Oh, it's almost Thanksgiving... so I better get to that Halloween post. yaaaaaaaaa

~HALLOWEEN~

Part ONE:
Pre-school party


Ariel all ready to go!


The kids were so cute singing their spooky songs and showing off their costumes.


Taryn's buddy Ruby.
They are tight.


Tar's teacher's Miss Denise and Miss Laurie


and here is Sebastian the crab!
They looked so cute together :)




Part TWO:
Saw thriller with the girls... (well not the little ones :)


creepy!




We were scccuuurrrddd


then we went home in the snow

part TRES:
Trunk or Treat.


Taryn and her buddy Becca.
(Taryn called her Princess Aroura the whole time)


I'm always a witch... it's easy and I love my hat :)


3 out of the 9 kids from my Primary class. I sure love these girls!


Getting candy from our car.
Their bags were filled by the end!


Such cute friends!
Funny story: They didn't want the night to end.... Becca's mom, Mariann, said they'd bring Taryn home because they were having so much fun. They climbed into the back of Mariann's car and when it was time to finally head home they told her to keep driving, so she went around the block a few times while they giggled and sang along to the mama mia soundtrack!

Part FOUR:
Carving Pumpkins

Our original pumpkins were stolen! How rude... :(
Actually I may or may not have done that with the deli boys I worked with in high school. They wanted to smash them by tossing them out the car window while driving... yeah that may have happened. I guess I deserved it in a way.
So I got a couple straglers the night before Halloween for us to carve.






We made Taryn's a kitty cat. - I think her face here is hilarious


Robbie carved his usual Ute pumpkin and he gave blood earlier. Way to go Robbles.

I just drilled holes in my chubby pumpkin, but it didn't light up too well.


and last but not least...

Part FIVE:
October 31st... crazy rainy dreary weather which is very fitting for the holiday, but not the trick or treaters. Robbie and Taryn ventured out anyway and were gone quite awhile. I stayed back with Tenley and passed out candy. We had so many kids come by, we ran out of goodies and I ended up giving some kids granola bars! haha


Heading out in the rain


After a warm bath, we had yummy chili in bread bowls and pumpkin cookies for dessert.
and that's our Halloween. :)

I'm married to an old man ;)

The Robster turned THIRTY!
Ya... I can't believe it.

I wanted to do something fun for his birthday so I invited some of our buddies to join us for dinner at Texas Roadhouse. We all kept it a surprise and luckily it stayed a surprise!
He had no idea :)


arriving to the scene


as you can see, he is shocked... haha


birthday boy ridin like a cowboy




Our group of friends!
(Tebbs, Perkins, and Healeys)


(Gillens, Bulls, Brian and his boys)


(Us, Rydmans, and Schraders)


Sunday morning was his actual birthday. The girls and I made birthday cards and chocolate covered strawberries (Robbie has quite the sweet tooth) then we set up his birthday presents and woke him up!



I love my old man ;)

It's late... but I wanted to brag

It's 11:38 and I just checked on both my sleeping girls.
Is it weird that I love their different scents.
I wish I could bottle them both.
It gives me warm fuzzies inside.

Now, for your viewing pleasure here is some of the magnificent work of Jeanette. Ya... I am in love with these pictures. In loooooove!

I love Robbie's big gigantic smile
I love Taryn's bouncy curls
I love Tenley's polka dot thighs
I love that my hair is growing! Growing LONG!
I love our colors, which I actually planned out every single piece of clothing...
I love Taryn's shy smile
I love Tenley's laughing grins
I love that when I look through these I get teary eyed
I. Love. My. Family.

Girls Night Out

A G.N.O. is what our little buddy Ava requested for her birthday a couple weeks ago when she turned 5. (as well as a trip to build a bear...) And let me tell ya, we had a ton of fun... as usual!

Good times are always to be had with Kim and Ava.

This girl cracks me up. She is one of a kind. Totally independent and very motherly :) You'd think she was turning 16. For reals... Kim and I always joke that if our kids were left alone, they could probably survive at least a week with Ava in charge.

We started with dinner at Noodles and Co.



Then it was pampering time at the nail salon.



Pedi's!!



And to end the night off we got dessert at Top it... and I forgot to take pictures there. The night was getting late, and the girls were getting whiny, but they still had a ton of fun!

The next morning we met up at Build a Bear to have even MORE fun! Taryn woke up and the first thing she said was, "It's Ava's birthday day!!!" Honestly, these two are more like sisters. Ava likes to tell people they are cousins and Taryn just goes along with it. hahaha


The Birthday Girl!
This is what she chose to wear... got ready all by herself.






Giving her new friend a bath


We named her fluffly


And this explains Ava to a T.