Pumpkin Patch

I don't know what to say other then we went to the pumpkin patch today with Tysen and the gang, It was a great day for pumpkin picking!

Disneyland

Yes we went to Disneyland again! The kids don't know but we aren't going to renew our season passes again. looks like we'll be keeping our eyes open for a new kind of family vacation. We've had fun going so often, but I'm willing to bet it won't be as long as we think before we go back.

We flew down early Sunday morning, not planing on going to the park, so we went to the beach, It was cold but the kids had a ball, one thing I found funny was that Andrew won't go far from the steps at my mom and Dad's pool but he had no problem going out in the ocean where the waves were so big he couldn't stay on his feet. As you can imaging this gave my a slight heart attack!

Aunt Kathlee said she couldn't come with us this year, so Rick and I thought it would be fun to surprise her and the whole family and get her a ticket to come. The plan was that she was going to drop us off at the airport but she would have her bag and just stay, it would be so fun, and such a good surprise. Well little by little someone who we won't mention (Grandpa Courtney) ended up spilling the beans so by the time we got to the airport the only ones who didn't know were the kids. They were excited and it ended up being a fun surprise, we were so glad she came!

The new Buzz ride was lots of fun, one of our favorites now!

This was a very exciting trip for Andrew, he is now over 40 inches, that means he can now go on most rides!

Pin Trading, another Leishman family fav.

Birthday Wishes

September is a huge birthday month for both sides of our family, Andrew turned 4, and Madi turned 10! It's hard to believe everyone is growing up so fast. Andrew is such a little dude loving all things boy and sports related. Madi has such a fun personality, this year has turned out to be a huge challenge for her and I have to say I've never been more proud of someone for trying so hard to overcome their trials. We Love her to death! also happy birthday to Tanner 12, Mckay 9, Blake 17, and Griffin & Crew who just turned 1.

Back to School!

I'm happy to report that we have survived the first week of school with no tears! this is such a huge improvement from last year, we love our teachers and have tons of friends in each class, we couldn't be happier!

Ellie just started kindergarten Tuesday, and is loving it! Rick was home for lunch the first day so we decided to walk her to school since we only live 1 block away now. Ellie is so ready to be a school, it was hard to be very sad. We got half way home and I turned around to see where Andrew was, he had started walking slow with his head down. I could tell he was sad, so I asked him what was wrong. He burst into tears, I scooped him up and asked if it was because Ellie was going to school? he just put his head on my shoulder and continued to cried, then I started to cry, and I'm not sure but I think it even made Rick cry. It was the sweetest thing in the whole world! I didn't even think how this would effect him, he is loosing his best little buddy. After we got home Rick put a movie on for him and I went up to talk to him. I told him what a nice little brother he is to love Ellie so much, I asked him if when we left her at school it made his heart feel so sad? he responded "my whole inside was sad" isn't he the cutest thing in the whole world! she is so mean to him, and still he loves her. We will miss Ellie for a few hours in the day, but look forward to seeing all three of them come walking around the corner when school is out.

Park City

Rick had last week off and we were going to go to Bear Lake but it fell through so we just decided to go to Park City, the Kids loved it! they thought we were in a different state witch was funny because we have been to Park City a number of times, but if it passed for a good family vacation then great! We had never been to the Olympic park so we went and saw all the sights and watched the ski jumpers, then went to the Alpine slide and new roller coaster, Ellie said it was the best vacation of her life! We had fun even though we didn't go very far, it was nice to spend time with just our family before we get back into school.

P.H.S. Volleyball

Mad's is almost ten, she wears a size 4 shoe, and is almost as tall as I am, we're thinking she might be tall! So we thought about trying volleyball. This was a last minute thing we just heard about it a few days before it started, but we're glad she gave it a try because she really liked it!

Family Reunion

We all decided to go to the Humphries family reunion this year.(Rick's mom's side) Stopping at the traditional Maddox for lunch. This actually is one of the only camp places I enjoy, because there is no dirt! it's all on grass, and there is a swimming pool to cool off in. Some would say it's not considered camping, but for me it's all I need! The kids had a great time, I think we might even go back next year.

We had some sort of visitor in the middle of the night, good thing the food was in the car!