Happy Birthday Elizabeth!

Elizabeth was lucky enough to get two birthday parties for her 2nd birthday. Above are pictures from the one that I did have a camera at, I know, I'm a horrible mother. Being born so close to Thanksgiving we were able to celebrate two holidays at once, I know what

I'm thankful for!

Witch One

Emily decided to be a witch this year for Halloween in honor of the character Elpheba from the musical Wicked, her favorite soundtrack. Although, Em felt that for her Elpheba costume green was not a necessity (translation - your not putting that green paint on my face). Elizabeth was eager to follow in her sisters footsteps and chose the same costume. Then, they both agreed that Mama also wanted to be a witch. They had a great time walking around the neighborhood and were very sad to hear that even witches have bedtimes.

Pumpkin Carving

This year we got some help from Peepa and Grandma when carving our pumpkins!

AIDS Walk LA

My Dad and I really enjoyed spending the day together to do the 6.2 mile AIDS Walk. As you can see in the pictures below we were only 2 out of 30,000 who came together to support the fight against the AIDS virus. Personally, other than being with family, there is nothing better than the feeling that your helping to make a difference in someone's life. The weather was great, walking with my Dad was even better and the feeling of unity was amazing. The last two pictures are to give you an idea of how many people were there.

Halloween Preview

We were able to enjoy a fun halloween night at California Adventure full of little ghouls, goblins, princesses and lots of trick or treating!

Elizabeth was very excited to dress up as Tinkerbell and Emily was none other than Belle.

The girls got to participate in the Halloween Parade at the end of the evening.

While Elizabeth wasn't to sure what to think of this witch, the highlight of the parade was dancing with Princess Jasmine!

Cousins and Cookies

Nothing could be better than decorating cookies with our cousin Lucas. If only they had put as much frosting and candy on the cookie as opposed to in their bellies. With proof like this, they can't deny it.

(Emily's black mouth and Lucas sampling)

The Finished Product

Paiute Trail

Jason recently went on a week long ATV trip on the Paiute trail in Utah. The following are picture of the beautiful country that he rode through.
Safety first!!

Since ATVs are popular in Utah, the roads were all fairly wide.

A unexpected storm came through in the middle of the trip leaving all the guys with frost bite on their fingers. Jason is still having both numbness and pain.

The first time the Green Zipper has seen snow.

Jason's trip buddies Ed, Troy and John.