Tuesday, November 10, 2009

November 1 through November 7

I'm so lacking pictures for this week so I thought I go back a year and post pictures from our life one year ago...my how the kids have grown up!



October 25 through October 31

We had a fun week of Halloween activites. Here are some of my favorite photos from the week:


Our annual front porch photo on our way out the door to go Trick-or-Treating.


Our Halloween supper with the Emery's...black bean soup and quesadillas, oh and a steaming witches brew!


The girls in the Trick-or-Treating group...so cute!


Batman and Robin...what a pair!



Checking out the loot...when I was a kid we always we sorted our candy into piles of like candy to see what we got the most of. So I taught me kids to do the same. Snickers was the winner for both...to bad they don't love them!


Game at Nana and Grandpa's Halloween party...Pass the Pumpkin!



Family photo from Nana and Grandpa's party...Bryan and I borrowed some SuperHero costumes...don't we look great!


Carving pumpkins! Bryan did a great job tryin to make Snow White for Natalie.


Ben's school Halloween parade...he was so funny and even did a little Robin maneuver for us.


Making Halloween sugar cookies for FHE...yum!

Oct 18 through Oct 24

Sunday, Oct. 18


My sweet and talented friend, Erin, took our family pictures today for our Christmas cards. She was so kind to take an hour Sunday afternoon to take our pictures. She did a great job. This one's not going on the card, but I love it so I'll post it here.

Monday, Oct. 19


Ben and Daddy got haircuts this afternoon...what a handsome guy!

Tuesday, OCt. 20


We all went to the dentist today...I didn't take my camera there but when we came home they posed with their new toothbrushes for me. Gotta love a new toothbrush! They both did great at the dentist and loved getting chocolate when we were done...what dentist gives candy at the end of a checkup? This was our first visit to this dentist but we loved him and will definitely be going back.


Wednesday, Oct. 21


Still loving the weather and being off track...we went to the fishing hole at The Cove and watched the ducks and old men fishing.

Thursday, Oct. 22


This one was actually from yesterday...so not perfect about taking a picture everyday. We took a picnic to the park and loved being outside!

Friday, Oct. 23


Bryan went to Costco for me while I taught piano lessons. Natalie went with him and they came back with this pretty surprise for me. Natalie spilled the beans though and came downstairs to tell me they were back..."and actually Mom, we bought you flowers!" What a wonderful husband.

Saturday, Oct. 24



We had our Ward Halloween party last night and part of the party was painting pumpkins. With the crowd a the paint table, however, we ended up painting them at home this morning. Natalie and I painted her's purple with a black spiderweb over it and Ben painted the Robin symbol on one side and a bat on the other.

Oct. 11 through Oct. 17

Sunday, Oct. 11

Here's my cute bedheads having Sunday breakfast of pancakes. Love Sunday mornings.

Monday, Oct. 12



We've had some wonderful weather and enjoyed some park time while Ben's off track. They love finding new parks to test out. This was a fun one.

Tuesday, Oct. 13


We made our annual trip to Gardner Village to see the witches they put on display. It turned out to be an extremely crowded day to visit so our pictures are not so great but we had fun doing the witch hunt and making a stop at the candy store for our favorite taffy and sampling fudge.

Wednesday, Oct. 14


We went on a leaf hunt this afternoon and then made some leaf rubbings as part of Ben's off track homework. I love leaf hunts!

Thursday, Oct. 15


Natalie loves helping in the kitchen...she loves eating these potato pearls dry out of the bin...then decided she would use it for a stool.

Friday, Oct. 18


One of Ben's favorite things about being off track is staying in your PJ's all morning. These 2 got out the playdough first thing this morning and had fun rolling it out together. I love it when they can play well together.

Saturday, Oct. 19


I love dressing up as a witch for Halloween...it was my favorite costume as a kid. Don't you think this little one make a pretty darn cute witch?