Happy Halloween!!

We had so much fun this year. Jovi loves playing superhero so I though it would be fun to make him a little Clark Kent. I am pretty sure he had no clue what he was or even that he was dressed up but he had fun and kept the glasses on all night without touching them even once. As I believe I have stated before we live in a development that is not so developed and there is only 6 other home in our developement including one that is empty. Needless to say we drove to a housing tract in our ward boundries. It is a ranch development so all the homes sit on horse properties with lots of space. There were people bbq-ing handing out food, homes decorated all "spooky" (as Jovi would say), and kids driving up and down the streets and lawns in the their quads and gators and large blow up movie screens with kids Halloween movies playing. It was hte perfect first trick or treating experience for Jovi. He had so much fun and by the end of the night was running up to doors all by himself. Brian and I were the "super Mom and Dad" to go along with Jovi's costume. For the first time in 2 years I spent more then 5 minutes on my hair, over an hour to be exact so I thought I would document it! Haha it wont happen again for another 2 years, at least!

 

Catching up...

Ooops! I fell behind again...Here is what we have been up to!

Pumpkin Patch

In preparation for Halloween Jovi has become OBSESSED with pumpkins so we thought a trip to a pumpkin patch was in order this year. We drove to Scottsdale to this fun little horse ranch and had was too much fun. Jovi was able to pick out his very own pumpkin and pretend to be Woody on his first horse ride. We will have to do it again next year for sure.

 

We're going to the zoo zoo zoo...

Brian busted his finger at work this week so he took a few days off the give his hand a rest (being a mechanic the hands and fingers are pretty important). We decided it was the perfect time to take Jovi to the zoo for the first time. This boy was in heaven. Minus the 116 degree weather that just about killed us it was the perfect day.

 

Hope's Blessing and Family BBQ

This past weekend we once again went to California, this one for Baby Hope's (Julie and Scott's little girl) blessing. It was fun to have the whole Holmstrom family together.

 

Beach Fun!

The first time we took Jovi to the beach he hated every moment of it. This past weekend we were in HB and decided to give it another go. Jovi ran straight into the water with all his clothes on and never wanted to leave. It was super fun. I guess we can move back to California now!

 

Mammoth Fun!

So just about every year we go to Mammoth with my Dad and sisters for a week. This year was no exception and by far one of the best years. We had a huge cabin (compared to the one bedroom places we would squeeze a million people into before) and Jovi loved every aspect of being in the mountains with dirt, fishing and cousins. Take a look....