Halloween and more

 October came along, which meant Halloween decorations and new scary pajamas! We had a lot of fun with it this year.

Brent and Bailey had their twins in September, and we got to go to their baby blessings in October! They are adorable and it was so fun to hold them and see everyone. It boggles my mind thinking of taking care of two babies but they will do a great job! We are so happy for them. They had a boy named Jack and a girl named Tara. Bentley and Emri are thrilled there's another girl in the Ady family!

The baby blessing was on the Thanksgiving weekend, and so we also went to Don and Cindy's for dinner and a turkey hunt! Cindy even did a pinata for the kids and gave them matching outfits. It was quite the day! I brought stuff to help the kids make turkey bags, and Cindy got everything to hide for the hunt. My parents were away that weekend, so we spent our time with the Ady's. I also always really enjoy the Thanksgiving crafts kids bring home, like this turkey Deacon made at school saying he is thankful for his sister!

I should mention how fun our ministering group is! Our ward has put our Relief Society into groups to minister to each other and it has made things way better and easier. We love getting together each month to do something fun. This month we all went to Karma, an Indian food restaurant and had a great time. Each month we'll do something different and also message each other throughout the month and make sure everyone is taken care of!

It was pretty amazing how long the weather stayed warm. We were still having nice park dates and we made it to the corn maze to pick out our pumpkins as well! This time Jeff and Leo couldn't make it because we chose a day where the older kids were off school and met up with Emily Whiteley and her kids, as well as my mom and Scarlett. We had a really good time there doing all the activities, petting the goats of course, and picking out two big pumpkins to eventually carve.

Halloween was on a Sunday this year, so we decided to have a little party on the Friday with the Lockings. I made some soup and hotdog mummies and our friends brought over some treats and punch! The kids played with glowsticks on the trampoline in the dark, and also all around the house. We had a great time!

We carved pumpkins the day before Halloween this year. We planned on doing it with the Bennetts like we normally do, but they were sick and decided to cancel, so we invited Scarlett over instead! The boys had a pumpkin, and the girls had one. The girls did most of it themselves, with some help cleaning it out, and Jeff helped the boys with most of it. I always love watching Leo and Deacon's excitement when they grab a bunch of the guts from the pumpkin! And lighting up the pumpkins is always exciting too.

The kids wore their costumes to school of course, and then when Halloween came we all went out trick or treating together. We decided that it was an appropriate thing to do together on a Sunday. Bentley decided she wanted to be Mal from the movie "The Descendants," and then she convinced me to be Maleficent because that's Mal's mom. Deacon is obsessed with Minecraft so he was a minecraft guy and convinced Jeff to be a creeper. He was a good sport about it!! Leo was Chase from Paw Patrol and Boston was a football. Everyone looked very good. We made it to Ryan and Angie's house and then ran back because we were all so cold! My parent's visited our house after that to see their costumes and bring them a treat. Then the sorting and eating began!

Halloween can be fun, but I'm always really happy when it's over!