{Family}

So here are a lot of photos but we bought a nice camera so we use it! enjoy
On the way to the park


Batdog

Our dog is really talented....... no really!!!!
love him... he can balance a lot on his nose/head for a while





to bad max messed this up cause it be a good one.....

leaves

My boys

Buns of steel

Having fun with the leaves


Friday night we were able to go to Mels Play it was amazing!! She put on Midsummers Night Dream at Lehi Junior High.... better than any high school play and junior high play we've seen. Nice job Mel!! Here are photos of the family after the play.

Clara

Jessica
Katie
Being silly
David on Mels cool trees that Stephen helped build
Aunt Mels amazing stage behind me
Sage is very sweet.

Boo!

Happy Halloween!
After lots of planning and thinking of what to be we just kind of went with what we found in my parents basement.... it was fun and our good ideas will just have to wait (things are a lot easier when you can dress up kids to be things with you)

Batdog.... Max played the part....doesn't he look deeply troubled in this photo.... just like Batman.... oh how he loves Rachel ....squirrels and cheese

I got to wear my moms old nursing outfit.... she must of looked pretty hott going to work in that hat!
I have always wanted to dye my hair blond just to see what it looks like.... what do you think?
The Disco Mexican
Rocking out....


It was a long but fun day........

{Perfect}

I have very strange dreams all the time Stephen can tell you. Last night it was just my mom and me and my sisters driving down a road of this.
{No music or talking just the sound of the car. Not strange last night just perfect.}Fall I think is my favorite season. There are climates that have weather year around that is like winter, summer and even spring. No where can I find fall year around. Fall (and the Holidays in the city) are the times that I miss the East the most. I miss My Cider Mill, cider and doughnuts and my Dunkin Donuts. This is also the season where I would be playing my sports in great weather and having fun with my friends on halloween. I am in need of a fall/holiday east coast visit.... I really want to drive up the North East in the fall..... and stay at little no body places...Maybe next year?....

: This was a must needed dream after a hard day with High School Students yesterday sigh:

Our friend Brasil

We got back from Brasil yesterday. This is our first "vacation" together alone out of the country. I say "vacation" because it wasn't like relaxing all the time. I was very excited to see beautiful Brasil when I got there but it rained and was cloudy the first 4 days. And when I say rain I don't mean the normal South American mist rain we were drenched. Rio de Janeiro has also got much more expensive since Stephen has been there so our hostel we stayed in wasn't top notch and unless you love to drink all day everyday, smell/see nasty things than I don't think you could say it was pleasant stay. So our first half of Rio was sort of a bummer but we did have fun and went to a soccer game and toured around the city spending all our money on food. The day before we headed out of Rio I finally saw a sneak peak of the sun, the Christ statue, and Sugar Loaf. We than headed to a island off the coast of Rio called Ilha Grande. This was a high light of our trip. We never had clear clear skies but here it was wonderful weather. The island is a beautiful jungle and looks like Jurassic park. Most of the island is untouched. The main town was without cars, you walk, ride bikes, or take the boat out. This is what the whole world should be like its awesome. The road was cobblestone and the town centers around a cute white church. The hostel we stayed at here was much cheaper and much nicer. Instead of staying in dorms we got our nice private room with private bathroom and balcony with hammock. Very fun we wish we stayed there longer (but since the rain we had to take the only clear day left and go back to Rio to finish things up) On the island we saw monkeys fun birds, swam and snorkeled with turtles and fun fish. We headed back to Rio and saw the Christ statue we got lucky and it was a clear morning as soon as we left the statue the clouds came rolling in. We went to the beach during a stand storm and it was not the best no one likes sand pelting you. As we sat there we thought of the weekend ahead and what would we do because it was suppose to rain all weekend long. We left the sand storm called the airline and switched our flights. We left that night. It was quit a adventure. The only thing I am sad we didn't do is buy stuff. It rained most nights so the stands weren't out. So we didn't bring home any gifts for anyone or gifts for us. Max was pretty bummed. This trip was not at all what we had planned but it was lots of fun! We were excited to get back to our bed, max, toilets, and cold cereal. Its a good thing we came back because we both got a little sick (stephen more so) I can't imagine what it would be like if we were down there in the hostels in the rain! This trip could have not been done without the Jessica and Brian who let Max into their home Thank you soooo much.

We took tons of photos here are our favorite ones. I really dislike doing slide shows but there are a lot of photos and for most of you this is the only way to see them. The photos are great and much better blown up! Roll over photos to read captions.
Click on the slide show and it can go bigger...

Trolley



Futbol games.... the energy was amazing!!!




GOall