Last week of October

Gwen completed all of the Bob books! Since Miles got a date with Mom when he finished, she wanted a date too. :) We went to Jamba Juice to get smoothies and then to Deseret Book to pick out a birthday present for Grandpa Garner. I love the one-on-one time with my kids! I hope by putting in time to developing our relationships now, that they will still want to be friends when they are teenagers and beyond.


My cute Benson Bear, feeling all festive for Halloween. :)


Homeschool day at the Kishpaughs. Got the school part done and then we partied!


Moon dust. (flour and baby oil) This was a win! I made them play with it outside, because I knew it was bound to be a mess. They were outside for over an hour with this stuff! Cha-ching!


Getting ready for the ward trunk-or-treat. (I'm just now noticing the kid's poses. All on their own. ha!) The kids were beyond excited! The only downside to the night was that it rained. So all the kids got soaked as they collected candy and our trunk-decor was sub par, due to inclement weather. Events like this are always fun, but stressful to me. I'm grateful when we get home and it can be quiet again.:)


Jeffrey and his girlfriend came over Saturday night to carve pumpkins with us. They were all exceptionally grossed out by the pumpkin guts. Miles carved his all by himself without any stencil! We splurged and bought some donuts, then after the kids went to bed we watched "Rear Window". Classic.


Halloween Night. The big event. Usually I feel more magic on this particular day, but I ended up just being tired and stressed. Boo. We snapped a couple obligatory photos, which Benson, our cowardly lion, was not a fan of. Then I sent the kids on their way with Dad, left the candy on the porch, and hunkered down with Benson. The kids came home on cloud nine. The next morning they took such delight in organizing their candy, trading it, deciding which pieces to donate, and eating some. I forget how exciting that is. Your candy becomes like currency!



Goodbye wonderful October. Hello awesome November! (one more post after this one, fyi)