Halloween 2010

We love Halloween at our house. I usually have the kids costumes ordered by the first of September and it's generally a theme... however this year Kanyon and Scarlett just couldn't agree on costumes that went together (so opinionated!), so I had to give up on that fun idea this year.

We carved pumpkins on Friday night. I guess I should say that Steve and I carved the pumpkins while the kids watched and yelled "gross!!" and then laughed uncontrollably as we gutted them. ;) Can't wait until they are actually capable of doing it themselves! They turned out cute though.


Kanyon's was the dragon... of course.

Scarlett's was the cat.

And Cohen's was the bat.

Kelan didn't get a carved pumpkin this year... after doing 5 (including Steve and I's)... one more was just too much for a little guy that wouldn't even know.

I took some pictures of the kids in their costumes Saturday night before trick or treating.
We had a Ninja Warrior... Kanyon.


A pretty pink princess... Scarlett.


A stinky little skunk... Cohen.


Not a fan of the hat, until we were out and it kept him warm and he figured out that you get candy for wearing it... he was in heaven.

And a sweet little giraffe... Kelan.

I finally caught a real smile on camera... he was such a happy little thing all night. He got to stay at home with dad and hand out candy. I love this age!

Here were our pumpkins all lit up.

Just as we were about to head out trick or treating, it started pouring rain with thunder and lightening and then hailing with crazy wind. We decided to wait it out and hope it cleared up a little. It eventually did and we went up and down our one street before calling it good. :) I did snap a cool shot of the rainbow that appeared just after the hail storm. You can see the hail gathered around the edge of our grass.

Every Halloween, I let the kids eat as much candy as they want (after dinner of course) and then the "candy monster" pays our house a visit that night while they are sleeping and eats all their candy. The older two actually think it's funny to hear about the candy monster and don't mind that he eats their candy. Steve and I had to laugh though as we were cleaning out Scarlett's bucket that night...

I guess if you don't have time to eat it all before bed, then you just sample what you can and toss it back in the bucket. ;)

It was a fun night... my parents, my brother Trent, and my sister-in-law Alex all came over to hang out. We had pizza, salad, Krispy Kreme doughnuts and cider... it was lots of fun!

Now on to November... can you believe it will be Christmas soon??
Me either.

Pumpkins!

Friday night we went out as a family to the pumpkin patch. The kids see it a couple times a week when we drive by and have been watching all summer long as the pumpkins have grown, so they have been begging to go.

They had a petting zoo, tractor hay ride, maze for the kids, etc along with picking pumpkins. They seem to add something new and fun each year. Cohen would have been happy to hang out with the animals at the petting zoo the whole time... that's the reason he's not in the shot with the other 3 kids.

We picked out perfect pumpkins... Cohen was actually really involved in picking them and bringing the ones he liked to us.

On Saturday, we finally found some time to put our faces on some of the pumpkins. It's a temporary fix until we can actually carve them. We've done it too early in years past and the pumpkin faces have sunk in and fallen apart too quickly. The kids had a good time doing these though...
Don't mind Cohen, he had just woken up from his nap and was a little less than cooperative to just sit for a picture. ;)

Kanyon with his spider pumpkin.

Scarlett with her black cat pumpkin.

Cohen with the skeleton and pirate pumpkins.


It's been a full weekend of fall activities and Saturday night we continued with dipping some caramel apples. The kids loved it and Cohen even participated. Due to the sticky nature of the activity... there are no pictures of the process. ;)

This is the scent in my house lately too... Yum...

I have a spooky tree on my table in my kitchen and Kanyon and Scarlett decorated it with some scary halloween themed pictures...
Here is one that Kanyon did of a skeleton. Cute, right? :)

Can't believe that October is already half way over. Fall is going so fast which makes me sad because that means that Winter is just around the corner! :( I hope we can hang on to this nice 70 degree weather a little bit longer.

Cornbellys

It wouldn't be October without a day at Cornbellys! The kids remember so much of it from last year that they were really excited when they found out we were going Friday morning with their cousins and Grandmas.



Babata, Me, and Grandmother Cahoon.

The kids watching the chickens tell jokes.


Brenda on the phone... not the reason I put the picture on here though... it's the only shot I got of the Monster that the kids went inside of. It wasn't haunted during the daytime (thank goodness), but the kids were still pretty spooked about going in there where it was really dark and had some scary noises!


Bull riding was a highlight... Kanyon loved it and wasn't really scared.

Scarlett said she didn't want to do it at first... but after her other cousins did, she gave in. I think she was scared because she was making the funniest faces, including this one with little pursed lips. I think she was really concentrating. :)

The time flew by that we were there and before we knew it, it was time to go.

We had to say goodbye to Brenda and Grandmother there since they were headed for Salt Lake right after. It has been a fun 3 weeks with both of them in town with lots of activities!

We will definitely miss them! It will be strange for life to go back to normal now. It has been such a blessing having Brenda around to help as much as she has. I really owe it to her for helping me get a new normal established at home now with 4 kids. She was so helpful when I first came home from the hospital and then when she came back a couple weeks later she was there when our babysitter quit suddenly, I was sick and also had a tooth ache and had to go to the dentist, etc. She's just been wonderful and I'm so grateful to have a mother-in-law like her. <3

Dinner and Home Run Derby

We spent the night of Kelan's blessing up the canyon eating KFC, watching the kids play at the park and the boys play home run derby. Just for the record... James killed it. He beat his big bros by a long shot. ;) Too bad I didn't even get a shot of him hitting!

Here's Scott.

Steve's turn.

Brenda had a turn and did really good! Check out all that fall color in the trees too... it was really pretty up there, I need to go back and capture that a little better.

The kids took turns too. It was tough because it was just a stick... not a real bat, so it was pretty skinny. Maya was first.

Then Kanyon.

And Scarlett even took a turn.





Tehya was so funny carrying her little rabbit around everywhere...

Scarlett and Aliyah are buddies lately... it's cute to watch them play together now.


Thank goodness for Alli (James' girlfriend)... she was really helpful with the little kids that wear us all out.

It was a perfect night... perfect weather and so fun to be together.