Old Town Sacramento

Garth and Janelle and kids came up for Thanksgiving again this year. While they were here, we decided to take the lightrail to Old Town Sacramento. It took longer than we thought it would, but it was still fun. Once we got there, we just walked around, visited one of the old candy stores, then headed back. We got to go out to dinner with Garth and Janelle that night while the kiddies stayed at home. It was nice having babysitters on hand whenever we needed while they were here :)

On the Lightrail

Enjoying some caramel apples from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

The Train Museum. We didn't think it was worth it for $10 a person, but we took a picture with the train in the lobby and visited the gift shop. Aren't they cute?

Weston picking out some taffy at the candy store.

That night Trevon read to Weston and put him to bed

Monkey See, Monkey Do

I'll let you guess who is copying who though :)

Westonisms

Some funny things Weston has said recently:

*Weston hears his full name (Weston Douglas Tanner) being used quite a bit in this household (I'm pretty sure it is how he learned his middle name). One morning I was putting the dishes away and I was putting some glass bowls up on a glass shelf. They were making quite a bit of noise and Weston turns to me and says very sternly, "Mommy Douglas Tanner." I guess he thought I was being too loud and needed to be reprimanded :)

*Casey went to the BYU v. CSU game this last month and while he was at the game he would text me scores and then called to let me know we had won. When I got off the phone, I turned to Weston and said, "Yeah, BYU won." Weston then shouts, "BYU 2."

Disney on Ice

We went to Disney on Ice at the end of October with Ashley and the kids and our friend Katie and her son Tyson. Of course we got tickets through Casey's work. I was a little unsure how Weston would like it, but he likes singing and there was plenty of that, so we were good. I really enjoyed the show and thought they did a good job too. I could have done with the intermission and the Peter Pan ending could have a been a little bit shorter though. All the kids starting getting a little restless about 20 minutes before it ended. You can always count on Disney for a great show.

I forgot my camera, so Ashley was great and took pictures for us. I loved this one of Weston.

Benson just crawled around a lot and played on the chairs.
The three of us

8 Months

Benson turned 8 Months on Nov 5. We just love our little Benson Bear. He is such a good kid. Here is what he has been up to:

-Loves to eat and is a good eater. He eats everything we give him, but loves homemade strawberry-banana yogurt, cheese, toast, sweet potatoes, and carrots.
-Crawls around and plays by himself really well. We often find him in Weston's room playing by himself.
-Loves to go outside and crawls to an open door as fast as he can to try and make it out.
-Stands up to everything and can switch between objects.
-Has stood up by himself for 12 seconds, took one step, and is starting to let go of things while he standing up.
-Started "talking" with more consonants. Ba-bas, ga-gas, and has said Da-da a few times.
-Opens drawers, cupboards, and pushes doors open.

Swinging outside. If you look close you can see his two little teeth.

Loves to play in Jason and Ashley's ball pit and crawl through the tunnel
Sleeping with Dad. He is still a little attached to me right now, so Casey takes advantage of these opportunities when he can.

Whenever I load or unload the dishwasher, Benson comes crawling as fast as he can from whereever he is at. He loves to play in the dishwasher.

Playing under the chairs. Weston did this same exact thing. I think pub chairs are the perfect height for babies to play under.

A Pirate Says, "Arrrrgh"

Halloween just flew by in our household. I couldn't believe it was here already and then it passed just as quick, but it was filled with fun times as always. We went to our trunk-or-treat and Charity's, so Weston got plenty of candy, and we had a fun Halloween dinner even though Casey didn't get to share it with us. We only got a few trick-or-treaters, so I gave them some of Weston's candy and I heard one boy commenting about how his mom gave out his candy last year (they could see me getting the candy through the window in the kitchen) as I was coming to the door.It was kind of funny. Here are a few of our Halloween activities:

Opening the Halloween package from my parents. Weston was more excited about the books than the candy and Benson was just glad to have something to chew on. Weston was a pirate this year. He likes Backyardigans and one of the pirate episodes is his favorite. If you ask him what a pirate says, he says, "arrrgh" really well. He looked pretty cute and I only spent $6 putting the whole thing together.
Benson was a lion so I dressed up for the first time in a long time and was Dorothy with him.

Our little drunken pirate with a corn muffin in one hand and a cookie in the other.

Benson receiving his first piece of trick-or-treating candy

Our little lion cub. He looked so cute and didn't mind his costume at all.

Charity making the rounds with Weston at her Trunk-or-Treat

Weston was happy about how much candy he scored. It's too bad he doesn't really like candy. We put it on the counter and he he only asked for it a few times.

After a few pieces he was literally bouncing off the walls that night.

Casey had training in L.A., so we had to take him to the airport that evening. I wasn't going to make a Halloween dinner, but then decided the boys deserved one so I made do with what I had on hand. Our pumpkin pizza.

The spider web and BBQ Finger pizza

Our ghoulishly green punch

My two boys at the end of the night. They were both happy even though only one looks like it :)

Planting flowers at the temple

In October, Casey and I had the opportunity to help out at our Stake Youth Service Project and plant flowers at the temple. We wanted to take advantage of this service project because they plant flowers twice a year and there are 20 stakes that use the temple, so our stake would only get the chance every ten years. We're really glad we went. It was a fun project and there were so many youth and leaders that we planted all the flowers in about an hour.

Maroon 5 Concert

Casey "had" to take a client to the Maroon 5 concert this last month, so we got to see a good show. Bruno Mars and One Republic opened for them. Everyone sounded really good live and we had a good time. Plus, it is always nice to be able to spend time with Casey without the kids :)

My favorite part. I thought the disco ball was really pretty.

Us at the end. All smiles!

Where A Kid Can Be A Kid

When Casey's mom was in town for Spencer's birthday, she took the boys to their first trip to Chuck E. Cheese (Ashley and the kids were there too). Casey came with us for his lunch break for his first visit as well. We ate pizza and used up all the coins then bought some useless toys at the end, but I think everyone had a good time. Thanks Mom Tanner for taking us!

Riding along in his automobile. This was Benson's favorite ride

Weston's favorite game involved hitting of course Casey "helped" Weston earn a lot of tickets :) I got to play air hockey with Weston. I think he won since I'm so bad :)

Bishop's Pumpkin Farm

Towards the beginning of October, Charity planned a family trip to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm. I was excited because I had wanted to go there since we moved here. It was a lot of fun. We took a hay ride, checked out the petting zoo, kids jumped on the hay bounce, completed the corn maze, saw the pig races, the kids played on all the fun stuff and slid down the slides, rode the train, and then got some yummy apple treats afterwards. We were there for about 5 hours because there was just so much to do. Thanks Charity for making it happen!

There was a large selection of pumpkins to choose from Our littlest pumpkin

Such a cute smile when it does make an appearance

My 3 boys.

Weston with Aunt Charity

The goats were a favorite at the petting zoo

Benson getting his rocking horse on

Casey and Weston in one of the old trains they had to play on
Weston jumping on tires

Riding the train

Photo-op on the pumpkin. Unfortunately that girl decided to step into the picture just as Weston was actually looking.

This little guy is a little more into taking pictures.

Family picture to end out the day