Happy Halloween!

We have got some serious catch up going on. Lots of posts and this one is long, hang in there to see all of our fall fun as well as our week of Halloween!

We have had quite the week full of parties, costumes and of course, plenty of treats! The week started off with Tucker's extended family party held every year complete with taco soup and scones, pumpkin carving, and kids to play with. Thank you Tanya! On Wednesday, Cheri and I went to the Witches Retreat, a fabulous party held by some friends in the ward. The decorations were incredible, the skits were hilarious, and everyone had so much fun being with the girls, aka the Stepford Witches of Daybreak. Thank you Shannon and Kari for that one! My girlfriends made last minute plans to do a party with our kids on Thursday. We get together at least once a month, but this time we added our kids in costumes to the mix. They were so cute

! Everyone came over for pizza and munchies and we just let the kids play (though quite a bit of managing took place, especially with Capri) and tried to catch up while we could. Our attempt at getting a picture of all of them together was just that, an attempt. Capri would have nothing to do with it, but here is what we got:

Fortunately, I did get some pictures of Capri and Roman before the craziness of the party started:

Capri as Tinkerbell...

and Roman as Peter Pan!They were quite the duo for Halloween!

Halloween Day:

Halloween was better than ever! We started the day with carving our pumpkin. The kids were right up there in the middle of it (but don't worry, we didn't let them carve, just draw once we were done):

Capri found Cheri's witch hat and thought she was pretty cute...I would agree:Capri found Cheri's witch hat and thought she was pretty cute...I would agree:

This is Roman giving me the "EWWW, that pumpkin is stinky!" face:

I didn't know how the kids would respond to the idea of trick-or-treating, but they were loving it! It took about 2 or 3 houses before they understood that these people were just giving out candy. Capri would turn around and jump with such excitement and exclaim "Wow!" with a big smile on her face! Roman was so funny because he kept trying to go into everyone's houses like he was there to play. I was loving it because they were both so happy and they had an entire crew to follow them around including Grammy and Grampy, Grandma and Grandpa, Mom and Dad, and their aunt Cheri in full costume. My kids are loved!