Trunk or Treat

On Saturday we invited our friends the Hollaways to go trunk or treating with us. There were some pretty neat cars set up at the church. There was one family in our ward that was very creative this year. They turned their truck into a cemetary and they had a skeleton set up so that if they pulled a string the skeleton would stand up and if they pulled another string a corpse would rise out of a coffin. It was a pretty neat set up. Anyway, here is a picture of it. They had a few different activities set up. They had apple bobbing, a cake walk, and a donut eating contest. After they went around to all the cars there, we decided to go to the one in Fruitland which was incredibly huge! I think most of the town shows up to the trunk or treat. Most of the vehicles had run out of candy by the time we got there, but Caleb and the girls still got quite a bit of candy.

Halloween Party!!

Halloween is my favorite holiday. Some people think I am crazy that Christmas isn't my favorite, but think about it, my birthday, Reuben's birthday, his mom's birthday, no money... plus I just really enjoy Halloween. For one thing I love fall, it's my favorite season. I love the crisp air, and the changing leaves. Second I love decorating for Halloween. Ghosts, pumpkins, witches etc. I don't know, just everything about Halloween is fun. Anyway, since I like Halloween so much I decided to have a Halloween party. We invited friends over and we decorated cookies, carved pumpkins, had chili and just had a great time. Here are some pictures of the group.

Pumpkin Carving

During our party we all carved pumpkins. The top picture is a picture of everybody and their pumpkins, and then the next one down is my pumpkin, and then Reuben's and then Jeff's pumpkins. These three turned out the best on my camera so these are the ones I'm posting.

Cookie Decorating

For our Halloween party I was going to have sugar cookies all decorated but I ran out of time so I decided to have everybody decorate during the party. It seemed like everybody enjoyed themselves. Here is how it turned out.

Caleb's Dragon Bank!

Daddy decided that he wanted to make Caleb a piggy bank. Reuben's dad has plans already drawn up for different animals like an elephant, panda bear and other animals. Reuben asked Caleb which one he wanted and he said um....DRAGON! We didn't have any plans drawn up for this one so he had to go draw some up. Caleb was so excited that he was getting a dragon bank. So, last night we sat out in Reuben's dad's shop and made this dragon bank for Caleb. We had to wait for the glue to dry so this morning Reuben sat down and painted it. Caleb was sooooo excited to get it. Caleb's been going all around the house finding pennies to stick in bank.

The Calm After the Storm

On Friday we got a really big storm that came through. Here in Payette we got lightning, thunder, rain and wind. The wind really kicked up and it was one strike right after another. Well, in Ontario and Fruitland it got even worse. There was hail the size of good sized marbles, and some that were reported as big as golf balls. I'm really glad that we didn't get hail because it would have ruined my peaches and my garden. But anyway, when things were starting to calm down I started to play the piano and I looked over out the window and saw this sunset. It was incredibly bright. So, enjoy the pictures.

Lagoon Time!

Cari and I took the kids to Lagoon while I was down in Utah for my cousin Marion's wedding. We got there when it opened so that we could get chairs at Lagoon-A-Beach that were in the shade. She has the kids run when they take down the rope and the kids know where good shady spots are. After we got our spots established, we went over to the kiddy rides and let the kids play for a couple hours. Caleb had so much fun. He's just like mommy and daddy, he really likes rides. There was one ride that was like the rocket for adults and it would take us up and drop us. Caleb loved it. After we rode the rides for a while we were getting really hot so we decided to go swimming. They have a lazy river and a little section for the little kids. It had mini water slides and swings and all different things. Caleb had so much fun playing in the water. We were there until 4 pm. Caleb was crying and whining because we had to go home. I knew he would throw a fit. Why wouldn't he? He was having so much fun! Later that night Cari, Blake and I went back so that we could ride the fun rides. We first started out riding the Rattlesnake Rapids. You kinda get wet on this ride but it depends on where you are sitting. After we went on that we ran over to the Rocket. With this ride you can either be shot up like a rocket or they have re-entry which takes you slowly to the top and leaves you there for a few seconds and then drops you. This is the one we went and and wow, it was so much fun. After that we went on the Samurai which twists you around and the seats rock front to back. It whips you around and it was great! My favorite ride of all was called Wicked and wicked it was. It's a regular roller coaster that shoots you straight up and then drops you. This ride only has a lap bar and you also do twisting in this ride. Oh, this one was by far the best ride of all. Well, the Rocket would probably tie. Anyway, it was definitely worth the money, especially with how much Caleb enjoyed it.