Happy Halloween!

What a busy Halloween weekend we had...busy but fun! We started off by doing our traditional pumpking carving with Aunt, Uncles, Grandparents and cousins. I know you probably think this is more for the little ones but not in our family. We have several "older" kids that are big into tradition and just have to partipate. It is nice tho that they still care and make us mothers feel like it was all worth it to keep our kids close to each other. We were missing a few...Nate, my nephew is in dental school in Colorado and my Matthew is serving a church mission in England. Everyone commented on how much we miss them. This is Carrie below working on her pumpkin with her witches hat on I guess for inspiration...her pumpkin has a witch carved in it.

We know when we start there are always the same two that take forever...I mean really! Below are Carrie's, Katie's (the 2 slow ones) and Beth Ann's finished products, great job guys.

Tonight we went to Brett and Julie's dinner and then out front to hand out our Trick or Treat candy. Brett made us the yummest homemade chicken noodle soup. His is the best. I made rolls and dessert. Here is Hunter in his costume...he is Darth Vader from StarWars. Kind of scary huh?

And then here is Connor with his costume on. I can't remember the names of his character but it was another StarWars person. I have never seen StarWars so I am not good at the names. Mimi, the boy's babysitter, made or revised these costumes for them. Hopefully next year they will be someone else that I know who they are.

The boys went out in their neighborhood to trick or treat and as you can see from the picutre below it was exhausting being so darn cute. Poor guy didn't make it to far. I didn't get to see my other four grandkids but I sure hope they have a fun time trick or treating too.

I hope everyone had a great Holloween...now it is time to start thinking Thanksgiving and Christmas...YIKES! It's that time of year already.

Hope everyone out there had a great Halloween`

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Happy Halloween everyone. I started my halloween activities last week with my grandkids. Not everyone was going to be able to be with us today, on Halloween, so we did a little get together early. We started out by making and eating "mummy" dogs along with chili...isn't it suppose to be cooler outside to eat chili?



Then it was time to make some creepy spider cupcakes for dessert. The kids loved each making their own spider. Here is Reagen and Hunter working on theirs...wait Reagen don't eat your spider legs yet!

Here is a proud Thane after he finished his. Great job Thane.

And this is Connor...I don't think his was ever complete as he was eating it as he went along. Sorry little spider.

And here is Faith with her spider. It's is almost as cute as she is.

The kids all had a fun time. They had also spent the day with our dress up clothes pretending to be in a Halloween costume shop. I love having my little grandkids looking forward to our fun traditions each holiday.

Cabin Fun!

Last weekend I had plans with my "Funny Bunny" quilt group to go up to Bunny's (our fearless leader) cabin and have a fun sewing weekend. At the last minute Bunny had to cancel out on us so Crystal and I decided just to go up to my place and sew. Unfortunately our 4th "Bunny" Debbiesue couldn't make it either. Crystal came from Tucson, we packed the car and loaded Lily (my dog) and headed up north. The weather was wonderful, we actually had to turn the heater on at night. It was great. Here is Crystal with a table runner I gave her for her birthday.

This is a close up of the table runner. It was a fun one to make, I love the fall fabrics.

I got alot done but nothing finished. Crystal on the other hand was on a roll. Here is one of the two quilts that she got the tops done on. It was the cutest monster quilt she made for some lucky little boy.

We missed our other quilting partners but had a great time.

FALL has Arrived...I think?

Fall has officially arrive and is such a fun and busy time for our family. School has been in session for a while and football season has come. We have started putting up our fall decorations but with record high temps. outside it doesn't really feel like fall. I am ready for the leaves to change and fall off the trees and cooler weather.

Fall means soccer and this year my little grandson Hunter is playing. It is fun to get up Saturday morning and head to his games. It is so cute to watch these little guys play. Hunter made a goal this weekend...yea Hunter (we won't tell everyone one it was for the other team...who cares, at this age a goal is a goal.) Way to go Hunter!

Of course little brother is always there to support big brother and make sure he gets his half time snack and end of game treat. He has a hard time understanding he can't go out on the field and play too. He loves balls so I am sure he is going to be our little sports guy soon.

We also have a number of birthday in the fall. We start out with Brett...he turned 30 this year. Amazing how he can be 30 and his mother still be 25?? Happy Birthday Brett! He shares his birthday with my friend Terry. She is my much older friend...I believe she is a whole 6 months older than me and I have to really rub it in...until my birthday hits anyway, then I just shut up about it for a while. We will be celebrating that later this week with our group of friends.

To celebrate Bretts birthday we all got together for dinner. I made eggplant and spaghetti. I have been experimenting with eggplant lately and it seems to be getting better every time. I had to show this picture of these cute little kids eating altogether. Reagen has said that she loves our family dinners. Hearing that makes it worth the effort.

I love fall, I love the colors, the fall leaves and soon it will be time to carve the pumpkins and turkey...now we just need to get this darn weather to cooperate.

Happy Birthday!

I don't want to forget to wish my niece Darcy a Happy Birthday. She and Brett were born only 8 hours apart...but on separate days. She was my old work partner and I miss working with her and seeing her everyday. Happy Birthday Darcy!