We had a really fun time the weekend before Thanksgiving in Pocatello. When we arrived on Thursday we met two of my sisters, Michelene and Deidra, and their kids for lunch. Then we took the kids to the park so they could play while we visited.

Michelene and her baby girl, Brielle.

Sweet baby Brielle!

Deidra and her little guy, Brancyn!

Brancyn is such a smiley little boy!

Michelene's oldest, Hunter.
Deidra's third kid, Brylee, and Gavin!

Brogan.
Deidra's first kid, Liberty!

Brylee and her brother, Kayson.
My brother-in-law, Jared, and his wife,Erin, planned the rest of our weekend, a family get together with lots of fun activities!
Friday night was girls night out. Erin and her friend, Teressa, planned a FABULOUS " Twilight party, which included: beautiful decor, a seven course Italian dinner( served by a few of our husbands), movie tickets to the "Twilight" movie, games, and a chocolate fountain. It was great fun! Thanks Erin and Teressa! p.s. still waiting for pictures of the great event!
Saturday morning was for the guys to do their thing. They played pool I think! While they were off doing their thing the kids were involved in a double birthday party for my niece Haven and my son Gavin!(Gavin's b-day isn't until Dec. 22, but the kids were all together and we thought it would be fun!). We had a jungle theme birthday party. I think the kids had fun.

Then Saturday afternoon we had a nice family dinner! Then that night, after the kids went to bed, most of the adults went cosmic bowling. It turned out to be a really fun weekend! Thanks Jared and Erin!

My son, Brogan, has very a creative streak! He loves to do craft projects. Gavin loves to do whatever his big brother is doing. So they made these great masks and have had lots of fun playing with them!

I've gotten a little behind on my blogging! Thought I better get caught up! I found these pictures I had forgotten I took. This was Boise's first snow this year in October! The kids had to go check it out. Brogan loves the snow, Gavin was not too sure about it!

We love Halloween in our family! We
love to dress up. This year Gavin was
a cuddly, fuzzy bunny. He is sooo cute!
I had made this costume for Brogan
when he was Gavin's age. I am so glad
we could get some more use out of it!
Brogan talks all year about what he wants to
be for Halloween. I think it is his favorite
holiday. This year he decided to be a bumble bee.
He has really enjoyed the"Bee Movie" and got his
idea from watching that. Doesn't he make an
absolutely adorable bee!
Aunt Tressie spent part of Halloween night with
us. She came for dinner then went to our ward's
"Trunk-or-Treat" with us. She wore a very original
costume....She was a "deviled egg"! HaHa!

I was a mommy bumble bee this year. We

had actually bought the wings and anntenae
for Brogan's costume, but they ended up being
way too big. So I decided to be a mommy bee!

I actually convinced Seth to dress up this year.
He never dresses up for Halloween. So he is
the daddy bunny! Yay for Seth!

We make a crazy family of Bunny's and Bee's!

Alex came to spend the night so we were
able to see he and his family all dressed up!

My friend Shelly gave me the idea to make our

meals fun and festive on Halloween. So we
started our day out with ghosty pancakes and
jack-o-lantern pancakes. They did not turn out
exactly the way I hoped they would, but my kids
thought they were neat!For lunch we had "Boo Bugs" (which are just

mini pigs in a blanket dressed up to look like
bugs), orange soda, and orange chips. The kids
thought the bugs were great!

For dinner I made everything orange or almost

orange. Sloppy Joes, orange jello, orange chips
orange kool-aid with orange soda! We had aunt
Tressie over to share our holiday meal!

Sorry about the million leaf pictures of my boys. I still haven't figured out the slide show thing. The pictures were too cute to not show them all!

We love the fall season at our house. It is one of our favorite times of year. We love
the colors, the smells, the temperatures, and the holidays. I took these pictures of
the kids having fun in our fall leaves before we cleaned them up! They had lots of
fun and looked so cute!