10/1/2016

We started off our last full day in Utah at Kolob Canyons in the north part of Zion National Park. We had a nice picnic and then hiked the Timber Creek Overlook trail. The read cliffs of Kolob Canyon were beautiful.

Later in the afternoon we went back to the south part of Zion to watch a ranger talk. This let the boys earn their Junior Ranger badges for Zion, to go along with their ones from Bryce Canyon.

We finished off the day with our cousin’s evening wedding at a resort a little bit outside of Zion. Congratulations Vanessa and Kadier!

10/2/2016

On the way back to California, we stopped by Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas, which we got into free because of our Legoland annual passes. Free was about what it was worth.

Aliciana and I both noticed, before mentioning it to each other, that the women wax figures were particularly unrealistic. The boys had fun but thought the figures were a little weird.

I don’t recommend paying to see Madame Tussauds. At least it gave us a break in the middle of our day of driving.

10/8/2016

10/8/2016

The face close-ups are courtesy of Connor.

10/15/2016

Eddie, Sally, Kristel, Junior, Lydia, and Hector joined us at Connor’s soccer game to cheer him on.

10/15/2016

10/16/2016

We went to the Discovery Cube to check out the new exhibit about our favorite pizza eating giant turtles.

10/17/2016

10/22/2016

10/22/2016

10/29/2016

10/29/2016

Gavin pitching some strikes:

10/30/2016

We visited the San Diego History Center’s special exhibit celebrating 100 years of the zoo: The Lore Behind the ROAR. The exhibit was filled with lots of interesting history about the San Diego Zoo and its animals. The boys enjoyed dressing up as zoo keepers and learning about what the animals eat.

10/31/2016

I had the day off, so I got to enjoy the Halloween parade at school, as well as the class parties for Connor and Gavin. The kids looked so cute in their costumes.

This year Connor was Optimus Prime and Gavin was a banana. Connor’s teacher, Mrs. Flinn, was Poppy from Trolls, and Gavin’s teacher, Ms. Namdar, was a bucket filler.