My sister surprised me with tickets to Thriller a couple of weeks ago and last night was the big night. I had such a great time!! This could possibly be my favorite Halloween activity I have done for a long time. The dancing was incredible. It really made me miss dancing. I am so glad I got to go to an outdoor performance of this show because it really added to the effect of the whole thing. I cannot wait to go back again next year!
Last night we went and picked out our pumpkins and decided instead of carving this year we would try painting them. We had so much fun doing this especially Talon. I don't know which he liked better though painting the pumpkin or himself! I got plenty of pictures during the process of decorating but of course did not get a picture of the end results. Mine was a spider, Josh did a mummy and Talon just make pretty designs. We love all these Halloween activities and have a whole bunch lined up for this week. Please excuse the mostly naked child in the pictures below. We don't usually have him walk around this way.
Talon loves to try on everyones shoes so when I pulled out some of my boots he just had to try those too.
Cabo was so amazing!! We were so glad that we picked to come here for our trip and to enjoy an all inclusive resort for a full week. Child free! By the way a HUGE thanks to my mom and sister for watching Talon for us. On our trip we enjoyed hanging out by the pools and the ocean, going into Cabo San Lucas and waverunning and shopping, taking a beach hopping tour and going snorkeling, more shopping, meeting new people, watching shows, and soooo much more!! My top three favorite things were: going snorkeling, we saw dolphins and a lot of really cool fish. Visiting the flea market and doing shopping there. You could really barter what price you wanted to pay so we ended up getting some great deals on a lot of things. The food and drinks were another favorite of mine. Since all the food and drinks were included with our stay we definitely enjoyed our share. We tried a lot of new foods and enjoyed all the free drinks (virgin, of course) we wanted! Josh's three favorite things were: waverunning. He loved watching me and how much fun I was having and he loved it because it reminded him of riding a motorcycle on water. He liked the night shows the hotel offered. They put on a singing dancing show and they were fun entertainment. His third favorite was that we got to celebrate a Mexican holiday while we were there. It was their independence day so the day was full of activities and food and games. One of both of our favorite things was the last night we were there we took a walk on the beach and saw a giant sea turtle sitting right there on the beach. It was so cool!! There were so many wonderful memories made here and I miss everything about it. We would love to come back here someday and would recommend this kind of trip to anybody looking to relax and have a fun time!!! 
This was the view from our room
This is the view from one of the 6 restraunts at the hotel
This kind of thing was pretty common there
This family played and sang and danced in the middle of the shopping center.
Inside one of the flea markets
A mariachi band walked around playing at the hotel on Independence Day
This donkey wearing a sombrero was another part of the holiday festivities.
This was right before our snorkeling adventures.
The ever famous arch at Cabo. 
This is a colony of sea otters that just chill here all day
Josh loved playing in the ocean. I loved to watch him. The ocean was a little rough here for me.
This is the sea turtle that was outside our hotel by the beach.
An amazing sunrise on our last day there.
***Since we have been home there has been nothing but craziness for a week straight. Talon had surgery on his belly button hernia. The surgery went very well and he is healing up just great. We have all taken a turn getting the flu which has been no fun! So now I am looking forward to getting back to normal life again.
We have been having so much fun and have been so busy lately. Just a few of those things we have been doing include: a demolition derby, camping, swimming, a couple of birthday's, a girl's trip to Vegas, family moving into town, Josh and Becky both starting school, and finally getting ready for our trip to Cabo in just TWO days!! Whew! So much in so little time. It would of been fun to blog about each one of these things but I have a hard time doing that when I don't have pictures to include with it. Luckily my sister is letting me borrow her camera for our trip coming up so I will have loads of pictures to share when we return.
Below are some pictures of Talon my sister took a little while back and I thought I would share some. You will notice in some of the picutres his bottom lip is a little bit swollen. He fell of a camp chair and bit through his bottom lip. Poor guy! I love these pictures because his personality come out in them so much. He is definitely a cheese ball for the camera but he also has an attitude. We sure love that boy!!
We love summer around here! Despite the scorching heat here, most days we still find things to do that make summer so much fun. We go swimming in our little blow up pool as often as we can. And just recently we went to Gunlock reservoir and had a campfire by the water. This is one of my favorite summer traditions to do. We just sit by the fire and talk and laugh and eat those delicious roasted marshmallows and other roasted goodies. Talon loved playing in the rocks and dirt and kept wanting to jump right into the water. Hopefully we will make it back there before Summer is gone. And hopefully I will find a working camera to take many more pictures too.
