November Birthdays

Scott and Gabriell both have their birthdays in November.  Actually, so does Lucas and Cooper.  I hope they will post their birthday fun for us to see too!  Happy birthdays to all of you. 

Halloween of the Past . . . . Now that is SPOOKY!

After my last post I started thinking about having to dress up the kids every Halloween.  In the end, they usually were happy with their costumes BUT it was stressful coming up with them sometimes.  It is amazing what a hat can do.  I would start with a hat and go from there.  I hope you all enjoy a walk in the past.

A clown and Princess Leah

Lynne was a baby doll this year.

Stephanie was a sweet witch.

Scott was a happy Ghost

This year Scott and Brian were both Cowboys!

Jeff was a bum.

Scott, Stephanie, and Lynne

Brian, Craig, and Steve

Steve is a referee

Craig is a Greenbay fan

I think David was a white vampire?

I love Halloween

Sooooo many people tell me how they hate Halloween.  I think they almost convinced me that I didn't like it too but I've decided that I really do love it.  Kids think differently then adults.  They love dress up and Halloween is the one day of the year that they get to pretend to be super heros, princesses, mermaids, and yes, even witches, and monsters,  (which THEY don't connect to satan).  They love seeing what all their friends decided to be and they really love knocking on doors and saying, "Trick-or Treat"!  You can go to Jennilynn's, Diana's, and Lynne's blogs to see their spooky kids but Katherine doesn't have a blog so I'll post hers here.

I just remembered why I didn't like it when the kids were young.  I remember being a mom of nine kids and having to come up with costumes for them with out any money.  That was hard but some of their cosumes turned out pretty cute.  We had a lot of football players and referee's through the years though!!

Hayden's Blessing

We drove down to Utah on October 21st for Hayden's blessing.  She is such a beautiful baby .   Craig and Diana chose to drive up from Cedar City to Saratoga Springs so more family members could be there.  Diana's parents were so wonderful to let us all come to their home.  Her mother served breakfast to everyone and it was delicious!  Diana made Hayden's blessing dress and it was beautiful too.  Everything was very nice.   

Hayden's Great Uncle Don and her Grandpa Garner

 Cooper and Ty

Craig is the proud Daddy

 Diana is the beautiful Mommy

Great Aunt Nancy and her Aunt Denise

 Hayden and her Aunt Stephanie

We spent the night at Lynne and Bryan's. 

The boys like to play angry birds.