Happy Halloween

Every year we have a Halloween party at my parents house. My mom makes homemade chili and scones, we carve pumpkins and eat donuts from a string:) This year my mom came up with some different games to play for the older ones. One was we had get a piece of bubble gum out of some cool whip, and get an Oreo from our foreheads to our mouths. It was pretty hilarious! We also have a Halloween party with Clarke's, but for some reason I'm not very good at taking pictures there. We ate chili and the kids ate donuts from a string. I really need to be better about taking pictures there.

Crazy Hair Day

This week has been red ribbon week at school and today was crazy hair day. It was fun to do crazy hair!!!

Evan's 1st Hunt

Evan was so excited to go deer hunting this year! Everyone knew when the deer hunt was because he told everyone! The deer hunt was the same weekend as the Primary Program. Evan was so excited to find out that he wasn't going to be here and that he didn't have to learn a part. (Little turkey doesn't like to give talks or say prayers in church, it scares him to death!) Bryon and JT both shot and killed a deer. Ryan shot at one but didn't get it. But he did end up getting a flat tire on the truck and on the way home the wheel and hub on the flat bed trailer he was pulling came off. They were so blessed to not have gotten hurt.

Painting Pumpkins

These pumpkins turned out so cute. Evan and Tyson made spiders and Makayla made a witch.

A Day with Granny

On Friday Granny took us on the Frontrunner to Salt Lake to the Gateway Mall. She took the kids to Build-A-Bear, which they LOVED. It was so cute to see them pick out their animal and put it together. My favorite part was when they rubbed the hearts on their foreheads and hearts and knee and gave it a kiss, then they squeezed it a few times to get it pumping, then put it in their animal. So CUTE! They got to pick out 2 outfits for their animals. Makayla picked a Hello Kitty which she named "Kitty". Evan picked out a wolf which he named "Lightening". Tyson picked out a horse which he named "Horsey". They love their animals and each of them sleep with them every night. Then Granny took us to eat at Applebee's. It was such a fun day. The train ride was pretty exciting too. The kids thought that was pretty cool:)

My Little Cowboys

Evan has always been into horses and the whole cowboy get-up. Tyson loves it too, but he also loves to do whatever his big brother does. It was a little too chilly to play outside so I moved the van out of the garage and they played cowboys in the garage. I love Tyson's version of a cowboy hat. (I guess he needs his own!)

The Elk!

Ryan has been hunting since he was 14 yrs old and this is the first year that he shot and killed an elk. He was SOOOOO excited!!!! Evan and Tyson LOVE to look at these pictures. Tyson is obsessed with them! He can mimic a elk call pretty good too!!! Makayla didn't really want anything to do with it. (As you can tell by the picture of her crossing her arms.)

Jr. Silverline

Makayla loves to dance and it's so much fun to watch her! She loves to to the Jr. Drill and Jr. Cheer with her friends and cousins.

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins

Ryan and I went to Gardner Village with Michelle and Spencer. The whole place was decorated for Halloween with lots of pumpkins and really cute witches!

The kids picking there pumpkins out of the pumpkin patch in my mom's garden.