Halloween Fun!

These are dollar store fun glasses. Susie loves them! 

 We are on our way to Midwestern's Halloween Bash. 

Susie looked oh so cute! 

So did this little Robin Hood. I was so glad Sam could come with us! 

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Susie's first trick or treating experience 

(so priceless!) 

"cool lights!" she thinks 

"Uh Dad I'm not so sure about this...."

"You want me to take your candy?"

"Ok this might be fun..."

"I can stash it in this cute bag?..."

10 minutes later--- She's got the system DOWN! 

"Move out of the way---"

"No time to waste." 

"Hurry up Mom, the candy is waiting."

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 We also threw a Halloween party and had some young couples in our ward over. It was a lot of fun! 

Witch fingers, cornbread and chili, little pumpkin pies, mummy dogs, Mm. And Bethany brought a beautiful Halloween cake (not pictured!).

 We played some fun games. One of them was called Tempt your Fate. You had to toss an coin in a bowl and if you missed you had to "Tempt your Fate" and draw a slip of paper. Some of the slips demanded embarrassing performances like "get on all fours and howl at the moon," or "make up a Halloween rap in 10 minutes and perform." Others just asked them to tell us about Halloween memories and such. It was pretty hilarious. PS Phil Larson can't rap...

For this game you had to stick your hand into a bag of goat intestines, vampire teeth, rat droppings, pig eyeballs, and monkey brain and guess what it REALLY was (spaghetti, candy corn, chilled canned corn, peeled grapes, and play-dough).

We have our ward Trunk or Treat tomorrow and I'm excited to see Susie in her little witch costume again. Our ward throws great parties. Then it's goodbye to October! 

Family Visit

My sister decided to spend her Fall break with us. I was so excited for her to get here! Susie and I went to the airport to pick her up and-- what a great surprise!! My mom flew down as well!! It was one of the best surprises I've ever had. I had no idea she was coming and was so shocked and thrilled to see her. It was a sweet moment. 

We had a lot of fun while they were here! We went to a pumpkin patch. 

 hay ride!

Jammie time with the girls!!! 

We also went to the Arizona State Fair. It was pretty warm but we still had a fun time. 

We also carved pumpkins while they were here. Susie had never done one before and I was excited to see how much she would love it. Uh- she didn't. She thought it was gross and scary! She cried most of the time! 

Happy Halloween!! 

Enjoying October

We have been enjoying October so much. We were planning on having a fun weekend with the Largeys for Paul's birthday but Rhett was sick that weekend so they drove up from Tuscon for conference weekend. We had so much fun having them here. Susanna loves her cousins! They are a lot more.. er..... adventurous than Susie is so she loves to watch them and learn their tricks. I am so glad they live close! It is great to be around family.

Susie and Rachel are close to the same age. They gave each other kisses, it was my favorite. 

Having breakfast together

The weather is getting cooler (YAY!!!!!). We have been able to go to the park and enjoy the nice weather. I am so excited to be able to go to the park every day now. We took some pictures of Susie in her cute halloween shirt. I love being festive! 

I miss my family more as the season's fun holidays start to come around. I am so glad we have Nicole and Andrew close, it definitely helps. I guess I'm just a homebody. We are looking forward to Thanksgiving in North Carolina with the West family and I will get to see my family for Christmas! Even sooner... my sister Olivia is flying here this Friday for her Fall Break and I can't WAIT!!! I'm so glad she wants to come because she has all these friends and a boyfriend and I thought for sure she would want to enjoy her break hanging out with them. But no, she wants to fly here and hang out with her big sister instead!! Hurray! 

Happy Birthday Dad!

Paul turned 26 yesterday! We tried to make the day special for him. Homemade pancakes and sausage for breakfast, Susie, Sam, Emma, and I took him an Orange Dream Machine (Jamba) at school, I made his favorite dinner and cheesecake, and he opened a few presents. He got a few calls and texts from family members and I know he loved that. We are going on our birthday date on Friday if I can find a babysitter! We have been celebrating with other people, too. On Sunday we had some friends over for a picnic lunch and birthday cake and Nicole and her family are coming to stay on Saturday for conference weekend. Birthdays are so fun! 

A few fun pictures:

cheese! 

Susie is really good with her spoon. 

Well not that good I guess. 

Jammie time

Helping Mom make birthday cake (Trader Joes cake mixes are the best)