So I wanted to do a long post about all our trips to Disney World, but since that still hasn't happened, I might as well do a bunch of little ones and maybe they will actually get done. We are so lucky to live so close to this very fun place. I am sure it will get old eventually, but not yet and the kids love it. We were very fortunate that Stuart got a very part time job there so he can get us in free a couple of times a year and one of sweet friends has helped us with our small obsession with going about once a month.
So I took Gracie on the
merry go round a year ago on my birthday, and she cried the whole time, I guess the moving horses were too much. I didn't get a picture because I was there alone, but it was pretty sad. But last month she said she wanted to go on it again, so we took her and you can see the big smiles. It doesn't hurt that it is right behind the castle, so she gets a pretty good look at that while riding the horses. Zach seems to like it too, so far.
Gracie has decided that Maxx would be her broom. Max is thrilled. Notice Mr. Zach standing up on his own with the help of Maxx.
We went to the Disney World Halloween party this year with Stuart's Mom. It was very fun, I wish we could have gone back another night, Gracie had so much fun watching all the action we didn't have time to take it all in.
Gracie was pretty excited about being a witch, all though of course we had to tell her that it was a princess witch. She caught on pretty quickly that if she said trick or treat she would get some candy. I sometimes wonder how long it is going to take for her to start talking, but candy is a pretty good motivator because by the end of the night she could say it and repeatedly asked us afterwards if she could go trick or treating. I am sure that a lot of kids are potty trained in the month of November because of all the excess candy around the house as incentive, of course we are still working on that. 
One of the reasons that we went to Utah was to bless Zach and my niece while we were all together. It was great to have our loved ones in the circle for Zach's blessing and he got through the whole thing without crying. It was also very neat because my brother was also able to be in the circle with Stuart and my Dad and brother-in-law, so it really was a great family experience. It really gives me an eternal perpective when I see all my immediate family there together. Plus the babies looked so cute in their white outfits, what more can you ask for.
Zach was pretty much done being in his white outfit, but Elly was all smiles as usual.
For some reason it is almost impossible to get Gracie to smile for us in a picture. She always looks so serious or sad. She really does smile, I promise.
