Halloween.....a Family Fright

These pictures are from the ward party. Courtney and Lucy are beautiful good witches, Londyn was a prim and proper queen, Adam was a heroic Batman, and Ryan was a buzzing .....bumblebee....what the??(spandex and all). The best costumes are impromptu, I think! Lucy stole the show of course and later, Courtney couldn't get those eyelashes off without losing a couple layers of eyelid skin(ouch!). On Halloween, maybe Adam will switch costumes with me. Won't that be a fright?

Cousins come to Town

We had an eventful and fun weekend with JJ's family. The kids went to a carnival put on by the city on Friday night and a ward party on Saturday night. Londyn and Jack were hunters, Jolee was a cute cat in a pumpkin, and Jacie just woke up out of bed. Jensen and Lucy had lots of fun too following the older kids and doing what they do best...looking cute!!

Picture of the House

This is a picture of the house a few days ago. We went from fall to early winter all in one week, so many of the trees haven't been able to make the gradual autumn changes that we love so much. What we like most about the house is not the house really, but the land that came with the house. The kids can play outside for hours. We do like the main level living and the full basement and the inside has recently been completely remodelled. The house faces west and we like all the trees on the east, south, and west sides to provide plenty of shade. As you can see there aren't many sidewalks in this little town. Not even a stoplight and that's just the way we like it. It will take us a few more months to really settle in. Until then the To Do List continues to get longer and longer. I like to say 'one project at a time', but right now it's about 5 or 6 at a time. So much to do, not enough time in the day!

Lucy having fun with static electricity

We didn't have too many pictures to add this week, but this is a fun one of Lucy playing on the couch. With all the attention we were giving her and her hair sticking up in every direction, she was having a lot of fun! She also started walking this week and she now wants to run. The kids have a blast playing Hide-from-Lucy in the house. This morning we woke up to two inches of snow on the ground. Everything was white and then it was all gone by 2pm.

Halloween Option # 2

You can tell who's getting the most camera time lately. That's what happens when the older two kids are in school and there's lots of Mommy/Daughter time. We should have you cast votes on her Halloween costume. Witch or princess, princess or witch?? We think she has a very bright future as a..........princess of course:-)

Is it Halloween Yet??

Someone called her the Lemmony Snickets baby with this outfit on. October is just around the corner and Courtney is getting the kids outfitted already and even though it's not Halloween yet, I'd thought I'd post the picture anyway. They'll all change their outfits three times between now and then anyway. It's just a fun holiday to start celebrating early!!

What a goat wants....what a goat eats!!

Coco eats chair....

Coco eats nice pink sweater......

Coco eats Lucy!..... Naughty Coco!