Trick or Treat

This year Kelli completly understood the whole "Free candy" concept, but Josie just knew she needed to grab the candy and put it in her bucket. As we started the night off... she did what she was suppose to when people would put the candy in her bucket for her, but when they started to give her the choice to pick her own candy.. this is when things got ugly. This is how it would pan out...

Josie throwing her bucket and trying to grab the candy bowl for the person giving the candy.. and when they wouldn't give it to her... her having a TOTAL melt down on their porch.

So lovly to be the parent with "that child"...... lucky for me... she's 1 so its forgiveable.. had it been Kelli we would of gone straight home. It was so much fun and not to mention we had Serge walking around in that Gorilla outfit, so... that made for awkward looks from people, atleast we thought it was funny to see a grown man walking around looking like a gorilla.

Best part of "trick or treating" was... Brooklyn. After they got the candy from the house, Brooke would say, "THANK YOU" over, and over, and over again.... until she got to the next house, and then she'd say "trick or treat" and then start the cycle all over again. It was funny. At one point we lost her, but found her by following the "thankyou" voice.

This year for Halloween Josie was a Pink Flamingo, and Kelli was Tinkerbell. They looked so cute, and it was So fun to see them walking around in their costums. Especially Josie. Josie totally loved being in that outfit, and she just looked hilarious walking around in it. What was irritating is that people kept calling her a Pelican.... uh.. obviously she isn't a pelican cause they aren't PINK, and their beaks are different. Some people. The NERVE! :)

We had Halloween at my parents house, and we had the traditional Chili and homemade rootbeer. Followed up with Cheesy potatoe soup, and Spinach Tortellini Soup, and not to mention the mounds of dessert I shoved into my face like; Sugar cookies, a pumpkin cake made by our adoptive family member/neighbor, Shelly, and other mounds of deliciousness.

The kids had a blast and it was so fun to all be there together. Ryan and Amber surprised us by showing up, they were suppose to be in California but they drove through to night so they wouldn't miss our rockin' party!

Preparing for Halloween

Well, this is something that Danny absolutly loves. Carving Pumpkins. So one night we sat down and carved away. He did two and I did one. Kelli wanted me to do the cat, so obviously, my pumpkin is the one with the cat on the tree, and Danny did the Haunted House, and the Flame Eye creapy man.... Kelli didn't like that one at all. It was a lot of fun. Kelli colored a pumpkin and helped us do some carving. She thought it was so fun.

*Josie once again was asleep. FYI she goes to bed early. and she usually is involved in family things! ha ha

Haunted Mansions

Every year we get together with Justin and Jennie and build a "Haunted Mansion" for halloween. We do something different every year, and the boys get more and more creative with their house designs. Justin and Danny built it, and Jennie and I decorated it. This year we did an Igloo. Chase and Kelli are now old enough to want to do things too, so Jennie assembled a quick lil' house for them to decorate, and they had so much fun.... as well as putting one piece of candy on, and eating five.. and so on. I must say, their little house stayed put together for 3 FULL days before I came down one morning and she was eating the Oreos and candy off of it.

*Josie missed out this year, she was in bed cause we were doing this a little too late for her taste

Turning DOMESTIC

Well, this fall I turned DOMESTIC. Turns out that pesky apple tree in the backyard, had some top notch apples on it, so we started picking, and picking, and picking.... and we picked a kitchen trashcan FULL and 4 full grocery bags. Danny and I made some super tasty apple sauce, and then I also dried some apples, which turns out if you call them "apple chips" Kelli will actually eat them. Also, Michelle's mother in law gave her a HUGE box of plums, so we made some plum jam which was rather tasty as well. Apparently my mom use to made the best plum jam when we lived in California but, obviously she stopped when I was little cause I think they are all crazy... my mom does canning but I've never seen her do jam. There are too many witnesses for this to be false that she made the "best plum jam EVER!" Which is a quote I've heard hundreds and hundreds of times! My brothers have all said that the plum jam "took them back to their childhood"..... well, I'm glad! Its so tasty, and it was so easy.... It always looked so hard to do so I never wanted to try, but now I've got this canning stuff down.

Gymnastics

During the summer Kelli took a Gymnastic class at USA Gymnastics. So when the fall season started, Lyza and Thomas came along to put a finale to "pancake tuesday." This was the last class that Thomas was going to be attending because they were going to California for a month or so. Lyza and Kelli are still going and they love it! Its only the two of them in their class! Its so fun, Kelli loves gymnastics and she is freakishly strong so its perfect for her..... her new thing is, doing a headstand up against the wall, and then pushing up into a handstand..... I know right?! FREAKISHLY strong. You go try it! ;)

Future Dentist/or..... Construction worker

I was in the kitchen the other day making dinner, and I could hear Josie and Kelli just laughing and giggling. I didn't know what they were doing, but I could hear a weird noise.... like something electic. I came around the corner, and I saw Josie with a toy that Thomas had left at our house, a toy drill.... and she had it in her mouth, spinning it. It was so funny.... she knew that she was doing something funny and her eyes were huge. She'd turn on the drill and it would go around in her mouth inbetween her teeth causing it to make a weird noise.. and her and Kelli would bust a gut laughing.
Below is Josie, doing her full belly laugh.... It was actually quite hilarious, and I wish I have a tap for my video camera so I could of got it on film!