October happenings

This month has been crazy busy for the Lloyd Pack. We have done so much that I couldn't possibly write it all down so here's a ton of pics to catalog our activities!!

We started with a weekend in San Diego that my in-laws treated us to. It was actually the last weekend in Sept but whatever...

 We started at the zoo

The kids got ahold of my camera at the hotel

Sea World was next

It's nice to have a kid old enough now that can take pics of us

They had this weird under the sea pumpkin patch the kids really liked

Touching the sea stars. Gotta love the panda hats we got at the zoo because it was like 110 degrees that weekend

Lilly talked me into going on this water rollercoaster with her. We are in the back row and we got soaked

Then Heidi had Mud Day at school. 

And of course Loralee joined right in

She found a "treasure" buried in the mud

Heidi turned 4 on Oct 16th

And Lilly turned 7 on Oct 17th

Lilly had her first "friends only" party for her 7th birthday at Boomer's. (Although she had to bring her brother).

Can I just say how much I adore the fact that my kids almost always hold hands in pictures and when they walk together? I love love love this and will be so sad when this ends.

All her friends!

Mini golf

My baby sis and my mom came along to help (plus a few parents)

Lilly and her two BFF's since preschool (plus her brother and Kai's little sis)

Then we had our annual October visit to Disneyland

We tried a few group shots...

Heidi would have nothing to do with any of the characters. She's off to side freaking out while Nana holds her.

Loralee on the other hand was fascinated with the inside of Pluto's mouth. She wouldn't turn around so I could take her pic.

Oh Lord his first time driving!

Lilly behind the wheel with Daddy

Thank goodness my parents went with us this year and were awesome enough to take the little girls home in the afternoon. Michael and I were able to take the older two on all the bigger attractions.

Then Lilly and Bobby had the Olympics at their school

And then we had our family over to celebrate the girls birthdays. It was a Mike Wazowski/Unicorn party (because if you have to share your birthday with your sister you still get to each pick out what theme you want for the party).

Heidi's cake 

All cakes are made special by Nana for every birthday)

Lilly's cake

Guests cake

And of course unicorns live over the rainbow so of course the inside of the guest cake had to be rainbow

Lilly's Godmother Auntie Caroline was visiting too! 

Then the Lloyd's ventured on the a plethora of Halloween parties..

 This one is at my dad and brother's work (Captain America is my nephew)

And that mysterious pirate is my dad

And last but not least was a trip to the pumpkin patch

The End to the longest post ever :)

Loralee is 2.5!!

So little Miss Loralee turned 2 and a half on October 3rd. This kid just cracks me up and keeps me on my toes. She is so full of energy and has a heart of gold. Although most of the time Loralee is constantly on the go, I love that she will take some time to sit and snuggle with us. Most of the times she thinks she is 12 but I cherish the moments when she acts like a sweet cuddly baby. I took a bunch of pics but of course she isn't really into sitting and smiling for me. Or sitting at all really...

And she was done!!!

Getting back into the groove...

Well we've spent the month of September pretty much getting back into the groove of things. Getting to bed early again, back to school, back to soccer, back to religious ed, back to doing homework. You get the picture. The kids are all doing really well at school and seem to enjoy it. They are not enjoying getting to bed at a decent time but luckily they aren't having an issue waking up for school. It is nice having the two older kids in school full time now. And Heidi is going to preschool 3 mornings a week again. That leaves just Loralee and I a few mornings a week to hang out (until she starts school in Jan!!). I just now realized that Sept is nearly over and we are on to a bunch of family birthdays and holidays in the next few months. Crazy crazy!! Before we know it, it will be summer again...

First day of school pics

 Lilly started 2nd grade

Bobby started Kindergarten

Two down, two to go in elementary school!!!

Last year of preschool for Heidi

Oh and here's Heidi's hair update. We are a little over 3 months into her new hairdo Bobby so lovingly gave her. So far I've remembered to take a picture on the 17th of each month.  It's growing back beautifully and Heidi may just always wear her hair short because it's so cute. 

June 17th

September 17th

 

Wyoming Trip

We just got back from a fabulous trip to my parents summer home in Wyoming. The drive out there was a disaster but the drive home went much better. I really would love to fly next summer and stay longer. One week just isn't enough time for the Lloyd Pack to do all the things we wanted to do. The kids didn't want to leave when our week was up. This was our first time really traveling as a family of six and now I feel like I have this traveling thing down.

Here are the pics from our adventures.

The girls found a shooting game at Cabela's just outside of Salt Lake City, UT. One of our many stops.

This was a first for us. A dog sitting on the roof of his owner's car in Evanston, WY. Pretty much everyone in the parking lot took pics of this.

 The two littlest Lloyd's playing on my parents back deck

More play time on the deck

Tried to get a pic of Michael, Bobby, and Heidi on the quad while I was riding on the golf cart

 My loves

 Star Valley Ranch

 Stormy sunset

My new friend the moose

 The kids want a bear chair for our yard

 At the Bar J cowboy show

Teton Village

 Grand Tetons

 We finally found something all the kids can do together. Throw rocks into the water at Jenny Lake.

Group shots of my yahoos

We signed our name on the wall of Sweet Lips Ice Cream and Putt Putt

One of my favorite pics of Loralee. I wonder what she's thinking as she looks across the meadow.

The End :)