Happy Halloween!!

We started this year out by going Trick or Treating to a few houses in our neighborhood. Then we went to Grandpa and Grandma's neighborhood and did a few more houses and then inside for a fun Halloween party. We ate yummy soup in bread bowls, and played lots of games! We had a great time!

Caiden the "Fighter Fighter", as he calls himself


Kelsi the Ladybug


Kortlin the grumpy stinkbug...I mean butterfly


Caiden winning "Pin the nose on the Pumpkin"


Me coming in second place...


until Rich covered mine.


The Cakewalk that Caiden won AGAIN.


Grandpa and Caiden


Keli and Mike


Kortlin the Mummy

Carving Pumpkins

Every year for FHE we carve pumpkins the week of Halloween. We had a lot of fun this year with two extra helpers!

Kelsi and Caiden



Kortlin


Rich, my mom, and Mike


My dad



We let Caiden choose how he wanted to carve his pumpkin and he chose a "4" for the eyes, "7" for the nose, and "1" for the mouth...no clue. His is the one all the way to the left but we didn't cut the numbers wide enough so there is not much light showing through. OOPS!

The girls helped out for a few minutes and then were bored and ended up feeding each other cereal the rest of the time. They spilled it all over my mom, themselves, and the floor but had fun doing it. YES, I said cereal for dinner. They have been sick and have not eaten hardly anything for the last few days so when they actually wanted to eat something I didn't care what it was.

Just because they look the same...

Kortlin, Kelsi

doesn't mean they act the same! Kelsi has been SO sweet lately. When we go shopping or for a walk, she just sits back in the stroller and never says a word. She sleeps all night and is a great eater. She is really into books right now and is constantly bringing me a book to read to her. She always gives hugs and kisses and even helps clean up when asked! Then there is Kortlin, the little problem child! She is always getting into something, climbing up on something, pushing her older sibblings, ect...She knows when she is doing something naughty because she will tilt her head to the side and give a smile that says "I'm too cute to be mad at" and then come and give a hug. We are hoping this is just a phase, but if not we love her anyways!

Niklaus Visits

Rich's brother David was in town for a golf tournament so he brought along his son Nicklaus. Caiden and Nicklaus had fun playing Wii pretty much all day until we finally talked them into going to the duck pond in the afternoon. After the tournament David, Chad, Becky, Cayden, and Kenna came over for pizza and some Wii Fit.


Chad, Cayden, and Kenna doing the Hula Hoop! It was hilarious!!

Ice Cream

My brother and Sister both had today off from work so we all hopped in the car and headed to Anthem to do some shopping. It was fun to get out of the house and into some warmer weather! My parents had been at the Mesa Temple and ended up right behind us on the freeway heading home, so we all stopped at the Dairy Queen in Camp Verde for some ice cream.

Kortlin



Kelsi


Caiden

Prescott Weekend

Rich's parents were in charge of a Boy Scout fundraiser dinner this weekend so we went down to Prescott Friday night. We met Grandma Nana, Chad, Becky, Cayden, and Kenna at Texas Roadhouse Friday night. Saturday morning Grandpa Fuzz took "big" Cayden, "little" Caiden, and Kenna out shooting and of course to the candy store to spoil them! Then Saturday afternoon Barb and Jack showed up and all the cousins had so much fun together!

Both girls were being fussy and somehow Kortlin grabbed a huge peanut and started eating it. Rich finally got it out of her mouth but then she threw up all over him, which is why he looks so happy in this picture!

Nana making hot chocolate for all the kids before bed

Grandpa Fuzz with Kenna and Caiden


Kortlin having fun with the toys


Kelsi, Kortlin, and Kenna eating lunch and looking out the window



Uncle Jack with all the kids at the Boy Scout Dinner


Uncle Chad with "The Cutes" after his band performed

We put the kids in their PJ's after the dinner was over because we had to head home to be at church the next morning so both Rich and I could teach. We got home really late Saturday but it was worth it!

Basketball

Tonight was Caiden's first game for his team the Fireballs. He has played basketball lots before but never on a team. His team is 4-6 year olds so he is the youngest and he really loves his coach. He definately has the whole guarding thing down but doesn't quite get the concept of the game yet. These were a few of the questions he had about the game when we got home:
Caiden: "Who was that guy that kept blowing the whistle?"
Us: "Um Cade, that was the ref..."
Caiden: "Why did we have to keep taking turns being in time out?"
Us: "You were not in time out. Not everyone can play at once so you have to take turns resting."
Sorry about the pictures being so blurry. The lighting isn't the best in the gym and it's hard to get pictures of kids running!

I Love Your Blog Award

I have been tagged a few times with this one and I finally decided to do it. I have to answer these questions in one word so here it goes...

1. Where is your cell phone? table
2. Where is your significant other? bed
3. What is your hair color? blonde
4. Your mother? patient
5. Your father? cautious
6. Your favorite thing? family
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your dream/goal? skinny
9. The room you're in? clean
10. Your hobby? scrapbooking
11. Your fear? loss
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Utah
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you're not? outgoing
15. One of your wish-list items? clothes
16. Where you grew up? Flagstaff
17. The last thing you ate? chicken
18. What are you wearing? PJs
19. Your TV? Mitsubishi
20. Your pet? YUCK!
21. Your computer? Dell
22. Your mood? tired
23. Missing someone? Grandparents
24. Your car? Tahoe
25. Something you're not wearing? Jewelry
26. Favorite store? Gap
27. Your summer? short
28. Love someone? many
29. Your favorite color? black
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. When is the last time you cried? today

I decided to ask Rich the same questions so that our kids will some day learn some useless facts about him also...

1. Where is your cell phone? hip
2. Where is your significant other? home
3. What is your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? Noma
5. Your father? Pops
6. Your favorite thing? family
7. Your dream last night? sleep
8. Your dream/goal? sleep
9. The room you're in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? sports
11. Your fear? failure
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? debtless
13. Where were you last night? practice
14. What you're not? 6'2
15. One of your wish-list items? truck
16. Where you grew up? Charleston
17. The last thing you ate? chicken
18. What are you wearing? PJs
19. Your TV? on
20. Your pet? nope
21. Your computer? Dell
22. Your mood? tired
23. Missing someone? nope
24. Your car? worn
25. Something you're not wearing? shoes
26. Favorite store? golf
27. Your summer? over
28. Love someone? yep
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. When is the last time you cried? yesterday

Now I officially award the following 7 people with the "I love your blog award" and in doing so tag them to complete the following questions.

Barb, Becky C., Becky G., Amy, Heidi, Keli, Ruth,

Copy Cat

My friend had a really cute craft on her blog so I decided to try and make it. My picture isn't very good but you get the idea. If you would like to see the original one and what it was supposed to look like, click here. Thanks for the cute idea Barb!!