October comes to an End...

Here it is...the last day of October. I thought at one point that this month was dragging on...but now I am sure that it flew by way too quickly. Maybe it was the beautiful weather. Maybe it was the fact that we had 5 Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays (something that doesn't happen too often!) Whatever it was, we had a great time, but I am ready to move on!

It seems that with Halloween being on a Monday, we had an extra amount of celebrating going on. Friday night we had 4 things to go to, but only chose 2. Hallie went to a friends Halloween party from 7-11 and G.J. and I and the boys went to the Jensen Pumpkin Festival. We had a great time at the Pumpkin Festival (despite the bazillion people-where do they all come from???) Hallie had a great time at her party too.

 I thought this was really cool-an american flag made out of pumpkins

Saturday just flew by. We kept extra busy and yet again had 4 invites but only fit in 2. We made it to our ward trunk or treat that was also a chili cook off in our old Bishop's back yard/field. It was a lot of fun. Kayler was NOT having the fun though. He had his cute little Wario (evil Mario) costume on. He was so excited. Then he got out and heard laughter and loud voices and saw lots of commotion...and it freaked him out. He was convinced that people were laughing at him (which of course they were not) and so he stripped off his costume and sat in the car.

 Hallie as a black widow

 Gavin as a Scary Ninja Dude

Our second activity that night was going to a couple's party in our ward with some friends. We had a great time. Sadly...I forgot my camera in the car and didn't get any pictures...but I stole one off of facebook of us in our sweet costumes!:

Chewbacca and an Ewok-in case you were confused :)

The biggest news of that night was that I left Hallie alone with the boys for the first time ever for 2 hours. She did a great job....I am hoping to never pay a babysitter again!

Fast forward to today...which was beyond a whirlwind.....Honestly, I feel like there were more parties, parades, events, places to go, people to see....it was nuts! We visited my parents, my aunt, my Grandma (Grandpa wasn't home from work yet) and then we did our neighborhood Trick or Treating which was SO fun. Everyone just sat out in their yards so we were able to walk around with the kids and it was more like real Trick or Treating rather than the trunk or treating we had gotten used to. We then dropped G.J., Hallie and Gavin off to the Rec. Center for their carnival, and Kayler and I went to visit my Grandpa Bowthorpe...yet again forgot the camera.

 Notice that Kayler changed his mind on his costume. I knew he would. He had to decide between Mario, Luigi, Wario, and King Kuppa (as he called it) King Kuppa won!

The kids and my Grandma Stewart

We then went to K-mart for a few things while G.J. and the older kids were finishing. The lady at the front tried to hand Kayler some candy and he said, “No-I don't need any more candy. My bag is already full and very heavy. If you put more candy in it, it will make me fall down and crack my head open and my brain will fall out and be all slimy.” She just looked at me like “OK......” and that was that! ;)

So...tomorrow I will gladly rip down every jack o lantern and skeleton in sight. I will leave up my favorite fall decorations, and begin to enjoy November....you might even be lucky for me to bring back Thankful Thursdays!!! So stay tuned :)