Enjoying what Fall has to offer

Last weekend was rake the leaves day(s). We have several large trees on our property and they had been dropping their leaves for quite some time. We figured it was time to rake them up, especially since our neighbors already had and we didn't want the grass to die. In our defence it had been raining off and on and we really didn't want to have to rake up wet leaves. We had a great time though, showing that work and play can go hand in hand.
The kids loved all the leaves on the trampoline. Thier favorite game was to try and catch a leaves as if fell off the trees.


As you can tell the leaves on the trampoline were still a little on the wet side.


Have you seen my kids?

Kids are full of surprises

The other day Brigham had to go to the bathroom (#2) and called for us to come help him wipe. Well when Steven came in to help him this is how he found Brigham (minus the clothes). He just wanted to help out and make it a little easier, I guess.
Not to be out done, because she is older Aubrey then had to try.
It took her a little while to figure it out but she got it.

Halloween Day

Our Halloween this year to be honest was a little on the crazy side. Our home was decorated for the holiday before the kitchen was even unpacked. I truly wanted the kids to enjoy this holiday (After Christmas it's my favorite) and over all I believe they did. I guess it's really me that wanted more. I wanted them to have more Halloween crafts, more fall activities. I guess I had higher expectations for myself. Honestly, I love the family fun magazine, but sometimes too many GREAT ideas , oh well... there is always next year.


So enough about me, and being caught up in my "if onlys", we did have a great time, and to prove it, we hardly have any pictures to show.



Aubrey had a BLAST at School on Friday. She got to come to school dressed in her costume for a kindergarten costume parade. We got to meet her there and watch her march around the school. Aubrey wanted to be Cinderella, She looked so cute, I let her wear some of my makeup. I remember growing up Halloween was the one time my mother let me wear some of her makeup, especially lipstick, I felt so grown up and Beautiful, thanks Mom!

I tried to style Aubrey's hair as well, she has yet to let me put it in rollers or anywhere near a curling iron. So I thought I would put it up similar to what I had for Tinkerbell for trunk or treating. NOPE!! she wanted it in a braid. I was lucky to get a ribbon in.


After Aubrey got home for school we had dinner and got ready for trick or treating. As you have probably noticed Brigham was batman for Halloween. In fact we have know that is what he wanted to be for the past three months. It isn't even a costume just a pair of P.J's that he wears all day and all night. (Really easy when it comes to laundry for him) The only problem was trying to get him to wear something underneath to keep him warm. McKay was our little monster, We had looked at costumes at Wal-Mart and Target but i couldn't bring myself to fork out a lot of money for one night, so we made do with what we had. Actually I had bought the cutest costumes for the kids last year after Halloween, but they didn't want to wear them, go figure.


We made plans to go trick or treating in our neighborhood with our next door neighbor around 6:30. We got the kids ready and as we were finishing getting the extra layers on ourselves, our kids had waited long enough and took off without us. (so much for the photo shot before the event) So Steven ran after them and I was to follow with McKay. Well, as I was putting him in his costume, of coarse right on time, I smelt something funny. Got the baby changed and out the door. I was planning our bringing our wagon because our neighborhood is really hilly and the houses are far apart with long driveways, but in the rush I ran off without it. Surprisingly the kids did a great job. They had to have walked, well mostly run for a least a couple miles.

I have to admit we have a pretty good neighborhood, the kids really made out, we now have a large popcorn bowl FULL of candy and I don't mean the junk stuff (pure sugar) yes...CHOCOLATE, Snickers, M&M's, candy bars, all the good stuff.

Over all we really did have a fun Halloween, one thing that I know that we are going to do next year is have a Halloween party for the Adults, oh won't that be fun (Smiles)!!!!!

Trunk or Treating

We were invited to go Trunk or Treating in our unofficial ward on Wednesday night. It was hosted by the YM and YW. The kids had a blast. They had several games inside before we all went outside for the Trunk or Treat. I was not aware of all the games planned so my poor kids must have been toasty during the festivities. Here they are Fishing for goodies.

Aubrey, I mean Tinkerbell, trying to eat a doughnut.

Outside AFTER they are done getting all thier treats, Just look at the smilies on their faces.

Checking out their loot.

Carving Our Pumkins

We had a great time carving our pumpkins for Family Home Evening. Brigham wasn't too much into cleaning out the pumpkins like I though he would. In fact the only reason why we have a picture of him with his hand inside his pumpkin is because we put his lighting McQueen car in there.
Aubrey on the other hand LOVED cleaning her pumpkin out, She was covered in pumpkin goo from her belly button up. As you can tell from the photo she is having a blast.
The whole family is getting into the spirit!
Our finished pumpkins. Aubrey's is on the left and Brigham's is on the right. Aubrey drew what she wanted on hers and I cut it out. Brigham picked his face out from one of the many Halloween decorations we have. I don't know if you can tell but both pumpkins have additional carvings on the back. Aubrey has a bat and Brigham's has a Lighting McQueen Lighting Bolt.