Halloween

We started our Halloween festivities at the boys' preschool party. Connor was Peter Pan and Seth was Captain Hook.

They made fun spider cookies and mummy marshmallows.


The witch's brew.


Halloween bingo.

Claire got in some good barbie bus play time.

Then trick-or-treating. Connor passing out his treats.

Seth passing out his treats.

Our church had a trunk or treat. The kids had a lot of fun. Here's Tinkerbell, Peter Pan, our pirate friend, and Captain Hook. Tinkerbell was very cute going from trunk to trunk to get her treats. Sorry I didn't get more pictures!

Counting out the haul.

Sadly I didn't even think about pumpkin carving until it was too late. Maybe next year!

Photo Shoot

I was thinking ahead for once and got our pictures taken, hopefully to get a good Christmas card picture. We went to Hixson Family Photography. It's run by a couple I know. They did a great job and we had lots of fun! Sorry for all the pictures...it was hard to narrow it down.




The tutu pictures made my day!





We did get a good Christmas card picture. But you'll just have to wait until is comes to your mailbox!

Claire's Birthday

Our little one turned two this month. She's two in every sense of the word. A little more attitude, a little less shy and a lot more sticking up for herself with her brothers. Here she is quite excited about her McDonald's toy.

The boys helping her play with her presents.

Pink cupcakes of course!
Yum.

I tried to find Dora cupcake things, but couldn't. So we settled on Tinkerbell, and she was quite happy with them.

I saved some presents to open when Grandma and Grandpa came to visit. Michael and Jessie came too. She had the best faces while opening her gifts. These pictures give a good laugh every time I look at them.

A little puppy.
This one was an outfit. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!
I did get a Dora cake this time. She's spoiled, I know. She was a little excited about eating it, can you tell?
A carousel ride with Grandma.
And yet another present from Grandma G. Dora, yay! I wasn't that excited to have a kid into Dora. It's kind of an annoying show. But a nasty ear infection a few weeks ago sealed her love. It helped us get through a few rough days.

And here's a stroll down memory lane. She really enjoyed the black licorice from her caterpillar cake on her first birthday.

And this was taken when she was a few days old. We're glad you're in our family, Claire!

October

We had our last few soccer games in October. We had nice weather every game. I've got to say, soccer is pretty fun when you're watching four year-olds! Here Seth had just made a goal and looked over to smile at us.

The family watching on the sidelines. Grandma and Grandpa H and Uncle Michael and Aunt Jessie got to see boys play. They were so excited to have them at their game.

The boys down front in the league picture.


Beth, Amy, me and Claire. Beth and family moved back to Utah. We had a little goodbye for them at our house. Sad for us, but good for them since they are finished with school.

Here is one of our goodbye pictures for Maddie. Those three can get pretty silly, as you can see.

I have to include this picture. Joe got all three of his babies hooked up on the top of the car. Now we're mobile. An accomplishment, for sure.

Stay tuned for more October fun!