Halloween Fun Fun and More Fun!

Sam had a preschool play date at the Irvine Railroad Park. Pumpkin picking, hay maze, bounce house and a train ride.

We started the tradition last year, where we take Sam to to Laguna Hills for rides, including a horse ride and right before we leave we pick out our pumpkins to bring home and carve. Sam loves it!

Two of Sam's best buds, Tyler Stover and Max Mullany.

One of Sam's favorite things to do at preschool, is riding trikes and even better when it's with all of his friends.

The motor development room at Sam's preschool.

For Sam's preschool I volunteered to help out on Orange Day (Halloween party.) We carved a pumpkin, had orange colored snacks and made pumpkin hats.

For our church Trunk or Treat Danno decided to do the shark theme, Sam and the car as sharks and Danno and I as the victims. We didn't have to ask Sam twice.

PCOM Round Two

It's Sam's second year at PCOM. He was so excited to see his friends again and meet his new teachers, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Freer.

My 4 year old Sam showing his latest super hero moves!

Water Attacks the Stromberg's House

In September we had noticed that there was this water pooling up in the cracks out front of our house. Then on the same day that California had a huge power outage, I noticed a pool of water in our garage. We called a plumber to come check on the problem, but because of this power outage he was stuck in traffic caused by non working traffic lights causing him to arrive at night when it was dark. So he and Dan using a flashlight walked around the house trying to access the situation. He turned off our water and left and did not return until the next day. We did not get our water back for several days. Adding to the pain of no water, they began to tear apart the house, leaving exposed beams, insulation, 7 fans and 5 dehumidifiers. That left the house at an inside temperature of over 90 degrees and loud noise, so we lived in our master bedroom with the door closed and went out for our meals.
Yes, it was a pain however we are very grateful for insurance that covered the majority of the $20,000! Oh yes, we did get new floors and some fresh paint! It's fun being a home owner.

Sam Does Soccer

Sam holding his most desired trophy! So proud of my Sam in his first sport and hoping for many more activities that make him happy and confident!

Coach Steve with the Orange Crush team: Campbell, Vinny, Jake and Sam.

Dan and I felt it was time to have Sam participate in a sport to see how he does and if he likes it. Well, he was stoked to buy all the cool soccer equipment and loved practicing with daddy. Then picture day and the first game came and we had tears. Once our little Sam needs to perform in front of others the shy wall comes up. When pictures were over we had a pep talk with him on the way over to the playing field and he seemed to feel a little better. Dan warmed up with him a bit and tried to show him how much fun it was going to be and then when the game started, he made the first goal!! Yay Sam!

As for the rest of the season, he was not the shark on the team instead he played the polite kid that felt it was rude to take the ball from others but at least he played hard.

Kate's Wedding

My beautiful niece Kate was married to her husband Matt in August in the Newport Temple. Gorgeous! Dan's mom and dad and Uncle Ted and Aunt Susan came for the wedding.

We had a fun and crazy ride to San Diego for some good bbq with them that no one will forget.

At Kate's wedding they made these adorable gift boxes for the little cousins and Sam thought he was in heaven playing with every cute thing wrapped inside. They also had a dance for all the married couples to see who had been married the longest and the results, both of Kate's grandparents!

Sam had a fun time with his cousin Samantha and Grandpa Bean as grandpa took them on a tour of his College-UVU. Grandpa has been a Accounting Professor there for over 30 years!

Grandpa LOVES fishing and his grand kids, so what better thing to do than to take his grandkids fishing. We went to Mirror Lake in American Fork Canyon and each kid was able to catch a fish! Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for putting it all together!

Cousins!

Sam gets a lot of attention when we go to Utah. After visiting with my family for awhile, we visited Dan's parents. Grandma Stromberg took Sam to Hogle Zoo, which brought back a flood of memories for me. The day got better as grandma took mommy to Costa Vida, a treat for me, since I only get to eat there when I visit Utah. But then we topped it off with a visit to the Sweet Tooth Fairy! We had so much fun! Thanks Grandma!

A few random shots of Sam playing with his dad's old car mat that Grandma Stromberg made and Sam posing with Grandma's necklaces from different islands she's visited. Crazy boys and their ideas of silly and cool! Left-right: Tristan, Sam, Liam and Luke.

A must for me when I come home to Utah is to have breakfast in the canyons with the family, a tradition my Grandpa Johnson started. So we went to Provo Canyon for Pioneer day and began celebrating. A few random shots of the family. Just missing Danno and my sister Ashley and her husband Jordan.

The kids decided they needed to go on an adventurous hike. It started with a few ninja moves and then climbing the dangerously tall table and finally the tallest tree. When climbing the tree, they felt it necessary their picture be taken to mark how brave they were. Koala Sam.

Here are two pictures of Sam's cousins. The first, Sam screaming! The second, all is well now that he gets to hold his Baby Cousin Josie's hand. Crazy child!! I also love the look that Mia is giving Baby Josie. Little boys can be CRAZY, SILLY and this was there idea of fun! They repeatedly came to me asking me to take a picture of them, each time getting a little messier.

Rain or shine, we were determined to find a little FREE water park fun for the kiddos. We finally ran into a cute park near Herriman.

It was a must on my list that we stop by the replica house of "UP!" It was pretty cool.

Last minute fun before it all ends and it's time for us to say our goodbyes. Grandpa Bean and Uncle Tom took us to Cabelas. We had a pajama party and we went to a fun bounce house!