Happy Halloween

We went to our ward trunk-or-treat last night plus two haunted houses (at a church member's house and at a co-worker's house). We had thought about trick or treating around the neighborhood once we were done but, the kids bags were so filled up with candy from the trunk-or-treat that we just decided to go home and watch some Halloween movies together. The kids had a great time. Since our cut off age for trick or treating is 12 years old, our 13 year old Connor decided to stay at the house and hand out candy there. I think he enjoyed having some alone time without all of his siblings around.

Afro

Every year for Halloween Jon buys some kind of outrageous wig and dresses accordingly. We pulled out our Halloween box and the kids found his huge Afro wig from last year. Of course, they all just had to try it on. This is William taking a turn wearing it.

This is a typical Connor face. This is his "I am annoyed face." We see it quite often.

Pumpkin Fun

Our church had a pumpkin carving activity this past Saturday. So we decided to take the kids and go. We all had a great time although it did start to get a little chilly after a while. We were treated to hotdogs, rootbeer floats and lots of yummy snacks. Plus, we got to carve our pumpkins. Connor kind of separated himself from the rest of us and later hung out with some of the teenage boys his age. (sigh) I guess he is at the age where he doesn't want to be seen with his family. We've all been through. I just hope he gets through this stage quickly. Can you believe he's 13?

All in all it was a blast.

My New Blog

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Family Fun Fair

Our new stake here in Arizona puts on a family fun fair once a year for all of the families in the stake. I took Hayley, Andrew, William and Alison to the fair while Jon and the older boys were on a Boy Scout camp out. There was so much to do and eat. Cotton candy, homemade donuts, nachos, snow cones, chili, pies etc. There were games with prizes and some fun inflatable play things. We got a little sunburned but still had a blast. I just love that 80 plus degree Arizona fall weather!

Alison Walking

I have been trying to get a good picture of Alison walking. This as good as it is going to get for now, I guess. She started walking about a month ago at 13 months old. I guess she takes after her "mama" because that's how old I was when I started walking too. She is such a little cutie and is at that fun learning toddler stage. She is picking up new words all the time; kitty, thank you, bye, ba (bottle), NO, ouch, and very distinctly ddddaaadddyyyyy! How fun!