Snow Fun!!

We woke up to snow this morning!! (I am so not ready for this weather, even though I LOVE my coat). The kids wanted to go outside and play in the snow, but we didn't have any boots, hat, or gloves that would fit Mara. So after a trip to Target, we played in the snow!! Mara was loving it, but didn't want to keep her gloves on the whole time! Silly girl! Here are my favorite pics.

Making trails in the snow.

Mara's snowball!

She would pick up this much snow, then walk to the end of the driveway and throw it in the street!!! That kept her entertained for about 10 minutes.

I have this fun feature on my camera that will take a picture in B&W but keep out one color! It's always fun to play around with it. I picked the dark pink of her boots and it recognized the pink of her coat, hat & gloves!!

The beginnings of a Snowman!!!!

The snow was sticking really well, so it was easy to make balls.

Another snowball

The snowman's head (at least the beginning of it)

Adding a little more snow

Rolling the body

ALL DONE!!!!

We even grabbed some rocks from the garden for his face!We did pretty good for the first snowman of the winter!! :)

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN

We had a very fun filled Hallween Day. I was good to get a picture before we left the house.

Belle & Ash Ketchum

We first went to see Red Riding Hood (Mana) at work.Then we went to see Grandma Joan. I got this cute picture of Mara sitting on her steps!
My kids just love their Grandma Joan!!
We then ventured over to RC Willey to see Pat. Our friend Susan was there to see her husband also!! So I was able to get a cute picture of Belle & Tinker Bell (Livvy) together!! What cute girls! Susan was 'Wendy' and her boy Micah was 'Peter Pan', they were so cute all together. And it was dumb of me not to get a picture :(
Livvy was so cute and wanted to have Mara come over and play right then and have a Halloween party with her!! It's time to plan play dates with these girls. They love to play together!
We then went to FYE to see Santa (my brother JD) and Cinderella (my sister Karri, she works there part-time).

Pat was able to get off work when we were there. It was nice to have him home :) We then went home so Mara could take a little nap. Then we went over to Pat's parents house for Chili, Carmel Apples and family!!

Chewbacca (Maddox) & Anakin Skywalker (Noah)

Punk Girl (Lana) & Chewbacca (Maddox)

I love this Chewbacca costume and will have to use it in the future!

I even got a picture of them Trick or Treating this year!

When we got back to Tolman's there were more cousins there!

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Carter) & Anakin Skywalker (Alex)

Pink Cat (Addi) & Belle

Mara had a fun time eating the carmel off of Pat's apple! (Thanks Gwen for making them) I didn't get a picture of Gwen's kids (dumb me), Jacob was 'Death' (with a really gross mask that scared Mara & Addi), Jeremy was an Army guy, and Cody was a Scarecrow!

When we got home we did some Trick or Treating on our street. Mara was such a slow walker that we got the wagon out and used it!

This is my cousin Scott! He looked awesome as the Nurse Joker!! He has been growing out his hair for over a year and it worked great for the costume! He is going into the Army soon and said that he was going to cut his hair after this! He is such a great guy and I'm proud of him.

We had a great Halloween! Xander got a TON of candy and was very excited about it :) And the wonderful thing is that he is willing to share with me.

During the night Xander woke up a few times and threw up :( He hasn't been able to keep anything down all day either. I think it's just the flu bug, but I hate that I can't really do anything to make him feel better. We even moved some furniture around so he could lay on the couch and watch TV. (The main TV that the kids use is in the kitchen and they have to sit on stools) I just hope that he is feeling better soon. It's no fun to have a sick child.

2nd Annual Ramey Halloween Party

On Monday we had our 2nd Annual Ramey Halloween Party. There were treats, games, & Halloween stories! Fun was had by all!!

Top: Chris (Medical Assistant), Mana (Red Riding Hood), Grandma Joan (Witch)

Middle: Karri (Cinderella), Xander (Ash Ketchum), Me (Princess), Max (Batman), Lisa (Gumby)

Bottom: Conli (SuperGirl), Mara (Belle), & Sawyer (Chicken)

Ash Ketchum, Princess, & Belle

The 3 Princesses

The grandkids: Sawyer, Max, Xander, Conli, & Mara

We even played Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin!
My mom read a Halloween story to us in the dark.

The kids really liked it.

Halloween is such a fun time.

I'm just glad it's almost over.

It's Officially Fall

BECAUSE I CAN BUY THIS!!!!!

(you can see we've already been enjoying it!)

Cornbelly's

On Thursday, Xander's actual Birthday, we went to the Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point with Lana & her boys, Noah & Maddox, and Pat's cousin Ashley & her baby Brooklyn. It was alot of fun for the kids and Xander and Noah were running around together alot. I decided to take my double stroller (which was a dumb idea, since I haven't been using it lately) and it ended up being empty alot because Mara was running around too! I just hate pusing around an empty stroller. We stayed for about 3 hours and enjoyed every minute of it.(I even got sunburned!) The kids really liked the little Cow Train and the Mini Maze. There was a huge monster that you could walk through, Lana & Noah were brave enough to venture into it. It was so nice to get out and do something for a change. I am such a homebody and don't get out much, so Thanks Lana for inviting me. I took so many pictures that I decided to make a slideshow. (Sorry Pat, I know you don't like them) It just makes the post so much nicer.

Ok scratch that. No slideshow because when I post it, my sidebar goes to the bottom of my posts and I don't know why. So here are a bunch of pics!!