video chat

one of Blaine's best friends from first grade moved to Florida over the summer and we were so bummed. But the kids decided to have a video chat the other day! they were so cute talking to each other (in private of course...i went upstairs). we actually had to cut them off after an hour so she could get ready for bed and Blaine could do homework. it was so fun for them...can't wait to talk to you again Isabella!!

yummmm

ty has officially discovered....

LoLLiPoPS!!!!

and he is loving them!!

Halloween night

so here we FINALLY have actual halloween night. it seemed like by the time the 31st came, we were kind of halloweened out....well, not really. there is always time for free candy!!

my cute boys


we went around with a group of neighbor kids. jake and i always take turns...one walking with the kids and the other handing our candy

by the end of the night, Ty was having just as much fun (if not more) handing our candy and wearing daddy's hat!! happy halloween!

Halloween PARRRR- TAAAAYYYYY!!!

i told you we were busy this month...here is party number 3 in october!! we seriously had something going on every saturday this month! but i was all fun and worth it. here are some pictures from ouf big halloween party that Paig and I planned. it was awesome. Jake dressed up as a "mis" fortune teller and was giving out awful fortunes all night. i was his gypsy assistant.

me and Paige

there was a couple dressed up as Waldo and Wanda, and there goal was to try and be in as many pictures as they could....WHERE'S WALDO??

we had a poker and black jack dealer come and it was seriously soo much fun!

outside we had music and dancing...we even played "finish the lyrics" which is always funny. it was such a great night! oh by the way, Jake won BEST MALE COSTUME!!! wahoo for him. he deserved it, he was hilarious giving out his mis-fortunes.

Block Party

Remember way back when we started growing pumpkins?! well a few weekends ago we had a street "Fall Festival, Pumpkin Party Extravaganza"!!!! and it went super awesome if i do say so myself! unfortunately there were only 3 people on the street who actually produced a pumpkin (not us!!) but we still partied anyway!!

me, Joylene and Kim headed up the whole thing!

there were games like ghost bowling, candy corn toss...we even had real pumpkin races...
or course Joylene and i had to get in on the action!!
there were also cute crafts for the kids to make....
and "HAY RIDES"

one last contest we had was a chili cook off which was AMAZING!! so yummy and there was such a great variety and turn out. it was such a fun night! and of course there were awards for our pumpkin growing winners!! everyone on the street agreed that this should now be an annual thing!! i think so too!

Ward Talent show

on October 15th our church ward put on a TALENT SHOW!! it was really neat because we not only displayed "showy" talents (singing, dancing, piano...) but there were also artsy talents and cooking talents. there was a bake off which meant a table of everyone's yummiest treats, and the whole back of the gym was filled with art work, trophies...you name it. the theme of the night was "There are Talents all around us"...or something like that. SOOOOO, long seg way....Jake was actually put in charge of the whole TALENT portion of the night. he sis such a great job lining up acts, keeping everything running smoothly, lights, sound EVERYTHING! he was one busy guy...good thing he has a super awesome wife who was there to help him!!

Blaine decided that he wanted to be in a number with some of his friends called "Circus Act" they all did something a little different. Blaine did the ROBOT!! and let me tell you...he made mama proud. he stayed in character the whole time. he made this old circus hat we had go over his head and he cut out eyes so he could see! so cute

i decided to display some of my talents with my crochet stuff! and as if jake didn't already have a busy crazy night, he also preformed. he did a spoof oprea singing number that was super funny! good work babe on everything!

Carving Pumpkins

we kind of had an impromptu pumpkin carving thing the other night...we carved out in the garage with some of the neighbors. it is always fun to have more people around! and we had plenty of pumpkins to carve since jake "strong man" carried 8 pumpkins home for us! i think the kids did a great job and the pumpkins look awesome!!