Happy 19th Birthday, Evan

What better way to spend your 19th birthday than at Disneyland with your nieces and nephews! That is what Evan wanted to do, 3 weeks before going to Buenos Aires on his mission. Gavin and Elise went on the carousel with Uncle and liked the slower pace of the ride.
We got to see Hillary Miller doing her job for Disney. She is doing an externship with them for her degree at BYU. . .Disney is lucky to have a talented and dedicated person like her working with them.
Disneyland was decorated for Halloween in creative Disney style.
Here is the group,waiting to go on the ride at Splash Mountain. Ster's sister, Ashley, and her two children, Brooklyn and Liam, came to Disneyland with us. Ellie and Ethan enjoyed going on the Winnie the Pooh ride, but Ellie really liked the Matterhorn the best.
At the end of the evening, Disneyland had fireworks and a spooky Halloween program that was pretty spectacular. Gavin had just about had it and relaxed on Uncle's shoulders during the fireworks.

Fun (and some Home Depot "work") at Morro Bay

We went to Home Depot for some supplies and Gavin and Ellie got to do a kids project.
We took a walk to the Elfin Forest - it was a gorgeous day.

Ellie and Gavin enjoyed lunch out on the deck.

Uncle Evan played with the kids out on the beach. Ellie loved doing the "jump" picture.

Buy me some m'lade and Cracker Jack. . .

We all went to the Dodger Game the other night to watch the Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks, 4 - 2. Ed, Thera, John, Stephanie, and Nicholas came out for a dinner of Dodger dogs at our house, with Grammie and Grampie. And then we took off for the game. Gavin turned out to be quite a Dodger fan - or at least a fan of the food at the Dodger games. He is pictured above with his favorite - frozen lemonade (or as he calls it, m'lade).
We had great seats and came close to almost catching a ball.
Gavin and Aunt Thera found a #1 fan finger mit - Gavin really loved his first major league game.