Out of School play day

On Nov 1st the kids had a day off from school so by the suggestion of one of my co-workers we headed down to the Gateway Mall to play at the Children's Museum.  We also wanted to see the new Children's ER station too.  We all had a great time playing at all the stations.  The KSL News station and the ER were the big hits during our visit there.  The kids liked being the weather forecasters and seeing themselves on the TV.  It was so funny to watch them!


 

 

Halloween..Boo!

This has been the day we were waiting for..Halloween!  It finally came!

Ashlynn and the Neighbor girls.

Carter and his friend that he invited to our Ward's Trunk or Treat.  They snuck around the church scaring people and had a great time doing it.

Cute face painting.

Matt handing out candy during the trunk or treat.

The scary Dark Costume Guy walking around the parking lot surprising people.

I had to work Halloween at the hospital this year.  This is our awesome crew on Halloween. 

Then Kristy and I were being silly and pulled down our minon hats. 
We had fun dressing up!

While I was at work Matt stayed at the house and the kids joined different friend groups to go around the neighborhood.  They all had fun with their friends. 

Pumpkins

Got to love the mess and craziness that comes with carving pumpkins.  The kids did a great job as always with their creations.  Carter did all of the carving himself and Ashlynn needed some assistance to make her Hello Kitty face.  Matt did some fine detail work on his this year.  It was so awesome!

Ashlynn's and Carter's pumpkins lit up.

All ready on the front porch.

All the pumpkins are lit up.  Matt's is in the middle.

I ended up helping Ashlynn so I decided to save my pumpkin for decoration for Thanksgiving.

6th Annual Halloween party

The Halloween fun just keeps on going around our house.  We had to fit in the kids annual Halloween party.  They just wouldn't let it go!  I had fun thinking of fun Halloween foods.  This is what I came up with after searching pinterest:  Donuts with fangs, Banana ghosts, ghoulish chex mix, crackers and cheese with spiders on them, dirty q-tips (marshmallows with melted butterscotch on the tips) and worms (hot dogs cut long ways and boiled).  All the kids loved the worms.  The hot dogs even curled up like a pile of worms would. 

These look so scary...ooh

I also have to add that the cupcakes were made by our cute neighbor Taylor that helped with the party as well. 

The Gang!
 Sorry that Gage is being attacked by the sun.  He is glowing in this picture.

We played silly games and had another scavenger hunt.  Then the kids just wanted to run around and have their own fun.  We still had neighbor kids hanging around after the party was over because they were playing hide and seek games until we told them they had to leave.  I am glad everyone had a great time and that we kept this tradition going.

Pumpkin Patch

Our garden only produced 1 medium size yellow pumpkin this year so, we had to head out to our local pumpkin patch and get some big ones to carve.  We always like to go to Pack's patch because it is a home grown patch.  You take your wagon out to the patch load your pumpkins and it is really fun for the kids to walk among all the rows of pumpkins to find the right one for them.


 

We ended up with 4 big pumpkins and 3 tiny pumpkins for Ashlynn to paint.

School Carnival

We look forward to the school Halloween carnival every year.  It is so fun with all the games, treats and seeing people around the neighborhoods with their kids dressed up.

Carter as a zombie/vampire and Ashlynn as a Princess skeleton

Games...

More Games...

Trying to win a 2 liter pop, but ended with a can of soda.  (This was a hard game)

We had a great time and Ashlynn was so proud of herself for being brave and not being scared.  She did say that this is her favorite Halloween Carnival because there are no masks allowed.  She is so funny!

Fashion Show

Since Ashlynn is 8, she now gets to enjoy the blessings of Activity Days.  These girls from the ages of 8-11 get together twice a month and learn about gospel principals and do fun activities together.  This month they learned how to continue to dress modestly and how everyone's personality is different in expressing by the way they dress.
This activity was a fashion show that each girl wore what they wanted. As they walked down the red carpet there was a statement read about them on how they dress modestly. 


The girls waiting for their turn to walk the red carpet.

Ashlynn chose to wear her Halloween costume with a fun scarf and tiara.
 (She loves to add accessories to her outfits)
 

She is just so beautiful!
(She chose to wear the tights with the hole because it add to the scariness of her Halloween costume)
At the end of the activity the moms each wrote a letter to our daughters and then the girls wrote thank you notes to the moms.  It was such a wonderful activity and a great message that the girls will hopefully remember throughout their lives.