Max gives first primary talk

Now Si is actually walking...

but he wouldn't pass the sober test just yet.

From Fall to Winter in One Day

Why I love the fall...

The kids could play in the leaves forever.

We had to get out of the house today after

a long weekend of the flu - and this was the

perfect remedy.  It reminded me so much of

my wonderful childhood.  In fact, my sisters

and I were in the newspaper for raking leaves 

with a snow shovel one fall afternoon.  (They

work great for little ones!)  It was another 70 

degree day here in P-town.  Couldn't be more 

beautiful here at the base of the canyon...

No walking here, but Silas is pretty proud that he can stand up!

The Kuehnes came all the way from London to trick-or-treat in Provo!

 How precious is this cute lady bug?  Baby Xanthy is

such a good baby.  She just smiles at everyone and does

this sweet little grunting for hours on end.  And she

already self-entertains on the floor and is so content.

Here's hoping for a Xanthy baby to come our way!

 The Kuehnes requested Dominoes pizza for dinner.

Grandma Gilbert hosted all of these crazies.  It was

delicious (especially after the delivery boy brought

the right barbeque chicken pizza with bacon)! 

 Can you imagine how happy Avalon was to have

so many girl cousins to play with?  She bossed them

around and made them do ballet with her and put

dress-ups on.  She slept in her princess costume for

a whole week after several battles.  One night, I was 

really done with it.  And she cried, "But Tiana (as I have become), if 

someone sees me while I am sleeping they won't think I am beautiful without

my pretty pink Seeping Beauty dress!"  I told her, "Princesses

can look beautiful without their frilly dresses.  I don't sleep in

a dress and you still think I look beautiful, right?"  She replied with a

quick, "No I don't!"  I learned not to ask stupid questions like that!

 The seven little busters before trick-or-treating

 The Ninjas with their Sensei and Princess

 This sweet little Ninja can say "Hija!"

Princess Sleeping Beauty nabbed the real

Sleeping Beauty dress from her cousin before

the night was over and danced around the house

til we forced her to take it off.  She slept with it, 

but at least not on!

We had a great night.  Brig was so kind as to buy

Adayla and Tally's candy so we now have a real

good stash (and he has already hid it from me.)

I woke up dry-heaving this morning with a bad

tummy ache so I guess my 10 pieces did me in.

We took the older girls and Max to a neighborhood

haunted house and while Adayla laughed her head off, poor

Ryann sobbed.  Uncle Brig was able to calm her.

Max was given two whole regular-sized candy bars that

he devoured- along with several tootsie pops.  Avalon loves

taffy and M&Ms.  She told me she wanted to be like me

when I was little, and eat all of it in one night!  I did stop

that from happening...  the mean ugly mom that I am now.

Morgan and I had a good laugh when my very elderly

neighbor handed out fun-sized candy bars that she

had cut in half.  Those were just too big and could

go further if cut in two... not a bad idea, huh?

Cornbellys!

The best-spent $25 bucks for Halloween.  This place rocks!

The kids could have played here all the day long...  there is

so much to do - including bounce houses, gunny sack slides, 

pig races, tractor rides, duck races, corn mazes, several haunted

houses, and so many wooden play sets.... Max loved shooting hoops

with Brig and going into the kid's haunted houses.  Avalon located

the Princess Playland from the get-go and had to be bribed to leave.

Silas was just happy eating the deep-fried donuts and climbing

all over the pumpkins.  We had a total blast and the kids continue

to ask when we'll be going back.  Sometimes I wish Halloween

never ended.  (Although, I am happy that the hyperglycemic days

with my kids will die down a bit before the Christmas season hits hard.)