Mini Golf

The weather here has been gorgeous! I don't know if I'd quite call it fall but for Florida I'm sure this is what fall means. The humidity has toned down way down and the highs have been in the mid 70's to low 80's. It's wonderful. This cooler weather makes my desire for the pool go down to about zero but my desire to play outside boosts to like a 10. So in order to have some outdoor time we headed out on Safari to mini-golf. I almost got like three holes-in-one but alas no luck! Jason shot one hole-in-one but no one was looking...so sad! Here are the pics...no actual golfing shots but lots of safari action. Enjoy.

See...we are wearing long pants, lovely weather.

It was as if she really was being eaten by a hippo, she was freakin' out that I put her in there. Ooops...I thought she would think it was fun.

I know this one is blurry but I liked it.

A Trip to the Zoo and....

Some friends have been asking to see the bump but rather it is lack of a bump. I promise I am pregnant. I heard the heartbeat and I saw the ultrasound. I went to the gym on Monday and thought I was looking particularly pregnant so I decided to snap a pic when I got home to document. And this is what I saw...

Pretty disappointing. So then I decided to "push it out" and this is what I got.

A little more impressive, isn't it? This is "my bump" at 15 weeks. I promise that is really me. Who would know right... I'll try to get one with my head in it someday. Well now for the zoo, probably what you really wanted to see.

The first Saturday of every month, the Naples Zoo is free for county residents. We didn't have anything going on...so Navie and I went to the zoo. I came home with about 7 pictures. The animals were mostly sleeping and they have a lot of glass to look through...not ideal for pictures or even seeing animals in the first place but anyway. We had a great time. We saw some snakes, gators, bears, and giraffes. There were more animals but these were the highlights.

This is the zoo keeper who actually feeds the alligators from her hand...yep she just tosses it in their mouths, after calling them by name and asking them to walk up onto the bank to get "their food." Pretty cool to watch but there is no way I could do it.

Halloween Sillibrations

As Halloween approached, I began to worry about trick or treating; seeing how as we live in an apartment complex, a rather grumpy apartment complex, I might add. Anyway, luckily we have great friends who live in a fabulous neighborhood with regular houses and kids. And they graciously invited us to trick or treat with them. I even got into the Halloween spirit and found myself a little costume.

Here are the pumpkins this year, complete with good old scented candles. Who knows where the pumpkin candles are. I asked Navie why she was bending over like this and she says "because it's like I'm getting a candy." She is filled with great ideas. Unfortunately only 3 suckers were taken when we got home or maybe fortunately, now I have some treats to eat.

Here is Navie all decked out and ready to hit the streets.

We went to a Halloween parade at the library on Monday. Pretty lack-luster but Navie still had fun dressing up.

We went to the ward Chili Cook Off and Halloween Carnival the Saturday before. Another good time.

I think Navie's favorite was her Fall Festival at school. Here she is with her teacher and her teacher's daughter. They dressed the same...pretty cute!

Don't forget the face painting.

I think she makes a cute little Izzy. I was very happy with the way the costume came together.

Rollin' with daddy. We had a glow in the dark pumpkin balloons...quite the hit. It was really fun!