Back from New Mexico

At the pumpkin patch.

On the hayride, sipping on their apple sippers
Looking at the flamingos.

Like a sand box, but filled with corn instead.
Decorating their pumpkins with stickers.
At the zoo.
At the zoo.
At the pumpkin patch.

I just got home from New Mexico yesterday. The boys and I were visiting my best friend, Lauri, and her daughter Jocelyn. Jocelyn is one month older than Gavin, and they get along so well. I don't think they ever got into a tizzy with each other. They were so nice and kept each other busy the entire time. It was kind of a break for me in that sense. We were in the car one day and Jocelyn said, "Gavin i love you." They were just so cute. They will always be best friends. We did so many things. We went to the pumpkin patch and it was so much fun. We took a hayride out to the pumpkin patch and picked our own pumpkins, and they had so many other fun activities for the kids.
Another day we went to the zoo, which was a lot of fun, but the food wasn't too great. Poor Lauri got a hamburger with stale bread.
Lauri's mom came over another day and watched the kids for us while we went to a session at the temple and then afterwards we went to the Deseret Bookstore. I wish we had one here in Cleveland.
We went to Chuck E. Cheese. There we encountered a difficult little boy who kept picking on Gavin and other little kids. Don't worry, we dealt with him. :)
Another day we carved pumpkins and the kids decorated their pumpkins with stickers.
Just about every night Lauri and I did scrapbooking of the kids from their vacation when they came to see us in June and this vacation when we went to see them. Cute cute cute. I am still working on it though. I am far from being done.
Lauri has that game box thing called "wii"....we played tennis against each other and that thing is soooo fun! I don't ever want nintendo in my house, but i would get that....it was fun!
Lauri is the bestest friend anyone could ask for! I luv u Lauri! She had so many beautiful pictures all over her house of Christ and i absolutely loved them! She got them at Deseret Bookstore and hopefully one day i can get some of those.

I have known Lauri for almost 15 years now. We are like sisters. Hopefully we get to see each other in May. Shane and i are talking about driving to Idaho in May to see his family and if we do then hopefully we will meet Lauri, Graham, and Jocelyn at Bear Lake and spend a few days with them in their cabin and have fun on the lake! :)