Halloween 2017

Halloween 2017 was definitely a success! Even though we are currently undergoing issues with unemployment and Chris, we were still able to have fun with the whole holiday! First, we had the ward trunk-or-treat:

Davis was a pirate for this, because no masks were allowed. Reagan chose to wear the Tinkerbell costume, because she could.

The day before Halloween, we went to see the hay bales in town that were decorated to look like Star Wars characters:

They do this every year. We really should make it a tradition to go see them, because they are very cool, and not too far away!
Then, of course, the pumpkin carving:

Davis wanted his pumpkin to be a ghost, and Reagan wanted hers to be a kitty cat. Chris is an awesome and skilled pumpkin carver, as you can see!
On Halloween, this little girl sat with me in the family room and watched Halloween kids shows while I was folding laundry. I know it's not too exciting, but there you have it. This was the only part of the festivities where she wore the original costume I got for Halloween, which is Belle. But that;s not really the point of getting costumes, right?

On Halloween, we went to the Halloween party at the library. It was a lot of fun!

Reagan was the very first one to dance along with the music before the festivities. And she decided to wear her Snow White dress for it.
And then, the real event, the trick-or-treating:

Davis was a storm trooper, and Reagan was Snow White. Notice the snow coats under their costumes. I love living in Idaho! We mostly went to see family, which was super fun!

This morning, Davis was disappointed that we still had Halloween decorations in our house. So, we promptly took care of those and put up the Thanksgiving decorations.

Davis is sitting by the boy scarecrow, and Reagan is sitting by the girl. Because duh!

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!!

We love the fall

Because it means

Pumpkin patches

Helping Daddy rake the leaves . . . or just playing in the leaves while Daddy rakes them.

And Daddy's work Halloween parties with friends

Preschool at the Pumpkin Patch

We do a mother-led preschool every week, and one week, we decided to go on a fieldtrip to the pumpkin patch. It was a lot of fun to ride the train, and pick out pumpkins. It was not a lot of fun to have Davis get lost for a few minutes, but thankfully, we found him again and no one got hurt.

Family pictures

We had a great session doing family pictures! We met in the late afternoon, and it was a perfect day. It was not rainy, but overcast and wonderful. My friend from high school took our pictures, and they turned out GREAT! I have no idea which ones we will frame, but that is not a bad problem to have!
Here are some faves:

Halloween

We had a fun Halloween this year! It was an improvement on last year, because we actually got the kids to dress up!
Here is Davis in his dinosaur costume, making the ROAR!

Here is Reagan in her ghost costume. She was . . . less impressed:

We went to the ward party:

But the best part of the Halloween holiday was that we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house and Davis helped hand out candy! Awesome! Here are my ghouls!