Our 'North Pole Experience"

This year we took a weekend get-a-way to Greer, Arizona for the "North Pole Experience". This package included 2 nights in our own private cabin, dinner, a trip to the North Pole to Santas work shop and breakfast one morning! We had such a great time and Jeff and I loved it as much as the kids!

Berk loved the ice sculpture at the dessert table!

The Candy Cane Express that will take us to the North Pole!

Berk and I on the trolley

The "Toy Hall of Fame"

The head elf " Alabaster snowflake" telling all the kids what to expect in santas workshop!

Making toys with the elves

Britton and kids in a sleigh with the elves

Britton and Jeff in the trolley for the ride back to the lodge for story time with Mrs. Clause

Breakfast the next morning with Santa! All the kids gathered in front of a big fireplace talking to Santa.

Our cabin! It was really a nice cabin.....but it was a little cold!

We were lucky that there was snow.....not a ton, but enough to make the kids so happy!

There was a sled at the cabin and the kids made jeff pull them around for hours! It was so funny to watch....Jeff was beat!

WIPE OUT!!!!!!

After hours playing in the snow....the kids warm up in the hot tub! We were lucky to get a cabin with a hot tub.....but I would have traded it for a cabin with a heater....not just a gas fireplace! It was 6 degrees when we woke up in the morning....and the fireplace had gone out in the night! BRRRRR!

A great stream at the Greer lodge~ they had great cabins and really good food~ that is where we will stay when we make it back to Greer~

Halloween

As most of you know, Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year! I love carving pumpkins and making pumpkin seeds....I love the costumes and the CANDY!!!!! Jeff was really into the pumpkin carving this year~

Britton actually put his hand in the pumpkin......last year he wouldn't touch it!

OUR PUMPKINS!

The kids getting ready to Trick or Treat

Britton as a clone trooper! Britton is not such a big fan of Halloween! He went down the street and that was enough for him...off came the costume and he took over handing out the candy and loved evey min. of it! We had a lot more kids than usual this year and and started to run out of candy....britton ran and got his small bag of candy and started to pass it out! He gave it all away... is that sweet or what!

Berk was a White ghost this year and I thought she looked awesome!

We were luck to have our old neighbors here for Halloween. The kids were so happy to have the Hinson's here!

Our fun neighborhood party!

So lucky to have such great neighbors and friends!

We had a great time in Salt Lake this summer. I got to spend time with my family and friends, then had a great reunion with the Larsen Family. It has been almost 7 years since we left SLC, but it still feels like home. Thanks for the great time everyone!

My family

The Larsen Family reunion. It was so great to see everyone and to see the kids together.

Grandmas Garden is the place to be!

Fun in the Mountains

A day at Cowabunga bay.

Britton loved the water slides....he would get off and start running to do it again!

Berkley and Austin had so much fun together Grandma took the girls to get their toes done...they were so cute!

Britton loves Presley!

our vacation and this is how Jeff spent most of his time......

Picture day with the cousins....everyone looked so cute!

A fun day at Snowbird...I was so excited to ride the Alpine slide....the kids loved it too!

We had to see the Jonas Brothers concert again this year....this time it was just the girls! They were so exci

After the concert all the girls got the same shirt!

We went to Newport beach for my cousins wedding ( Thank you Vickie for watching the kids) It was such a fun get a way and so fun that all my family was there! Jeff really cleans up well!

So glad to see my Brother and to meet his cute girlfriend ( no pictures because she got really sick and had to miss all the fun.....later to find out it was her apendix)

Me and my sis on the beach

lunch on the pier

Britton wants to take golf lessons so we decided to start out with mini golf .....we had such a good time and it was perfect October weather!