Brett's Mantel

Brett did an INCREDIBLE job on the mantel remodel in our family room. And it only took him one whole year to finish! We decided to take out the gross green marble surround stone and replace it with the black granite to match our countertops. Plus the old wood mantel was so tacky with the frilly molding. Brett did absolutely everything by himself, including all the custom molding and design on the legs. Evan and I are so lucky to have Brett. He's amazing!!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Evan at the Pumpkin Patch

We went to a pumpkin patch before halloween. Evan got to bounce around...

Slide down with daddy - and he even went down the giant slide by himself!
Evan and Brett climbing up the tube slide
Evan liked the tube slide because his voice went up and down as he went over the ridges.
He even got to drive a tractor!
For some reason I can't upload the picture of Evan on the giant slide when he went down by himself. Anyway, he had a lot of fun.

Pumpkins and Candy

So for some reason my girls love pumpkins....everywhere we went during Halloween it was, "Oh, my goodness! a pumpkin!" We went to the zoo because they had it all decorated and had stations for trick or treating. They could careless about the animals, they just wanted to get the candy and hold their pumpkins they got at the zoo.





I found these Mr. Potato Head pumpkin decor kits at the store and thought they were so cute. Kaori and Rori really loved them and would play with them all the time throughout the day. So it was well worth the six dollars...score. I looked over and the girls had the pumpkin parts on them....funny and silly.





When I took this picture (below) Kaori was insistent that she hold the pumpkin's hand for every picture...she was so excited...can you tell?



Now for the Halloween pics.....they of course chose to be princesses. I was shocked that Rori picked Snow White. I sometimes feel bad for Snow White...she's always the one that is the only one left at the store. Anyway...I thought she made a very cute Snow White. Kaori is always Cinderella. The girls really came out of their shell....I figure it was because candy was involved.







So who do think is the fairest of them all?

Happy Birthday, Lysle!!

From all of us here in California, we wish Lysle an awesome 30th Birthday and to let him know that it is ok to be an OLD MAN!! (Heee, Hee, LOL).


Love ya,
Mike, Michelle, Taylor, Victoria, Luke, and Troy

A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Victoria is in her second year of pre-school and loving every minute of it. Last month, her class took a trip to the pumpkin patch. Luke gets to go on these trips with Victoria. He has fun too because he wishes he could go to school too (boy just needs to be potty trained, but that is another long ordeal that I am working on). Anyways, here is a picture of Luke and Victoria posing in front of the Halloween display.

Here they are in front of the little garden.

Victoria in the moon.

Luke in a pumpkin.

Luke decorated his mini pumpkin and is very proud of it.



Victoria finished her pumpkin and it was supposed to be scary. I thought it was cute.

Well, that was our pumpkin patch adventure. Will post again soon. Have a fab day!!

Halloween

Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween. We sure did.
It gets better every year with the kids. The older they get, the more fun it is for all of us.

Taylor was a Pretty Kitty.

Lukie was a Pirate.

Victoria was Princess Snow White.

This is our happy family. I was a huge pumpkin (thus the orange shirt). We are
scheduled to have our son on the 16th, but I have been having major
contractions lately and will probably have him sooner.

Hope to see pics of your kiddies soon. Halloween is super fun. I just have to get the
Halloween monster to gobble up the rest of the candy so that the kids' teeth will not rot!!

Halloween in VA

Evan was a Dinosaur for Halloween. Our neighbor let us borrow the costume. He was super cute!

The first three pictures are from the ward Trunk-or-Treat. They were trying to play musical chairs. Of course Evan didn't know what was going on, so he just crawled around the chairs, and some little kid would have to leave the circle cause there weren't enough chairs left. It was funny, maybe you just had to be there.

Here is Evan Trick-or-Treating for the first time. He kept trying to run into people's houses. He loved running into the street taking his candy out of his pumpkin bucket and putting it back in.

He didn't last very long. Eventually his Daddy had to carry him.

Evan loves chocolate. He really enjoyed Halloween.