Autumn Fun!

Boy have we had a fun autumn! :D We went to California for my cousin's wedding; there was Halloween, and so much more. Here's a bunch of photos to commemorate!

Kristin and Scott's Wedding:

It had it all!

Attractive and goofy-happy bride and groom:



Lovely atmosphere (check it; even the sunset was ordered in their colors!):



Family we never get to see:



Cute baby:



And the prettiest flower girl in the history of the world:




Autumn in New England:

Back here in New England, we've had a gorgeous fall. Lots of leaf colors and wonderful sunsets.




Halloween:

We had Mario fever in the house this year, so my kids went as Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach. Sam had a superhero Flash costume, but he didn't like it and darn if I didn't get any pictures of him in it. For most of the events he went in his pumpkin sweats. ;)




Sports:

Mike and Aidan played soccer this fall. (Viva Italia-- yes, Mike did play a couple games in his Luigi mustache. Priceless.) Abby started basketball this week, Mike will start next week, and we put Aidan in gymnastics. More of those photos sometime later this year. ;D





All y'all have a nice fall!

September Photo Dump!

As indicated in my last post, we had a busy month! I thought I'd share all our fun with you by blogging. If you click on the pictures you should get to see a larger version in a new tab. :D Enjoy!

Here are the big kids on their first day of school:



Grandpa and Grandma Kelsey and Grandma Linda all came to visit. We went to the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial:



The New England Air Museum:



And Honey Pot Hill Apple Orchard:



Abigail got baptized on 5 September 2009. We were thrilled to have most of the grandparents and my Teta Daria and cousin Ivanna there. (Grandpa Dan, you were missed!)



The next day, Sam got his name and a blessing. Here he is in his adorable blessing outfit from Grandma Kay (he was kinda sleepy when I took these, lol):




We also spent time at the playground:




Mike and Aidan are on the same soccer team this year, the DC United (the DC stands for Diamond Charlie, their coach. Hehe!) Also on their team are their good friends Eric and Dallen. Here's a couple shots from the games. As you can see, we're raising good, religious, God-fearing boys. ;)



My girlfriend Linda Dobbins made Sam some darling knit baby items. Here's a couple shots of his cute Converse-like sneakers and his heirloom Hoover-style blankie:



Sam has learned to make some pretty funny expressions. Basically, stuff you can only do if you have no teeth:



He's also found an unconventional way to soothe himself. No thumb sucking here!



Hope you enjoyed our little trip through September. Now that it's October, there will be forthcoming pictures of New England Autumn and Halloween! :D