Vancouver

We had a great time last week on a family trip to Vancouver, British Columbia. We went to go see a close friend, Melissa Leonard, get married and the wedding was great. Then we spent Halloween there. We got to do some sightseeing in the city and the trees were so beautiful. I sometimes miss the change of seasons, so visiting somewhere where it actually felt like fall was a nice change. By the end of the cold and rainy week, however, I was ready to be back in SoCal. Here are lots of pictures:

At the Vancouver Aquarium looking at belugas Some dolpins... ...who were actually my kids:-) In a bubble looking at frogs Notice Ethan's hand under Annalisa's chin, trying to lift her head up for the picture Ethan looking at the jellyfish Turtles On a boat ride looking at the city Granville Island Public Island, where we ate a great lunchThe beautiful cityAt the Maritime Museum- notice that Ethan wanted to wear his pirate costume, even though this was the day AFTER Halloween- we thought it fit the day's activities... Captain steering the ship with his hook They had an actual boat dry-docked inside the museum Exploring the boat
Just outside the Maritime MuseumBig anchor with Vancouver in the background Our friend Reuben was a skeleton jesterHis dad Chris and his random costume Our little pirate princess outside of the Leonard's houseCaptain Hook and a pirate princess Inside a building in Ft. Langley, the first British trading center in Canada She liked the little rocking chair

We are now looking forward to Thanksgiving in St. George and then Salt Lake city for the week after that. I love vacations!

Cupcakes

Being pregnant has really made me lazy with my posting. We also just got back from a trip to Vancouver, which I will post about once I have all the pictures downloaded.

For now, here is something fun that we did to find out the sex of the baby. Now, let me just say that Cory wanted to wait the entire nine months to find out. Although that MIGHT have been fun, I'm just not that type of person. I NEED to know so I can mentally prepare. Boys and girls are very different...

Anyway, so I had the ultrasound technician write down on a slip of paper what the baby was and put it in a sealed envelope. Then I went to a local bakery and gave them the envelope. I told them to put either blue or pink frosting inside the cupcakes depending on what was written. Then we all went to a park and found out together that it is a...

Taking a bite

And the frosting inside was...

BLUE!!! We're having a boy!

The before shot. They were really good cupcakes...