The busy past month

We have been so busy trying to open the Jerk Shack and so my blog has paid the price. But hey everyone we finally opened on Nov 25th and things are going well so far so come and try some food(island style). We also have had Halloween and that was fun. We all dressed up as pirates. We went trick or treating on main street and had ham chowder and spiced cider with Brandons family and then visited my fam too. We love Halloween. I went to the NKOTB concert with the best friend I have ever had on the 15th. Susie it was so great to see you and I wish you lived closer. We went to the sad BYU vs. UTAH game too and we got yelled at and swore at and that was all before they won the game. Alli also turned 4 on the 23rd. Every single gift she got was Disney princess something. She was delighted. We celebrated with a party at Fat Cats bowling alley. We love Alli and her fun spirit. She is growing up so fast. I also went to see Carrie Underwood with Little Big Town in concert with my friend Alisha but my camera died and so I have no pics. I took a couple with my phone but I cannot find the memory card. It has been a busy month for sure as will next, but Thanksgiving gave us a moment to reflect on all we have been blessed with, we have this beautiful free country to live in and we all can enjoy it in many ways. I am so grateful for my family and the gospel that gets me through every day. Thanks to all who reads this for being in our lives. The pics for all this stuff is down below. The one of the flag was the only thing worthy of a shot at the BYU UTAH game.

We also watched Aubrey perform in a Thanksgiving program at her school for all the first graders. She was great.

Alli turns 4 and her party at Fat Cats!!

this is the NKOTB concert I went to with Susie

This was the only cool part at the BYU Vs.Utah game where they creamed us and we got yelled at by all their fans.

Trick or treating on main street

All of us as pirates for Halloween at Grandma Tiptons house. Thanks for the always yummy ham chowder and Spiced cider. We always look forward to it.

We made it safe and sound!!

Thanks to Jet blue for getting us to Cali safely. We flew into longbeach airport. Jet blue has tv screens for everyone and the kids watched cartoons on the way there. Alli had fun on the airplane especially getting the apple juice and the munchies to snack on. We love flying so much better than driving.

The first day in California-Universal Studios

This is where we started our adventure. The simpsons ride was so fun but Alli cried and cried hard on it. The mummy ride wasn't what I expected, although Jayden and I conquered our fears and went on it. It is a good half day trip, not really for little kids though. We had fun though and Brandons brother Brett got drenched underneath a big bucket of water in the Curious George water playland. That pretty much ruined the rest of the day for him. We couldn't wait to get to disneyland the next day.

Charcters at Universal

scaredy cat Jayden

Notice how Jayden is only in 2 of the three of these pictures. The first one is near the Jurassic Park ride. He is apparently not scared around dinosaurs. He is however to frightened of the Shark that Alli had her whole body in practically and the cardboard cutout of Freddy Krueger. Go figure. Aubrey went on Jurassic Park and loved it by the way!!!! GO AUB!!!!

Universal Studios backlot tour

This tour is always fun and the top picture is part of the set of War
of the Worlds(Tom Cruise movie). The second is where Norman Bates (Pyscho movie)
comes out and puts his mother in the trunk of the car and walks over to the
tram acting like he is coming after everyone. I think they added this for Halloween.
You usually only see the Bates Motel and move on. The bottom is from How the Grinch
Stole Christmas.

just standing around in coffins

Universal studios was all decked out for Halloween, don't the girls look dead?

Disneyland

Mickeys Jack O lantern

We love Disneyland and had a great time this year. The weather was awesome and so were the short lines. It was Alli's first time and that was so fun experiencing everything with her for the first time.

The famous castle shot

Too bad Alli was having an off moment when I snapped this but oh well. She'll look back one day and laugh.

Riding the Mountains with Alli

Although you cannot see Alli very well in the second picture she got a sticker for taking her first flight on Space mountain. That was soooo cooool. I told her that her uncle Jared cried on that ride when he went his first time and he was even 5yrs old. Alli was brave enough to ride the matterhorn, splash mountain, thunder mountain and space mountain. It was great. Soarin was her favorite ride of all. She said that the matterhorn and Alice in Wonderland the ride were fun too.

Candy Corn at California Adventure

I thought these pics turned out funny. One standing nice and politely and one letting it all go. So cute guys!!

Meeting Jack Skellington and Sally

Our favorite Characters to meet had to be Jack and Sally from the nightmare before Christmas. At Holiday time starting at the end of September the Haunted Mansion is decorated up like the nightmare movie. It stays like that through the first week in January. It is better that the original and our kids are terrified of the original so they love it. We had never seen them before so it was a real treat.

Character photos

Can you name them all or what movie or show they are on?

Attempting to pull the Sword from the Stone

Aub was hillarious trying to do this. She first tried hard and then had to stand up to try even harder. You can see Brandon on the phone in the background here to. Does he ever stop working? His theme song is Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho its off to work I go. I never stop as you can see Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho.