Continuing the Tradition

On Saturday the 20 Craig and I held a pumpkin party in honor of my Grandpa's Pumpkin Parties-- a family favorite. We didn't have very many pumpkins, and I forgot to tell people to take some when they left, but I think we still enjoyed ourselves.

We had a yummy dinner. Everyone contributed, and I enjoyed everything they brought. Then everyone got dressed up, and we went outside.

I loved my aunts costume!

We first had  to snap a shot of all the cute costumes. My kids made this so much fun. Taking pictures with them lately is like pulling out hair.

After that we went out back and played the dart game. My mom bought the prizes and the balloons, so thanks to her for making such a fun game. My cousin and my aunt brought a jar with candy and we all guessed how much candy was in the jar.

After that Craig started a fire and we roasted marshmallows. It was a pretty fun night.

 I don't know if Craig and I can even hold a candle to what my grandparents did, but at least we all got together and had fun dressing up and visiting.

Here are some more shots of the costumes. 

So of course the boys had to be superheroes this year, and Big H's obsession with Batman made his an obvious choice. The other two were tricky though. Little H loves superman, but the twins have already done superman, and plus there was a way cute baby superman costume. So we chose superman  for the baby. The boys got way into Robin thanks to a series called "Teen Titans", so we got a Robin costume. Then for the last one we chose Spiderman. My mom ordered the costumes and I told her just to order them all in the same size because which superhero the boys are changes daily. Well she ordered the Spiderman one a little smaller. And of course Little H has decided it's his, and I can't convince him otherwise.

The story of My Captain America

I haven't ever really been into Marvel Comics. In fact I didn't really pay that much attention until after I married Craig. But we watched the "Captain America" movie and I developed a mad crush. Not on the actor that plays Captain America. Just on the character himself. So I have to say I'm a bit of a fan now. I think Captain America and Superman are now my two favorite superheroes-- of course Superman is still in the lead, I mean you can't beat nostalgia. After all the two heroes are almost the same person. One is just an alien and has more powers. 

Anyway this led to the decision that Craig should be Captain America, and then I could be his 1940's girlfriend-- or pretty much just a girl from the 40's. I mean who wouldn't want to dress up like a girl from the 40's. I know I've always wanted to-- Rosie the Riveter has been in the back of my head for years. 

So that's what led to our costume decisions this year. I'm really enjoying this years Halloween pics, and I have to say my Captain America is pretty darn cute!

Fall Excursions and Cute Pictures

I'm sure you all have noticed that I love to capture pictures of the pretty, mountain, fall scenery. Every year we take a trip up the canyon, or canyons. And every year I endeavor to to catch the beauty and brilliance of the fall leaves we see as best as I can. This year I wasn't quite as ambitious with my photo taking. But I was grateful to have the opportunity to capture something since having gas money to simply drive up our local canyons seemed out of the question. The first trip was with my parents. Sadly Craig had to work. We went to a park up Provo Canyon called South Fork Park. It was beautiful, and had lots of trails.
 

We enjoyed the pretty scenery.

The Boys enjoyed hiking and playing around

This is Little H's "treasure" as he called it.

South Fork was way fun, and was beautiful. I really enjoyed our trip there. I'm glad my parents thought of it. Though I was sad we missed out on our annual trip up to Cascade Springs.

Since Craig missed the first trip up the canyon I set aside some money to pay for another trip up another canyon. Craig chose Nebo Loop, my personal favorite. So for family night we drove up the canyon to enjoy the leaves. It was beautiful as always.

On the drive up we saw some deer in the road. We stopped so the boys could see. The deer didn't ran away, and they were only feet from our car. Can someone say photo op? 

We made a stop at what I thought was Mount Nebo. I was wrong. It was still pretty though.

We tried to prepare for colder weather, but we still weren't prepared enough, especially since it was raining. We had to pull blankets out of the trunk so we could walk around comfortably.

The sun was setting, and photo ops would soon be out of the question, so before the light ran out we made a stop at "The Devil's Kitchen".

And just like that the sun was gone. Craig held up his cell phone so I could try to get one pic of all my boys. A feat I'm yet to accomplish. I had to beg the boys to sit by Baby S long enough for me to get this one.

I didn't get an opportunity to take two year pictures of Little M, so I thought I'd take what I could while we were out viewing leaves. It wasn't a perfectly planned photo session, but they turned out pretty good. Little M was quite a stinker though. He would not cooperate at all, and when he saw the camera he'd quickly turn his back and yell, "No!"

We also snapped some of Baby S today for his one month. He was one month old on the tenth. Can you believe it? His hairline is coming in more on the front, which I find adorable. And he opens his eyes wider now. Looking at these pics I realize just how interactive he seems to be. I feel like he was posing and playing on purpose.