October Highlights

I guess we were having so much fun in October, I forgot to post on my blog! The first week of October was Harvest Break - and the second and third week my sister and her two beautiful daughters came for a visit. It was a special visit because my cute niece turned 5! This little miracle girl is now 5 and that is a very special thing. We had a birthday party for her, and she got her favorite toy - a new pet dog which she named Max. So fun!

Braden and Morgyn got along really well. They are only 4 months apart and for whatever reason, Braden took it upon himself to play the "older and wiser" cousin. He'd grab her hand as we would walk in and out of stores, make sure she had enough food and drink, and just in general tried to take care of her.

Of course we had to decorate for Halloween and carve pumpkins. The kids love to carve pumpkins and Braden especially was posessive of his. He wanted to do everything - and I would keep borrowing it for seconds at a time just to try and scrape it so he could pull it all out.

I don't know what was wrong with me, but I forgot to take pictures of all of the finished products. Both Tyler and Braden carved a big Y in theirs, McKenna did the American Flag, and Kylie had a haunted house. They looked awesome, but the problem with pumpkins is that they don't last too long without their guts.

The Saturday night before Halloween, someone took Braden's pumpkin that he was so PROUD of, and replaced it with a big ugly U. We had to fix it to make it look better.

Don't worry. We laughed and of course we found out who took it. It is like blasphemy to do such a thing in our ward - and word got around. That naughty guy!

Braden was very excited for Halloween. He practiced all weekend long and would run up to you with his "punumkin", hold it out and say "trick-or-treat." It was pretty cute. I was surprised he even let me dress him up.

Tyler dressed up as a cougar fan, so did the girls for school, and then changed their costumes for that night and just wore what they did last year.

We had our annual trunk-or-treat for the subdivision, but it was so darn cold this year. The wind was just bitter and it didn't last very long. But it was long enough for the kids to all love their goodies.

Braden was quick to eat his candy - and while I probably should have taken it away - I didn't. I just let him eat on it for a day or two until it was gone. Keeping him out of the other kids' candy was a bit challenging, but I did it.

Over all, it was a great month and hard to believe it is already time to eat Turkey! Bring it on!