Halloween!

 Oh how I love Halloween!  Its so much fun!  We did so many fun Halloween crafts all month and I feel like almost every lunch was Halloween themed: Jack o lantern quesadillas, ghost shaped sandwiches, etc. It made it so much fun.  I usually start thinking about costumes in august/September and take forever to make whatever costume the kids have decided on so that it "just right"  But this year turned out to be so easy and so cheap!  Makella wanted to be a black cat and all it took was about 20 minutes of sewing together a couple of things I got at DI and she had the perfect cat suit, then Grandma got a couple of accessories and she was done.  I also found a perfect army man outfit at DI for Noah and he was done. (He actually got 2 different army men costumes, thank you grandma Nena!)  They loved waring the face makeup too.  Oh, and little Asher was of course, a duck! He was so stinkin cute!  We went to the Ward Trunk-or_treat on the Saturday before Halloween and then did our traditional dinner and trick-or-treating at Aaron and Kelly's.  It was so warm this year and there were so many people out which made it so much fun and the kids got to do tons of trick or treating which of course meant lots of candy for  me them.  At every door we went to, Noah would say, "Trick or treat....I want chocolate!"  Probably not the most polite boy, but he knows what he likes :)  Happy Halloween!!

I didnt get a really got picture but this is Kayleigh, she and her little friend were Thing 1 and Thing 2. Seriously the cutest costumes!  

                                Yes Sir!

                                Apparently this is how army men fight

          Dad and the Duck!

Happy Birthday Noah!

            Noah turned three years old! He is such an awesome boy and we did all the things he loves on his boirthday.  He chose oatmeal for breakfast because its his favorite and he got to have as much as he wanted (the amount of oatmeal this kid will eat would amaze you!).  He didn't have to take a nap and he got to go to a place called "just kiddin around"  its basically a giant indoor kids playroom. It has everything in it and he asks to go there almost every day. So he finally got to go!  Then we just had a simple party with a chocolate chip/Blondie/brownie bar because he doesn't like cake. He is a pretty simple boy and loves to do simple things so it was a really great day for him. Before his birthday I asked what he wanted to do for his party, and he said he wanted to have a party with all his aunts and uncles.  It just so happened that we were going to be taking a trip with my family so At the end of September we took a trip to Utah and he got to have a big birthday party  (also to celebrate Ben and Danika's birthday which made it even better) with his aunts and uncles (and cousins) just like he wanted.  He really loves his family and is the sweetest funniest boy ever.  I just love this kid and cant get enough of him!