Trick-or-treat

We had our ward Halloween party and Evan had a blast. He scored lots of candy and won some prizes playing all the games. We was the cutest priate there, and there were quite a few. Matthew dressed as himself (mad scientist), I represented the 50's and Dallin slept the night away in his pumpkin pajamas. It was a great warm-up for Halloween on Tuesday. Evan's totally pumped and ready for more. He's been practicing his pirate growl, "Aaarrrgh Matie give me some candy!" Hope you enjoyed your extra hour of sleep.

Big Faker

Dallin is such a faker. He's always faking a coughing fit and he likes to fake cry as well. He's quite and actor. We got this fun bungee jump for him and Evan and I liked to stick him in it because he makes us laugh. Check him out.

Peekaboo

I thought it was about time for me to figure out the whole video thing so family and friends can see the little guys in action. Here's a cute one of Dallin.

Carving the Pumpkins

We had an enjoyable Saturday. Evan went to soccer with his dad and learned some mad foot skills while I cleaned the house. Then Mike, Heidi & Austin came over for a BBQ and some pumpkin carving. It was quite a mess, but tons of fun! Check out our lovely works of art!



If you'll notice Matthew's pumpkin is an accurate depiction of Van Gogh.



Dallin kind of liked the slimy guts of his little pumpkin.



Here they all are!



I just thought this was a cute picture of my sweet litte guy!

Evanism

Sarah is so good about writing down the funny things her kids say and I've been trying to do the same.

Evan, who has been potty trained for a couple months now, was sitting on the floor playing with toys in his big boy undies. Matthew noticed he was "going to the movies" (picking at his little bum) and told him to stop because it was dirty down there and it would make him sick. Evan responded in a funny voice, "I was just looking for you." While we tried to stifle our laughs he continued with, "Ah, I was just kidding Daddy." He's such a little jokester!

Great America

We (Michael, Whitney and Unlce Josh came too) all went to Great America yesterday as the dental school was having its yearly picnic there. It eas a great deal at only 5 dollars a ticket (they were selling for 52 at the ticket window) and the ticket included lunch and icecream desserts. Evan liked the ice cream a lot.

It was a great day to be at the park because there were no lines for anything really. I think the longest we waited in line was 15 minutes for the bumper cars. which they totally ruined by putting a divider in the middle and forcing you to go all the same direction. even top gun only had a 5 minuite wait most of the day.
Evan liked the rollercoaster for kids that he went on after an initial scare. Uncle Josh liked it too.
Evan really liked the car ride that you drive under the grizzly rollercoaster too, but when the car started to hit the rails and jerk the wheel he would say, "no, stop it car." I guess he's been seeing a bit too much of Herbie lately. I think that his favorite ride was the baby bumper cars,
at first he was a bit upset that everyone was crashing into him, but he soon figured it out. He had a good time too because all of his friends were there with their families. He went trick or treating there too and the park was all decorated for halloween, it was fun. Bethany was a bit of a chicken when it came to drop zone and could only bring herself to go on it a few times. It was fun waving to Evan as we wnt up and u and finally seeing hime as a little ant sized person and then dropping and there he was all big again. He had a fun time watching us do that ride. Bethany seemed to have fun on most of the rides but it was hard to tell because she would come off of the more extreme ones with tears streaming down her face, but she did that too after the centrifuge ride, and I was sitting next to her and she was having a really good time crushing me.
We all had a good time and I felt like a kid again running between rides with Josh and Mike and Whitney, I guess old habits die hard.

Yummy to my Tummy

So I waited the recommended 6 months before feeding Dallin the solid foods (minus the couple of icecream cones he has had) and boy is he ready. I can't shovel it in fast enough and he eats like he's been doing it for days. None of this confused tounge, spitting out bitter beer faces. Nope, he is 100% business. He thinks he can go from rice cereal to lasagna. I don't think so, but he's having fun being a big boy at the table now, and Evan loves feeding him. Oh, and he'll sit up if he's not too busy trying to caterpillar crawl to something he wants. He's definitely a grabby gus. There isn't nothing that doesn't "belong" in his hands and mouth. I love this stage!!!

Fall is here!

I am still not use to the weather here. It's October and I want to see the leaves changing and falling on the ground and to pull out my sweaters and snuggle up in a blanket with a cup of hot chocolate. Instead we're having some of our warmest days of the summer. We spent this last weekend playing in a softball tournament for Matthew's school. It was pretty fun and besides Matthew's bum ankle from sliding into 2nd we're not feeling too sore. Evan had a blast seeing some of his old friends from the city. We had seen some of them early on in the week because we went in to Matthew's school for some visits. Matthew was my dentist one day and cleaned my teeth and prepared a dental plan for me. After those babies apparently I have some acid decay in my mouth from throwing up so much, so watch out Becky Ann & Bridgette. Evan went in the next day, but saw someone else in the Pedo office. He seems to have the Nielsen mouth that is very prone to cavities. You'd think I stuck chewy carmels in his mouth before he went to bed every night and had him gargle with soda. Oh well, it's a good thing his dad's a dentist. Matthew also started his first root canal this week. He says so far he hasn't messed it up. I'm sure his patient is grateful for that. He's doing well, and still makes plenty of time to play with us.

Conference

Conference weekend is always a great weekend. We drove out to Matthew's house to spend it with everyone there. Of course Evan had a blast playing with Austin and Uncle Josh. Emily took good care of little Dallin. The girls went out to icecream while the boys were at priesthood session. I wish I would have had my camera because Dallin attacked aunt Emi's mint icecream. So now we can add mint icecream to his list of foods which consists of 1 chocolate cookie (Grandpa Bishop), and more icecream from his Mom & Dad. Oh well, you only live once might as well eat all the icecream you can. When the boys all got home we had a big bonfire and roasted hotdogs and of course marshmallows. That's Evan's favorite thing to do now. He always wants to be roasting marshmallows so it was a special treat for him. Thanks for another fun weekend Nielsen family.

Pele'

We have this great little Rec Center near by that offers scholarships for those with low income. Obviously we qualify as such. So Evan has the opportunity to participate in some fun classes. He just started a soccer class and so far he's a little unsure. It's a group of about 25 kids but each kid has about 3 adults looming around and it was a little intimidating for Evan but he still had fun.

He's the little boy in bright green.



He doesn't quite get it I guess.




There's our little super star!

San Fran

We went and spent a day in San Francisco trying to experience it all. We had fun of course and got some great pictures at the Arboritum in Golden Gate Park. It was great for Evan because he was our little leader. The park is full of little trails all over and he led the way. we love the nature!