las vegas baby!

ok, once again i have slacked in the blog department. yes, we have been so busy, i don't even know where to start. things have been very busy in october. we have really been trying to keep up with all the activities the kids have. we began october with a day trip to yucaipa for heather, jason, and ashlyn's good-bye party/ashlyn's first birthday party. bryan was busy at school, so just me and the kids headed up. the party was great and we had a ton of fun. then, on thursday, heather, jason, ashlyn, and grandma came down for a quick trip. bryan was giving heather a dental check up before they move to hawaii. we spent the day sewing halloween costumes and watching cypress high school volleyball. friday they headed back to yucaipa and we got ready for conference weekend.

here is where i found grace playing that week.

saturday and sunday were great. i thought conference was excellent and i loved the focus on families. i felt like i learned so much.

bry captured these two videos of gracie with her leap pad on sunday after conference. she got some new books for her birthday and she just loves that thing. we hear her singing along all the time. she cracks us up. my favorite is... 'i whack it on my wood blocks!' she says that all the time!





last week was busy as well. we had things to do everyday and to top it off grace and raegs got sick. yuk! fortunately, they got better before our trip to las vegas for the byu/unlv game.

friday afternoon we headed up to las vegas. we stayed with pam and dan and so did aaron and 7 friends. friday we relaxed and hung out. saturday we got ready for the game. bryan and sarah had a water gun fight leaving both of them dripping!



grace and raegs just played outside waiting for aaron and his friends to wake up (12:00 in the afternoon is when that happened... mom called bry and forced him to wake up aaron!)




that night, pam and dan stayed with grace and raegs during the game and took them to the pumpkin patch and then to sarah's soccer game. we had a ton of fun at the game. byu won 24 - 14 and it was a blast!





the cheese heads sitting by us.... at the end they started chanting 'go packers' i had to agree... i added... 'go brett!' we love the packers and brett favre!


early sunday morning, we got up to head down to yucaipa for a small family reunion. paul was visiting from kansas on business, taylor came down from byu, and heather was still getting ready to move to hawaii. it was the last time all the horspool kids would be together for at least 2 years. matt has put in his mission papers and we should hear something soon! we started out with church, then a big dinner and just hanging out. mom and dad horspool wanted some pictures with all their children, so they had a nice little photo moment. i will post those pictures as soon as we get them, but they turned out great! here is a picture with some of the grandkids that were there for the reunion. we miss natalie and her kids! and jason too!


today, heather left for hawaii. they are officially gone and we hope they join us on the mainland soon. or maybe... we should visit them!