Punkin' shopping

 We went to our favorite pumpkin patch on 9000 south and 2200 west. Schmidt's.

They have an awesome selection of pumpkins and cute scenery for pictures.

I told the kids the only rule was they could each have a pumpkin but they had to be able to carry it themselves.

 Kessler started out with this pumpkin, good size I thought.

 Then he decided it was too heavy.

Alivia is the only one that stayed with the original pumpkin she chose.

 Kessler found another pumpkin a little bit more his size.

 The final product, except for Kessler as we were walking up to pay, he put his down decided it wasn't worth it:)

All the other kids got theirs carved out, I didn't take any pics of them though. This is Bauer's.

Miss Liv

Liv is in 3rd grade this year and loves it, she loves art and computers. She told me recently that she wanted to start her own blog, if she does that should be interesting what she talks about.

She is excited for Halloween she even tried to make a costume for her hermit crab Nancy.

She is super excited for Christmas, her list is a mile long and we have told her you are going to have to narrow it down. She still adds something to it every other day.

She is still in choir and is having another great year.

She loves re arranging her room ( I have no idea who she gets that from).She is really sweet when she gets the rest she needs, if not she still arches her back, rolls her eyes and moans and complains sometimes.

She still wants to be a labor and delivery doctor or nurse she says, she wants to be around babies.

A new marketing ad....

 I would like to preface with it bugs me when people come to Utah or other places that I love and they will either complain or speak negatively. I think to myself if you don't like it here, don't come here.

So with that said my new slogan for Vegas is......"sinner's, winner's, chicken dinner's, cruiser's, looser's and boozer's"

Not really the top destination for a vacation, BUT it is cheap, close and HOT!!

 A few pics of Hoover dam, (the boys love this place because of Transformers....don't know what I am talking about, you should watch the movie)

We walked across the new bridge, just a tad bit of anxiety with the height and little kids not knowing what on earth they would do.

 We took a little friend/cousin with us, it was fun to have her. She balanced out the boy crazed situation we usually have.

 I love me some Lake Mead, maybe not as much as I used too, with the quagga mussels and everything.

 Our agenda, sleep, eat, swim...repeat.

 Kessler trying to push Ben in.

 A short walk down the strip to the Bellagio fountains, sadly Alivia and Kyleigh commented on the inappropriate attire some ladies were wearing.

 Ben practicing some poker skills...for his some day dream World Poker Tournament.

(he made 50$, half tank of gas?)

 Cooper was glad to see the blue M&M, he told me last time it was green one....glad he remembers.

 Love this picture above, we were just walking back to our car and I had my camera hanging around my neck and snapped a photo while I was walking.

Our hotel was pretty nice, customer service was pretty crappy. Oh well. They had a nice workout room I used a few times, I watched the republican debate one night...it was pretty cool it was held in Vegas hosted by my beloved Anderson Cooper ( I thought about stalking him at his hotel, but 5 kids with me wouldn't have been so discreet). Also our hotel was very close to the airport so all day we saw airplanes landing and taking off. Kessler was in heaven.

We had some special visitors one day, it was so fun to hang out at the pool and let all the kids play and get some quality mommy time!!

Fall Colors

 A tad bit late for fall colors, but there was still plenty to see. I LOVE the colors!

(btw...one step closer to Target Canada, Ben passed the first interview:)

Monster Mash

 The official costumes of the Ward/neighborhood Halloween Party. 

Cooper = Spider Man (surprised?)

 Kessler = power ranger

 Bauer = Pirate (nice pirate face above, mean pirate face below)

 Alivia = Sailor girl

And I do not know who this person is below.......I will say he probably dressed up because he has been up for 36+ hours due to working a really early morning shift and not going to bed the few hours before he had to get up. (delirious)

He was a VERY good sport and the kids thought is was hysterical.