October Happenings

The month started when we moved on Oct. 3rd.

We lived in that home for 8 years.

Tate was just a baby, when we moved in,

and then we had Sadie and Brandon in the home.

It was right next to the elementary school, which we loved.

We made so many memories, and

even though it was exciting to move,

it was hard to leave a home that meant a lot to us.

The home sold.

Tate turned 9,

2 days after we moved in.

He requested a red velvet cake,

which Costco nicely provided for us.

All what Tate wanted for his b-day was a pet rat.

YIKES. . . a rat for our new house!

Hmmm. . .

Since he didn't get a rat for his b-day,

now he's begging Santa.

Hmmmmm. . . .

 I celebrated my 39th b-day. Still under 40!

Chris surprised me by having me close my eyes,

as he walked me around the house, then outside to open my eyes to our new home,

as he yelled, "Surprise".

This will be my b-day present every year for the rest of my life.

I'll take it!

Lindy and I went to a yw's mother/daughter witch's hobble.

It was a very fun and a clever yw activity.

I'm cackling in the picture, can you tell?

Fall is not complete without some Satuday Soccer Games.

This fall Kyle and Sadie played.

We carved pumpkins.

But, not on Kyle's b-day.

He specifically requested that we NOT carve pumpkins

on his b-day like we ALWAYS do he said.

Lindy's

 Brandon's

 Chris's

Sadie's

 Mine

 Kyle's

Kyle takes his carving very seriously.

You can see he's fast at work here.

A couple day's later we celebrated Kyle's 11 b-day!

A simple letter "K" cake.

Kyle asked for a pogo stick,

more origami paper, an origami book,

a Legend of Zelda video game.

I also gave him an alarm clock.

Then we did Halloween.

Lindy was a super girl.

Supergirl one night and

Flash for another night.

Kyle was the invisible man.

(His church suit is making a great

halloween costume for him year after year.)

Tate wanted to be a millionaire.

Hmmm. . . .Tate's ideas always have me wondering about him.

(Again, these church suits are being well used.)

Sadie wanted to be a pioneer.

I think she was inspired by Chris and I going on trek this past summer.

Sadie asked Chris to put some dirt on her face.

She must  know what it was like to be a real pioneer.

Brandon was Superman for our ward's trunk or treat

just like his last year's costume.

But after some more thinking,

and a kind suggestion from me he decided to

be the pirate "Captain Jones" for Halloween night.

He's combined Capt. Jack Sparrow,

and Indiana Jones into Capt' Jones.

And that was our October.

Now, we're knee-deep in snow and having an arctic freeze here in ID,

and Yikes. . . Christmas is about 5 weeks away.

Are you ready?

I'm grateful I survived Halloween

Annual Pumpkin Carving

The Results:
(From Left to Right - Sadie, Kyle, Brandon, Tate, Chris & Katie, Lindy)

Sadie was a LaLaLoopsy Doll:

 Brandon was Superman

 Kyle was either

a Spy, Secret Service, or Men in Black

Lindy was  Marathon Runner

 Tate was a Zombie Baseball Player,

who had been killed from a baseball hitting him in the face.

 Everyone in all their costume glory!

An October to Remember . . .

Tate turned 7.

One of Chris' high school friends from Germany stayed with us for a few days.

We watched General Conference.

This is my house after 2 days of General Conference with 5 children.

Somewhere in the middle of all this I turned 37!

I celebrated with a date with my husband-

I went to his dental office and had a filling filled.

No photo of that, though.

I took Brandon and Sadie to the preschool field trip.

I went to Utah for a girls-only-weekend with all my sisters, my mom,

most of my girl cousins, and their moms. It was so fun.

No husbands and kids were allowed. We rented a house for a weekend.

We talked, talked, laughed, talked, cried, talked, shared, ate, crafted, and talked some more.

Chris and I left the kids for a few days and escaped to San Francisco!

It was giddy fun, I tell you.

We appreciate, Chris' mom, watching the kids.

We loved the get-a-away.

We saw the row houses from the tv show, Full House.

We rode bikes over the golden gate bridge, on a foggy evening.

We went on a 'Rockin' boat ride of the bay.

It was fast and furious, and of course we got wet!

We rode the trolley cars,

ate good food,

and saw plenty of interesting things throughout the streets of the city.

We took our family through the Boise temple open house.

Loved it!

We carved pumpkins.

Kyle got a 97 pounder pumpkin to carve this year from a friend.

Chris brought out the electric saw this year to carve.

Brandon got into the spirit of carving by doodling on his.

Kyle turned 9.

He requested a repeater cake from the game, Plants vs. Zombies.

All the cousins came over to celebrate!

Halloween came and went.

Lindy was a Boise State cheerleader

Sadie was a ghost

and Strawberry Shortcake!

Kyle was a Vampire

Tate was a zombie character from Plants vs. Zombies

Brandon was Elmo, and hasn't stopped eating candy since Trick-or-Treating.

He has discovered all his siblings' hiding places for their candy bags.

The boys and their loot. They scored this year.

Sadie promptly went to work organizing her candy.

And now were in full swing with November, and Thanksgiving is next week. . . How did that happen?