Kera Elizabeth

We happily welcome Kera Elizabeth to our family!

Kera was born on 11/11 at 11:13 (SO close to 11:11). She weighed 7 lbs 4 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. Mom, dad, big sister Abby and Kera are doing great!

Halloween

This year was Abby's first real Halloween. Last year she was only 9 months old and we had just moved to Vegas on October 30th and not moved into the house yet so, we spent Halloween in the hotel.

This year the Halloween festivities began on Friday the 29th with a trick-or-treating event at Jim's office. There was a costume contest and lots of candy to be had. Abby actually won the costume contest for her age group there were 12 other kids in the running. I guess stressing over making her costume paid off.

On Saturday we went to Gilcrease Orchard to find our perfect pumpkins. Gilcrease Orchard was amazing it was only about 20 min away but it is an actual orchard, in VEGAS. Even though we waited until the last minute to get our pumpkins there were still plenty to choose from. This will definitely be out yearly pumpkin patch.





On Halloween afternoon we painted/carved our pumpkins...



Finally Halloween night was upon us. All of Abby's friends met at our house for a group picture:

left to right: Abby(Tinker Bell), Kyle (Elmo), Maddie (Fairy Princess), and Rohan (Tiger).


left to right: Abby, Maddie, Makayla (Kitten), and Rohan

Then it was off trick-or-treating. Abby did great. She would run up to the door with Rohan yelling trick-or-treat and then would wait nicely at the door for the owners to answer. The funny thing is as soon as the people would open the door she would say thank you and turn around...without getting the candy. At least she had good manners.

After a busy weekend and a great night of trick-or-treating Abby was ready for a good night's rest while Jim and I finished watching the Steelers game.

We are already looking forward to next year!

Pine Cone Hunt

Last month we headed up to Mount Charleston for a pine cone hunt and lunch at the lodge. We had not been up there in quite a while and we were hoping to see some fall colors. As usual, the mountain did not disappoint. Here are a few pictures from our fall afternoon (note: it was 85 degrees here yesterday...nowhere near fall weather).