Halloween (BETTER LATE THAN NEVER)

Can you believe it Halloween has come and gone already. This year I went completely insane and made the girls costumes. It was fun but, quite a bit of work. Don't look too closely I am not a seamstress. I am glad I did it though. (now that it is done...I didn't feel that way 3 days before Halloween) As a kid I remember my sister making my brother and I Halloween costumes and thinking I was pretty cool. My favorite costume was my leopard costume. I loved having a tail for what ever reason. I had a fun time watching the girls get excited to see the progress on their costume each morning or after school. (Yes I had some late nights working on the costumes) I was totally surprised how many people have no idea who Jack Skellington and Sally are and how many people have never seen The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Sally and Jack Skellington

Bacca the Bat...It is so funny to watch him run around the wings move a little and freak him out. Think chasing his tail only worse and funnier!

Lovely Princess Lanna (Haleigh really liked Lanna's costume can you guess why?)

Lanna Princess tongue or lick monster

Bat boy and Princess Lanna (hey can you believe it no tongue oh my mistake Bacca has his tongue peeking out)


Ok Mom enough with the pictures we are ready for candy Dang it!

Carving Pumpkins

Every year we get pumpkins and the girls and I get to scrape the insides while Bronson carves them. Why do you ask only Bronson carve them 2 reasons the girls and knives don't mix (trust us) and well I have no creative talent and when I carve something nobody is happy with it.
Hannah's

Haleigh's

Bronson's Cyclops

My Sinister Squashling

Bronson my master carver with my sinister squashling

Bronson working hard carving pumpkins

Finished Products

Timp Caves

Several weeks ago we took a trip up American Fork canyon to hike up to the Timp Caves. We have done this several times over the past few years and always have a great time. I remember the first time we took the girls six years ago and I wondered if we would ever make it to the caves we had to keep stopping so much to rest little legs. I guess not much has changed since Haleigh wanted to rest at every bench we came to! Here are some picts from this year as well as a few from the last few times we have hiked to the caves.

Here we are Oct 2008

Hannah and Haleigh Oct 2008
Can you believe how big these kids are getting!

In case you are wondering no Bronson is not taking a leak on the trail

Here we are in September 2006 (some how we didn't make it up there in 2004)

Hannah and Haleigh 2006

Here we are in September 2002

Hannah and Haleigh Sept 2002

CHICAGO

I told Bronson in January that we needed to do something BIG for his 30th birthday. I gave him a choice he could finish the backyard for a big friends & family BBQ or go on a trip. Guess what he picked? Yep, the trip. So Bronson and I ran away to Chicago for 6 days. We had so much fun and between the two of us we took over 300 pictures. Here are some of our favorites.

Bronson at the end of Navy Pier on his birthday. He is now officially 30 years old!


Polar Bear at Linclon Park Zoo. This bear was so fun to watch he was not happy that a guy was sitting in front of the glass window and leaning up against it. There was another bear that kept swimming in circles totally oblivious to everything going on around him.


View from Sears Tower sky deck


One of our favorite things we did on our trip was going to the musical "Wicked". We absolutely loved it, if you get a chance to see it GO!


I took this picture just for my sister, Paula because she is big Oprah fan!


Bronson in front of Soldier Stadium where the Chicago Bears play


This was across the street from our hotel. (I posted it just for Chuck)


As you can see we kept ourselves quite busy so here is Bronson taking a nap.

Wii Fun

Ok I had to put this up because I think it is so cute. Jared,Julie and the kids came down for Haleigh's birthday and before they left Carter and the girls played the Wii. He is so stinkin cute. My mom tells everyone how cute he is and she loves playing with him.

Haleigh Turns 10!

We took Haleigh and some of her friends to dinner and miniature golfing for her birthday. It was a blast. The girls seemed to have a great time. (They only cheated a little) We gave up keeping score after a while. They also made up a song and sang it at Cold Stone when we went for ice cream. (The girls didn't get a tip though)

Here is Haleigh and Jensen "Queens of the Rock"

1st Day of School

Can you believe it this is Hannah's last year of elementary. She is growing up right before our eyes. Haleigh is growing just as much but, at least we have a bit before she will be in Jr High. Note for next year don't take a picture where the girls have to look at the sun.

I know Hannah looks like she is going to cry but, it was just the sun.
They are having a great year and they love their teachers.