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!

Meet the newest member of our family.
Sally the Scarecrow! Making a scarecrow
each year around Halloween has become
somewhat of a tradition in our family!

Preschool Halloween Party

Brogan has had so much fun in preschool the
last couple of years. Our preschool group meets
on Thursdays. Each mom takes a turn teaching
a letter of the alphabet. I really enjoy coming up
with fun ideas when it is my turn to teach. I was
very excited when I ended up with the letter "H"
and so close to Halloween. I decided to have a
Halloween Party. I made cute little mummy
invitations to remind them about preschool and
to invite them to wear their costumes. We read
a spooky story about Mickey Mouse and a
Haunted House. I made a Haunted House out of
graham crackers for each kid to decorate with
frosting and candy. Then we played Halloween
Hopscotch! It turned out to be a lot of fun!

The Pumpkin Patch

This year we decided to pick our pumpkins out
at the Pumpkin Patch. It was lots of fun. The
owners had it decorated so cute with great places
to take pictures!

Seth even got into the spirit of things and helped
to pick out the perfect pumpkin!

There were so many pumpkins to choose from!
We had never seen so many pumpkins all at once!

Brogan took great care in finding his pumpkin.
He kept trading in "the perfect pumpkin" for
another "perfect pumpkin"!















Gavin just couldn't find a pumpkin he liked.
They were all "GROSSY" to him!