craig & whitney

october

sully came home from school in early october with this AMAZING drawing. made my heart burst!

picking pumpkins!

yelling at pumpkins.

we love serres farm. for life.

craig's cousin, spencer, got married! they had this super fun photo booth with loooots of props. the kids were in heaven.

during the ceremony, i had to be upstairs with this lunatic.

halloween craft night!

fruit of our labors.

sully had a fantatic first season of soccer. he ran so fast, assisted in lots of goals & scored quite a few himself. we were SO proud of him.

"haaaaa" pasta.

trying out the (gross!) october flavors at salt and straw. crispy worms? no thank you.

a chocolate concrete in bed, courtesy of the new shack shake downtown? yes please!

aaaaan going there again a few days later with taylor and rachelle for date night.

followed by the haunted morgue. very fun. except when the creepy clown shoved a chainsaw up my bum. uhhhh

nightmare at beaverlake was much more family-friendly.

followed by moooore shake shack. we love a good hype.

tess, giving another talk in primary. "jesus served others by washing his friends' feet. i can serve others by sharing my chocolate milk with my baby brother huck. when we serve others, we serve Heavenly Father and that makes Him happy." also huck's sideshow and my mom whisper-yelling at my dad to "let him go!".

pumpkin cheesecake bars. a must.

spider bun!

cousins with their electronics.

"every witch needs her kitty cat". so huck was hers!

found this gem from when we all went to disneyworld for tylers make-a-wish. exactly 30 years ago and i was exactly tess' age now. circle of life moment.

i usually like to set up for my parties weeks in advance..... yeah.... hucks not gonna let that happen.

"haaaaaaah" water!

pumpkin patch again... this time with friends!

best buds.

more best buds.

huck wanted nothing to do with the pumpkins, duck race or maze. he haaaaad to sit in the driver's seat of the tractor the entire time.

same pumpkin patch and cart (tess & tagg)!!!

i mean, he looks 15.

our loot.

my favorite boy.

my mozart.

homemade halloween marshmallows.

BIRTHDAY GIRL.

getting ready for her friends to arrive.

a lunch fit for princesses.

make a wish on that glass slipper!

prince charming even made an appearance!

all of tess' friends stood in line for their turn to dance with prince charming!

it was literally one of my favorite mom moments ever.

tess is our princess 365 days a year.

pedicure after the party. she wanted to make sure they "ahssaged her feet too".

my parents invited us to join them for their anniversary dinner. a very fun and delicious night!

getting ready for trunk or treating.

guess the woodsman chopped off his hand.

grandma was over it so she turned into a tiger and lent her costume to johnny boy.

huck loved the fishing game. who doesnt?

except he cheated and walked right over to the "fish" to get some candy. i heard the teenager say "here you go. go find your mom and make sure you can eat that". haaa

hes all ready for nursery! showing "nice".

the weather held out for trunk or treat time. yay!

cutest wolf ever.

"pumpkin tess". who knew tess knew japanese characters. haaaa.

chocolate crinkle cookies.

the boys always give me a hard time for not having those inflatable characters in our yard for holidays. these balloon spiders are as good as they're gonna get.