Disneyland

Jason and I took a roadtrip to Anaheim, CA to visit Disneyland for Halloween weekend. Since deciding to relocate to Indianapolis in December 09, we felt we should take advantage of our season passes to the park while we can. The decorations for Halloween were really cool, especially at the haunted mansion, tower of terror, space mountain, and down main street. California Adventure park had a candy corn theme that was really neat too. It was beautiful and 85 degrees the whole weekend. Here are some of my favorite pictures from our trip.

Tinkhams Gone Wild

Gary, Ali, and Lauren came out to stay with us for the weekend! As usual, we had a full itinerary planned. We went to Westgate (an area of shops and restaurants close to our house) to eat at Margaritaville. Had the best cheeseburger EVER! We also took a roadtrip up to the Grand Canyon. Its about a four hour car ride. Jason and I have been there several times since living in Arizona but this was the first time we had been there on a clear, warm day. No hail, snow, rain, or fog.... so we actually got to see the Canyon and the Colorado River!
In front of the fountains at Westgate in Glendale:


Mr. and Mrs. Skinner


The Grand Canyon:










On Sunday morning we woke up early to go hiking a few minutes away from our house at Thunderbird Park.





Look how little Lauren looks!

Carving Pumpkins

It really doesn't feel much like fall here in Arizona (or any season for that matter, except summer) with it still being over 100 degrees during the month of October. Trust me, I'm not complaining though, I am the first one to go to the pool! We decided to carve some pumpkins to get into the Halloween spirit. Here is one of Heinz and I as I was gutting the pumpkin. I did not realize that he had ingested several pumpkin seeds at this point until we noticed his fur was orange around his mouth.


The finished product- I carved a saguaro to represent!



Dakota and Heinzy- Precious!!!