"Life is just like an old time rail journey ... delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride." Gordon B. Hinckley

Oct 31, 2011

Happy Halloween

Here they all are together right before going trick or treating. They are all so cute and so fun in their own little ways. I love Halloween, so much fun for the kids every year. We have  a lot of traditions that we like to do, but one of them is every year I let the kids pick out their costumes. I might throw out some ideas or we might look through some magazines, but they eventually pick out that special costume, unless you are Jaxon’s age and then you just get lucky to wear silly costumes that your Mom picks out for you. I love letting them do this because they love it and Halloween is all about them!!!

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Maddy the Zebra

Maddy loves anything pink or zebra striped so when she saw this costume she loved it!! It is so Maddy, everything about it. I love this girl, she is growing too fast though. She looks so much older in these pictures for some reason.DSC_4028DSC_4035DSC_4033DSC_4034

Kynzee the Batterina

Kynzee loves the color purple!! Anything purple and it has her name on it!! She loved this costume when she saw it and she made it look even more adorable. We started taking some pictures of her and then realized she didn’t have her bat eyelashes on that Aunt Jessica bought for her. So we put her eyelashes on and then took some more pictures. Kynzee loves posing for the camera and I love taking pictures of her. I love you sweet batterina.

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My Little Witch

Kenna picked this cute witch costume out!! She looked and looked for the one that she loved and this was her final decision. She looked so cute, she made a beautiful witch. The wind was blowing so hard that she really couldn’t wear her witch hat and that made her sad. I love my sweet Kenna bug!!

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My cute little Monster

Jaxon was a monster for Halloween and I thought he made the cutest little monster I have ever seen!! He can be a monster somedays and others just as sweet as can be. I could have taken hundreds of pictures of him!! I love this cute little boy and I am so thankful to be his Mom.DSC_3981DSC_3974DSC_3984DSC_3985DSC_3989DSC_3991DSC_3997DSC_3971

School Halloween Parties

Maddy and Kynzee had so much fun at school for Halloween. The moms who did the parties did an awesome job because my girls sure came home happy. Kynzee built this cute house and Maddy got some fun little creatures that she just loves. Hey did anyone notice Maddy’s new glasses?? She looks so cute in them. Maddy’s glasses broke so we had to get new ones and it took forever to get them in, anyway I thought they sure looked cute on her.

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Oct 30, 2011

Carving Pumpkins

This is one of the parts of Halloween that is not my favorite. It makes the biggest mess but the kids sure love it. I am glad the kids can do a lot of it by themselves.  I like cutting the lids all different and fun but other than that it is just a big mess. Maddy made her own design this year and cut it all out by herself, Kynzee wanted a ghost and kenna wanted a pumpkin and we just carved Jaxon a cute face. We got tons of pumpkins in our garden this year and I was so excited that the kids got to watch them grow and then carve them. Jaxon did not like the pumpkins at all, he wanted nothing to do with them, he wouldn’t even touch them. Maddy showed him the face on his and he hated it he kept pushing it away, crazy boy!! So glad pumpkin carving is off of the to do list this week.DSC_3865DSC_3867DSC_3869DSC_3874DSC_3877DSC_3881DSC_3885DSC_3889DSC_3891DSC_3893DSC_3897DSC_3899DSC_3894DSC_3882DSC_3880DSC_3906DSC_3909DSC_3917DSC_3923DSC_3927DSC_3930DSC_3931DSC_3944DSC_3936DSC_3937DSC_3943