Family Halloween Party

Here are some pics from the Halloween party at Justin sister Jenn's house last night. Thanks again Jenn for hosting, and all the yummy food everyone!

I put on the pirate costume last night, I kept forgetting to look vicious, instead of smiling when J tried to take pictures. I love dressing up!!! Alex made the cutest parrot, and still loved me, in spite of the hideous makeup. Izac is a cowboy at heart, it's so cute how much he loves his costume! Thank goodness one area I'm creative, or innovative at is Halloween costumes! The sewing doesn't have to be perfect, and you can use the hot glue gun.

Giddy-up cowboy Izac

The Family

The whole gang

ARRRGH!

PARTY!

J's special brew!

Izac and Benj playing in the mist of the brew

pumpkin carving fun

the jack-o-lanterns

Sneak Peek!

Last night for Friday Home Evening (the boys and I weren't home on Monday for FHE) we went to the place where I usually take our pumpkin pictures. Justin wasn't able to come to the other pumpkin patch with us, so it was for him also. Here are some pics from that adventure.

Our ward had it's trunk or treat tonight, so here is a preview. We didn't get anyone to take a picture of all 4 of us, so I am missing from the pics, but I was there. I was a cowgirl with Izac, nothing special, just me in a cowboy hat, so you're not missing much. I was supposed to be the pirate, but Izac wanted someone to be something with him. (Don't mind Izac's crazy eyes in these pictures, he didn't want to pose for them)

This one shows Alex's feathers better. I know he needs yellow socks, but I didn't have time to go get some. He's supposed to be in his red fuzzy pajamas with feet, but it was too warm.

This is the cute one!

This picture made me laugh, at least he's sharing, even if he's not paying attention. Anything to keep Alex from squawking!

Izac, growling with his friends.

*Stay tuned for pictures from California, from this past week!*

Pumpkin Patch

We went to a pumpkin patch last week, in Layton, with Izac's preschool. It was so fun and we even cut our own pumpkins off the vine......so cool! I put alot of pictures of the other kids from school, so their mom's can take them from my blog.

Wild Weekend

We had an adventurous weekend, it ended too soon. There is a long story as to how this all came about, so scroll down if you just want to see the slide show and captions.

At the beginning of Sept. Justin's dad gave us some tickets to a concert he wasn't able to attend. He is helping to make a movie about Zion National Park, and the surrounding area, which will celebrate 100 years next year. This concert was to debut the CD which is basically the songs for this movie. A composer, named Phillip Bimstein has written songs about the stories and people who live and work, and have lived and worked at the park, and around there. http://pbimstein.googlepages.com/redrockrondo

There is a man, by the name of Leon Lewis, who was at the concert, and performed the song about him, with them that night. http://pbimstein.googlepages.com/whentheroostercrows I immediately fell in love with him, and expressed this to Justin's dad the day after the concert. Well Mike called him and set up a time to go meet him, so this Saturday was the day. Despite it being wet and rainy, we went ahead and followed through with the plans and ended up having a fabulous time!!! Izac couldn't' have been more happy, on a ranch with lots of animals. We even got to get some green eggs, from his chickens, and came home with a pomegranate, a huge zucchini, and a cowboy hat. (for Alex from Leon's grandson Taylor, who has outgrown it, so cute!)

Also I know that my dad works at a resort at the East entrance to the park sometimes, and often stays there while he's working. So I called him and he, my mom, and sister Krista joined us, and we stayed at the resort/ranch on Saturday night. It was unfortunate that Mike and Swendy couldn't come with us there, but we spent a beautiful conference Sunday, in beautiful surroundings and had a great time, with my parents and sister! Due to the fact that Kurt, and his wife Iva are trying to keep the twins in the "oven" as long as possible they are advised not to travel, and Kylee lives too far away now, to come for just a short weekend. WE MISSED YOU GUYS!