Halloween 2010

We had a few fun events this year. First, Chris and I went to an adult only party where we went on a scavenger hunt all over Frisco. It was pretty hilarious. Can you tell what we are? Yep, we're ceiling fans (please say you get it).

Then we had a very fun night at our ward Halloween party. It was quite the party! The girl's just love running around with all their friends on those nights. And we went low key on costumes this year. Sydney wanted to be what she was last year, Brighton made her own, and don't you love with costumes double as pajamas?


And for Halloween night, we took it easy this year and had a great fun night together as a family at home. I made a Halloween dinner (mummy pizzas, salad with Halloween croutons and cucumbers, slime punch, and vampire mouth apples) after which we all decorated homemade Halloween sugar cookies and carved the pumpkin.


We then played some Halloween games: Wrap the Mummy,

Pass the Pumpkin,

and Pin the Witch on the Broomstick (along with Pin the Face on the Pumpkin), which Sydney was in charge of making.

Finally, the kids helped hand out candy to trick or treaters. Can you tell they were excited to see people that night? And we were reminded that it is truly better to give than to receive that night. We ran out of candy and the kids immediately said "let's just hand out ours from our ward party". LOVE IT! So now instead of being tempted for weeks with chocolate, we were left with only about 5 pieces. The kids never eat it after Halloween night anyway (weird, I know). It was a fun night we'll always remember.

Sydney's Birthday

Sydney turned a big 7 years old. I really don't like birthdays. It makes me realize how fast time is going of me being a mom with all my kids at home around me. Anyway, where are the words for my sweet Sydney? She's such an easy going spirit, always makes us laugh, is a bit mischevious, loves to ride her bike, is doing extremely well at school and piano, and is a cuddle bug with her mom. I love her so, so much. For her bday party I took she and 3 of her friends ice skating and then to get gelato's. She's always had such a sweet and ADORABLE group of friends. I love spending the afternoon with these girls! Silly, silly!

Cabin Fun/Pumpkin Patch

At the beginning of Oct. We were able to go to my Brandon (my cousin) and Jamie's cabin along with his 2 kids and Lauren's family in Broken Bow, OK. We had a great time together and the weather was just perfect!




Then while my parents were in town a few days for Conference we went to a pumpkin patch with the kids. It's been such a nice and warm October!