Tommy (whom of course our theme revolves around) as Spiderman; Scarlet as the radioactive spider who bit Peter Parker; Carson as a spider web, and Robert as a villain caught by spider string!
I had to get some pictures of my spider web makeup
We have had a busy weekend participating in all sorts of Halloween adventures! Here's a little photo tour of our final October weekend:
The Lehi Legacy Center Halloween Extravaganza!
Cake walk. Or in this case, "witches brew"--soda pop walk.
Carving Jack-o-Lanterns
By our pumpkins
Scarlet is saying hi to Grandma and Grandpa in this one
Sunday dinner: Tortilla soup in a pumpkin bread bowl.
Made with the Blendtec!
And for this morning, pumpkin Halloween waffles for breakfast!
We started out on Saturday by taking a trip to the Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point.
I mean, our kids are really just the cutest.
Of course we had to get a picture by the super hero scarecrows.
And the bounce houses are always a big hit
Then we headed to Culver's for a yummy, if not super healthy, dinner.
Sunday morning started out with everyone rushing around like crazy so that I could get out the door to stake choir practice on time. I had the luxury of walking the mile+ to church. And really booking it in order to make it in time. It felt wonderful! And even more wonderful was being able to sing 8 part harmony and gorgeous songs with the stake choir for stake conference. My birthday couldn't have fallen on a better Sunday.
After conference it was time to open presents
I love this one of Scarlet's pigtails!
Since I knew what my big gift was, the boys decided to be sneaky and take it out of the box and hide it somewhere. I did get one clue--it was "it's in the claw." Robert was convinced I would have no idea what that meant. The first thing I thought of was "in the closet." You can find out by watching the video if I was right!
After naps we headed up to SLC for a birthday dinner. If you haven't heard, my glucose test numbers came back kind of high. That means that I don't have gestational diabetes, but one out of two of those numbers were high. The doctor told me I need to cut way back on refined sugar, and eat frequent, small meals. Has anyone ever asked you to cut down on sweets around this time of year? It's kind of tricky! Since I had eaten too many treats this past Friday night while helping the caterer at the Utah Art Invitational, I requested no birthday cake. Instead, my mom bought me a bag of Russell's sugar free chocolate candy. So my candles got to be in a little, sugar free peanut butter cup. Which are actually quite good! Thanks, Mom!
Of course we couldn't leave Grandma's without going on a walk. We looked more like a parade heading down the street! On our walk, we ran into a neighbor who offered to take a picture for us. I love how it turned out!
Luke, Kayla, Sam and Tommy, Mom, Robert, Me, Dad, and Scarlet
All in all it's been a fun birthday weekend. A little more relaxing than the past CRAZY week, that I can't even bring myself to blog about.
Here are some other gems I found on the camera roll from this week:
From last week's family home evening, talking about families. Tommy drew this picture of our family all by himself! My favorite parts are me with a baby in my tummy (can you spot it?), and Robert's long hair...circling our family. Tommy thought that was pretty hilarious.
Cupcake decorating!
You'd want to eat these sprinkle-ridden gems too, wouldn't you?
And now, for another COSTUME REVEAL HINT!!!!
It has been harder than ever to keep this one a secret. This may have to be our last year of costume reveals, since the kids are so excited to tell everyone they see. Anyway, here is this week's:
Costume Hint #4: Scarlet's character enabled Tommy's character. Carson's costume is a non-living thing, and Robert's is a victim of Tommy's character.
Here's a brief look into another fun-packed, fall week at our house:
Pumpkin Patch party in Murray. I stood in line for at least 45 minutes for these balloon creations!
Pumpkin Patch preschool field trip to Jaker's!
On the wagon ride
the preschoolers climbed the giant hay bale pyramid
Tommy picked this as his field trip souvenir
Scarlet loved hanging out between these two pumpkins while waiting for the wagon ride
Our Spooktacular meal of the week for Grandma's birthday celebration!
Pumpkins and witch brooms
Brains (spaghetti squash), witch fingers, pumpkins, and witch brooms!
We went on a colors tour of the path behind our house. Golly we live in a beautiful place!
And carrot cake for Grandma's birthday!
What a fun week. As we were driving the other day, Tommy looked out the window at all of the leaves and declared, "I love fall!" I couldn't have been more proud :-).
And now....another COSTUME REVEAL HINT!!!!
Hint #3: I asked my mom if I could use her purple jeweled spider web pin for my costume. It will be perfect. And we picked up some black sweat pants for Robert's on Saturday.
This week we had the chance to visit the Witch Fest at Gardner Village. We tried the witch scavenger hunt, but we couldn't find two of the witches!! We had a good time looking at the rest of them, though.
Oh! And I remembered to take a picture of our whole front porch area:
Do you spot Frankenstein looking out of the window?
We all love Mr. Bones
And for our spooktacular meal this week....drumroll.....
Jack-o-Lantern stuffed peppers!
Fresh peppers, onions, and tomatoes from the garden included!
Robert took this picture, then told me it looked disgusting. It does sort of look like they're drowning in blood or something, huh? They are actually roasting in a delicious balsamic-marinara sauce.
And the full meal--jack-o-lantern stuffed peppers, banana ghosts, and pumpkin-shaped carrots. Very orange. But very delicious!
Or for the adults, a bleeding jack-o-lantern. Haha....and ew! (But so yummy!)
And now, what you've all been waiting for....COSTUME REVEAL hint #2!
Hint #2: There are three colors involved in our entire ensemble. Black, gray, and red. Oh, and I guess a tiny bit of blue. :-)
Only 5 days late in celebrating the beginning of my favorite month!
Only on the blog, of course. We've been celebrating big at our house. :-)
We rang in the new month by starting out with ghost french toast, per Tommy's request. I think this will be an October 1st tradition in our house!
Of course, we did more than ghosts. Cats, pumpkins, witches--but Tommy liked the ghosts the best.
After a yummy breakfast, we headed to the stake plot to harvest our pumpkin patch!
Our giant harvest!
The pumpkin-carrying waif
Loaded up!
And we decorated the porch. I need to take a picture of the whole porch--this is only a picture of my latest craft project: re-doing the vinyl on this cool window. But you get a small idea of what our porch looks like--a pumpkin patch of its own!
It's been a fun and chilly October so far. We're excited to keep celebrating!
And of course, what would October be without a clue to our COSTUME REVEAL?!?!
Here's the first hint!!
Hint #1: If you know Tommy at all, you can probably guess what he will be. That is your first clue to our family costumes.
