After my Black Friday event at Walmart, we packed our bags and headed north to have a little vacation. We first traveled to Orem and met up with Julie's mom, dad, Meyer, Jen, Jenna, Jeff and Joe. It was Joe and Meyer's Birthday. We celebrated it at Chucky Cheese of all places. Which was perfectly fine with my kids. We had a great time there eating a lot of pizza (Thanks Papa Foster). We made a quick stop at the mall and then we headed to Salt Lake City. We went to the Gallivan Center in downtown SLC and went ice skating. It was the first time that I had ever been skating. We had a great time. There was a lot of people at the park. There was Christmas music and entertainment in the background.
Carson and Cannon pose for a pic. Cannon didn't really enjoy the skating, but I was impressed with Carson. He tried so hard and never came off the ice.
Below I am with my two ice princesses. They did really well. They are actually keeping me from falling on my can.
What a good mom! Using her kid to break her fall.
Chloe refused to dawn the skates. However she played around on the steps and with the fallen leaves.
Here Cannon is enjoying a treat while sitting around looking really cool in his skates.
Brooke and Brin having some fun.
They even had some fires to warm oneself up every once in a while.
Our family posing on the ice. It was such a good time. Have you noticed the matching scarves Julie made everyone? We hope to do it again in the future.
After the skating we grabbed some Hot Cocco from Starbucks and walked up to Temple Square. It was the first night that the lights on the square where turned on.
What a beautiful nativity scene on the fountain.
A view from the temple grounds.
I think the kids enjoyed the lights. Cannon was getting a little tired. You will notice this trend in the rest of the pics.
Another family pic on the grounds.
The kids with the temple as a background.
After this we went to our hotel where we went swimming. Chloe is not afraid of the water, which is scarey. She loves to jump in the water. I think the kids slept well that night.
The next day was full of my most favorite activity of all -- shopping! Yeah right. I would rather do Black Fridays because I know what I wanted and went in and came out. All the shopping made me tired. Julie got to get a haircut at her favorite spot, The Sancutary Day Spa. She looks fantastic. We stopped off at my brother Shane's place before we left for a short visit. All in all, I had a great time, and I think everybody else did also.
Chloe LOVED blowing out candles. Julie had to light each candle at least 5 times because Chloe kept blowing them out. She has quite the huff.
She has opening presents down. Rip and throw, rip and throw! She will be ready for Christmas.
Here Chloe is showing us some of her new gifts from her birthday.
Like I said, the cake rocked.
I can't really believe Cannon didn't bite Mr. and Mrs. Claus, he seems to bite everyone else. I guess he wants something for Christmas.
Carson always acts so shy.
Now Brin is never shy. I think she asked for a fairy tale life.
Brookie giving me her cheesiest smile. What a cutie.
After the kids sit with Santa, Monroe City always has donuts and hot chocolate for everyone. As you can see below, no table is safe with my kids.
It was good cocoa, ask Brooke.
I thought I would throw in a couple pics after the stucco was finally done.
All that remains now is molding, finish the electrical, finish the plumbing, cabinets in the mud room, and painting the molding. 
Now when the door opened, that was fun. I felt bad because I could run faster than most of those people, so I got to the items I wanted fast. Then came the wait. I was in line for an hour waiting to be checked out. It was pretty crazy. 
lined up. 
Below I am with my two ice princesses. They did really well. They are actually keeping me from falling on my can.
What a good mom! Using her kid to break her fall. 
Chloe refused to dawn the skates. However she played around on the steps and with the fallen leaves.
Here Cannon is enjoying a treat while sitting around looking really cool in his skates.
Brooke and Brin having some fun.
They even had some fires to warm oneself up every once in a while.
Our family posing on the ice. It was such a good time. Have you noticed the matching scarves Julie made everyone? We hope to do it again in the future.
After the skating we grabbed some Hot Cocco from Starbucks and walked up to Temple Square. It was the first night that the lights on the square where turned on. 
What a beautiful nativity scene on the fountain.
A view from the temple grounds.
I think the kids enjoyed the lights. Cannon was getting a little tired. You will notice this trend in the rest of the pics.
Another family pic on the grounds.
The kids with the temple as a background.
After this we went to our hotel where we went swimming. Chloe is not afraid of the water, which is scarey. She loves to jump in the water. I think the kids slept well that night. 
He has converted one of Julie's purses into a backpack. Then he also carries another. These things are full of all his toys, trains, etc. They are quite heavy. He wakes up every morning and starts singing the theme song. 
Cannon was a big help. He and Julie painted the shelves in our new storage room. 
Below shows my progress in the tiling department. I should have it tiled this next week. I laid down all of the fabric mesh . 
This is the end result. I bet you can't guess which one is mine.
Halloween day is filled with makeup and dress up and Chloe loves lipstick and whatever else Julie is putting on.
Here is the Wicked Queen and Snow White. It appears that Snow White has already bit the apple.
Here is part of our crew before they went to school. 
We made them pose one last time prior to trick-or-treating. I think they enjoyed getting the candy...I enjoyed the fruits of their labors.
And then there is this freak. Our high school football team had a home football playoff game on Halloween. So, I dressed up as Super Fan. The football team lost but it was fun to dress up.
Happy Halloween and go BYU!
