Work Retreat

Just before Halloween we went on a retreat with my work. They invited the whole family and we got to spend the weekend hanging out. We went on a hayride, soaked in the hot tub, painted faces, went to Lagoon, slept and ate way too much. Fun to get away for a while.

I took Sydney on the white roller coaster at Lagoon. As we climbed the first hill she remarked that sometimes she gets scared of heights. She was too scared to scream the first drop but started to give an ear piercing shriek each hill after that. Halfway through she told me she wanted to get off. She told us that it was fun when it was over and "I NEVER want to do that again!"

Halloween!

Here are some fun pictures from our Halloween night. Sydney was a very scary vampire. With all her make-up on, we had a hard time recognizing her. She ran around hissing at everything, especially our cats. Brynn was a beautiful mermaid. She loved that I let her wear eye make-up and lip gloss. Very grown-up. This was really her first year trick-or-treating, because of some poorly timed illnesses in the past. The concept that people were giving her candy was fantastic to her. She was galloping and cheering between houses. Grandma Julie and Grandma Leslie went with them. They said she was hard to keep up with. Later on, Aunt Ashley and Uncle Jon came to visit. We loved their costumes. They made the costumes themselves! Becca, Derek, and James also came to visit. James was the cutest little pea pod. We had quite the party!