FOTO FUN!!!

Last Saturday, Halloween day actually, we headed up to the canyon with Deanna and Weston and had ourselves a little of what I like to call "Foto Fun"!! (I'm not so sure that is the name Sean would give it, however). He thinks just one photo should do it and doesn't really understand the need for different poses in different areas of the canyon. However, he was a good sport about it! I think it helped that he was able to get football updates on his I-phone!! It was a beautiful day up in the canyon and we all enjoyed ourselves. The kid's love getting their pictures taken...there was never a dull moment....one of them was always posed and waiting for their own personal photo-shoot!! Hope you all enjoy the photos!!!

HALLOWEEN 2009

So here you have it....all of the Warren children in all of their variety of costumes. Of course, Zach picked being a dirt biker and what a handsome one he is. Savannah saw a "Candy Corn Gogo" costume on the internet....so we got to work on making one for her...she used the hat and boot covers from Danielle's costume. Gabby got together with her friend Savannah at school and made a tutu for a "Green Witch" costume....all her own idea! Of course, Danielle won't be caught in anything less than fashionable, so she decided on the "80's girl".....although I told her that was not how I dressed in the 80's! So we've ammended it to a "60's girl" costume. So Friday morning they all headed off to school in their costumes. That day after school, we headed over to "Omniture: An Adobe Company" (its new name now), Sean's workplace, for the annual Halloween Party!! We brought Deanna and Weston with us too! The kids posed with Captain Hook, Darth Vader, The Smurfs, The Tree Guy from Harry Potter, and their very own dad, as Fred Flintstone! What fun!!! And more candy than you could imagine!!! The kids all like to save their Snickers bars for their mom and, of course, their Tootsies Rolls they are all saving for Grandpa!!! Very dedicated grandchildren they are!!!

Pumpkinmania!!

Ok, so I just decreased the actual cost of my garden boxes by about $30.00 or so due to the growth of 6 beautiful medium sized pumpkins!! I know, I know, Sean is proud of me!!! So here we are carving the beautiful things. Deanna and Weston came over and helped the kids create designs on each of their pumpkins. They even gave them the knives and let them do some of the carving.....which is a step that's been very hard for dear old mom to turn over to them.....but they each did a great job and we didn't even make one trip to the emergency room!! Yeah!!! My job was to roast pumpkin seeds...Yummy! The kids were so excited to do this...thanks for your help, Aunt Deanna and Uncle Weston!

Sean and Michelle in Hawaii, October 8-14th

Here we are back on the Island of Oahu. To the left Sean and I are on a boat headed out to snorkel with the Manta Rays (they are just like Sting rays but without the deadly stinger). It was a night dive/snorkel experience. The divers put a light on the bottom of the ocean floor to attract plankton. Then we all came out of the water to wait for an hour or so until the sun went down. Once it was nightfall we all suited up, divers with flashlights sitting on the bottom shining thier lights up and snorkelers on the top shining thier lights down. Then they came, several huge manta rays, mouths wide open doing back flips and coming within inches of Sean and I. They just kept flipping around in the beams of light to catch as much plankton as they could. It was beautiful!! On a side note, it was a bit wavy out and towards the end of the whole adventure, we were all getting a little Sea Sick. On the way back to the boat, Sean decided to give a little of his own "chum" to the fish, if you know what I mean! All in all, it was a great time!! Above middle, we are on the North Shore in Hawaii. Above right, we are near an active volcano near Kona. Thanks a million to my little sis, Deanna and her husband Weston, who took such good care of our children while we were gone!!!

Sean and Michelle in Hawaii, October 8-14th

Here we are in Hawaii, just loving it, so beautiful!! This is the island of Oahu, near Waikiki Beach. We also went to The Big Island of Hawaii and visited Kona, where every year they have the best of the best come to compete in Ironman Kona. Above is a picture of me with the first two Ironman ever!! The one on the right came up with the idea with a couple of thier buddies to have this race to see which one was the best!! And one Saturday afternoon they set out to do it!! Pretty cool stuff. That's where Ironman got its start! Above right is a picture of Chrissie Wellington, the winner in the Women's Pro group. She beat the old record by 30 seconds. At any point in the race, she can always be seen with a smile on her face! It was amazing to be there just 6 feet from the finish line. The crowds were going crazy for her!

October General Conference

My wonderful friend from Canada came down to see us and go to conference. It was so nice to see her again. I haven't seen her since my wedding!! We served together for 5 months in Argentina. That is practically unheard of!! We got to be the best of friends and it doesn't matter how much time passes, we still feel just as close. She has a daughter, Emily, that is close to Savannah's age and an older son, Austin, who Zach enjoyed playing with. We took some time out to go see President and Sister Lunt. It was so nice to visit again. Lynette is great! I just love her!!

Fall practices and games

Our fall season has been filled with football games and soccer games. Literally every Saturday either Danielle has a soccer game or Zach has a football game or both. Zach has made a total of 3 touchdowns so far! He is so excited when he makes one! It is fun to see the sweet little grin on his face as his teammates congratulate him. Danielle keeps getting better and better at soccer. She is a defender and helps prevent the opposing team from making many goals. This is her second year playing soccer and she loves it. Gabby and Savannah are thinking about playing basketball in a month.