Halloween Fun and a Crummy Thief!

Alison the Bumblebee!

Kyle the Red Spiderman!

Chad the Black Spiderman!


I should've posted this right after trick-or-treating because I was in a much better mood! Long story short, we chose to watch a movie down stairs with the kids and leave our DARLING hand-painted "Munchies For Monster's" bowl outside with a few treats in it just in case anyone else came around. Well, someone obviously DID come around and they thought that the bowl was part of the treat! Crummy Thief!!!! Even Chad cried when I yelled down that our bowl was gone. He was crying because he thought all of HIS CANDY was gone! I wouldn't be so bummed, but I painted this myself with my sisters-in-law and it held a lot of memories! Well, we told the boys that we could make a new one and they said, "That's going to take a lot of glue." Nope, no glue, just a big flower pot, some paint, and some darn cute stickers!!! UGH! Well, from the party at the church with Kyle throwing a huge fit and not wanting to be a part of any of the fun, parties at both Chad and Kyle's preschools with Kyle not so sure that he wanted to wear his costume, carving pumpkins (and YES, Mike and Brooke, we finally decided we didn't have to carve while sitting on the ground, AND Jeff even tried using one of his power tools!!!), trick-or-treating at Foothill village with Millar's and enjoying all of the crowded yet very fun chaos, and trick-or-treating with the BEST neighbors around and Kyle FINALLY joining in on all of the fun, we've had a wonderful Halloween! Alison wasn't sure about all of the crazy things we've been doing! I could not get one of her BIG smiles in any of the pictures! Chad is surely growing up and loving everything about Halloween, especially the treats!!! AND it really wasn't as BAD as I made it sound with Kyle...I'm just tuckered out! Yeah for a long break in St. George! Wait, Jeff's not coming with us, is it really going to be a break? We shall see!

6 Months Old!

Alison had her 6 month checkup on Monday. She is already 17 pounds and 27 inches, and we love every bit of her! Here are just a few pictures from the last couple of days. (Jeff says my computer time is up, so that's all I get to write tonight!!!)

Fun, Fun!!

Jeff used to make fun of me for saying, "fun, fun" all the time, and now my sister Kristina keeps telling me that I'm always saying "for sure!" Well, we've been having fun, fun, for sure!!! :) I'll just play a little random catch up with my photos once again! Enjoy!

I took these photos when I busted out the Fall decorations! Alison just loved the lights. Can't wait til' Christmas!



Chad ALWAYS has play dates and is ALWAYS asking for play dates, but every once in a while we have someone over for Kyle to play with. Here he is playing with his little buddy Ben! When Ben's mom, Kerri, came to pick him up and I told her to let him stay a bit longer, what she didn't see was that the boys put up the tupperware against the door so she couldn't come get him! It was pretty cute!!! Ben loves Alison already, too! Maybe a little too much!!


Last week, Jeff took the boys kayaking and camping at a reservoir up by Huntsville with our friend Casey and his two boys. "Fun, Fun!!!" Despite the cold weather, the rocky terrain to sleep on, and the not-so-perfect camping gear, they had a blast! Kyle even took some time to "meditate" up on the hill! Alison and I sure enjoyed our time together! :) I have a new little addiction for making flower clips and bows and used our time to shop for some fun supplies! You'd think that I would've caught up on my sleep while they were gone, but I totally stayed up way past my bedtime just organizing my new ribbons! No pictures, but keep your eye out for them to appear on Alison in the posts to come! (BTW, my friend Suzanne has a website with the most darling "decorations" for girls! It's called theprettypetal.com. Check it out!)


This past weekend, my sister Kristina came up with her kids and one of their cousins and we went to the zoo. I won't say it....oh, you're all thinking it anyway...Fun, Fun!!! Her little Tiari got sooo excited to see all of the animals. The boys loved being with their cousins! We all rode on the carousel and the train, gazed at all of the lovely animals, and begged for more time to play! Alison's first time on the rides, and she loved them! We each only lost one of our children! Can you guess who?


And finally, on Monday we met up with Jamie and Landon for our 2nd annual tradition of visiting the witches at Gardner Village. I didn't go crazy with the pictures this year, but we still enjoyed each witch! We had a nice picnic lunch followed by Kyle kicking dirt in Alison's face on accident! AAHH! We even bumped into Chad's preschool friend Paige! We took this picture just in case they need it for their wedding slide show some day!!! Cute girl!



My sister-in-law Sabrina, posted something about "their song." It made me think that I hadn't listened to "our song" for a really long time. Hence the Neil Diamond song that started playing as you read this really long post!

What Day Is It???

When I woke up this morning and the boys were all excited about the snow outside, I really thought we must have hibernated for a few months! Isn't it only OCTOBER 12th??? It did melt by the time we were out of church, but it was still coming down off and on. Crazy! We have new windows sitting in our garage waiting to be installed. Too bad they weren't in before it got so cold! These old windows don't keep out much of the chill! Well, it's supposed to warm up this week, so we'll get them in before all of the other storms that are sure to come!

Cock-A-Doodle-Do!

I'm lovin' the "DO" Alison gets when her pony tail gets pulled out! Jeff put her in her jammies, and this is how she looked when they were snuggling before bed! (This is what I was laughing at Trish when we were on the phone!) Our cute neighbor friends, Sophie and Emily, sometimes comment on Alison's crazy hair in the morning as we walk to school! They're going to love this one! Hey, at least I did her hair today!

Cutie Patootie!

The pictures will speak for themselves! Alison is so much fun right now! Oh, and the boys are cutie patooties, too! Chad took the lovely picture of me kissing Alison, so I had to add that! :) FYI-I don't give her plastic wrap to play with on a regular basis. She just loves the sound of the crunchy wrapping and is always reaching out for it. See what happens when I take it away?!

Grandpa Hughes' 65th

This weekend we went up to Jeff's Dad's in Idaho for his 65th birthday party! The cousins had so much fun playing with each other and all of the animals! And of course they spent a good portion of their time playing with Grandpa's trains! Chad and Kyle love Grandpa's model trains and can't wait to have their own layout!