FALL

FALL!!

I absolutely love the fall season, it defiantly is my favorite time of year! Since we've been living here in the bay area, we've made a tradition of going to Half Moon Bay. This time around we decided to go during the weekday instead of the weekend. And boy, it does make a difference! We didn't have to deal with all the crazy traffic, lines, and hoards of people. In fact, there was like no one there at all, no one was even there to supervise...so we got to do all the things that you usually have to pay money for....like the petting zoo, jummy house, playground, and train ride.  It was a lot of fun, were so sad that this is our last time that we get to enjoy Half Moon Bay :(

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For some reason whenever we go to half moon bay, we have a crying picture...I guess it's a tradition. haha

Miley loved this 'choo cho' train!

 

She loved it even more when mommy went on the ride with her!  I barely fit in it, haha!

She got brave enough to pet the goat.

'peek-a-boo'

 Orchard Fun!

So I was able to go pick some fruit and vegetables at a local orchard with Cory's sisters family. Cory was gone at a seminar in Chicago...would of been more fun with him there, but we still had lots of fun without him.  The apples were so delicious!

Absolutely LOVE this girl!

Miley and Carter holding hands....so sweet. :)

Happy Halloween!!

Since Halloween falls on Sunday this year we celebrated it early by going to our ward Trunk or Treat. It was a fun crazy night! We didn't last too long, Makayla goes to bed at 7....

The Cheer squad...and our Jock!!  haha.   

Miley was a SeaHawks cheerleader, Makayla was a BYU cheerleader, I was a Timpview cheerleader (yes, that was my old high school cheer outfit), and Cory was a football Jock from SF.

Miley are her best friend Lizzy or 'izzy' as Miley calls her.  Were going to miss you when we leave... :(

My happy BYU cheerleader

Now isn't that the cutest SeaHawks cheerleader you've ever seen?

Lake Powell Trip

Lake Powell Trip - Miley's Birthday - Provo Trip

During our last and FINAL break of Chiropractic school we spend in Lake Powell and in Provo. I still cant believe that we will be finishing up school in like 2 months! I guess I'm still in denial about leaving. I really love living in the bay area, we've made some life long friends here. We love the ward, the steet, the weather, the million places to tour, and all the HELP we've gotten through the state such as medi-cal/food stamps/wic/rent/gas/books! Seriously it really pays to be poor, haha! We've been so blessed not having to worry about those things.

Anyways, Lake Powell was so much FUN! My oldest brother actually works down at Lake Powell in one of the resorts there. Every year they let him rent out a house boat...for free! This seriously was THE biggest house boat on Lake Powell...a 75 foot to be exact! Anytime we floated by people we could see them gawking and sometimes could see them mouthing the words 'look at that boat'.... In the past whenever we've gone to Lake Powell we've just camped on the beach, so having house boat was a luxury! It was especially nice because we had babies, without the house boat we probably couldn't do it!

Here's the boat! There was even a hot tub on top! Not that we needed one though...


We started out our our trip celebrating Miley's birthday! I'm so sad that she didn't have the birthday party we planned for her before we left, but our plans changed and we ended up canceling it! Instead we spent it traveling down to Lake Powell...not the best birthday for her I'm sure. But she's 2, she probably wont remember it anyways.
When we got my brother's place that night I had a small family party planned. I made some homemade red velvet cupcakes....that ended up getting squashed...haha. We'll they tasted good, so that's all that matters, right?

I just cant get over the fact that she is 2!! Seriously where did the time go? I love the stage she is in right now. She's talking so much now, half of which I have no clue what she's saying. She's learning so much, she seriously picks up on a lot! So far she knows most numbers, shapes, and letters of the alphabet. Right now she's learning colors....and potty training! ahhh! Our goal is to have her potty trained by the time we leave here. Well see how well that goes....

Happy Birthday Miley!


Cory doing his fancy back flip!


Me on the Wake Board. Nope, can't do any fancy tricks....what you see is what you get. Haha


Playing on the beach with Makayla. She really loved splashing around!


One of our favorite things to do in Lake Powell is Cliff Jumping! I can't believe I caved in and jumped off a 50 foot cliff! This video is of us jumping off.
The guys were crazy and decided that 50 feet wasn't high enough...so the jumped off a 60 foot one!!

We had fun burying Uncle Sid! Cory added a nice touch...haha


This was the funniest thing ever!!


Miley loved going on the 'boot'. She really loved playing with her cousins, and playing on the beach.





Ready to eat lunch on the house boat.


There wasn't any bathtubs, just showers on the house boat...so we gave all the kids baths in the sink. Miley defiantly has out grown the kitchen sink...but it was still really cute.


Miley did SO good on the boat. We didn't hear a peep from her the whole boat ride! She'd just sit there with her sun glasses and life jacket on.


Yumm...and oh so messy!


Miley and cousin Parker reading with Grandma.


Beach bon fire! Makayla was sleeping...


After our week in Lake Powell we spend a week at my parents place in Provo.
It was so nice to be able to have a relaxing weekend, and have some fun as well.


Makayla hanging out on grandma's couch. Can you see the 2 teeth on the bottom? While we were in Utah she cut through another tooth on top...so she was a little sinker. A cute little stinker though :)
Also on this trip she started picking up her first words! "Uh-oh, da-da, and hi!!' And just this week 'wow'.


The cousins in there PJ's. My mom watched Parker for a week while Lori went on a girls vacation. (Congrats to Lori by the way...expecting a new baby girl!!)


Date Night! Cory's good friend from BYU-Idaho and his wife went to Comedy Sports with us to listen to some stand up comedy. So fun! I haven't laughed so hard in a really long time.


Some girl fun. I love hanging out with my childhood friend, Kristy when I come home. We have the tradition of going to Panda Express and then shopping or a movie...this time we saw a movie. One of my favorite things about Provo is the dollar movies! I'm sad they don't have one here.

Family Pictures

Family Pictures

My good friend Sarah who took these pictures while we were visiting in Utah. They turned out great! Thanks Sarah!!

These are just a few of our favorites.


We were looking at fish in the pond.

Our Sweet Makayla

Our Sweet Makayla


I feel like I haven't written much about Makayla lately, so I wanted to brag a little about her!

*Makayla is now 8 months old!
* She is sitting up really well, and can go from sitting up to her tummy. Is rolling...just one way, can't quite figure out how to roll from her stomach to back.
*When she's on her stomach she can pivot around in a circle.
*She's really good at grabbing toys, mommy's phone, earrings, hair, and whatever she can get her hands on!
*She's a good little eater. Night and day difference than Miley! It's so nice to feed a baby and worry about trying to distract them.
*Sleeping....we'll were still working on sleeping through the night. Some nights are better than others.
* Just got her 1st tooth a few days ago, and her second is coming through right now!
* Loves going on walks in the stroller. You can be out for hours and not hear a peep from her.
* Loves, Loves, Loves the bath! It's just the getting dried off and putting clothes on that she hates.
*She is extremely tall for her age! She's in the 97th percentile for height and 60th percentile for weight. I can't believe she is already in 12 month clothes because she is SO tall! She was in the 6-9 month clothes for like 2 weeks!
*Loves watching her sister.
*Is such a content baby, makes my life easier!

3 Week Break, part 2

3 Week Break, Part 2

Alright, finally our 2nd week of our 3 week break we spent in Bear Lake! The First part was spent with my mom's side of the family. My mom and dad had rented a nice big house with plenty of rooms to fit 30 people!!


Pearson Family Reunion 2010! (30 people)

Of course we hit the beach, that was a must!

Although Makayla wasn't out playing in the sand and water that much, she still was as happy as ever!

Miley and daddy were great pals!

Miley was in heaven playing in the sand! She had it everywhere. The sand was ingraved in her scalp, and took like 3 shampoo washes to get it all out!

After the Pearson Family left, my family was able to spend the weekend together. (minus Spencer, of course) It's unusual that all of us are together, so we had to get to get a quick picture!

There was lots of haircutting, and coloring going on. I made a ton!! :)

During the weekend with my fam, we celebrated both Cory and Tom's b-day!! Happy Birthday hun!!

For last and final week we spent with my Dad's side of his Family. Can I just say, if you thought 30 people in one house was a lot...then how bout 60!! It seriously was insane having that much people together, but we had a lot of fun!

Here's everyone!

One of the fun things that Cory and I did was going to the Pickleville Playhouse. My sister watched our girls for us, and in exchange we watched Zoey while they went to the caves nearby.
They came back saying they had a ton of fun, so we decieded to go too. The caves were really neat! Similar to the Timpanous caves, but these were a lot cooler!!

It really was a fun break, we did a lot and will remember these fun memories!!