Halloween 2012

We had a pretty busy Halloween this year!  To start things off, I had a doctors appointment two days before Halloween where they told me that I was going to need hernia surgery the day after Halloween.  (Actually, the surgeon wanted to schedule the surgery on Halloween and I told him "no way!")  So, the morning of Halloween I was at the hospital doing some pre-op. work, which wasn't so fun.  After that, however, it was home to get the boys ready for our church trunk-or-treat.

We had our trunk-or-treat that the boys loved, and then ran home to eat a quick dinner.  Grandma Murray met us at our house for dinner and then helped us take the boys around the neighborhood for a little trick-or-treating.  We only went to about five houses, but the boys had fun ringing door bells and getting candy.  When we finally made it home the boys were ready for bed - they had a great day!

   

Vampire Hoyt

Hoyt decided early on (sometime in August) that he wanted to be a vampire for Halloween.  He wanted scary teeth, blood dripping out of his mouth, the works!  So....when it came time for his preschool Halloween party, he was up at 6:30 asking when it was going to be time to put on his costume.  After he was ready to go, he just stood in the mirror looking at his costume and telling me how great he looked! 

Hoyt was also excited to take treats to his party.  He helped me make some witches hat cupcakes that turned out pretty cute.  At the end of preschool, the parents got to come in and listen to some scary songs the kids had prepared.  It was pretty cute! 

   

Pumpkin Carving

The next week for family home evening we did our annual pumpkin carving.  Hoyt, of course, could not wait to carve his "huge" pumpkin.  The boys enjoyed eating chocolate cupcakes while they carved the pumpkin with dad, and I oversaw the picture taking! 

 

Grandma Murray sent us some scary, glow-in-the-dark teeth for our pumpkin, so after those were in we took him outside to light him up.  Hoyt thought it was hilarious to put his hand inside the pumpkin and pretend it was getting eaten, and Ryon had to get in on the action as well.  At the end of the night, we had a great looking jack-o-lantern and two tired boys.  FHE success!

The Best Home Evening Ever!

I'm not sure how many times Hoyt has asked us over the past few months to go to the bowling alley for home evening....at least 100!!  We finally made him the "happiest boy in town" when we told him that we were going bowling for home evening last night.  He was beside himself.  This was the first time he had been bowling at a real bowling alley, and he was in heaven. 

He loved rolling the ball down the lane himself (he did not want to use the alligator helper) and he also thought the bowling shoes were great!  Jett also had fun helping dad with the computer screen and running around.  After we had bowled our two games, we had a little fun in the game room and then headed for home.  On the car ride home Hoyt wanted to know if we could go bowling for every home evening!  We told him, "probably not"!

Pumpkin Patch

Today Hoyt had a preschool fieldtrip to the pumpkin patch.  Our whole family tagged along and it was lots of fun!  We got to take a tractor ride over to the pumpkin patch and we each picked out our favorite pumpkin.  Hoyt thought it was great that mom, dad and Jett got to be on the fieldtrip and Jett LOVED getting up on the tractor and pretending to drive.  After pumpkin picking, the kids enjoyed running through the straw maze and looking at all of the enormous pumpkins and gourds.  We are excited for fall, Halloween and the weather getting a little bit cooler!!

Back Home

On Saturday, we all drove back to Idaho to spend the weekend at our house.  It was great to have my mom and dad, Brandon, Isaiah as well as Noelle's family here.  We had a nice Saturday and Sunday, went to church, and had an early 60th birthday celebration for my mom.  Everyone was gone by Monday morning, but it was certainly fun while it lasted!!  I only took three pictures of Sunday, one of Ryon and my dad sleeping after church and two of my mom with one of her birthday desserts....the carrot cake!

Game Time

Friday night's BYU game was awesome!  We got there early to be down on the field while the players warmed up, and Brandon got to be right outside the tunnel when the team ran on to the field before the game.  The players and coaches gave him high-fives and shook his hand - pretty cool! 

They gave us a few amazing seats right behind the BYU bench, and a few seats up a little bit higher.  However, by the second half we were all sitting in the great seats - the little boys sat on laps, so it worked!  Hoyt loved the game and loved singing the fight song.  He would yell BYU...BYU over and over; it was pretty cute.  It was a great game, and BYU won.  After the game, we got to be at the tunnel when the players came off the field and some coaches and players stopped to talk to us again.  Luckily, the Biglers babysat Jett for us so we could really enjoy ourselves.  I knew it would be a nightmare to take a 20 month old to the game, so it was such a blessing that they could watch him.  We had a terrific time!!