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This year my boys came up with a plan for their costumes. They wanted to be Mario and Luigi so badly. They pleaded with Chloe for weeks for her to be Princess Peach. The boys tried everything to get her to want to be Peach. Chloe wanted to be Alice in Wonderland. She fell in love with Alice during the Electrical Parade for some reason. Chloe is POSITIVE that Alice waved to her and is her friend. Anyway, after multiple promises were made Chloe agreed to be Princess Peach. Remember, Shauna doesn't sew. We hunted for costumes. No luck.

Plan B. Quick, find what you can. We did find an Alice in Wonderland costume at the Disney store for Chloe. Chloe was not impressed with the quality. She was disappointed. So she picked cheerleader instead. Oh goodie. Derek picked Lightening McQueen's pit crew guy costume. Cute cute. That left Preston. Hmmm. He didn't want to be anything. He thought everything was "cheesy" and "lame." Finally, he said he would be a pirate. Then he saw the costumes and said no thanks. Preston said he wanted to be a hobo. I thought yes. Easy! So I got some mismatched old clothes and told him I would cut holes in them and paint them (to make them look dirty). Preston said, "No way mom. That is embarrassing. I'm not going to wear dirty holey clothes that don't match." Uh, what did he think a hobo was? Preston then informed me he just wanted to wear hobo gloves (cool, trendy, fingerless gloves) and regular clothes. Uh, no. That is NOT a costume. I then convinced him to be a rocker....AXL ROSE. Oh yeah baby! Next year, he doesn't get to pick anymore. I will just pick for him. This year was a pain with him. Argh. Doug catered a party on Halloween. Here are some pictures:

Uncle Christopher joined the Navy and he and his family moved away from Las Vegas. They are now living in South Carolina. Sara sent us a really cute picture of the two of them after Christopher graduated from Boot Camp. Now we will have to become pen pals with Uncle Christopher, Aunt Sara, Naomi, and Noah. Another pen pal we have had lately is Corey DeMille. Cory is a friend of Doug's from Utah. Doug was his drummer for awhile and they recently "found" each other on facebook. Corey is currently a medic in Afghanistan. Preston, Chloe, and Derek get so excited when Corey posts pictures on facebook. They all gather around the computer while Doug tells them about each picture. They even want to send Corey some of their old clothes for him to give out to the children there.

Derek got to ride the school bus! Hip hip hooray! No joking, in my household, this is INCREDIBLE my friends. School bus trips are not to be messed with. Derek was sick (shh don't tell) but he was NOT going to miss the chance to ride the bus. No way! Not my little guy. He toughened up so he could go. I don't think it even would matter to my kids where they went on the bus. As long as they got to go on a bus ride they'd be happy. Maybe I should buy a bus and sell rides on it to little kids after school. Oh, I guess that's what public transportation is for, dang it.
Anyway, Derek's class went to the pumpkin patch. Doug packed me a yummy lunch. You are all jealous now huh? Well, you should be. Ha ha. That was the highlight for me. Apart from the bus ride Derek's favorite was holding baby chicks. This is my kid who is normally very afraid to touch animals. He held a chick all by himself. Be proud. I was. He was too. Derek made sure I texted a pic of it to Daddy right away. He would've alerted the press if he could've.

How do you like dem apples? I want to bite one! Yummy! I love carmel chocolate apples. I love that April taught me to make them. Yay for April!

My mom came with us to Disneyland! I even got her to go on the Tower of Terror! Yay! And even better---she LIKED it! I was so proud of my mommy for going! I LOVED it. Also, the Halloween Fireworks show was AMAZING! If you missed it, you should be super duper sad. Seriously. Plan on going next year. If you can. You won't be sorry. And Jack, Derek LOVES your house. He wants you to keep it decked out all year long. Can you do that for him? I wish. . .

A few weeks ago my Grandma Fisher passed away. This was hard on us even though it was expected and for the better. Preston, Chloe, and Derek thought this meant that we wouldn't have Thanksgiving and Christmas anymore. We LOVED spending the Holidays with Great Grandma Fisher. I miss her so much. Our family was thankful for all the well wishes that were sent our way. The funeral program:

The beautiful coffin: The flowers: The Fisher boys (Steven Fisher, Lonnie Fisher, Stacy Fisher, William Max Fisher): Doris Fisher's children (Carin Rainwater, Steven Fisher, Lonnie Fisher, Stacy Fisher, Max Fisher, Kathleen Allred): Steven Fisher's girls (Jennilyn Eaton, Shauna Farnsworth, Kirstin West, Julie Glosenger, Kimberly Humpherys, Stephanie Alexander): The Steven Fisher Family (Steven, Jennilyn, Julie, Stephanie, Shauna, Kirstin, Kim, Kathy): Doris Fisher's grandkids (Andrew Fisher, Dallin McKeon, Devin McKeon, Darin McKeon, Julie Glosenger, Kirstin West, Adam Fisher, Justin Fisher, Kim Humpherys, Joshua Fisher, Amy Hays, Candace Rainwater, Matthew Fisher, Christopher Rainwater, Brendan Rainwater, Patrick Rainwater, Jennilyn Eaton, Karlee McKeon, Stephanie Alexander, Shauna Farnsworth, Andrea Fisher, Nicole Fisher, Daniel Fisher, Danielle Fisher, Bree Fisher) Taylor Fisher is not pictured: The Grandkids and Great Grandkids of Doris Fisher:

I was grateful to be able to see my sisters and parents, cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. It was a very emotional time but we did manage to squeeze in some fun family time too.Us Fisher girls went to Knotts Berry Farm. I don't know why but I didn't take very many pictures. Bummer. Anyway it was nice to have a family get together after all the emotional stress. Derek, LOVES Space Mountain at Disneyland but CRIED on the above ride. Am I missing something here?