Its Halloween Time!

One day while driving in the car listening to the radio, there was a commercial and they kept saying "Its Halloween Time" all spooky ghost like. Ever since Makella heard that she's been saying it. So she was ready for Halloween! This is one of my favorite holidays and so I wanted it to be such a great day and for the most part it was! We woke up and I made makella some jack o lantern Pumpkins. It was kinda silly, but she was SO excited that there was a face on it and that it had chocolate! So it was worth it.

Then we were going to run some errands and on our way out, my neighbors invited us to go with them to Macy's for some morning trick or treating. It sounded a lot better that errands so off we went! She didnt have her costume on yet, but at least she had her cute outfit on! I have really enjoyed out new neighborhood and all the awesome people in it! It was fun to get to know some of the ladies a bit better! Plus, Makella really loves playing with all the kids.

So after that I finally got around to running some errands and when we got home makella was literally begging for nap! "Get a banket momma, get a banket. Take a nap, so tired" She refused to eat anything so I just put her down. When she woke an hour and half later, she was a mess! She had a fever and was non stop crying and just plain miserable. So this was her for the next 4 hours:

She didnt want anyone but her dad so he was forced to sit there with her for about an hour. They both looked pretty miserable. She got some tylenol and finally around 4 o clock she decided she could eat and she started to feel better! Im pretty sure she is teething!
So after that I got her all dressed up in her wonderful spacegirl costume, which my mom made and I was sooo excited for her to wear it! Its adorable! Then Jon's mom stopped by after work to see her. She had a pretty funny costume so it was fun to see her and it helped makella be a little happier! She insisted that Grandma Nena go trick or treating with her, so off we went! She got the hang of trick or treating pretty quick! Here are some pictures of the evening.

We went trick or treating for a whole hour and she loved it all! He bucket was getting so heavy that dad had to help her! Jon said it was one of his favorite halloweens because he got to take her and they had a really great time! Plus, she got a lot of good candy that he got to enjoy with her! :) After that, Karianne and Larry and her brother Jon came over and hung out. Karianne has a lot cuter pictures of Ella because my camera decided to die. Anyways, we got pizza and watched a scary movie to end the night. It was a lot of fun! I hope everyone else had a great Halloween too!

Fall Fun

**This is probably going to be pretty long, reader beware!**

Its been awhile since Ive really posted about anything and I kinda have a lot of catching up to do, so bear with me. There are lots of pictures! Ive really been loving this past month. Its just been perfect! Im really not a big fan of summer and all the heat (especially in our new apartment), so Ive been waiting and waiting for it to feel like fall and cool down a bit. It seemed like summer was never going to end over here because it was so warm all the time. But Finally this past month, its been wonderful! Its so cool during the day and almost cold at night. I love it! Plus, where we live, we have 2 big trees in our front yard and they are the first ones on the street to lose there leaves. So rather quickly they turned yellow and then gave us wonderful leaf piles to play in! Makella had a blast playing in all the leaves!

The changing of the leaves and the weather has just put me in a pretty good mood and we have just been having fun whenever we can! At the beginning of the month my mom drove down with Val and her kids so Valerie could see her family. We went to the aquarium with them and had a great time! Then my mom came and stayed with me for the weekend. It was really fun to have my mom here for a couple days! Then a couple weeks later me and Karianne got the opportunity to see Jamie before she went back home from her mission! She was in South Salt Lake for her mission and they had a final testimony thing for all the missionaries that were going home. It was a really neat thing to see Jamie there. She was totally in her element and had sooo many people who love her and appreciate the work she has done. It sounds like she was a fantastic missionary and made some really good memories. There was a lady there who came up to Karianne and I and was crying and she thanked us for being Jamie's friends and helping her get into the gospel becuase Jamie had had such a good influence on her family. It kinda suprised me at first because I didnt really see how I helped her so much. Jamie was always such a good example to me has helped me in so many more ways than Ive helped her! Im just really grateful to have her as my friend! I only got one picture from that night because I kinda forgot that I had my camera, so I took a quick picture before we dropped her off. Anyways, It was really neat!

The Everyday Stuff

These are just some random pictures from the other day. Makella was having a pretty good day and was being pretty funny! I try to take her places and show her things throughout the week, but usually we have the most fun when we are just playing at home!
After we made cookie dough, she got to have her own spoon, Yummy!
When I told her we were going to make cookies....haha I love this face!
These entertained her for a good half hour! Thats pretty good!
She is getting so grown up!
Helping make the cookies!

Best Friends!

So last weekend Amiee came down here to see the football game with her family. Me and Karianne got to hang out with her for far too short of a time, but it was still so much fun! We had chocolate fondue and just talked and Laughed and had a great time! It was awesome to get to hang out with my best friends! These girls are the best and we are all pretty much crazy when we get together! Just like the good ole days! I havent laughed so hard in a long time! Thanks for coming Amiee!

Mmmm....chocolate!

This is a pretty typical Amiee shot! haha jk Amiee!

The girls!

Yeahh....

Im not so cute in this one, but Karianne is!

And just to throw makella into all this, here is her fantastic funny face! She thinks its hilarious!

Hawaii!!

This was out big trip that we have been looking forward to all summer! We went with Jon's whole family to Kauai. We had such a great time! We stayed for a week and did everything we have ever wanted to do. We did a whole lot of snorkeling, which I really love to do! I had never done it before this trip, but I loved it! We went to some of the prettiest beaches and some gorgous waterfalls. We also took a boat around the Napali coastline to do some snorkeling and on the way there, we were able to see dolphins that came right up and swam with the boat for awhile. I was so excited about that! I loved being able to see them so close. Also, at another place we went to, I got to see some turtles and swim with them and touch them. It was awesome! We did some kayaking on a really pretty river and then you hike to a waterfall and we swam under it and everything. Overall, it was perfect! We had such a good time hanging out with Jon's family and getting some time to ourselves since Makella got to stay with my mom and dad (She had an awesome time too!). We were both ready for a break, so even though we missed her like crazy, it was definetaly worth it! My camera is super lame and I think is just about broken for good, so I didnt get very many pictures of all the fun things. I have to wait and get more from my sister in law. But here are some of the good ones I do have!

This was the first beach we went to. So pretty!

The brothers!

She's a mermaid! Malia is such a good traveler! I was amazed! She's adorable!

Out to dinner with the family. Plumerias are my new favorite flower!

Angie and Ryan on our kayak trip. I loved this part of the river, it was awesome!

You always need a pretty flower!

The hike from the kayak to a waterfall was through this really pretty forest!

This was the canyon and it was soo gorgeous. It went on forever and there were sheep jumping all over the rocks. It was really pretty.

The boatride around the Napali Coast. I think this was my favorite activity. The boat was so fun!

This is a monk seal. They are super rare in Hawaii, but they will come and just sleep on the beach for days, so we were pretty lucky to get to see this guy!

The family!

One of the many pretty waterfalls in hawaii!

Funny Faces!

We have a little morning routine that when Makella wakes up, we usually arent ready to get up yet, so we bring her into bed with us and she just plays and stuff. Well, this morning, I brought her into bed and she was in such a great mood! Which is a real change from the last few days, so it was really fun. She found my camera and all of a sudden wanted me to take her picture. She normally yells and gets mad at me when I want to take her picture. So these were all the faces that she made for the camera. It was pretty funny.
Trying to squish her cheeks

Showing me her teeth! I Love her front teeth!

Little too close up

Kinda a creepy smile!

Im Back!

It Has been such a long time since I posted anything! We have been pretty busy most of the summer. We had a family reunion in washington back in June. I got to stay up there for like a week before we had the reunion and then my whole family got to go! It was a lot of fun! Its was really fun to spend so much time with my whole family! and then in July we went to see my sister and Ben in California and had ssoo much fun, I wish we could have stayed longer! We were only there for about 4 days. But we spent all of those days on the beach! Jon's dad has a condo in Oceanside that is really close to the beach, so we just stayed there. Makella had so much fun on the beach and hanging out with Wendy. She still talks about it...randomly she will say.."Member....Ocean....WendyBen." Just like that. She talks about the crabs that wendy caught too. Its pretty weird that she still remembers! Sadly I didnt get very many pictures on that trip because we were too busy swimming and such, but it was super fun! Then Next week, we are going with all of Jon's family to Hawaii! Yeah...I know...Its amazing! I cant believe we actually get to go. We are so excited!

But the biggest thing we have probably done this summer was move! We have been SO grateful for Jon's parents for letting us invade their house with a crazy baby for so long, but we felt it was time to get a place of our own! So we found a little 2 bedroom apartment that is really close to UVU and we have been in it for a couple weeks now! Its so exciting. I think makella is a little upset to not be in her normal room and everything, but she is adjusting! So things are definetaly moving forward for us. My mom is coming down to see us tomorrow and Im so excited! It will be fun to have her here. (She and my dad will be watching Makella while we are in Hawaii). Since there are so many pictures of things over the summer, I will try and limit it to just the best ones! :)

Danika looks totally cool in this picture!

Beautiful Washington beach!

These are the only ones I got of California!