Halloween!

The boys decided months ago what they wanted to be for Halloween. Since they had picked Avengers characters, and there were now 6 of us, I figured it'd be easy to form the whole team.   We had so much fun at our old neighborhood trick or treat lane.  It was so fun to see our friends. 

Black Widow & Hawkeye

I didn't want to buy or sew mine and Jeff's costumes, so it was all about the accessories.  You can't see behind him, but he has on a pretty sweet quiver of arrows I made out of a mail tube. I also painted the S.H.I.E.L.D. logo on his shirt.  I spray painted some of the boys toy guns for me and made a bracelet of bullets and then also my black widow belt buckle. Oh, and I've been wanting to go a little red for awhile, so I saved it for now.  I'm liking how it turned out. The boys love it and Weston asked me to keep it awhile. I think I will. :)  

Weston, aka, Captain America & his buddy!

Tave or HULK

Ryder:  Iron Man!

West had so much fun with his friend, Jaron. They sure miss hanging out daily!

Since the boys have missed each other, my friend, Rachel came trick or treating with us in our neighborhood. It was such a GORGEOUS day and the boys had a blast. I'm so glad we all hung out!

I love these kids!  

The two babies are missing from this pic, I can't believe we have 8 boys between the two of us!

Cute Callen hung out in his seat while the boys ran door to door.  He was so happy to talk to us, and have his Thor stuff off!

Happy Haunting everyone!

October's Everyday Moments

October was another busy month full of friends, school, and lots of fun activities. We enjoyed the nice weather..fall had hit but the temps didn't drop too drastically. We were still able to spend a lot of time outside.

Shar & Trav stayed with us for about a week while their sewer line was down. We had a blast and loved every second of having cousins around. So much that we didn't take any pictures. Here are the kiddos the last morning at breakfast:

The boys favorite thing to do is go swimming in Jeff & my bathtub.  And swimming it really is...this tub is awesome. They love turning on the jets,which always results in bubbles:

Weston being goofy with the bubbles:

My sweet boy is such a helper and growing up way too fast.

Silly Tave insisted on wearing these glasses for about a week straight (like one of the power rangers)

He also had a fun field trip this month to the red barn. He loved the hayride and the awesome slide:

Sometimes he doesn't like pictures...but I had to catch one of this cute kid with his very favorite blankie:

Ryder is always a hoot and so energetic!  He keeps me on my toes and I love (almost) every minute of it:

Those minutes I don't love- he quit napping. It is not fun. He is only 2 and still really needs one, but I cannot get him to go to sleep. So we have, unfortunately, converted to quiet time. He gets super grouchy by about 4 pm...so we try to get him down a little earlier for bed. As a result of no napping, he occasionally falls asleep in random places:

Ah, happy little Callen. He sure is loved by all of his bros.

He's such a good sport when they want to play with him:

I couldn't resist...I made this hat for a friend's niece and I had to try it on a model. I died laughing.  

Oh October, we sure had some laughs, didn't we?!

Pumpkin Carving!

We are so glad to have cousins back in Utah!! It makes holidays super fun.

Shar & Trav had a full garden of pumpkins, so they invited us over for some carving.

The boys loved choosing their own and then we got to work!

Ryder added a silly face to his:

Trav carved a face:

Tave put a silly face on his:

 And both boys helped carve a 'real' face:

K & M drew the face they wanted:

Our finished pumpkins on our porch:

Zoo day!

We have annual passes to the zoo..so one day we decided to squeeze a trip in before it got too cold.  

We brought along some new friends we have made. 

We love this family and have so much fun with them!

Kristen and I thought we would be so smart and go on a Monday while school was in...that way it wouldn't be too crazy. hahaha...little did we know it was the last day of fall break for Salt Lake. Oh well..we still had a blast, crowds and all!

The kiddos.  The boys get along with C & M so well!

I love this shot of the kiddos watching the baby elephant:

Ryder only asked to see one animal: a BABY giraffe. I'm SO glad we had one to visit!!!

The polar bear was definitely the highlight! She kept swimming and doing a flip and then jumping up in front of the window. The kids loved her!

It was quite the adventure doing the zoo with these four kiddos by myself. I'm so glad Kristen was willing to come, we had a blast!