Thanksgiving Fun!!

Relaxing with Great-grandma Heaton. =)

Chowing down next to cousin Mary. More, more . . .(she does this constantly in sign language.)

Halloween

Aaron dressed up as Prince Charming for work. Some of his customers thought he was a bell hop.
Rachel getting ready to help Mommy pass out candy.

Rachel was the cutest bumblebee on the planet!

Rachel's Walking . . .

Carving Pumpkins

Aaron did the scary face, and mine's the dorky one. =)

Rachel's 1st Birthday!

Rachel enjoyed tasting her presents as much as she did opening them.

Rachel's eyes lit up when she tasted the frosting. She gave me a look that said, "You've been holding out on me!"

What a great gift for a 1 year old--My First BYU Book!

Aaron made and decorated the cake. In case you can't tell, it's frosted green for grass, blue for a pond, with a rubber ducky swimming in the pond. Rachel loves duckies--thus his inspiration.

Rachel loves sitting face forward in the car now. She gets to see all the action.

Disneyland

Aaron works for Wells Fargo, and this year, they had a recognition event at Disneyland for their Desert Mountain region. We spent Friday at the recognition events, and Saturday was party time in Disneyland!

Fun in Toontown!!

Rachel was busy most of the day looking at all the interesting characters walking around. Rachel was fascinated by Minnie & Mickey's noses.

New York City

For the second part of our trip, we took the train to NYC. Here we are in front of the Labor Day parade on the streets of Manhattan. The next day, Sunday, we went to the Manhattan 1st ward for church. Mitt Romney was there, too. His son is in that ward and was blessing his baby son that day.

Our carriage ride around Central Park

Lady Liberty from the window of our harbor cruise boat.

Manhattan skyline minus the twin towers. Our tour guide said the WTC was twice as high as these buildings here.

Rachel rode around Manhattan in this backpack. What a nice life! We had to walk . . .She's waiting to take the harbor cruise.

The New York Public Library. Look familiar? Ghostbusters, The Day After Tomorrow . . .etc. We also saw the Broadway show Wicked, which was incredible. Unfortunately, due to a downpour caused by Hurricane Hanna, we did not take any pictures.

Times Square