A Little Bit of Family, A Whole Lot of Love

October was full of visiting with family and friends. My dad flew to Utah the first week so Ethan and I drove down to stay for the weekend. We got to spend time with "Grandpa" and watch Spencer play soccer at BYU. We had such a good time and we were really sad to have to leave.
About 2 weeks later, my mom flew into town as well as my sister, Ali, and her little girl, Lily. I drove down one night to surprise them and eat dinner with them for Spencer's (and my cousin Whitney's) birthday. My mom had some classes to attend so Ali and I took the babies and hung out at the pool and at Gateway. On Thursday, we left Salt Lake and drove up to our house. My grandma and brother drove up on Friday so we had a full house. It was so fun to have overnight guests in our new house.

COUSINS!!

We celebrated Ali's and Spencer's birthdays while they were here. The chocolate cake my mom made was delicious!! My brother turned 19 and my sister turned 26 as you can tell by the candles. (Okay so she's only 25 but I thought she was 26 and I felt so creative to put the 2 upside down and then I found out I was wrong! haha)

The way Ethan keeps himself occupied while I cook dinner

Ethan first Halloween as an alligator. He loved the trunk or treats we went to in the afternoon and was so good the whole day. We took him trick or treating around our neighborhood later that night and mom and dad got some good candy!! :) Ethan crashed as soon as we were done trick or treating so Jared and I went on a date and saw the movie "Inception". It was really good. If you haven't seen, I definitely recommend it!
Monday night for FHE we set up a few towers made out of cups for Ethan to knock over. He was having a blast. He started pulling the stacks of cups apart with his teeth. It was hilarious! I have a video I will post later!!