Trunk or Treat

On the Saturday before Halloween, our ward had a trunk-or-treat. First they had games and activities inside and then we went outside for treats. Addison had a blast. The last picture is Addison with his primary teachers, Brother and Sister King. He thinks they're the coolest - and they are.

Treasures We Find At Goodwill

We went to the Goodwill in Pacific Grove the other day and found some treasures. I got a Santa Cruz t-shirt and some running shorts and Addison found a C3P0 costume. Sure, it's a little small, but we had never seen a C3P0 costume before. I washed it 3 times and now he's wearing it as much as he can before it will absolutely not fit over his body anymore.

Addison Dancing

Addison likes to boogie. These are a few of his best moves!

Earthquake!

Did you hear about the earthquake? It measured 5.6 on the Richter scale and we felt it at our house. I guess it was only a matter of time. I mean, we're in California now, right? I was reading to Addison just before bed and I felt things shaking. I said something to Addison and it scared him, so I convinced him (and myself) that it was just a really strong wind. Then I got a text from Ellen asking if I felt the earthquake. It was one of the biggest they've ever had on that particular fault. Pretty crazy.

Homework at the Beach

On Tuesday we were going to go to the farmer's market, but had some time to kill between school and the farmer's market opening, so we decided to go to the beach to do Addison's homework while we waited. Addison finished his homework and started playing in the water and, of course, the farmer's market was forgotten. He started out practicing his Karate Kid crane technique in the water with the strict warning that he was not to get his clothes wet because he had nothing to change into. Yeah, right. One big wave was all it took to get him drenched and then he was jumping in and under the waves. While we were there, four or five jellyfish washed up onto the beach. It was really cool to see them. I never have before. A woman at the beach told us that every once in a while thousands of jellyfish will wash up, and apparently now is one of those times.

Singing at the Mall

Last week was National Family Week (or something like that)and the stake primary here sings at the festivities that they have at the mall every year. First all of the primary children sang and then the Tongan branch that meets in our building had a choir that sang. It was so awesome! The missionaries were there and lots of people stopped to listen to both the primary kids and the Tongan branch. The primary kids were, of course, darling and did a great job, but you should have heard the Tongan branch choir. They were amazing! They sang hymns acapella in Tongan and it was really incredible.

Running Trail

This is one of the trails I run. It's so pretty! What do you think, Dean and Erin?