Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

Melissa missed her kitties, so she was happy to have purring snuggles again.  Melissa is keeping up the tradition of family costumes displaying her craftiness.  This year we are from Disney's Moana (using movies that are a few years old also seems to be a family tradition).  Andy=Maui sharkhead, Melissa=island goddess Te fiti, Hannah=Moana, Finley=Tamatoa crab, Lilian=Pua the pig Halloween party at Mallory Lyman's for playschool activity. Lilian getting buff at Flytz Gymnastics class Grandpa Jack likes to rake the lawn almost every day during the fall.   Once he had a truck full, he called Melissa and took the kids out to dump them.  Everyone had fun in the leaf pile. Family Halloween started on Thursday the 28th at the USU trunk or treat. No carnival this year, just a quick walk through the parking lot.  Friday we painted/carved out pumpkins.  Hannah's Heihei chicken.  Lilian's Kakamora (coconut warriors), Melissa might have helped a little....

We stayed at the Gaylord Grand Ole Opry Resort in Nashville.  It was all decorated for Halloween.  We had lots of fun exploring the resort.  My conference was good (8-1) each day so we had plenty of time to play in the afternoons.  The resort has a beautiful big atrium lots to see and do.  Finn was having a tough day after our first night.  When I got back from my conference I scooped him up and we went exploring.  That is why he doesn't have any shoes on.  This trip taught me that he and I get along best when on the move.  We walked without speaking anything more than, "up the stairs" or "turn here" for 5 minutes and that was enough to let us both clear our heads and start communicating.  The resort also has a big indoor/outdoor waterpark.  There were two lazy rivers.  We spent about 4.5 hours there one afternoon, it was great.  The twins and I went up 4 flights of stairs to ride the tube slide and at the top the attendan...