Neighborhood Halloween party on the circle...so fun!! Kayla was trying to help setup but the pumpkin was a little heavy ~
Off to Aunt Cindy's for some trick-or-treating! I LOVE MY CUZ CAMERON!!
What a fantastic time we had in California visiting my grandparents (Kayla's great-grandparents)! Kayla is at such a fun age right now.. She fell in love with Gramie and Grandad and they with her. She did not hold any kisses back from Gramie...I think Gramie received more kisses in a weekend then the rest of us have gotten in her whole existence. And she enjoyed her time with Grandad and Cody (their puppy) so much...she loved sitting on his lap and by the end of the trip was clinging to his leg like she does mine when she's uncertain about something. W
e went to the park, went shopping at Stanford, had a great lunch out at Cali Cafe, visited the children's library, took walks and enjoyed the absolutely beautiful weather!!! And Kayla also got to meet her Uncle Marcus and her cousins Amanda, Jacob and Jordan. It was nice having mom to assist in entertaining Kayla on our 5+ hour flight as that's not the easiest job...especially when you have a baby girl who is into everything. 
She especially loved the flight out where mom (Gramie) let her ride naked in just her diaper the whole way! They just don't make those rows on the plane wide enough - I seriously don't know how anyone could travel with a toddler on their lap without forever scarring both themselves and their child - very important for both of us that she had her own seat! But all went well. Kayla is starting to run which sometimes - when chasing after things - she gets ahead of herself and falls on her face. In one weekend she got a busted lip (from falling over while trying to look under every dressing room to find her mommy), a bloody nose (from chasing after a ball on the way to the park and falling on her face) and a black eye (from tripping over her blanket while running after a friend at daycare). So needless to say - I hope this is just a passing trait and not a sign of things to come (i.e. her accident proneness of her father :-) 
There is nothing better than coming home to that little angel - her smiles, her hugs and her kisses - as well her attempts at telling us her thoughts and feelings - are what life is all about - I feel truly blessed! How did I get so lucky!
You would think chaos...but actually - it was pretty relaxing!! We invited some friends and their babes down to the lake for the weekend - Ryan and Chrisse, Shane and Shannon and Dustin and Kelly Ann. We had a fantastic time waterskiing and wakeboarding, playing corn hole, watching the kids run around, and taking ridiculous pictures of Shane passed out on the couch. The ladies even got to get away for a few hours on a "booze cruise" (according to Shane at least - it was actually only an hour and a half) while the men stayed back and watched the babes and cooked us dinner! It was beautful on the lake...a little cold in the evening but absolutely awesome. We got back to Kasey with chocoloate covering her entire face (Dustin had caved and given her a chocolate chip cookie...or 10), Kayla and Olivia were fighting over and bouncing Elle's papisan chair over and over again (Yes - Elle was in it...but Bryan and Shane were engrossed in cooking the food so...), and Liam was 
running through the house screaming. Ryan was sitting on the couch holding Clara. Everything was under control!! The men were making their best attempt at multi-tasking - grilling the dinner, watching football, and watching 6 kids at the same time is no easy task (welcome to the world of mommies)! It was good to give them a little taste :-) Word of the weekend = Tenders!
