Oakland Zoo

Adam is leaving soon for Fort Huachuca, so we decided to go on a family outing to the Oakland Zoo. It was a really nice zoo. Elaina discovered that her favorite animal is a zebra and Austin liked the giant orange frogs the most. Elaina also got to see the "Lion King" and then told us all about his baby Simba and the mean lion, Scar. It was a good time.

Moving... Again

Moving... again. Moving is something our little family is very accustom to, I figured it out and in the five years Adam and I have been married we have moved 12 times and since Elaina (who is 3) was born we've changed locations 10 times. Our longest at a location was 15 months and our shortest was 3 months. 3 of our moves, Adam has lived in a separate state as the kids and I. (I do not count his moves as separate from ours.)

This last place, Thorneberry Apartments, has been the first time that we have lived in our own place since Elaina was born. We really enjoyed it! We made some great friends and really enjoyed the ward and our apartment. Now it's off to California for the kids and I, and Adam is off to Fort Huachuca in Arizona to go through military intelligence school. We are really hoping our move after this one will be a little more permanent.

Austin was not too keen on the whole packing thing. He did not like me packing things up and many boxes had to be packed multiple times because he would undo them. Often Austin would disappear and I would find him in an empty box or the cupboard. Silly little boy!


Moving... again.

Halloween!!!

Halloween... what a day! Our lease was up that day and we were off to California the next. So the whole day was full of scrubbing and cleaning and running around town trying to make sure we could leave for California the next day. But I love Halloween and trick or treating, so we still made sure that the kids got dressed up and went out soliciting for candy. Austin was a cow this year, and Elaina was Rapunzel. Grandma Glenn made Elaina's costume. She did an amazing job! Don't be fooled by the pictures, though. They were taken at Grandma/pa Glenn's Halloween party earlier in the week. No, on Halloween we were not nearly as put together. Oh, well.

Elaina loves to dress up. Here's another great look.

Family Pictures - October 2011

Here are our family pictures for 2011. Adam Sink took them and he did a great job! I was really happy with how many good ones we got. Our location was maybe too exciting for the kids because all they wanted to do was explore. So it was hard to get them to sit still and smile, but they are cute anyway.

Austin would not stop sqwirming so I just held him upside down. It was the only smile he gave us the whole time.

D'Agostini Family Picnic

Today we went to Liberty Park for a D'Agostini Family Picnic. Liberty Park has a lot of fun things to do, but this weekend it was packed with a lot of hoodlums, so we mainly stuck around the picnic area. It was still a good time to see the extended family. Lucky for Elaina, Tyler found this fuzzy yellow caterpillar. Unfortunately, this caterpillar soon met the same fate that so many of Elaina's "best friends" meet. He was smothered with her love, but Elaina and her new friend Katie gave it a proper burial.

HeeHaw Farms

Tonight we went to HeeHaw Farms with some of Adam's family and had a ton of fun!

Our kids loved the cute little petting area. This little lamb was 4 hours old! Soooo cute!

We rode on the animal train which was fun.Elaina got to ride on a pony. She was a natural!

Elaina and some of the adults had a lot of fun on the little tractors. Here's Elaina pushing her friend Kinley.

And Austin had a lot of fun doing what he does best, getting dirty.