Happy Halloween.....TRICK orTREAT!!!

Cute Cowboy Caleb

Pretty Princess Kate

Kate and Cousin Julia

Cute Kitty Jane

The whole Gang

All the Girls

 

Halloween this year was really we wet, cold , fun, exciting and full of sugar.  Kate this year had so much fun dressing up as Princess Aurora, we walked into find a costume for her and she new immediately what she wanted to be.  I was happy she wanted to be a princess again.  I know someday she will grow out of being one of the Disney Princesses, so I was excited she was still in this stage for at least one more year.  I just realized that she was trying to decided between Tinker bell and Aurora for last years costume and she choose Tinker Bell last year, so that was nice she got to be both things she wanted to be just a year later.  She looked so beautiful in her costume, she really looked liked Aurora with her blond hair.  It was a real treat to be able to go to Kate's school this year and watch her walk in the Halloween parade.  Kate was so excited that we came, she looked worried at first because she couldn't find Caleb, Jane and I, but then as soon as she turned the corner her face lit up.  What a good memory.
Caleb this year was all about wanting to be a Cowboy, I think watching toy Story kind of inspired him a little.  He loved walking around trying to rope all the tops of the pumpkins.  Caleb made for a very handsome, cute cowboy, his costume turned out great I think.  Jane was a cute little Pink Kitty Cat, she looked so cute with her costume on, she was a little fussy at first, but soon got use to wearing it.
Halloween night was full of anticipation for the treats to come, so we headed out umbrella's in hand to collect our first treats.  Can I just say the weather was terrible, it was raining so hard.  The kids didn't seem to mind, they all loved going to each house collecting their treats.  It was so cute, Caleb really seem to get it this year, he would go up to the house and he would say TRICK or TREAT, he said it really well and clear, he even said thank you after he got his candy.   After about half their buckets were full, which is plenty I think for them being so little, we decided it was just to cold and windy. The rain was starting to get to the kids too.  So we headed home, no sooner did we get everyone in their nice warm PJ's it stopped raining, go figure.  We had a great time eating candy and taking funny pictures.  We all had a great time trying on Aunt Kasey's and Uncle Royce's Thing ONE and Thing TWO wigs, it made for some great laugh.  I am sure these picture will be very funny to look back at in years to come.  Just a side note, my Dad was not the most willing participant when it came to trying on the wig we really had to talk him into it, but we are glad we did, it looks so funny!All in all it was a great Fall/Halloween season this year, full of great memories to look back on!

Thing one and Thing two!

Trick or Treating in Style

Quote for the Day

 

I thought this was very interesting and so true don't you think???????

Pumpkin Carving

This year we combined Family Home Evening and Pumpkin Carving.  I gave the lesson on trying to be like Jesus and following his example.  We listen to a great song call "If the Savior Stood Beside Me".  Music always seems to bring the spirit into the room.  After the lesson the fun began.  I finally carved pumpkins this year.  I carved them with Kate, but it's been a few years since, either I have had really small babies, or been pregnant and it's just was to much for me to deal with at the time.  So with that note, this was Caleb's first real experience carving pumpkins.  Kate loved scooping out all the inside of the pumpkin.   Caleb on the other hand was not having it at all.  He would look at it and smell it and try to touch it, all he would say was Yucky and make a super silly face.  I helped Kate cut  her pumpkin under the direction of her design ideas, she I think had a good time telling me what to do, it's not often our roles get reversed.  I think her pumpkin turned out pretty good.  I got some cute pictures of the too older kids smiling with the newly carved pumpkin.  It's funny how Caleb is all for smiling with the jack-o-lantern after it is done and didn't want to have anything to do with it while we were cleaning and cutting it.  The even crazier part was he actually smiled for the Camera, lately he has been anti-smile for me lately when the camera comes near him.  Caleb got so excited to see the pumpkins all lite up outside, it was great to see his excitement.   It was a great time carving out pumpkins and putting are creative juices together to make some cool Jack-O-Lanterns this year.

Fall Fun Festivities

So this year the kids and I got a chance to double our fun with the Fall Festivities.  We went to Hee Haw Farms in Pleasant Grove and Wheeler farm up in Salt Lake area.  The Kids had a great time looking at all the animals and riding the huge,can I say a little scary slide.   Kate could get enough of it, if I let her she would have been there all night long.  The farm was as my sister stated in her blog a little "Jenky".  It was just not a very natural looking farm, more put together or set up for the fall time, not a normal natural farm setting.  The Kids loved  it though they had so much fun riding the animal ride, riding the tire horses and looking at all the huge pumpkins.  The kids after a while were getting fussy so we went to Macy's to pick out their own pumpkins to carve later that week.  The kids had a blast looking threw all the pumpkins to find just the right one.  We sure did get some really odd looking shaped ones this year, which can I say made for some cool jack-o-lanterns.  I know there are lots of pictures so bare with me on this entry, I just couldn't decide what to use, so enjoy...Keep reading below!

Kate Posing on Giant Pumpkins

All the girls

Kate loved riding down on her potato Sack down the huge slide

Kate just loving all the fun!

Caleb loved the pig, he couldn't get enough of him

Caleb laughing at piggy

Kate enjoying all the animals

Caleb is sure glad to have a fence between him and this goat after his last encounter with one, to funny!

Jane loving all the neat animals

Love this picture of Caleb riding the Tractor

Aunt Kasey had a great time helping with the kids down the slide

 

The very next day we went to Wheeler farm with Jerry's parents and sisters, to do similar fall fun things.  Caleb is was obsessed with everything tractors, at both locations he had to sit on and try everyone out.  He  is all boy can I just say.  We first went through a little hay/corn maze, where Caleb had to show Grandpa every little decoration displayed along the way.  Caleb also enjoyed sitting on Pa Pa shoulders and telling him which direction to go.  Next we picked out pumpkins and went on a a really neat Wagon/Hayride the kids really enjoyed riding and looking at all the ducks and fall leaves along the way.  After two days of fall fun, can I just say we where a little worn out, put we sure had a great time doing it.  Thanks family for the good time and great memories this Fall season.