I'll Give Ya Something to Yell About

1. 50 days until Christmas

2. It is still a high of 88 in sunny Arizona

3. Callin is rolling like crazy

The Rest of Halloween

I love our dinner group with the Huish's. Definitely the highlight of the week.

Grandma Lewis at the neighborhood BBQ.

Our $13 pumpkins. When did the price in pumpkins inflate so much?

Happy Halloween

The scariest pair of dice

We proudly announce that we won "most creative costume" at Emily and Brent's amazing annual Halloween party. Hats off to Doug who spend many hours spray painting, tracking down wigs, tights, fingernail polish, face paint, etc. He really went all out!

Not that creative- but Callin is a base ball player.
This is about 5 seconds after putting him in his car seat awake at the ward party. He held that water bottle all night.

Grandmas Are Great!

Last week we welcomed my Grandma Packard to our house. She will be staying with us through the winter until around April. We are excited to get to spend time with her. Cal loves that she talks and plays with him all day! Here is a shot of their daily walk up and down the street.

AAA

After our road trip to St. George/Vegas, all I can say is...thank goodness for AAA (a.k.a. triple A). Here is Doug and Callin hanging out after our FIRST tire blow out. Of course the spare was flat and we didn't think of filling it after we finally got towed into the nearest town.

It was dark outside by the time out SECOND blow out happened (10 minutes out side of our destination!) and we were all way too grumpy and hungry for pictures. Thank you to the many strangers that stopped and offered assistance, water, phones, and beer! And thank you to Tyler and Maryann who rescued us and brought us dinner! Long story short: the 6 hour road trip took 12!

We had a great time in St. George with the Briggs. Doug patiently tried to improve my tennis game...but to no avail!

Those who enjoyed the game...
and those who did not....

Darn those late night games! Cal and I were able to walk all around the outside of the stadium and enjoy the lights of Vegas from the distance. (He did more sleeping and I did more enjoying!)

Taste Testing

Delicious Pumpkins!

Disgusting Cereal!

Oh, and here is my new favorite toy!

Next Generation Pals

Tara and I have been neighbors and best friends since the day I was born. (She is 2 months older.) Our dream come true- we are neighbors again! We are both back living in our parents homes. She has two little boys, Gene and Braden. Callin is just 6 weeks older than Braden (and twice his size!) Here is the next generation of Best Friends!