Forks Twilight Slide Show

Twilight in Forks

I went home for 2-1/2 weeks and while I was there I made the whole fam bundle up and join me on an expedition to Forks so I could see Twilight sights and get souvenirs for all my Twilight-obsessed friends at home. So we all went (Ayris, Amric, Tyler, Mom, and the kids) with Amric hum-bugging all the way there. We got to the Chamber of Commerce which has a Bella-Red truck in the front and is totally decked out in Twilight style. It was great. I got bumper stickers and Forks Twilight maps. Then a photographer from The Olympian asked if he could follow us around while we took pics of the town. Of Course!! It was awesome and made me so excited. We went to "Bella's" house and then drove over by the Police Station and then to the "Cullen's" house. Then we headed to Forks High School, Home of the Spartans! We took pics of the front and of course the parking lot. We then headed out to La Push and First Beach which was breathtakingly beautiful. I loved every second of it. I'm adding some pics. When I get another second I'll blog about the psycho in the La Push convenience store. Here's the link to our pics in The Olympian, courtesy of Tyler.
http://www.theolympian.com//localgallery/gallery/670329.html

Turkey Trot 5K

Mindy & I ran the Turkey Trot 5K on Saturday down at the Las Vegas Outlet Center. There were lots of people, I think 385 ran the timed 5K. We finished at the same time, both setting new PRs at 26:40. It was really fun. We were 4/5 out of the F25-29 division and 74/75 out of everyone. And today we are so sore!!

Honorable Mention!!

I entered Pax into the BYU Halloween Costume Contest and she got an Honorable Mention. I'm so excited!!!! Happy Halloween everyone!!!! Here's the link and the picture.

http://www.byubookstore.com//mainstore/Halloweenwinners/winner.htm

Why Is It Square?

I need to vent....Does anyone else have problems with the square milk jugs? I absolutely cannot pour milk out of it w/o spilling it on the counter. It drives me crazy!! I can't figure out why my milk jug had to change, dang you Costco!!

Halloween

OK So it's October. Already. And I have no idea what to do for costumes. Do I reuse last year's? Pooh still fits Vaughn and he seems much more friendly with the idea than he did last year (Disneyland temper tantrum anyone?!). Gage could wear the the Piglet costume that Pax donned last year and I have a BYU cheerleading outfit Pax wears around. Hmmmmm.... Or I was thinking something more existential. Like the 3 states of matter. Like Vaughn could be ice, Pax water, and Gage steam. Too abstract? Maybe, but it would be memorable. But how would I do it? Ideas??? I like the idea of dressing them up as something that comes in threes. What do you think?

It's Been A While

Gage is 5 months old today!! Craziness! And he is in 12 month clothing! Besides that, not much going on here. Just being a Mom!! Sean is studying for his next CPA test section so I'm a single mother for the next 3 weeks. I just wanted to post. Hopefully tomorrow when I wake up I'll have something to write about. Hmmmm....

P.S. The picture is one I just found on the computer from when Vaughn spent May up in Washington.

It's Been A While

Labor Day Weekend

Baby Gage: My Little Narcissus

So this is my Gage. He is 4 months old now! He is my little Superman! He weighs in at 18 pounds. His big sis Pax is only 22. Here he is checking himself out in his little baby mirror.

Whitney says...

So Whitney says I need a blog. She's right, I do. So here it is....This is us. The Larkins. There are 5 of us now. We are Sean, Apryl, Vaughn (3), Pax (18 mo.) & Gage (4 mo.). Today has been a day. My poor baby Vaughn has not been feeling well, and so today has been the day of diarrhea. Diarrhea is gross. I am really tired. It is the end of the day and so I apologize if this doesn't make any sense. I promise to fix it tomorrow.

Ciao!
Apryl

Baby Gage

Gage Wentworth Larkin was born at 10:19 pm on May 01, 2008. He weighed 8 lbs. 10 oz. and he was 21 inches long. He is absolutely beautiful!! Vaughn loves 'baby gage' and Pax just seems annoyed. She is acting much like Vaughn did when we brought Pax home. It's a full house with 3 kids. Sean and I look at each other and laugh trying to figure out how we got here so fast.
I love newborns!! Their skin is so soft and they smell, well like newborns. I'm really trying to savor this one since I'm pretty sure it is my last.