Halloween 2015

 Oct 31, 2015 - 6:00-9:00pm

We went to Jay & Jaylene's to trick or treat this year with their younger cousins Millie and Corbin.  Shaylin went as Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Emmalyn as Elsa from Frozen, Bronson as Iron Man, and Coleton as Spiderman.  They had fun going all the way around their fun block, which included a haunted house and a live band.  Jay & Jaylene also had their traditional chili dinner as they sat out in front of their house passing out candy.  We made it back to our neighborhood at about 7:45 (we were going to try to make it earlier but the kids were having too much fun in the Brugman's neighborhood).  We stopped by Curt and Mitzi's and then our friends the Hughes and the Brown's who are in our ward and live the next street over.

With Millie and Corbin...

A few more poses...

Our Volleyball Players

Oct 31, 2015 - 8:00-9:00am

Shaylin and Emmalyn are in the middle of their first season of volleyball, playing in the NYS league.  Jayna, in spite of her busy schedule right now, volunteered to be their team's coach.  They played their fourth game today and are learning fast!  They both did a great job of serving the ball over the net (the most consistent they've been yet) and did a great job of moving around and trying to bump the ball back over on serve returns.  Jayna is a natural coach and is great with the girls!  Today they won the first set they've won all year (they've been really close several times) and actually ended up winning all three sets to win the match, so they were all really excited!

Phoenix Rock Gym

October 30, 2015

A few weeks ago we bought 'Pogo Passes' with a discount code we found online.  They include free admission to a ton of fun places around town.  We decided to try the Phoenix Rock Gym first.  We knew the kids would probably all like it since they like to climb on things, but they surprised us with how much they liked and it and how well they did!  On their first try up the wall they all made it about halfway or less, but by the end they had all made it to the top of the 30 ft walls multiple times!  They even tried some of the harder walls. They spent about 2 hours, from 5pm to 7pm climbing and probably would have kept going if they weren't all hungry for dinner.

L - Coleton climbing the wall, Shaylin starting to climb the wall, and Matt belaying.

R - Shaylin almost to the top of the wall

 

  

Coleton at the top of the wall...

L - Emmalyn at the top of the wall with Jayna belaying

R - Emmalyn & Bronson at the top of the wall, Jayna & Matt belaying

L - Bronson at the top with Matt belaying.

R - Bronson at the top with Shaylin climbing

Coleton climbing in one of the crevaces...

After climbing we found Pei Wei - one of our favorite restaurant chains nearby - to eat.  Bronson liked watching the cooks prepare the food.

Autographs and Baseball

Oct 31, 2015 - 11:30am-4:00pm

 Shaylin has been so excited to get autographs before one of her Uncle Jaycob's Arizona Fall League baseball games.  We got to the game about an hour earlier (we went straight from Bronson's basketball game).  The kids all got to talk to Jaycob and one of his teammates - Chad Pinder - who was super nice and was asking them about what they were dressing up for for Halloween.  We forgot the cards I bought for the kids to get signed, so Shaylin just had them autograph on old tee ball she had grabbed out of the van :).

Shaylin also asked a few other players who were nice enough to come over and sign autographs for their signatures.  We didn't know who they were before but we're fans now for their willingness to sign and take a picture with Shaylin!

Shaylin & Coleton with Corey Black, a pitcher in the Cubs organization, after getting his autograph.

Getting Alan Busenitz' autograph and a picture.  Alan is a pitcher in the Angels organization.

Getting Kris Hall's autograph.  He's a pitcher in the A's organization and was one of Jaycob's teammates last year with the Midland Rockhounds.