Blue Man Group

It kinda hurt to take off the bald head, it was glued on!

Mitch and a couple of his best buds went to the U of U game tonight ( Utes won!!) Then they were off to a Halloween party as the Blue Man group. I thought they looked pretty awesome! This will be their last Halloween together as they are all starting to get their mission calls and leaving so this was a great way to end it! It seems like only yesterday they were going out trick or treating. Man time goes by so fast!

Swim Team Halloween

Thomas had his swim team buddies over for a party tonight. It was really fun, they had decided a while ago that they would do a party starting with each letter of the alphabet. Tonight was the B party. We had bloody fingers ( bread sticks and marinara), booger dip (guacamole), brain juice, and much more. They stayed until midnight and had a great time! What a fun bunch of kids!

pumpkin carving

The day started out with pumpkin carving. Mitch carved his like the Michael Jackson "This Is It" poster. We saw the movie a couple of nights ago (AWESOME!) and he was inspired to carve his pumpkin like the poster. Maddi went for the New Moon idea with her pumpkin cut out as Jacob the werewolf. You can't see it in the picture but it looked cool lit up in the dark! Thomas carved a ducky from a cartoon he thinks is funny and Jacob wanted a spider. What ever happened to carving a cute pumpkin face? The kids say I am too old fashioned!

Spooktacular

Pirate Jake and Mario

Don't they look happy?

They turn the swimming pool into a haunted swamp and give the kids canoe rides.

Head first down the big slide!

Thomas and Jake having a donut eating contest.. Thomas won but Jake didn't care because he got to eat a donut!

Tonight we went to the Spooktacular at the rec center. We usually have to help out with a booth for a fundraiser for the swim team. Jake wore his pirate gear and at the last minute Thomas decided to dress up and found the mustache and went as Mario. Maddi went also and was a U fan. Mitch went to a college party but didn't dress up. Tomorrow he and his buddies are going to a party as the blue man group. Hopefully I will be able to get a picture! This has been a crazy Halloween season ! One more party tomorrow!!!

Trunk or Treat

Maddi's high school was doing trunk or treat for the little ones , so we dressed Jake up in his pirate costume and took him over to get loaded up with candy before he gets loaded up with his Halloween candy on Saturday night! He has his school Halloween party today and we are going to the Halloween party at the rec center for the swim team tomorrow. Saturday ends with trick or treating and then the swim team is coming over for a Halloween party! This is one crazy week!

Sadies

Maddi and Alex...or Thurston and Lovey Howell

The Gilligan's Island group

Dinner time! Her BFF Sarah is in the picture, she usually has very pretty blond hair but sprayed it black to be a cannibal.

The table looked really cool, we turned the lights off and lit LOTS of candles.

There is nothing like having your Mom blog about your first date is there??? Maddi and her friends went to the Sadie Hawkins dance at school. She asked a Senior named Alex. The group dressed up like the cast of Gilligan's island... even though they had never seen the show! Maddi and her date were the Howells. They spent the day at Ikea doing a scavenger hunt and then it was dinner at our house , they made pizzas. I stayed up until 2:30 in the morning making pizza crusts. then they went to the dance. They ended up at Sarah's house for dessert and re-runs of Gilligan's island. She had a super fun time.

What we do for fun on a Sunday night

WE are babysitting my sisters new dog while she is in California. She is a super good little thing that never makes a peep but the kids want to play with her but she doesn't play, she stares. My Parents and brother were over tonight and somehow it was decided that the Build a Bear clothing was just her size so we had fun dressing her up and she just sat there while we did it! We must have been pretty bored tonight but it was pretty funny to see a puppy dressed like a cheerleader!

Pumpkin Patch

We made our annual trip to the pumpkin farm today. It was a bit cold so we didn't stay long and Mitch had other plans so we only had him for a little while. Jacob always looks for the perfect pumpkin, Maddi takes one of the first ones she sees as long as Dad will pick it up for her, Thomas always goes for the biggest and Mitch gets the weirdest shaped one he can find! The pumpkins were still pretty green this year because it has been so cold. So know we are ready for Halloween!

Jog-a-thon

Before the race he was a little nervous

Ready set GO!!!

Getting his lap card punched by Dad

29 laps!!!

This year instead of selling the lame wrapping paper and chocolates, Jacob's school decided to hold a Jog-A-Thon. They set up a track on the upper field at his school and they ran for an hour. Some people donated a flat fee while others could pledge per lap. We decided to pledge per lap as we didn't think that he would have the stamina to run very long and get many laps done, especially since he had been sick a few days before. Well NEVER underestimate Jacob!!! HE did 29 laps, so we will be writing a check for 29 bucks to the school. I wish we would have stuck with the 10 dollar flat fee! Thanks to all who donated for his Jog-A-Thon, he had a blast!

Happy Birthday Kevin!!!!

This is what he looked like before he ate his cake!

Yesterday was Kevin's birthday. We celebrated by going to his favorite place for dinner, Chili's and then dug into his yummy birthday cake later. Happy Birthday !!!! We love you!!!

Fun day at Lagoon

Kevin's Mom is here for a few days working with him at the UEA conference. Well the conference is over and today we went to Frightmares at Lagoon. It was a super fun day, the kids had a ball, except Mitch who didn't come with us because he wanted to spend the day with his super pretty (girl)friend and he hates Lagoon! It was a perfect cool Fall day and not too crowded. I have the hardest time going with Jacob because he is such a daredevil and wants to go on everything and I am such a worry wart and panic that he is going to fall out of a ride.Luckily he didn't fall out of anything!