Monday, November 8, 2010

mommy's helper





olivia loves to help me unload the dishwasher. and she loves to help me out with the cupboards!

new orleans






for my birthday we went to new orleans for the weekend. the weather was perfect and we had a blast! there is so much to do and see there. it is one of the coolest cities ever. it feels like you're in another country completely down in the french quarter. the garden district is so beautiful and the houses are amazing. we went down magazine street, there was 6 miles of shopping - so cool! we did a city tour and they took us down to the lower 9th ward where hurricane katrina completely devastated the area. it was so sad. it is still in really bad shape. there are houses falling apart and dilapidated all over and empty lots where houses once were.

the culture is amazing there and we had a great time. olivia was such a champ. she rode in the backpack and made friends with everyone. we bought a trolley pass and every trolley we got on she made friends with someone.

thank you blake for such a great birthday!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Pumpkin Patch




Here are the photos from the pumpkin patch. It was a beautiful day!

Halloween





For Halloween this year we carved pumpkins as a family. Olivia decided to help, but she didn't enjoy the feeling of pumpkin guts on her sweet little fingers. We also went to a pumpkin patch they had by our house to find these pumpkins. Our ward put on a really fun trunk-or-treat before Halloween. Some of the trunks were decorated so awesome!