Well we had a fun, happy Halloween.We spent the day doing some organizing, going
on a walk, and being excited for Daddy's last day of work to be done before we
moved.Steve had volunteered to make
some chili for the ward's Chili cook off which I found out about the day before
( I was lazy and signed up for bringing butter ).SO I made my chili (known better as taco soup
- I don't make chili - it's not my favorite - so I consider taco soup to be in
the same category since it contains beans anyway), and we headed off for the
chili cook off and the ward trunk-or-treat.Somehow Steve's chili aka Stacey's taco soup won a prize for best chili.
Haha!
We watched the cute Primary kids do a costume parade on the
stage - Ross LOVED waving to everyone - he went up with Uncle Thomas and his
cousin Alex - the adorable Pooh Bear.Ruby voted to stay eating chips and chili with Dad instead (I forgot to
draw her nose and spots on her face for her costume - she wouldn't wear half of
her costume anyway).
Ross has got the model walk down - he knows how to parade - Uncle Tom body guards Pooh Bear Alex since he's so cute he could get snatched at any moment!
A hat nod for mom :)
Ruby in her dalmatian half costume - dad, a fire survivor - Ruby saved him. He even knows how to rock the smoke - he really is "smokin' hot!" :)
After the parade we headed out to the parking lot for the
trunk or treat.Ruby caught on REAL
quick and would fake the treater out by putting both hands into the bowl for
the candy, but then would just take one in the end.I convinced her to put her candy in her
bucket (which was a Peep's Easter basket from Grammy Joanne since my Halloween
buckets were packed away) instead of demanding to eat each piece every time she
got one (which we learned from the previous store trick-or-treating that she
would just bite the candy, wrapper and all, if we wouldn't open it for
her.She did pretty good unless they
handed out suckers.She's a sucker for
suckers.
Ross was hilarious.He was very good at saying "Trick-or-treat!" and
"Thank-you" and would only take one piece of candy at each car, but
he became very particular about what candy he would take.One car had those little Tootsie rolls which
Ross doesn't like.He went to reach into
their bowl, noticed there were no other options besides Tootsie rolls then
waved her bowl away telling her, "It's okay - I don't like them."She laughed and laughed and laughed and said,
"Well at least he's honest."My sweet, particular Ross.He
knows his own mind.When he was finished
he wanted to sit in the back of the van and eat the five pieces of candy I said
he could have.(Obviously he took his
time deciding which candies he wanted to eat.)Ruby followed suit choosing suckers of course.
Trick or treating begins - Ruby is already reaching for the candy like a veteran
Ross sorting through which candy is best to take.
We opted out on going around to houses for trick-or-treating
since it was getting so late, and our kids are too young to care.SO we went home, watched a short Halloween
show while eating candy and pumpkin bread and put kids to bed.
On the Sunday we headed up to Logan for my adorable nephew,
Jaxton's baby blessing.I was surprised
to see even my brother Garrett came up from St. George for it as well!It has been a long time since our whole
family was at church together, so it felt like an extra special occasion coming
to this beautiful baby blessing.Dain
did a wonderful job and we are so excited for this sweet baby boy to grow more
and more in to our family.Ross and Ruby
loved seeing Jaxton again and totally loved playing with their uncles.Have I mentioned I LOVE uncles for my
children?They are so fun and do such a
great job of wearing my children out for me while I get to just sit and watch.
:)It was a fun day.
That Monday the pumpkin patch we had gone to threw a big
Pumpkin Bash party where you could just grab any pumpkin and smash it however
you wanted.They had stations with Samurai
swords, baseball bats, stacks of hay bales you could toss them from, and a
crane that would lift you super high.They also had free donuts and hot cider.Super fun.
A crane full of people dropping pumpkins...what will they come up with next?
It's a bit cold.
Ready to smash pumpkins!
Totally compliant kids for the picture :)
Uncle Nathan more than happy to take out the pumpkin by sword.
Beka was all business about cutting up hers too.
My frosted Maple Mountain
It was pretty freezing and as fun as it was, Ross was more
than ready to go home - even though they had the finale of dropping a full
sized car full of pumpkins on top of an RV.We had to bribe Ross with hot chocolate at home to get him to stay to
watch (which he did in fact enjoy).It
was a great ending for the Halloween season.See ya later October!
Pumpkin carving is always fun and messy. Ross loved the idea of using a knife to cut the pumpkin, but didn't want to do any of the scooping pumpkin guts out. "My hands will get all sticky!" - his mom's issue of sticky fingers has been passed down to him. He did scoop some out so he could help carve the face in the end. :)
Carving pumpkin fun :) Ross coming to terms with scooping out pumpkin guts
Ruby trying to figure out what's going on.
Ross decided he wanted a happy face for his pumpkin that had shark teeth - quite creative. He was really excited to see the finished product and dad did a great job getting just the look Ross wanted. :)
Love this face :)
A happy shark in the back next to a car (of course).
We carved a kitty face for Ruby and she adored it - still adores it every time she sees it. She, of course, had to color it - she's obsessed with coloring. I have a feeling my walls are in danger - she's already gotten to tables, chairs, toys - anything she can get her hands on. She colored on her belly and the rest of the day she'd lift up her shirt and say, "Oh no! Color! Uh-oh! Color!" as she'd point to the marker all over her belly that she intentionally drew. She cracks us up.
Ruby's colorful kitty :)
She won't hold still :)
Steve tried a new tactic for his pumpkin and mine was just a classic face this year. Grandpa Don decided to do a self portrait - just kidding. :) But the best part of all was when we lit them up outside. Steve's dad was a fire investigator for a lot of years so you can imagine how many candles they really keep on hand - like nil. ;) They found a long stick one and split it between the five of them - it burned out within about 3 minutes, but gave us enough time to see them in all their glory. :)
The lighting of the pumpkin pictures are pending... The leaves have been falling like crazy lately and Ross and Ruby have been loving it. We can't make a pile before they're jumping on it and throwing the leaves everywhere. Ross prefers jumping - Ruby prefers tromping. :)
Steve letting Ruby do the work ;)
Ruby was very possessive of the rake.
LOVE this picture :)
We also tried out trick or treating with our cousin Alex at the Riverwoods which was super cute - except for Ruby throwing a handful of tantrums. It's so funny how quickly kids understand the candy part of Halloween more than even the dressing up part. Every time someone handed Ruby a candy she immediately wanted it opened so she could eat it. We only went to five places because of that - it was either that or deal with insane tantrums. Ross had a great time there though and was so sweet saying Trick-or-Treat and Thank-you for every candy he got. Fun festivities :)
Ruby went as a fairy - loved her skirt and wings but didn't want the crown or wand.
Ross took a break from being a fireman and went for a motorcycle dude. :) Sound effects and all!
The even had a s'more station and Grandma and Ross roasted some marshmallows :)
Grandma Claudia threw a fun Halloween Party for family night this week. We had a ton of fun dressing up, playing Halloween games and eating Halloween food. We're all about Halloween parties. All month I've been asking Ross what he'd like to be for Halloween and he very adamantly has proclaimed, "I'm Ross Charles White!" every time. I tried to explain that we just pretend and he's still Ross Charles White no matter what, but he wouldn't have any of it. UNTIL, finally one day he told me he wouldn't mind being a firefighter. It was SOMETHING to work with. :) I decided Ruby could be a dalmatian dog and Steve and I could be the victims Ross saved from the burning building - easy, simple, and cheap! Luckily Grammy Joanne had given Ruby a cute dalmatian onsie and tights that she was JUST too big for, but we made do. I found a black skirt for $2 and a little tail/ears set for $3. Ross had a raincoat that would totally pass for a firefighter and I found his hat at Target for $1 (all of this was on the same day thank-you very much - score!). The tricky part was getting Ruby to keep her ears and tail on - she really just wanted to wear Ross's fireman hat.
Ross the Firefighter posing for the camera :)
Muscles!
Ruby our Dalmatian :)
And the ears...
are off!
My mom and dad came as Bob the Builder (perfect for my dad!) and Wendy his business partner - perfect! Steve's parents came as a hippie and the Mad Hatter. Claudia managed to singe her wig as she was checking her casserole in a pumpkin in the oven haha. Nate and Beka came as pirates with Alex being the cutest Winnie the Pooh I've ever seen!
Bob the Builder and Wendy!
Hippies and Mad Hatters totally hang out together
Claudia's new look - singed bangs ;)
Pirates and Winnie the Pooh
Isn't his way too cute for his own good?
Cousins picture fail!
Thomas and Young came as lame college students - okay they had a late class and didn't have time to dress up, and my brother, Dallas came as the guy from Matrix - complete with weaponry!
Matrix Man!
A Matrix Pirate would be totally awesome!
We had dinner. Claudia had her casserole in a pumpkin which was yummy and festive, Beka made candy corn fruit, and I made Lionhouse rolls - which accidently turned in to a triple batch due to measurement issues on my part - letting the dough rise was insane - it was a TON. We had eyeball punch as well and for dessert we had Pumpkin sugar cookies, pumpkin bread, and Halloween Oreo's. YUM.
We played pass the pumpkin, Who Am I? and guessed the answers to Halloween riddles. We finished off watching a few of Dallas's awesome video's he's made. He currently is in the top competition for winning a scuba diving trip to the Bahamas and you can vote for his awesome video here . Please make his dreams come true!
Cute Rubes
She is loving these rainboots :)
It was a pretty fun family night. October is such a fun month :) Here are some Halloween words from Ruby :)
