Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! This year the kids got to dress up three times. Kelly had a little program at preschool and she did so good! They all memorized 5 or 6 little poem/songs. It was fun to see her at preschool because I always wondered how she acted but she just sat in her chair silent the whole time. On Halloween night we went over to the Fords and she fed us all and we went trick or treating in her neighborhood. I really appreciate how Lisa treats my kids like they are her grandkids too! Then we went out to my Grandma's to eat way to much and visit with family. Whats a holiday without family.... (P.S. Kelly is Fire and and Kai is a Fireman)

So much to talk about.

Well I don't even know where to start! So lets just make it a picture post instead of words! This is what we have been doing lately!

First is Disneyland. Me, Kelly and Kai went to Disneyland for 3 days with D'Laina and her family. The Kids had so much fun! Kelly loves seeing the Princesses but her favorite was the Finding Nemo Ride which of coarse was the 2 longest lines in the park! They also loved riding the horses on the carousel.

The splash park was a nice way to cool down on such a hot day!

They were long exhausting days!

The First time we have been able to get all 7 grand kids in one picture! As you can see it's a challenge!

Kelly loves riding Hallie's bike whenever she can. Kelly just had a Birthday, we celebrated by going to Chuck E Cheese's

We got all 7 grand kids together again and went to the Scera Pool. It was alot of fun and Kelly loves spending time with her Grandma and Grandpa and Tialei.

I don't think Grandma could have got her anything else! This girl was spoiled this year!!!

She loved the crown and jewels from her Aunt Carrie and Russ.

The 4Th of July we went to the Provo Parade in the morning and then home for a BBQ with the family, and a few fireworks. Kelly's Mickey Mouse cake I made her....


Tika had a weird Schedule this week and it turned out he got 5 days off in a row so we weren't sure what to do so we went on a Camping adventure. What an adventure it is with 2 young kids! They did great, they loved the canoe and Kai loved the dirt! The hardest part was sleeping Kai would not go to sleep because we were all in there with him but it turned out fine and we survived!

( I don't know who that fat lady is, she just wanted a picture with Tika :))

We cooked eggs on the fire they turned out pretty good.

This is our Campground all set up. I don't know how we ended up with so much random stuff we just took everything we found. (Not sure why we have 6 chairs set up it was just the 4 of us)

Tika is obsessed with Fishing lately. If he has a spare moment that's what he is doing.

Kelly with her new fishing poll Tika got her for her birthday.

We got the Canoe all fixed and it worked great!
Mom and Wendy came up and joined us for a few hours on Saturday. The kids loved the rides on the four wheelers.



We were ready to go and with no sleep that night and no nap this is what happened about the same time I got it all the way buckled.

I have a parasite!

Yes it's true baby #3 is on the way! It's a little bit of a bitter sweet time for me and Tika were excited for everything a new baby brings and the new member of our family but seriously 3 kids!!! Pretty much we are so overwhelmed and wondering what the heck we are doing. I will be 23 when I have my 3rd kid, KILL ME! I have been really nauseous but haven't thrown up yet(knock on wood) That's a bit of a change seeing as with Kelly and Kai I couldn't keep anything down. As much as I am glad I'm not that sick I was really hoping to drop the weight like I did with Kai when I was so sick. I am 10 weeks along and had my first appointment today. The doctor tried to find the heart beat but had no such luck ( I have a little too much cushion in my belly!) because of my 2 miscarriages he went ahead and did an ultrasound to make sure I had something in there. Well it was a reality check, there was a heart beat and now it is that much more real. Because I haven't been as sick as I was with my other two I was having doubts it was going to stick. I will be due in January, actually on Kai's due date! I have a long 30 weeks left so here we go......
Yes I know a wonderful picture but thats about what a 10 week old looks, a grape.

New York!

So this last week I had the chance to go to New York with D'laina. We took the 11:00 flight on Thursday getting us in at 5:00 New York time, that makes it 3:00 Utah time! We can't check into the hotel till later so we were off to see the Statue of Liberty. We were all so tired and a little cranky but it was still so cool and so much fun. It was a cold cloudy day so not very many people were there and that made it much better. I have been to New York as a kid and I didn't think I remembered anything but it was crazy how much came back to me as soon as I saw it. So after the Statue of Liberty we were walking through battery park to find a subway and a "homeless" guy starts telling us to follow him. I had no clue what was going on but we all followed him into this little alley way and he opens his bags and it was a purse shop! So we all got our first taste of spending money but don't worry that wouldn't be the last of our shopping! So Saturday we went to China town and part of Soho and spent every penny we all had! Mostly on Purses (I got 4) and some jewelry and I got a couple of watches for Tika. We then headed off to see a comedy show by central park. About an hour of walking looking for it we were there and it was alot of fun. Alot of drama but alot of fun. I was a little crude but we were all laughing. Sunday we were off to see Lion King. I really liked it, it pretty much is the same as the movie but it was really cool to see people singing the songs right in front of you. After our show we went to Planet Hollywood for D'Laina's sisters birthday. Always expensive but always fun! We then headed to the empire state building. It was really fun and had the best view but it was my least favorite activity (funny because besides the show it was the most expensive). Monday was our last day so we got up early and headed to canal street for a couple extra things to buy and then headed off to central park. We were short on time and people say you can't see the whole park in one day so we went on a little tour. This poor little man had to ride 4 of us around on his bike! It was alot of fun and I am way glad we spent the extra money and had him take us! Then we headed back to the hotel grabbed our bags and we were off. And the best part we were on Jet blue, they have TVs on the back of every seat and you can watch anything you want and the flight wasn't full so D'Laina and I had the exit row to ourselves! Thanks Kim and D'Laina for inviting me, Thanks mom for watching my kids! And now I have weaseled my way into the next Perkins family vacation and we are off to Disneyland on Sunday!
***my computer stopped working so I guess you don't get to see all the pictures! (as if 5 wasn't enough)****