Bisbee

This weekend we went on a family field trip. Okay we didn't really call it that but I think that's what it should be called because that's what it felt like. It was a day a way from the house and having to cook and clean and do the same old stuff. So to me it was a field trip. Anyways, We took a trip down to Bisbee to see the mines. Before going on the tour of the mine Hubby had mentioned that there was a hot dog place that sold the best hot dogs ever. After searching and searching we finally found it. It really did have the best hot dogs and chili cheese fries also. After lunch we headed back to the mine to go on a tour. With this tour you have get to wear a lovely yellow coat, a miners hat, and a big flashlight. Even with all that stuff it was still a lot of fun. When we arrived we got the usual comments of "wow you have a lot of kids". And the looks from people who were probably thinking "great we have to go with this loud group". However by the end we had people come up and tell us how well behaved our children are. I was very proud of my kids for being so good during the whole tour. The kids loved being able to have flashlights hooked up to them. Lil' Bro. didn't have a flashlight but he still loved just looking around. The Baby slept almost the entire time which was really nice although he was getting really heavy or at least that's what Hubby said because he was holding him almost the whole time.  After Bisbee we headed to Douglas to find the family cemetery of my great grandparents. It was a crazy to try and find the cemetery because the only directions we had were written in 1973 and a lot of the names of ranches had been changed since them. But with a little luck we were able to find it. Finding the cemetery was amazing it has been the families since 1906 and although I don't personally know anybody buried there it was nice to think of them all as family.

Me and the kids

John and the 2 oldest boys

The family after the tour

My great-grandmothers headstone

my great-grandfathers headstone

my great-great-grandparents headstone. She was born on the same day as me.

The best hot dog place ever.

2 months old

In November The Baby turned 2 months old. He is such a cute little guy. He loves to smile and "talk" to everyone.  At his well child check he weighed 15lbs. and was 23 inches long. He loves his Sissy, she is able to calm him down by just holding him which is such a help to me. On Sissys' birthday he was blessed at church by his dad. It was a great day.

Sissys' Baptism

In November Sissy turned 8. She was so excited that she was finally old enough to be baptized. She had lots of cousins and grandparents come down and spend the special day with her. I am so proud of her and the choice that she made to be baptized.

Halloween

This year for Halloween Sissy got to chose the theme of what we would all be for it. She of course chose the theme of princesses. She wanted the boys to also dress up as princesses but I thought that it might be just too cruel for the boys so they went as knights instead.  Lil' Bro. went as a dragon and The Baby went as a baby.

This was the first year that we have ever gone to the Tucson Zoo for some trick-or-treating. It was a lot of fun and the kids got a lot of candy and other stuff. My sister and brother were there with their families as well as my mom and dad. I really believe that my family are the only ones who celebrate Halloween as a family. 

Unfortunately Halloween was on a Sunday so the kids were not able to go trick-or-treating around town, however,  the school had a carnival that Saturday and we were able to take the kids to that. This year they had lots of games that the kids could play and they had a haunted horse carriage ride. We had a lot of fun this year and like always the kids are already planning out what to wear next year.

All the grandkids at the zoo

The boys favorite picture

The family ready for Halloween