Halloween

Halloween was so fun this year. The boys wanted to be the "Sorcerer Mickey" and "Pluto". I found and ordered Kyle's Pluto costume on line. That was easy. Spencer wanted to be the "Sorcerer Mickey" last year, but we never had any luck finding the costume. He asked again this year so I was determined this time. I looked and looked and again couldn't find it in stock anywhere. I asked my mom to sew him a sorcerer robe and she was a trooper and did it for him. We already had the hat from Disneyland and found a brown belt to tie around his waist just like Mickey has in Fantasia. The costume turned out great and Spencer loved it! Kyle loved his too and wore it around the house a few times prior to Halloween night. They were both so cute. I actually ordered a costume and dressed up as Minnie Mouse with them. We trick-or-treated 3 different times that week and now have way too much candy! Halloween night we met all my family at my grandparents house and went out together...all 14 kids!! They had a blast together. What a fun night! We hope you all had a great Halloween too.

CAN'T WAIT!!!

Twilight Trailer

Halloween Cookies

I think Spencer snuck a little piece of dough...good stuff!

I love this kid's profile!!!

All these boys love making cookies. We make sugar cookies for just about every holiday, big or small. My sisters and I each make 1 batch of dough and let the kids have at it. They all love rolling out the dough the most I think. After the cookies bake and cool, they each get frosting and sprinkles to decorate with. The bigger boys do a pretty good job and the little guys...well...they're usually the only ones brave enough to eat their own cookies. So cute!!

Pumpkin Carving

A few days before Halloween, we got all the 8 boys together to carve pumpkins. They all had a blast. It was a pretty messy activity but well worth it. Each jack-o-lantern turned out so good. Each boy was very happy with theirs. Spencer's was Goofystein(Goofy frankenstein) and Kyle's was Pluto holding a pumpkin in his mouth. Such fun, creative and some scary faces and designs.

Lincoln School Carnival

Kyle going for a pony ride

Spencer was convinced he had the best horse

The highlight of Kyle's night...he won the "cookie walk" and got to pick out his own package of cookies! Spencer won the "cookie walk" later on but I wasn't with him at the time, that's why there's no picture.

Alyssa rock climbing

Coming Down!

Spencer getting ready...he was so excited!

First Climb

Spencer on his way down after his second climb.

This was Lincoln's annual fall carnival. There were so many fun booths and games that night. The boys played pretty much everything and won some fun stuff. We also got balloons, popcorn, cotton candy and finished off with pizza and brownies. What a fun night!

Punkin Patch

One Saturday afternoon in October, I loaded the boys in the car and the three of us went to the pumpkin patch. The boys had so much fun picking from all the different pumpkins

Some of them were so big!


Spencer and Kyle thought this pumpkin face was pretty cool.

They each fed the goats

This goat tried jumping the fence as soon as he saw Spencer coming. He must have been starving.

There were so many fun picture spots.
Someone was doing face painting but the boys preferred the painting on their hands. Spencer chose a ghost and Kyle wanted a yellow pumpkin.

Spencer and I pushed the pumpkins back to the car.
After we were done hunting for our pumpkins, I let the boys play on the toys for a little while.

Spencer's favorite was the maize. We all went through a couple times together.
Kyle on the tire swing

We had such a fun day together. I love these cute little kiddos!
During the week a couple days later, my nephews Jeremy and Dylan went to the same pumpkin patch for their Kindergarten field trip. Kyle and I rode over with my sister Holly and my other nephew Ryan. This time we got to take a tractor ride to the actual patch. Here's Jeremy showing me the pumpkin he picked.

Kyle and Ryan.After Dylan and Jeremy got on the bus to ride back to school. Both my sister's and I stayed for a while to let the three little guys (Kyle, Ryan and Landon) play on the toys. Kyle and I shopped at their little market and bought some marion berry syrup, toasted pecan syrup and boysenberry jam. Yummy!

Our Birthday

I know it's been a while since I've updated this. We've been really busy around here. This is my grandpa and I on our birthday last month. Every year since I was a little girl, we've gotten a picture together. I have always loved sharing a birthday with him. He's always made me feel extra special on our day. We celebrate by having a big fried chicken dinner with our family each year (which was always prepared by my sweet grandma...but since her passing my mom has taken on this large task). It's such a fun tradition that is filled with many happy memories for me.