Halloween Parties

Abigail's school had a Halloween party and costume parade today. It was so fun going to the school and seeing all of the kids in their costumes. I am glad that Abigail goes to a school that still celebrates holidays. Everyone from the phone company that Darin works for came to the school and went classroom to classroom handing out candy. Darin was a ghostbuster, which the most of the kids had never heard of. Abigail was excited to see her daddy at school.


Emily is testing Abigail's hat out for her.

I told Abigail to make a wicked witch face, and this is what she came up.

One of Abigail's best friends at school was a witch too.

Octo-Mom

Darin's work had a costume party and his office manager dressed up as "octo-mom." When I saw her, I couldn't stop laughing. She definately wins the award for most creative costume in my opinion.

Thanks Katherine

This blog is for Katherine Young. Thanks for the yummy Fall Dip Recipe. Darin's office had a party and I used the the recipe for his party and it was a hit. I carved out a pumpkin and put the dip inside. Everyone said that they loved the dip on the ginger snaps the most but it is yummy on pretty much anything.

Frolic in the Field

My good friend Kristin is a budding photographer. She asked to take some pictures of Abigail last June and of course we accepted. She is quite talented and I was so thrilled to get the pictures.

Puddle Play

When my friend Kristin was taking pictures of Abigail last June, I had to have Abigail's picture taken in her rain coat and rain boots. It had rained the day before. One of Abigail's favorite activities was to splash in the puddles. Such a cutie!!

Boots

These boots have had a lot of fun with Abigail.

Pumpkin Carving Time

We carved pumpkins for our Family Home Evening activity on Friday (yes, we have FHE on Fridays). We have 5 pumpkins, but we only carved two. I was left carving the last one all by myself. Everyone's attention span had gone by then. We had fun. I think this is the first time in seven years that we have carved pumpkins. The twins loved sticking their hands in the "pumpkin guts" and Abigail loved collecting the seeds. Happy Halloween!!!

Abigail's Soccer Pictures

Abigail has had fun playing soccer this year. I am happy that these pictues turned out a little better than her Kindergarten School pictures. It is pretty funny watching 5 year olds play soccer, they always forget who the goalie is and tend to leave the goal un guarded several times a game.

The Twins First Haircut

I took the twins to a cute little childrens salon / boutique called Paislee Punch for their first hair cut. They had these little cars that they could drive while getting a hair cut and they got a sucker and juice box to keep them distracted. I only got the picture of Emily at the salon because my battery ran out on my camera. I am sure no one can really tell the difference on the twins, but I can. No more baby mullett for Emily and no more uneven locks for Elizabeth.

Emily is not sure if she is supposed to be having fun or not. Elizabeth's Cute Little Cut

Emily's hair is a little more even now.

Of course I had to save a lock of hair from each girl.

Pumpkin Patch

We drove 1 1/2 hours to visit a pumpkin patch in Idaho Falls (the closest one I knew about). The pumpkin patch was pretty small and looked very similar to the farm that we live on, but the kids had a blast for the 15 minutes that we were there. They looked at all of the pumpkins, played in the hay bale maze, and ate some homemade candy. It was pretty cold and windy outside, so we didn't stay long, but we had fun as a family.

Our pumpkins on the old timey scale waiting to be weighed and purchased.

NOT YET!!

Isn't it supposed to be Fall? Who ordered this winter weather? Can someone please tell the weather man to predict 75 degree weather for the next month? Okay, I am done with all of my questions.

Camping At Bear Lake

We went to Bear Lake (Idaho / Utah) for a camping trip with Heather and Shane this past weekend. It was fun spending time with them and we had a great time with our camper "Betsy." We picked a pretty COLD weekend. We will have to remember to camp in the summer time from now on.