Hard to say Goodbye

 We lost my dad tonight. I got the call from my mom a little after 8:00. I went over to be with her and Kari while they waited for Hospice and then the mortuary to come and pick up his body. I am still processing it. It's going to take some time.

Ward Trunk or Treat

 The kids got their costumes just in time for the trunk or treat tonight. Because a bunch of wards were split and created new ones there was a mix of people from about 3 or 4 different wards. So it was fun to see members from our old ward and meet members from our new ward. The kids had lot of fun and there was a great turn out as far as cars giving out candy. The new Relief society president even had a fryer and was making homemade donuts right there in the parking lot. So YUMMY!!!

Scare Crow Walk

Because apparently playing in the pool for 2 hours wasn't enough. :p We met up with Craig, Erika and family tonight at the scare crow walk. This is a fun tradition that we like to do and always love it when we can share it with others. The kids had fun looking at all the spooky and silly "scarecrows" and other fun decorations.

Pool Fun

 

Erika and Craig and their kids are down for their fall break and came over to go swimming with us today. Kilian was so excited to play with his cousin's in the pool (technically 2nd cousins I think) We had so much fun, we had chicken fights, played Marco polo, hands up stands up battles, and categories. Erika even showed our kids some of the fun pool games we use to play. I honestly haven't played in a pool like that for a long time, it was so much fun! We spent close to 2 hours in the pool, everyone was exhausted and hungry afterwards. Thanks Craig and Erika for a fun time!!

New Job

 

I got a new job!!! I now work at the Hurricane animal shelter and get to work with cute little fluff faces like this one all day. I've only been working a week here but Seriously BEST JOB EVER!!!! I get paid to play with dogs and cats pretty much. HOW COOL IS THAT!!!

FanX part 2

 I was thinking of taking Kilian to FanX with us, but in all honesty I really didn't think he would have a fun time. I was also super scared I would lose him, I could see him spotting something he wanted to look at and running off to be lost forever in the crowd. So we made a compromise, we would ride the train into Salt Lake and meet Aunt Nikki for a fun day with her and her family. FanX immediately left his mind. He was beyond excited to ride the train and couldn't stay in his seat while we waited for it.

We met Nikki at the frontrunner (train) station and Kilian hopped right in her car and asked if he could see Parker and Andrew (Nikki's boys) then Avery and I headed to the convention center for more FanX fun. Today was WAY more crowded than yesterday. We looked at a few of the booths that we wanted to look at yesterday (if we found them) and then I dragged Avery to celebrity row where I got to meet Chris Potter. He plays Tim Fleming the father of Amy Fleming in a show called Heartland that I watch. I actually got to talk to him about his horse and the horses he gets to ride on set. He was super nice too, but to be honest he also seemed a bit overwhelmed. 😆 Poor guy.

We went and looked at other celebrities to maybe get autographs or selfies with, but either the lines were way to long or it was to expensive. So Avery and I just walked around looking at the various booths and attractions and loving all the wonderful cosplay costumes that we saw.

After a few hours I think we were all FanX'd out. Our feet hurt and we were hungry, so we headed to Costa Vida before getting on the train to head up to Ogden to pick up Kilian (about an hour ride) and then ride the train all the way back to Draper (about an hour and a half ride). The train from Ogden to Woods Cross was fine, but once we hit Salt Lake the train filled with tons of people, a lot of them in cosplay. I have never seen that train that full, it was standing room only! Luckily the people around us where nice and we just talked till we had to navigate through the sea of people the exit the train.

Kilian had a lot of fun at Aunt Nikki's house and wants to go back as soon as he can, but only if he can ride the train again. :D We got back to Shelly's and pretty much crashed we were so tired. We're going to be leaving fairly early tomorrow because I need to be at work at 11PM and want to get a nap in before work.

Overall Avery and I had a great time at FanX....but I'm not sure if we would do it again...to many people. :p