Witches

Rakel and I took all the kids to see the witches at Gardner Village in October. For some reason, even though they are exactly the same every year, it never gets old. The kids loved it. It was a great day and the sun was shining. We went to the candy store and picked out a treat for everyone... Great day all around. I even talked Turner into giving one of the Witches a KISS! See you again next year Withchees!

Halloween 2009

My kids were absolutely adorable this Halloween. Gracie dressed up as Ariel in a costume that my Aunt YaYa made 22 years ago for her daughter... she loved it and was able to wear it to dance, school, my work, and Trick or Treating. Garrett wore an elephant costume that was handed down from Dalton... He loved dressing up but he loved going trick or treating even more. He ran from house to house and did not want to stop. He was so mad that I wouldn't let him eat all of the candy as he got it. The kids were able to go trick or treating with their cousins, Conner, Kalder, Mya, and Katie and some good friends too. Overall, Halloween was a success except for the small fact that we didn't carve pumpkins... time slipped away this year.

More of Halloween...

I am terribly sad that October is gone! I love October because it is Jake's, Bear's (our dog), and my Birthday as well as HALLOWEEN! I think anyone who does not dress up for Halloween is LAME-O! I love to dress up and believe it or not... Jake does too! This year his costume was AMAZING but he won't let me post pictures... I am sooo sad because it might be the funniest costume on the face of the planet. He was Michael Phelps if you can imagine that... Nothing but a speedo, goggles, and swim cap. Oh yeah, I can't forget about all those GOLD MEDALS! We went to a Halloween party and had a great time. Jake stayed in only a speedo for at least an hour. This is just one more reason why I love my Husband... he is hilarious! A big thanks to Kyle and Liz for throwing such a great par-tay! Here are some of the photos without Jake's bottom half unfortunately.

Costume Party

Here is Gracie in her Sleeping Beauty costume. The funny thing is that Aniston and Lauren were both Sleeping Beauty as well and it was not planned. The girls had a Halloween party at dance and at school. They had so much fun dancing around in their pretty pink dresses.

Garrett was a Tiger

Gracie loved trick or treating even though we only made it to about 15 houses. She got tired and wanted to go home. It was great for me because Jake and I had to leave for Park City to attend a fantastic Halloween Party. Jenni and Josh took our kids for the night. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Here are some halloween pictures of the kids, myself, and cousins. I was a chicken... I made my own costume!

My sister in law, Rakel, is the scary lady. The lady bug is my sweet niece, Mya. Dracula is my nephew Kalder.

Jack-O-Lantern

We carved our pumpkins on Thursday night and I think Jake enjoyed it more than the rest of us. Gracie would not touch the gross pumpkin guts and I love the feeling of the slime between my fingers, so I had the liberty of cleaning out all of our pumpkins. We carved a happy face, a scary face, and a skeleton. I don't have a picture of them lit because I forgot to buy candles... OOPS!

This one looks like it's lit but don't be fooled, I put a flashlight in him.

All dressed up with no place to go!

Remember Ernie?


Isn't she cute? Poor girl got all dressed up with no place to go. Once again, My husband thinks I am a huge dork and for some reason I get off on it. Enjoy!

Pumpkin Pickin'

We finally made it to the pumpkin patch to pick our pumpkins last week. It was freezing cold! Lauren fell while running through the pumpkins. If you click on the picture you can see Lauren's face when she fell... she was so sad but darling anyway. She was kinda mad at me because when she fell, I ran over and took her picture before I helped her up... how MEAN!

Halloween fun!

We made it to the scarecrow festival for the first time ever last Friday. It was fun until the end. I took the kids and Kim and Jenni also took their kids. Let's just say that I will never go back. Here's how it went. First, we got there and learned that it was super expensive to get in. Once we got inside the kids jumped on the bounce houses and loved it. Then we went through the little haunted house and that was fun too. Gracie was leading the way and she didn't get scared once... she apparently isn't afraid of the dark or the boogie monster. So then, we were getting hungry so we went to get food. Gracie got a $5 slice of pizza and before we made it to the table to eat, it was on the floor. So back I go to BUY another one (I tried to brush it off but NO WAY, she was not going to eat the one that fell on the ground.) Next, we went to get in line to do some of the "free" attractions and the lines were so long we ran out of time. We made it to the face painting tent and the girls got their faces painted... that was cute but of course more $$. I know it all goes to charity but come on people... I could have went to Lagoon for what I spent there. Last, we decided to let the girls go to the "fishing pond" and get a prize before we called it a day. Gracie went first. What a nightmare... she didn't like the little purple monkey that she got and she threw a complete tantrum. It was awful, I had to literally drag her out to the parking lot with tears and face paint running down her face and all over her clothes. She was soooo naughty. I don't know if I have ever been that mad at her. To say the least, she was grounded for the rest of the day. I guess this is Karma for my COSTCO experience!

hOLY hALLOWEEN!

oK, fIRST A LITTLE pREVIEW OF gRACIE'S hALLOWEEN pAST! aND tHEN tHE aNSWER tO tHIS jOKE....

How come ghosts can't have Babies?

my cute mom told me this joke last year and I loved it....

Gracie's 1st Halloween. She was a cute little "Pooh"

Halloween 2005... our little kitten!

2006: I bought her the cutest little fairy costume but NO, she had to be Sponge Bob.

2007: Witch Gracie

BECAUSE THEY HAVE HOLLOW WEENIES!

Ha Ha Ha