Halloween

We had a great Halloween! It was on a Monday this year so trick-or-treating was our family night. We got together with some friends in our ward and had pizza before and then went around the neighborhood.

Mac was a Lion - a scary lion. This is a perfect costume if you live in Utah. He got pretty sweaty but he stuck it out with the costume on.

Brad was Jake - adults would ask him if he were a pirate and he would say "no, I am Jake." Jake is a pirate. We got him a real sword so he didn't have to walk around with a spatula.

Anna was an Indian Princess and Carly was a fairy.

Here is Rachel with some of her Sunbeams. Sopie, Maddie, Mac, and Brooklynn.

Brad dancing a little pirate jig. He actually wore his costume for the whole night.

Here are our pumpkins. The kids had an extremely nice haul in the candy department. McKay paid them three dollars a pound for any they wanted to part with. Anna and Carly both gave about three pounds to him and Mac and Brad donated some to earn a new movie.

Ward Halloween Party

Our ward had a super fun Halloween Party/trunk-or-treat. Rachel gave me this cute/easy idea for decorating my van. I have never been into decorating for Halloween but this took less than 5 minutes so I was all good.

After the kids were done going around the cars they sat in the trunk and ate a ton of candy. It made me slightly sick to see how many wrappers I threw away. Tis the season right? This is Brad, Carly, Whitney Nelson, and Mia Nelson.

Mac, Kenzie Johnson, and Maddie Nelson.

Brad only wore his costume for a couple of minutes and insisted the boots were enough.

I was a U of U zombie. We did a flash mob to Thriller it was super fun!

Rachel's Mission Call

It was such a fun experience to watch Rachel open her mission call! Anna and Garrett predicted Russia and that is where she is going. She will be a fabulous missionary but we are going to miss her like crazy.

Enjoy the warm weather while it lasts Rach! Siberia here she comes!

The Jake Boots

So Brad is obsessed with these boots. You may remember them. They were first Anna's then Carly's. They are four sizes to big for Brad and have pink flowers and Hello Kitty on them. Awesome. He wears them constantly! He calls them his Jake boots. He loves the show on the Disney Channel Jake and the Neverland Pirates. People will comment all the time about his boots and will ask him if they are his cowboy boots. Then he will say to them they are his Jake boots. Most people just smile and nod because they have no idea what he is referring too.

And to make the outfit complete he has a plastic spatula for his sword. When the boots are one the wrong feet it adds an especially nice touch. Most of the time the kids think it is funny and encourage him but Anna gets quite embarrassed if he has them on when I pick her up from school.

Not quite sure why Anna's shoes are on the couch?!?

I happen to love the boots most of the time. He can get them on all by himself and they require no socks! I draw the line at wearing them to church so it is a bit of a struggle on Sundays, but most of the time they are awesome!

City Hall Field Trip

I was lucky enough to be able to go with Anna's class on their field trip to City Hall. The kids learned a lot - even though they thought it was a tad boring. :)

They got to have a mock city council meeting. This is Anna speaking.

Her class. Overall it was a fun morning!