Random Pictures

I came around the corner the other day to find this. Apparently Dallin thought it added to the "little old man" look.My sweet baby.

A friend of mine, Tammy Nysetvold, is moving and trying to get rid of a bunch of stuff. She found out that Connor loves Buzz Light year and gave him this awesome costume. He wore it all morning yesterday.

Connor learned how to use the mouse on the computer today and spent some time playing Starfall (an educational website) while I got some things done today. My little boy is growing up so fast!

Halloween 2010

On Saturday evening we went to our ward's Trunk-or-Treat. We had a chili cook-off and there was lots of fun games for the kids. Savannah always loves the cupcake walk...Our cute little pumpkin hung out on Daddy's shoulder the entire night.

I caught Zach dancing to some music...

Jacob had fun having "battles" with his friends.

Connor & Savannah both got a bat painted on their face...

The kids were too fast and ran off trunk-or-treating. But I got this picture of Connor. My friend is having her first baby girl and had a "skeleton" over her belly. It was so cute.

Since Halloween fell on a Sunday I had the kids stay home to pass out candy. They had a great time. Connor was so cute. Whenever a girl would come to the door he'd say "Oh, you look so beautiful!" And to the boys he'd say "You look so COOL!"

I just loved walking past and seeing this all evening...

Costumes & Petting Zoo

Army Guy Zach, Mermaid Savannah, Jack-O-Lantern Landon, Percy Jackson Jacob, & Buzz Lightyear Connor

This afternoon the kids and I went to the park for our neighborhood Halloween Party. They had a jumping castle and Petting Zoo. The animals were the main reason I decided to go, and I'm glad we did. The kids had a great time.We were one of the first families there and the kids had the jumping castle to themselves for a few minutes.

After that the Petting Zoo was set up and we went inside.

Petting Zoo = Zach Heaven

Connor wanted nothing to do with the petting zoo. He was pretty freaked out.Until he saw the little chicks...

"Awww, they're so cute Mommy!"

And then he came inside and almost strangled one. Luckily Mom was there to save it.

He would only touch the chicks...nothing else.

Jacob holding a rabbit...

Jacob took this picture and the look on Landon's face just makes me laugh. "Get that thing away from me Mom."

Checking out the donkeys and ponies.

Savannah got to feed a goat...

After the animals we played on the playground while Zach stayed in the petting zoo. He was in there for at least 30 minutes. Connor found another Buzz Lightyear to play with on the slide.

Family Fun

The kids have been working hard to earn a Family Movie Night over the last month or so. They earn marbles any time we catch them doing something nice or extra. Or even just having a happy attitude all morning or afternoon. We finally filled it up!

We started off the evening with a Jack-O-Lantern pizza from Papa Murphy's. That is the marble cup that Jacob is holding. And Savannah was grumpy for pictures.We watched "How To Train Your Dragon." The three older kids saw it in the theater with Grandpa, but the rest of us hadn't seen it.

Landon thought it was fun having everyone in the room paying attention to him...

The kids requested peanut butter cookies and popcorn.

And I just can't resist this cute, innocent face.

Round Rock Fall Festival

On Thursday morning Connor, Landon & I went to the Round Rock Fall Festival at Old Settler's Park. Connor loved it! They had a bunch of games and activities for little kids, all run by city employees.His favorite game was putting the giant rubber flies into the frog's mouth.

Connor's favorite activity of all was the hay ride. It was really, really windy and chilly that morning and Landon was all snuggled in his stroller. Luckily we ran into some friends who took him along for the ride so that I could stay behind with Landon. It was a fun time!

Getting Ready...

...for Halloween!!!

On Monday I took the kids to a little "pumpkin patch" to pick out a pumpkin. Zach was fascinated by any pumpkin that wasn't orange. Landon loves being in the front carrier now, although he's getting so big that it will kill my back pretty soon.After months of waiting Zach's pumpkin patch has finally produced. This is the one and only little pumpkin. Too bad it's not ready for Halloween!

We had our annual Family Home Evening pumpkin painting.

I helped Connor paint a snake on his and Dallin had the idea to make the pointy stem into the "rattle." Connor thinks it's "so cool!"

Dallin helped Landon paint his pumpkin...

On Tuesday morning I took Connor to the Halloween Library Storytime. They had a little party for the kids. Connor is SO excited to be Buzz Lightyear. We borrowed the costume from a friend.

He was a little wary of the lady dancing around in a big pumpkin costume, so he stayed back by me. But he still had fun.

We trick-or-treated backwards. Each kid went around the room and dropped a little prize in each sack (a prize that we brought). Then at the end each child got a bag full of stuff.

After the library Connor helped me gut out our pumpkin. He loved picking out all the seeds.

Meet Zachob! Here's our friendly jack-o-lantern that wears glasses and braces.