Halloween part 2

Happy Halloween! Isn't my little pumpkin so cute?? :)

We had fun this Halloween with the kids. Although Aiden was so sad not to go trick or treating with our neighbor friend Cole (because Cole would be going too fast for Aiden) He still had a lot of fun with Micah and my parents later in the night. Here are some pictures from the evening, along with a short video-be sure to check it out :)

All ready for trick or treating! Well, almost-Devin is still sleeping ;)

Here we go!

Be sure to listen as Aiden says Thank you, and then Gracias! I thought it was too funny-and I was later told that he really talked a lot saying Happy Halloween to everyone, and told him he was a fire fighter. What else was cool was that our local fire departments patrolled around the neighborhoods in the fire trucks passing out candy-and they got a kick out of Aiden's oversized costume :)

Devin and I came back after a few houses to pass out candy at our own house. He was a big hit with everyone that stopped by :)

The troops coming back from a long night-and yes, Micah went as a Doctor-go figure :)

Aiden decided to trick or treat at our house too at then end of the night-he basically took all the handfuls he could and dumped them in his bag-it was too funny. We were down to basically nothing anyway, and the hours were almost over, so I didn't mind.

Grammy and Papa

They Match!

Look at all that Candy Devin! If only you could get your hands on some...

Oh wait, it looks like you did!
We had to reassure Aiden that Devin wasn't going to eat any :) He was a little worried!

pumpkin carvings

Well, Micah's pumpkin carving season began in Colorado :) On our last night there we asked they boys to pick up a pumpkin to carve and make pumpkin seeds. I believe that this was the first pumpkin carved with Aiden, however Micah believes we did one last year-I don't remember that. But oh well. Anyhow Micah got to carving, and Aiden got to watching. I guess in my parenting, I have taught my son not to get "icky" and he was a big wuss when it came to cleaning out or even touching any part of the carved pumpkin. It was still fun-at least I thought. unfortunately we didn't have time to roast the seeds, and we left the next day. So Micah was still craving them and asked if we could carve another pumpkin at home. He picked one up, and then I picked another 2 up :) Please enjoy Micah's handy work!

Dan looking to clean Micah's ears out!

Aiden ever observant

The Finished Product-Aiden so proud-even though he didn't really help ;)

Ok, Pumpkin carving at our house part 1 :)

Devin getting in on the action, and Aiden telling us how big the pumpkin is

Hard at work

Micah wanted to be sure to let everyone know that Aiden helped by placing the face stickers on the pumpkin, and so it's a little crooked, but I think it adds some character to the carving :)

Papa and Grammy came out to visit and go trick or treating with Aiden. When they got home it was time for pumpkin carving at our house part 2 :) As Micah had the task of carving out the turkey-since Thanksgiving is now around the corner, he made the comment that this Turkey was more complicated and more time consuming than spinal surgery! haha ;) I think he was exaggerating just a little...but I'm glad he did it and not me! (not to mention the fact that I had to reduce the pattern on the printer for it to fit on the pumpkin-so I guess it made it a little harder)

Doesn't it look great though? Good job honey :) And Papa, thank you so much for the Bears C-we will have it lit for every game that the pumpkin survives for ;)

Halloween part 1

I know I have a lot of catching up to do with posting, so here is a little bit from Halloween: The boys and I went to our mall here with Laura and her kids for a party at Old Navy. It was actually pretty lame for the kids, but we were able to get some shirts for the kids for free-so it was sort of worth it for us. But anyway, the kids dressed up and then we walked around and they played by some cut-outs that were around. In the end, it was a fun day to spend with our friends :)

James looking all 'cool' :)

waiting for us to check out

Silly face :)

James liked being in that corner-it was cute

Haunted house

how cute!

princess Ally

Hiking in the foot hills

Dan took us for a hike in the foot hills the last day we were out there. As Aiden liked to say, he had so much fun hiking in the Rocky Mountains ;) Not quite the mountains, but it seemed like it to him. He did really well, and we went pretty far for having two kids with us, who haven't been hiking before. If I lived there, I would do this every day! We had a lot of fun, and it was just so beautiful-gotta love God's creations...

Don't let go!

Aiden loved going through the "spooky forest"

so many cool rock formations

Aiden finally needed a bit of a break

going through the "forest"

Devin did really well too...hey he hitched a ride the whole time ;)

Can't wait to go back again!

more from Colorado

I know it's been awhile since I've posted anything-there is always so much to do when you get home from a trip. So I know it's a little late, but here is more from our trip to Colorado. This particular evening we went out to visit my cousins David, his wife Gina, and their two kids Bryson and Bailey. We had a great time with them, and couldn't believe how late we stayed out! It's so nice to be able to spend some quality time with those you love...even if it's only for a short while. Here are some pictures from the evening-we had a disposable camera to use up, so I apologize for the poor quality of some of the pictures. Enjoy anyhow!
PS sorry for the underlining-I don't know how to get it off...

Aiden enjoying his ice cream sundae, while we enjoyed our awesome mousse :)

Here is most of everyone: David is taking the picture
Micah, Bailey holding Aiden, Bryson, Gina, and me. Devin is sound asleep on the floor next to me :)

David, Aiden, Bailey, and Bryson kickin' it on the couch

Aiden talking to Tucker through the door-how cute!

I told you I would post this picture Gina ;)

The Kiddo's :)

Say Cheese!

Bailey was so sweet with Devin, I just love this picture of them!

Quote from the night "you can either look stupid or you can look cute" while taking pictures of each other :) I still think this one is cute, but I'm sure Gina will think the next one is a little better!

Jealous!
This is a sketch of George Halas done by one of his players during a game. David said he found it at my grandfathers house after he died. Everyone was going through his things looking for stuff to take in his memory, and he found this among some things to be thrown out. I don't know how this was overlooked by everyone else, but we're lucky it didn't get thrown out! I'm jealous that David has it-because if you didn't already know, we are huge Bears fans...but at least it's still in the family! Can you leave it to me in your will David? ;)
Thanks for a fun evening, we miss you all and hope to see you again soon! xoxo