It's been a while since I've blogged, though I have had several things I have wanted to write about. Since my last post we have been watching Joy down in Tustin while Matt, Kay and Brett were in Jerusalem for about a week and a half. Just the boys and I went down since Jared is hard at work. We spend our days riding bikes around the Goodmans' culdesac, wrapping up our Halloween activities and spending the last several days at the beach.
We went to two trunk-or-treats. First to the Goodman's ward where Joy was a Chilean Miner, Ethan a Train Conductor and Tanner a puppy. We enjoyed chili and hot dogs, Ethan walked in the parade, and went trick-or-treating from car to car. Ethan was amazing that night and really enjoyed himself. He didn't even eat one piece of candy.
The next day we went back to LA to meet up with Jared for the weekend. While there we went to our ward trunk-or-treat which was really nice. They put in so many hours creating carnival games, a really nice dinner and decked the cultural hall with a huge spider web and other fancy decorations. I was very impressed! Sunday, Halloween day, we went to church and made caramel apples in the evening with almonds and heath topping. They were amazing! I'm not a huge caramel apple fan but these apples had a sparkling cider taste to them. Mom practiced throughout the week and taught us all her skills. Ethan passed out candy to the few trick-or-treaters in the evening.
At the end of the week we went to Newport Beach and spent a few days at a friend's beach house. It has eight bedrooms with three floors on the ocean front. The master bedroom has an amazing view that looks out onto the ocean. It felt like a mini vacation - it would be a dream to have a beach house like that. Every morning we watched the sunrise at the kitchen table while drinking hot chocolate. One morning Dad, Tanner and I took a walk along the beach during sunset. In the mornings the tide was high but in the afternoons the tide was so low we could almost go to the end of the jetty. I love low tide. There were thousands of shells with little critters still in them and we had fun searching for crabs in the rocks.
One afternoon Jack - Molly Marquis' little boy - came over to play, and he and Ethan became quick friends. It was so nice they played so well and had so much fun. We played chase in the water, built castles, watched a movie and played in the sand while Mom and Suzie quilted. While playing in the water with Joy one afternoon Ethan lost his shovel, and after looking for it for a few minutes Ethan looks down at the water and says, "water, don't take my shovel!" And boy was he serious. Luckily, later in the day when the tide was low we found it again. We played with the Brooks boys a few times as well. The days were filled with sand activities and usually ended with Yogurtland. What more could you ask for?
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