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My 2 "sweet" candy girls- Jaycee as a hershey's kiss and Kenzie as a candy corn

My 2 rival boys- Zack as the Joker and Kayson as Batman

All the kids with Indy as a hot dog

This one has Uncle Alex too

Hope you all had a safe and happy Halloween. We had a really good time, we started out the weekend at Monet's on Friday night for a Halloween party. It was really fun and the kids were all glad to see their cousins and the fun costumes they had. I actually saw my mom dressed for the first time that I can remember. She made the best Mary Poppins!

On Saturday we took the kids to our neigborhood "Trunk or Treat" and ran out of candy. Whoops! Guess we will know better for next year :)

After that we headed over to Nana's to hit all the houses over there. We went and picked up Kai (Cameron's sister's darling little boy) and his mom and dad and went to it. Kai and Jaycee were so cute! They thought being able to knock on a door and get candy, FOR FREE, was the best thing ever! Jaycee was running down the sidewalk yelling at all of us "Let's go treatin'" and Kai just kept saying "trick or treat" over and over. So much fun and great memories! There is a house in Cam's old neighborhood that has made homemade donuts since he was little, it has been so neat to be able to take our kids there as well.

Once the kids were getting tired and cold, we headed to Nana's and had our traditional homemade rootbeer (in a smoking couldron) and stew in bread bowls. So, so yummy and perfect. The kids showed off all their candy and had some great cuddle time with Nana and Papa.

Alex and Indy the "hotdog"

Can't wait to get started

The 2 little chocolate kisses

Carving Pumpkins

Carving pumpkins is one of my favorite things about Halloween, I love having the kids pick out their pattern and see how thrilled they are once it is finished. Cam was the "helper" this year and I think Jaycee had a lot of fun carving her pumpkin with her dad.

Unfortunately, Zack wasnt able to finish his pumpkin, he had a pattern that was a little complex and ended up having it all cave in. He is such a good sport and didnt even care! He just had fun doing it! That's what it is all about anyway, right?

Here are the finished pumpkins! They are so great!

Jaycee's smiley face

Kayson's Autobot symbol (Transformers)

Kenzie's Minnie Mouse

Here they are with Chalice's Jack Skellington and Dani's M&M's. Kenzie also did the Winnie the Pooh. Zack had an awesome Jack Skellington one as well.

Fall Pictures

Here are some more fall pictures of the kids- I wanted to try and get some of Kayson when he wasnt quite so stressed :) It was getting late and the lighting isnt the greatest but I thought they were at least worth sharing.

Our Family Pictures

This one is so great! I love that Jaycee has her "mean face" and is trying to beat up Kayson. Kenzie's face is awesome too :)

We got the chance to get some family pictures this month, it was a beautiful fall day, a little windy and cold but so pretty. Kayson was not too thrilled with the whole thing, as you can tell by his expression in almost every picture. Jaycee is almost 2 and sitting (or standing for that matter) still is not her favorite thing to do. Kenzie and Zack are old pros and know to just sit and smile til we tell them to stop. I thought they turned out pretty good for a family of 6 and there is always next year, right??

Does anybody even read this thing??

I love keeping a blog, and look at it like a mini journal/scrapbook of our lives. But I am really starting to wonder if anyone actually reads it???