Happy Halloween: Friday Night

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Lots of pictures!! and commentary {from yours truly}

Our ward party was Friday night. They had a carnival and chili cook-off and then trunk-or-treating. It was really fun!

Tyler the Tiger trying to get the doughnut. Whose idea was it to give him a messy white powdered doughnut right after his face painting? Not mommy's!

It was so funny to watch. I was seriously cracking up. The kind where your stomach hurts. He would just stand there with his mouth open waiting for it to land in his mouth or something. I think he thought it was cheating to look directly at the doughnut, cuz he wouldn't look at it. Just opened his mouth and waited. so funny!

Somehow he got another doughnut after the carnival was over. Those young women really like him or something!

Next up: Jackson the skunk. He was very stinky. Just kidding. Actually he was extremely happy the whole time. He is such a good little {stinky} boy!

People would hold their noses as he crawled by...

just kidding.

Remember how I said he was happy the whole night?

...might have had something to do with the lollipop he got! I guess it's a tradition for my boys to get their first suckers on Halloween night. (or the night before) Tyler was also a skunk at this age.

Next was the Trunk-or-Treating. Some very nicely decorated trunks!

We wouldn't dare open our trunk in public {Seriously, always trashed!} So I handed out candy on our lawn chairs. I was out of candy in about 10 minutes! and I even brought 3 bags!!

Hi daddy!!

Does Jeff's costume look familiar? See last year... hehehe. Why be someone else when he is so good at being himself?

and that's what I decided when Tyler asked "What mommy be Halloween?" I said, "I'm a scary mom!" Then he said, "Oh, yeah"

What's going on?

JACKSON JEFFERY: Our little Jack-jack is almost 10 months old. 10 months! That's almost a year, I just can't believe it! I took him into the dr. the other day and he is 20 lbs, 6 oz. (Also, the SIZE of a big one year old) He loves to pull himself up to stand, makes really funny noises and sleeps like a champ.

TYLER KENT: Is learning new things every day. The other day, he sneezed and said, "Mommy, bless me. Germs in my hand." I think my mouth dropped to the floor. As I washed all the germs off his hands, I asked him if he learned about germs from Sid the Science Kid and he said "yup" HA! Thanks Sid for educating my children {daily}!

ME: I have been working a ton to get all my items ready for the holidays and getting orders filled. My friend Becca chopped my hair and I love it! It takes way less time to do it and I can even sleep with my hair down now. It feels healthy and shiny and thinner! YAY! Thanks BEC!

JEFF: Working hard at work and a great dad at home. He is punching in as many lawn applications as he can until we leave for THANKSGIVING in a month! WAHOO! He found a mountain bike at a garage sale and has been fixing it up. We took it for a ride on Saturday- so fun! I don't think I've ridden a bike for over 10 years, and for Jeff it's been since his mission. I felt so free! Anyway, back to Jeff, he's enjoyed working on it and plans to ride it daily.
{pic to come!}

As I was taking some pictures for this post, my busy little 2 and a half year old would not hold still for a sec. Well, actually only for a second, to stand on top of the stool and say...

"Free, fibe, Fo, GOOOOO!"

You know, "three, five, four, go..." Don't you always say that when you jump off things?

My Little Monsters

My mom found these adorable monster outfits for the boys.

My friend Meka made these cute hats for them.

We are getting excited about Halloween this week. Can't wait to show ya pictures!

New Additions to our Family

We are pleased to present:

"Bubbles" the Yellow Tang

"Dragon" the Dragon Wrass

"Pine" the Poisonous Sea Urchin

"Nebulous" the Crab

2 Snails: "Lois & Clark" {you can see one in between Jacksy's hands}

The boys LOVE the tank and the fish. This is Jackson's face the whole time he is watching. Mouth open, eyes big! Tyler talks to them and tells them their names,

"Hi Yeyow Bish. Name, Bubbles!"

My surprise!!

My friend told me about how she put a little note in her husband's lunch that said, "If you bring me home a surprise, I'll give you one!"

I thought that sounded fun!!

So I tried it... this is what I got:

I have been wanting a cute kitchen plant for a long time (though I don't remember telling Jeff that!) and it looks perfect next to the cute recipe book my sis made for me awhile ago.

**Now, I just have to figure out what surprise to give him!**

p.s. many thanks to Jeni for helping me figure out how to make my photos bigger. See how it comes all the way across as far as the text?! Let me know if you want to learn how and I'll share the secret! UPDATE: My sister Melonie who is a web designer explains it in my comments. Thanks to all the smart people around here!

Halloween from the Past

...just looking through old pictures and got so excited for Halloween!!

I guess we never took pictures of Halloween before we had kids, so much cuter with a little skunk or dragon to hold!

I just learned how to use Picasa's collages. I haven't had anything to edit photos, I will use this site now!