah.  Elia was so cute on the way there!

 

Rowles-Alba Visit

Gianna told me tonight that she misses Phoebe and Gabby. It was so sad. We really had a great weekend!

The engaged couple graduated!

We pretty much loved on that sweet baby all weekend.

Chris put up a tire swing, and it was a huge hit. Phoebe didn't want to get off!

Till we told her it was bath time:

Half of Grandma's kids were in town in one weekend! Don't know when thats going to happen again.

Grandma is coming back next weekend for a conference. Megan and family will be here too so it will be a full house again!

Uncle Heaven

Last weekend was pretty durn fun, but this weekend, we had double the uncles at our house. Uncle Danny was in town for UD Odyssey weekend and so Sunday Matt, Patrick, and Timmy joined Danny over at our house for a bbq. The girls had a blast watching them play corn hole and beer pong.

Like Chris' beer pong set? TX vs Giants, all collected at actual games!

And Gianna put on a performance in her bedroom, using her bed as a stage. She danced around and sang a little bit and Elia just jumped around. I wish it was on video, because it was so

hilarious. Matt and Sarah brought over their dog Juju and the girls kept calling her Koda.

Gianna is seriously obsessed with Uncle Danny. She wanted to show him everything and he was very patient and played with her all weekend. Sorry my pictures are so pathetic. But I will be posting a pic of our new room soon!

Most Wonderful Day of the Year!

Boy did these girls have fun!

The girls played with their new presents all morning and then we went to church.

finger paints

Elmo, elmo, elmo

We saw Uncle Matt for a little bit and played some more.

dress-ups

It took forever for them to get to sleep tonight. Gianna was wired- she is so excited to go to StL tomorrow!