Halloween

Halloween was really fun this year! The best year yet! It helped that the girls loved their costumes, since they got to wear them almost everyday for a week!

Abby was a Witch, Kate was a Fairy, and Ella was Fancy Nancy.

They dressed up for their dance classes, the school parade, Tami's Retirement Center Trick or Treat, Grammy's Halloween Party, Grandpa's Birthday Halloween Party, and finally for Trick or Treating around the neighborhood! So much fun!

When we bought our house, we had no idea how many kids there would be in our neighborhood! It is so much fun! Halloween was especially fun, even in the rain! We had over 75 trick or treaters, and found out we have an incredible neighborhood for trick or treating. After we braved the rain and went out for an hour, we set up the front door web cam and waited for trick or treaters. We watched movies, built a fire and had treats! It was so much fun to see how excited the girls were to answer the door and pass out candy! I think they enjoyed it even more than trick or treating this year~!

Halloween Party at Grammy and Papa J's

Kate and her favorite dog, Daisy!

Abby was awesome at the ring toss!

Our 3 ghouls!
Papa J made a fun new bean bag game for the party!

This year Grammy and Papa J had a Halloween party at their house. It was a mini carnival with games, prizes, pizza, cookie decorating, and even a parade.

Tami's Trick or Treat

Tick or Treating with Tami!

Tami lives in the neatest Retirement Home. The kids love going to visit her. With complimentary popcorn, drinks, a playground and big rocking chairs on all of the porches, it feels like a hotel.
They had a trick or treat where all of Tami and her friends sat in a row and the kids walked around to each person and said, "Trick or Treat." We took John and Will, as well as our girls and had a great time!

John, Will, Kate, Ella, James, Abby, Grammy, Tami and Papa J!

Abby's School Parade and Party

The school costume parade is one of the best parts of Halloween!

This year I volunteered to be the head room parent for Abby's school class.
I get to help plan and attend all of the fun parties!
I love getting to spend time in Abby's classroom!
Abby helped me make our secret witches brew!

Aubrey, one of Abby's friends, was also a witch, and wore the same costume!
Tyler (the pillow), Gabe (the headless man) and Abby (the witch).
The most creative costumes ever!
Abby and her wonderful 2nd Grade Teacher, Mrs. Thompson.
Abby is loving 2nd Grade!

Kate's School Friends

Jack, Kate, Peter and Tommy

Kate loves school. She loves her friends and carpooling together.
They looked so cute all dressed up.

My Pet Pig

Black Cat

Abby comes home with so many fun art projects.

She loves 2nd Grade!

Here is a poem by Abby:

If I had a pet pig, I would name is Scwiggles. It would be a silly and a skinny pink pig. My pig and I would go swimming, and go to a movie. Together we could swing on the hammock. It would be fun to have a pig for a pet because I could ride around the yard.

By Abby

Halloween Dance

Ella, aka Fancy Nancy, at her gymnastics class.

Ella and Miss Mo on the giant pumpkin.

This week the girls wore their Halloween costumes to dance. Miss Mo had them each help make witches brew. Kate came home with a cool frog, Ella a fun bag, and Abby all sorts of candy and Halloween surprises. She always goes all out and the kids love it!

Pack's Pumpkin Patch

The Pumpkin Patch

It is become one of our favorite tradition to go to the pumpkin patch each year, to get our pumpkins! This year, Abby wanted a BIG pumkin, Kate, a medium pumpkin, and Ella, a baby pumpkin. We decided to get 5, so we could all carve our own!
Once again, the weather was perfect!
I love this Fall weather. Cool, crisp and perfectl!

Carving Pumpkins

The punkin's carving pumpkin's!

Tonight was another perfect Fall night!
Abby wanted to make chili! So we did! We made a big pot, as well as homemade bread!

After dinner we carved pumpkins as a family!

Abby created a two headed pumpkin, being the Harry Potter Fan that she is!

Kate followed a pattern, to create a cool cat!

Ella colored a baby pumpkin black! As you can see by the color of her hands,
she had a lot of fun and got really into it!
She also helped carve a very HAPPY pumpkin (in the background)!

Flip's Carnival

Our 3 Beautiful Dancing Babes!

Abby Jane
Age 7
Class: All's

Kathryn Lauren
Age:5
Class: Mini's
Ella Elizabeth
Age: 3
Class: Tots

Ella (4th moving left to right)

Papa J and Grammy came to watch the girls dance!

Tonight was the Flip's Carnival! Abby, Kate and Ella all danced!
It is so much fun to watch our girls dance and to see how
much they enjoy it! It is so much fun to have them all with Ms Mo!
After the girls danced, we enjoyed the carnival! We love it every year! They go all out with games, bounce houses, princess land, haunted house, and Abby's favorite...the dunking booth!

Mueller Park

This week has been beautiful! We decided to pack a picnic dinner and enjoy Mueller Park Canyon. It is my favorite canyon, this time of year! The leaves on the trees are so vibrant and beautiful. The mouth of the canyon is exactly 1.5 miles from our front porch, so on the way home, Abby, Kate and I walked part of the way! I loved it!!! J always teases me because I LOVE the mountains SO much! I do! There is nothing like being in the mountains!
I am a Mountain Mama!

Scottsdale Swimming

Vacation Hot Spot: The Huffman's Backyard pool!
If you ask our girls what their favorite part of our trip was....
it was the pool!

This octopus was great for all of the girls!Abby and Emme riding Crush The Turtle!
Pizza pool party....at night!

Other highlights,
Ryan, James and Braden were able to golf 18 holes.
Cyndee and I were able to shop, without kids, for a few hours!
The 4 of us escaped for a date night, thank you Braden for watching the girls!
(When we arrived home after our date night, everyone was asleep, including Braden, except for Hadley ad Chloe who were content eating popcorn and watching the same movie for the second time in a row!)

Phoenix Children's Museum

We spent a day at the Phoenix Children's Museum.
We all enjoyed the noodle maze.

They had a really fun tricycle room.
The girls loved taking turns.
Kate pulling the twins, Hadley and Chloe.

They just opened a huge tree house.
We also enjoyed making Halloween crafts in the art room!

The girls loved grocery shopping and making pizza in the restaurant!
Fun day!

Arizona Park

The weather was perfect for going to the park...so we went a couple of times.
One of the parks we went to had a carousel and a train to ride!

The train we rode!

Ella and the twins!

Abby and Emme

6 Cute Cousins

Emmry (7), Abby (7), Chloe (4), Ella (3), Hadley (4), Kate (5).

We did get a few funny comments!
We were quite the site.....2 pregnant ladies with 6 little girls!

Cyndee: Due November 11
Lori: Due February 28
2 more little cousins to join in the fun!