Halloween 2010...

First of all...I LOVE, lOvE, LoVe Halloween...(in case you haven't noticed...)

I always have, but I think even more so now since my kids love it so much. This year was really fun.

We love to decorate and these were some of the things we added this year... As soon as we got our pumpkins, Ashton said...when are we going to spray paint them Mommy??These were the cards I made to send out to family with pictures of the boys in them...Ashton chose the red power ranger for his costume, and when trying to decide what Gunnar should be I thought about things he loves and decided to make him an m&m costume. It fit him so well (size wise and as far as his personality) And it was nice that it could fit over anything he wore to keep him warm.
I love it on him!

Yesterday was the day we celebrated. We started out decorating cookies at our church at 10:00...YUM!

Then we headed downtown to take the boys trick-or-treating at all of the stores around 11:30.It worked out great...it wasn't supposed to start till 1:00, but they all had their candy out, so we and a few others were the only ones. It was so nice!

(Here's my new favorite picture of Gunnar...)

Then we met up with the Hansens for lunch at the new pizza place downtown (right next to the Rage). It was really good! Go try it out if you haven't yet. Jack's Pizza? I can't for sure remember the name.

After that it was time to get our cute little m&m home for a much needed nap.

Then we went over for our traditional Halloween chili dinner at our neighbors (BJ and Emily)'s house before we headed out to trick-or-treat again around the neighborhood.

Not long after we got home from downtown was when the rain started and by the time we were knocking on doors, it was coming down pretty good. The boys didn't care though. This year Ashton took off with some of his buddies and we could hardly keep up with them.

I guess I never realized how popular the Power Rangers are and have been for years. He chose not to wear his mask, but everyone knew what he was!

They ran from house to house as fast as they could... So I followed him around while Lars took Gunnar to a few close houses...They got drenched~!...then they went home to hand out candy. Ashton and I followed not too much later.

Here they are with their stashes...

This year we had the "Switch Witch" visit our house. The idea is that the boys go through their candy and choose their 6 or 7 favorite pieces to keep, then they leave the rest out for the switch witch, who comes while they are sleeping to exchange it for a small toy. They loved the idea and now they won't be begging for Halloween candy every day for the next few weeks...or if they do, it won't be there!

Kind of fun!

To end off the weekend, Ashton was invited by his teacher to come trick or treat at her house so we took him and Gunnar up there tonight. He was so excited after school on Friday...he told Lars that he didn't care if we went anywhere else as long as he got to trick or treat at Mrs. Coburn's house!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween trick or treat bags...

I snagged this idea from my friend's blog & I was so excited to make my own version of them for my boys. I love how they turned out! Can't wait to use them this weekend!

Feeling grateful again...

Ashton is doing great in school. He really loves it, and I love that I get to volunteer in his class once a week. I go for an hour on Wednesdays and it is one of the highlights of my week. I'm able to do this because my sister is staying with us and can stay home with Gunnar while he naps. I'm so grateful and often think of things I wouldn't be able to be doing if she weren't here. I even got to go on his first field trip with him last week. His first ever ride on a school bus. It was so fun...we went to the Stokes Nature Center a little ways up Logan Canyon. We'd been before with some friends, so it was fun to get to go again. It was a perfect fall day and the kids all loved it.Kindergarteners are so cute!
I love getting to know all of Ashton's little classmates, and I love to see how he acts at school. I have to admit that I've been a little bit surprised at how quiet he is and how he sits and does all of his work so nicely with so much concentration. He's always been really smart (I'm not surprised he's doing well) but come on we all know...he is not a quiet kid!

And his handwriting is SO nice! I like to say he gets it from me...I always loved reading and writing. Thank goodness for Lars when we get into math and science. Not my favorites!

Most days lately I put Ashton's bike in the back of the car, then let him ride it home as I drive along with him.

He's so cute to watch. We will miss these nice fall days as winter looms ahead.

Anyway thank you Kelli for making it so I can have the opportunity to spend time with Ashton at school, and way to go Ashton on your first couple months ...you're doing great!

Last Weekend...

Nana & Papa and Aunt Shelley, Hunter and Ali came to visit. We had a lot of fun...

Friday we went out to the American West Heritage Center for their corn maze and other fun fall activities. Cute little blackout maze...Papa navigated us through the big maze.

Good thing...I never would have found my way out!Ashton was so funny at one point...after making his way through some corn stalks (off the beaten path), he says "Wow, that was really Corny!" haha!Gotcha Ali!! She wouldn't let me take her picture all weekend...Then we went out to eat at Texas RoadHouse that night...yum!

Saturday we went fishing in Idaho at a place called Johnson reservoir. Kind of a crappy little place, but we caught lots of little fish, so it was fun. We were excited to see Ashton actually having a little more interest in fishing!

Gunnar mostly played in the dirt and threw rocks in the water.

Oh and played with worms!
Then that night we made our yummy shrimp kabobs and had movie night.

We watched How to Train your Dragon...such a cute show!

Ashton and Gunnar LOVE to play with their cousins. Thanks for coming you guys! See you soon :)

Blue Bear

Gunnar has had this guy since, well since before he was born.

He likes him, but has never been super attatched to him. But the other day he carried him around with him all day and he wanted to take him outside after his nap. He had so much fun throwing him around and pretending with him for a good hour while I took a ton of pictures.

He laughed and laughed and laughed.

These pictures make me smile :)

It reminded me of another little photo shoot I did with Blue Bear when Gunnar was much smaller...