Saturday, October 31, 2015
DH took the younger 4 girls trick-or-treating. Luke and M&M were still down in St. George for their marching band competitions. I made this baker's hat for Kitty.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Kay's school class painted some pumpkins for an art project and then they were used at a local grocery store for some decorations. Kay was told that on Thursday she could go to the store and get the pumpkin and bring it home. She was excited to show it to all of us.
Monday, October 27, 2015
Left to right: Kitty, MJ, Blondie, Luke and Kay
M&M was around this year but she had too much homework since it was the end of the quarter and she was leaving later in the week for the marching band trip to St. George.
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Luke and a friend of his decided to go to the Multi-Stake Youth dance together. It was a Halloween dance so they were able to dress in costume if they wanted to. Luke and his friend are both really big Dr. Who fans so they each dressed up as one of the Doctor characters. I had a hard time finding a suit coat for Luke that fit the style he was going for and that fit him. I finally found this one at one of the local thrift stores and it wasn't too huge on him. He sewed a little pocket on the inside of the coat so that he could put a sonic screwdriver there. We also had a hard time finding the right bow tie. My dad had a couple that Luke took a look at and decided on a solid red one. Here he is with the completed look:
Thursday, October 15, 2015
I typically don't make Halloween shaped cookies but DH had to throw together a last minute activity for the Deacons Quorum so he volunteered our house for the boys to come over and make and decorate cookies. It was funny seeing the 12-13 year old boys cooking and decorating! I had to borrow cookie cutters from my neighbor though because we didn't have any. After that I decided to keep an eye out for some at the store and I bought some that the girls then used to make some more cookies.
October 2015
Here are some of the color displays in our yard in the fall:
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| This is a hibiscus plant that I planted last fall. The flowers are huge! |
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| My mums got huge this year and took over! There are a few smaller mum plants in there that were totally taken over by the bigger ones. Some of the big plants were almost perfectly round in shape. In the background you can see some of our Halloween decorations. |
Friday, October 31
M&M was in St. George for a band competition on Halloween. Luke went to our old neighborhood and went trick or treating with friends there. Blondie went trick or treating with a friend in our new ward and so did Kitty. DH took MJ and Kay trick or treating and I stayed at the house to give our candy. I think everyone had a good time.
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| Picture of the sunset that night! |
Friday, October 31
Our new school does a Halloween parade like our old school did so I took MJ over to the school in the morning to watch the parade. Afterwards we went and helped out in two of the class parties.
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| MJ posing in her costume. |
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| MJ showing me how a caterpillar crawls and eats. |
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| Blondie dressed up as a "smartie pants" |
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| They made lava lamps in Kitty's class. |
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| Left to Right: M&M, Kitty, Blondie, MJ, Luke and Kay |
Friday, October 24
We went to a local corn maze as a family this year. They had a map with series of trivia questions that you would answer at different points in the maze to help figure out which way to go. It was a fun night but it was definitely very crowded (and expensive)!
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| That is an actual person on the left! |
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| M&M was being quite the teenager and did not want her picture taken that night. |
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| Trying to get a picture of M&M! |
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| Ha ha! Gotcha! |
