Happy Halloween

This year we celebrated Halloween all weekend. Friday we had a party with my family then that night we had our annual friends party. Saturday we carved pumpkins, went to the ward INDOOR "Halloween Festival" then did some trick-or-treating at Reno's cousins and grandparents houses. Sunday was pretty low-key, but Marli did want to wear her fairy dress all that day too. Our costumes this year were pretty fun - Laney was a darling peacock (that we borrowed from Troy and Jodi) Marli was a purple fairy, and Reno and I pretty much went as ourselves - AKA Jesse James and Kat Von D.

Crazy Cousins.

My mom puts together the funnest Halloween party for the grandkids every year.

Jesse and Kat.

We were hoping our costume would win us the crow trophy this year, but we had some stiff competition. How can you compete with two giant chickens? I think my favorite was still Kylee's purple overalls though

Congrats to Mugs and Ty, the winners this year! I'm not sure if it was the red tights or the self-inflating fan that helped win all the votes

The 3 scary monsters.

Thanks Jess and Devin for hosting such a great party!

Carving pumpkins - You can see how not excited Marli was to get her hands in the goo.

Marli and Presli emptying all the candy bowls

Any time someone asked Marli what she was going to be for Halloween she would say a princess. Then I would say "No Marli, I thought you were going to be a fairy" and her reply was always "No, I already am a fairy - see!" Then she would lift her arms above her head a spin around. So I guess this wasn't really dressing up for her because in her mind, she already is a fairy

6 Months Old

Laney turned 6 months old this weekend! I cannot say enough about how sweet this little girl is. She seriously has been such a good baby. Here are some of my favorite things about her:
*She will give you a smile 99% of the times you look at her.
*She thinks Marli is the greatest person on earth and will laugh at almost anything she does.

*She loves to snuggle with her little bunny Thumper.

*She has the yummiest chubby cheeks and legs - Everytime I say "Ooh, Laney is so yummy!" Marli will tell me, "No, Laney's not yummy - food is yummy."
*Has just learned how to roll over, and look how cute she is - so proud to be laying on her tummy.
- Sidenote to this - EVERY TIME Laney rolls over (which is pretty much everytime I lay her down now) Marli will say "Good job Laney!! Good Girl!". (So nice to have a big sister that is such a good cheerleader)

Dress-Ups

Marli has been loving the dress-ups lately! I think she thinks the whole month of October is for dressing up. Any time she can, she is wearing something sparkly, twirly, or just plain funny. It doesn't help that she is also loving princesses right now so she has to put on her dress everytime she watches their movie. This is one of my favorite parts of having a little girl. I love watching her in her fantasy land as she pretends she is a princess, fairy, ballerina, or whatever other pretty thing she is admiring that day.

Right now Marli's favorite movies are Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. She always starts dancing when watching the movie. Then she will ask me to sing the music that goes with each princess. The other day Marli asked me the cutest thing, she said "Mom, will you sing the song so I can dance with my prince?" When I asked her who her prince was she of course answered "Daddy!". So here is a video of Marli dancing with her prince.

Golfing at the "Diamond Castle"

Marli has a Barbie movie about a diamond castle, so every time we pass trafalga she says "Look Mom! There's the diamond castle. I want to go there!" So last weekend we finally took her golfing at the "Diamond Castle". To be honest, I think she was a little disappointed when she saw it close up - she kept wanting to go inside it. We still had a great time golfing - Marli had a huge celebration every time she hit the ball in the hole (usually from only inches away).

Laney was a good sport and just watched us while all bundled up in the stroller

APX Party 2010

This year's end-of-the-year party was a Black Tie Event. It was really fun seeing everyone all dressed up. I felt like I was at prom again. We went to dinner first as an office, then went to the "Event" at the Salt Lake Country Club. Reno looked great in his tux and it was soo fun to have a fancy night out!

We had such a fun group of wives in our office this year. All the girls looked beautiful in their dresses!
The next night NitroCircus came to APX, and I had no clue who they were:)

They put on an awesome show! Marli loved seeing all the motorcycles "flying" in the air, but her favorite part was seeing the Jazz Bear.

Marli can be quite a pill these days when it comes to taking family pictures so I had to take this pic to show that she really was having a good time.

Thanksgiving Point

Last month I went with a couple of my sisters and our kids to the Children's Gardens and Thanksgiving Point. These 4 had so much fun together! I love when Marli gets together with her cousins. All the girls her age have an older brother that is 5, so Marli has adopted Seth (or "Fef" as she likes to call him) as her older brother. I was laughing as I looked through these pictures because Marli has her sunglasses on in most of them. She is very adamant about wearing her sunglasses when its "too bright" outside.