Trunk -or- Treat

Happy Halloween!!

Saturday night our ward had a Trunk-or-Treat. It was a lot of fun. Malaya apparently wanted to be a witch for Halloween... she kept sealing the hat from the table next to us and running off with it on her head. The kids did a little parade around the gym and up onto the stage. When it was Malaya's turn, she got to the middle of the stage and tripped... then got up and waved to everyone and everyone laughed... ooops! :) After some Chili we headed out side for the candy. Malaya didn't really understand what was going on, but loved running all over the parking lot with the kids. Their was a family that brought their 20ft haunted trailer that was decked out with strobe lights and people in masks. It was a lot of fun and a great turn out.

Carving Pumpkins

Last Sunday we invited my family over to carve pumpkins and my mom and I made caramel popcorn. Yum!

Even Malaya got to join in on the fun and had her own little pumpkin. Then we gave Grandma a sneak peek of Malaya's costume...
Afterwards it was time for a bath...
and this is what I found when I went to check on Daddy and Malaya :)

Malaya- 16 months

I can't hardly believe my little monkey is 16 months old!
Malaya is so full of life and has so much energy. She is always running all around the house and getting into (and on top of) everything she can find. A few words she has recently added to her vocabulary are: dog, cow, cheese, movie, more, knock knock, car, and horse. She can also point to animals in her books and make all the animal sounds. She can count to three and loves to watch Barney and the Dinosaur Train. She loves playing hide-n-seek and making forts with daddy. Malaya loves hearing the train go by and always makes a train sound while moving her arms up and down. So Cute! We love our sweet Malaya!

Night night time!

Malaya has recently made a transition from this: TO THIS!!! Let's just say...it was not my choice to have her make this transition at only 16 months old.... but she had figured out how to climb out and make it into our room for three nights in a row.... so we had no choice. Usually Malaya is a really good sleeper and will sleep the whole night no problem.... but not any more!! UGH! I even bought her a pillow cover with Buzz Lightyear (her favorite character from Toy Story) but she wants nothing to do with her new bed. We have been trying to read her some books and get her used to a routine but it has been really hard to get her to stay in bed. We have had two successful nights so far (out of 2 WEEKS!) but I am not giving up... she will learn to like her bed and that's that! :)

What we've been up to this Summer...

We went to McCall, Idaho for Greg's family reunion. We had a blast and it was great to get away from work and life's daily stresses. We had condos close to the lake and Malaya loved every bit of it. The weather was great and hanging at the beach was very relaxing. We also went rafting down the Salmon river in Riggins, Idaho. It was a lot of fun... and Grandma and Grandpa volunteered to watch Malaya while we went... thanks guys! We had lots of yummy food and water sports as well.

That same weekend just happened to be our
SIXTH anniversary!
Greg got me a nice set of snorkels and fins and we went exploring around the lake....okay... so we didn't see anything great cuz the water was pretty murky, but it was the thought that counts and we still had fun :)
Happy anniversary babe! I love you!

We also took a trip down to Stanley, Idaho for my family reunion. We traveled about 10 1/2 hours to get there... but we had a good time and it was great to see family that we hadn't seen in years. A big shout out to my cousin Jessica for putting the whole thing together. THANKS JESSICA! We spent 3 nights camping, eating, swimming, fishing, roasting marsh mellows, and playing games. We also went to the hot springs and took a trip to Ghost town (an old mining town that was abandoned after the mine shut down and was now turned into a self guided museum). We had a lot of fun and Malaya loved every minute of it. Unfortunately I forgot my camera battery so I only got a few shots with my phone. The picture on the right was our last day... Malaya was so worn out. I tried to keep her clean before the long car ride home... but as you can see I was unsuccessful. Oh well, that's the joy of camping. :)

What we've been up to this Summer... (part 2)

We have spent many Summer days at different parks. Downtown Spokane has a fun carousel ride and Malaya loves it. We also have a brand new park close to our house that has a splash pad and tons of cool toys. Malaya loves to swing and go down the slides. She loves seeing all the kids and saying "Hi" to everyone.

We have also gone on lots of Sunday walks...
of course after our Sunday naps... if we can get one.

This was at our ward picnic. Malaya ate pretty much the whole ice cream cone and lots of watermelon. It was a huge mess- but at least she was happy... right?

We have a nice family that lives below us and their kids are always outside playing. Alexa, who is 3 and just adores Malaya and is so sweet to her, and Manuel, who is 5 and loves to show Malaya his bike and scooter. They invited us to a fiesta, which was a joint birthday party for their kids at the park. Turns out we were the only Caucasian family that attended... can we say awkward?? Oh well, Malaya had fun and they even let her hit the pinata :)

We had a fun and busy summer- and of course it went by way to fast!

WARNING: BLOG OVERLOAD

It has been a while... and much has happened, so sorry for all the postings at once :)

Last week we went to River Front Park.
Malaya had a blast walking all around and chasing the ducks.

There is also a big water attraction there and of course we couldn't keep Malaya out of it. We didn't plan on getting her wet.... but she loved it, and screamed every time we walked away so we let her play.

Eventually she just ended up in her diaper because all her clothes were soaked.

Malaya with her daddy going down the big red wagon slide

Just too many cute pictures to choose only one...