My Favorite Trick or Treaters

LOGAN the LION

GARRETT the PIRATE

BRYSON the HIPPIE

TANNER the KARATE KID

MCKAY the CROCODILE

What a fun Halloween night! We went to the trunk or treating with our ward and got lots of candy! The 3 older boys thought this was only a good start. So Paul followed the boys (and friends) around the neighborhood for a very long time getting more candy. After, we all went over to our neighbor's house (the McQuarries) to a Halloween party and had dinner.

If any of you are in need of some candy, we will send some your way.

Snow Canyon

Our plan for UEA break was to go to San Diego. We were going to go to the BYU game (of course) and then to Legoland and SeaWorld. But because of the fires, we had a change of plans and decided to go stay in the St. George house. The funny thing is, our kids weren't sad at all about the change, they love St. George! We played outside a lot and had fun soaking up the sun.

Tuesday we went to Snow Canyon, had a picnic and went on a hike. The boys wanted to go on the same hike we went on 2 years ago, with Parkers, were Garrett cut his head open. Garrett was determined to do the whole hike without a fall.
Here are the big boys going down into the lava caves. They were in search of "the spot" were Garrett slipped and cut his head open. We even found a rock that looked like it had blood on it. Its wierd what boys get excited about.

What a bunch of handsome boys I have! I love the warm Southern Utah weather right now. I think I'm ready to head south for the winter. . .

We also got to go and see the first Parker boy for Chad and Michelle. I wish I would have taken a picture of him, he is so cute and little! This is number 6 for Michelle, so now everyone seems to be putting the pressure on me. Don't worry I'm not planning on making any announcements.

Edwards' Eerie Edibles at the Ritchie Resturant

I was so excited to do a little Halloween dinner for my family this year! I told my neighbor what I was doing and asked her if I could borrow a strand of her Halloween lights...and look what I got! Janette came over that night and decorated for 3 hours while Paul and the boys were at the football game. This picture doesn't do it justice, with the strobe light and all the candles burning, it was pretty amazing!
Because I spent awhile getting food ready, I had to be like Cory and get a few pictures before we ate. Here is one of our appetizers. . .

This is one of our desserts. . .
We invited the Chappell's over to celebrate with us, some of the kids dressed up for the party. Bryson was very excited to show off his "costume".

When it was time to begin, we dimmed the lights and got out the menu. I had the kids try to guess what each item on the menu was. They came up with some interesting names of their own. You can only imagine some of the names our boys came up with trying to gross out the girls.

Thanks Mom and Dad for a fun tradition. I was so excited to have our party, I'm not sure who had more fun, myself or the kids. I also have to thank Paul for being such a wonderful husband. He watched Logan for me so I could get everything ready and then stayed up until midnight to help clean up.