October

This month Drew and I celebrated our 10th anniversary. We celebrated by going to the temple. Drew's cousin Cassie got married, and she took out her endowments that day. So, I skipped Young Womens and we went. We even decided to get a baby sitter that night, so that we didn't have to rush home. It was so nice to spend some time with my sweetheart in the very place where our lives together started. We have been through some ups and downs since our last anniversary. And, there was a time when I wasn't sure if we would see our next anniversary together. I can say with certainty that I love him more than I did 10 years ago. I love how great of a Dad he his. I love how hard he works to provide for us and to better himself. I love his crazy sense of humor. I love how he leaves me notes, and e-mails. I love what a great teacher he is. I love that he loves the gospel. I love that he loves me complete with my many flaws.

PS. Drew, sorry for posting this sappy kissy picture. When we took it, he said, "this isn't going to go up in our house is it?"



For Family Home Evening before Halloween we always carve pumpkins. The kids are starting to get more into it, and where it doesn't gross them out too much.

We told the boys to make a scary pumpkin face.


My kids love Halloween. They love dressing up, they love Trick or Treating, and they love decorating for it. I have a few Halloween decorations, but Davis insisted that we get some more to make our house "Spookier." After everything we put up he'd say "Oh, Mom that looks good. It looks so Spooky."

The boys are obsessed with Star Wars. So of course that is what they picked to be for Halloween. Davis was a Jedi, Marcus was Darth Vader and Phoenix was Yoda. Marcus loves Darth Vader. He goes around and says "I'm choking you!!", in a deep, raspy voice, and imitates the hand gesture that Darth Vader does. A commercial just came out, and when my sister sent me the link, she asked "How did Marcus get on TV!?!"


For Marcus' 4th Birthday this year, we had a Halloween Costume Party. He still talks about it. I tried to think of food that was creepy looking, so we had spaghetti and I made breadsticks in the shape of bones. I also put dry ice in the punch to make it look like some sort of potion.

We told people to dress up, and most people were such good sports about it. We all agree that my Dad's costume was the best. I love my Dad!!

Because Halloween was on a Sunday, the wards in our building had a Trunk or Treat. It was such a great idea. We only spent 30 minutes collecting candy, and they got a ton. Plus, it was really fun to see all the kids and all their cute costumes.

My Star Wars Crew

The kids got so much candy!! As soon as we got home, they sorted it into categories, and then Drew and I let them pick out a few to eat. Our living room was covered with their piles of candy. We still have Halloween Candy left. I haven't gotten around to throwing the rest of it out.