It's Cold Outside

Monday, Dec. 27
Well it just wouldn't be Christmas without a trip to Temple Square to see the lights.  Although we thought about going earlier in the month and even had a plan to go, we actually didn't get there until after Christmas.  We naively thought that after Christmas would be great because everyone else would have already been during the month.  Boy were we wrong.  It's okay though, what's lights at Temple Square without the crowds?  It was cold, cold, cold but when you're with the ones you love in the close vicinity of a temple you feel warm inside. :)

 Half the group.

 Some more of us.

Almost all of us in this one.

And the whole group.

Matt, Nancy and their kids, Allison, JayDee and their kids and Grandma down front.

It's Christmas!!

Hooray! Christmas was here!  I don't know about anyone else out there but December flew by at our house.  My kids even commented how Christmas came so fast this year.  Amazing.  I remember thinking when I was a kid that December was the longest month of my life.  But as always, Christmas arrives and spending it with family is the very best part. 

Christmas Eve
We always find ourselves at Grandma and Grandpa Taggart's house on Christmas Eve. We have a traditional Christmas Eve dinner, either read or act out the Nativity, open presents (always pajamas) and then hurry home to bed to wait for Santa.

This year we acted out the Nativity.  With Matt and his family here from Colorado we had a full cast.

 I have never seen sheep so interested in babies.  
They are just mesmerized by Baby Jesus.

And the shepherds were extremely worshipful. 
They never stopped bowing until we told them they should stop.

Here's the whole cast post performance.  We'll go clockwise from the top:

Joshua and Ethan - Shepherds

Emma - Angel

Isaac - Sheep

Hannah and James - Mary and Joseph

Nathan - Sheep

Eden - Baby Jesus

They were so cute.  We laughed (quietly and behind hands) through their whole performance.  It's so much more fun to have kids play out the nativity than adults.  Although we did have one adult in this production, Bryan (Katie's husband) was the donkey.  It's really a rite of passage in our family.  The newest member of the family must take their place as donkey in the nativity. 

Back home, the kids are ready for bed in their new pjs and slippers.

The excitement is killing them. 

Christmas Day

There's a rule around our house, no one can go down stairs to see what Santa brought until everyone is awake and ready.  The kids know this rule and since Ethan is always awake first and is a very good rule follower when he woke up at 6:00AM on the dot, so did everyone else.  JayDee and I were lying in bed when we hear Ethan creep down the ladder of his bunkbed, then there is some rustling as he wakes Isaac up and helps him into his slippers, next he's over in the the girl's room trying to quietly wake Emma up.  The funny thing was Emma was not waking up.  When I looked in to see his tactics he had the covers pulled down and he is leaning way in close to her face and whispering very urgently to wake up.  It was funny.  By now everyone else was up so I wondered to myself why he just didn't yell?  Soon enough they were all awake and we were heading down to see what magic was in store.

This is what we found.

Pillow pets for everyone!

Isaac snuck down the stairs just a minute before everyone else and I thought it was funny that he was sort of apprehensive about that stuffed animal even though he had begged for one along with all the other kids.  
Maybe he was just awestruck.

 Hannah couldn't be happier. . .for now.

 Although Isaac isn't sporting an enormous smile at this moment he is holding exactly what he asked for for Christmas, "lights that you put on trees."  Any time anyone (including 2 Santas) asked him what he wanted for Christmas this was his answer.  We always had to explain that it was chocolate covered sunflower seeds in a container that looked liked Christmas lights.

Here Emma is showing me that she received elf fingernail polish in her 
stocking. Yep, right on the bottle it said ELF polish.  I told her I had no idea that elves made fingernail polish.  She was quite amazed by the whole thing. After rummaging through their stockings they went immediately back to those pillow pets.  Isaac was riding his monkey like a horse and started singing the pillow pet theme song and just like they had planned it, 
all the kids joined in.

As much as I would have loved to stop our morning right here, there were more presents to be had. At our house we keep Christmas rather simple.  In the spirit of the true meaning of Christmas we have taught our children that Jesus received 3 gifts from the wisemen so that's how many they will get.  They get gold - something they want (this is what Santa brings) frankincense - something they need, and muir - a meaningful gift.  As kids, the meaning of each gift is usually lost on them and because they are small usually muir is just something else they want but this system will grow with them and hopefully become very meaningful as they get older.  JayDee and I love it because then our kids can focus more on giving than receiving and we don't fall prey to the gluttony that Christmas can so easily become.  This year each of our kids did get one pretty significant gift.  For some it was their muir for others it was their frankincense but for all it was awesome!

 Ethan got a bow and arrow.  

He can shoot from farther away than this but I had to get the bales of hay in.

 

He's working on becoming the next Robin Hood.

 Emma got a gift certificate to get her ears pierced.

Here's her before picture.

And her after.

Hannah and Isaac unwrapped these clues to find their gifts.

They're not too hard but remember these guys are 5 and 3.

This is what they found.

Gotta take these babies for a spin.

I guess that's one good thing about having no snow for Christmas.

All around it was a great Christmas.  After things settled down at our house we went over to Grandma's for more presents, she's always good for fulfilling another want, but that's what grandparents are for. We've had all kinds of fun and the kids have loved spending time with their cousins that they don't get to see very often.  Now that it's over I'm kind of sad.  Christmas is so anticipated and yet over so quickly.  Good thing it comes around every year.

December Happenings

December is upon us.  I have never felt busier in all my days.  More of that busyness has to do with my calling in Primary than Christmas and for some reason that is a weird realization for me.  So much to do it seems.  But what would Christmas be like without a little frazzle?  

Our month started out with a song.  Ethan decided this year (completely of his own accord) to join his elementary school choir.  If you can, try to imagine Ethan's dad, who grew up in Cache Valley where boys are boys and if you're awesome enough you're a cowboy and you have your own herd of cows, you drive a truck and you wouldn't be caught dead down the choir hall in the school let alone in choir.  So you can imagine how this went down when Ethan voiced his interest in singing in a choir.  Luckily, Ethan has a totally awesome mom who thinks singing is great and doesn't sway boys to the "dark side" and who totally has Ethan's back.  And if Mom's on your side you win every time, so choir it was.  

Dec. 1, Ethan had his first performance with his choir at the Festival of Trees in Salt Lake.  I've always wanted to go to the festival but have never taken the opportunity, so this was a fun night for me all around.  It was just Ethan and I and lucky for us Grandma Taggart was volunteering that night at the festival so there was a little more support for Ethan.  Now don't start thinking that JayDee was sour from losing the choir battle that he wouldn't even come to his son's performance, that's not it at all, we just decided that we didn't  want to take everyone because if there is one thing JayDee hates worse than choir it's a crowd.  Anyway, Ethan's choir was fantastic! And after we walked around and had a look at everyone's hard work. Can I just say AMAZING!!  I seriously have never seen trees like these and half the time I didn't even think you could make ornaments out of the things some people made ornaments out of.  Here's a smattering of some of our favorites.

 Here's Ethan in his choir shirt next to his favorite gingerbread house.

My personal favorite!

So clever. . .and who doesn't love Toy Story?

 This is the tree topper.

 

 And the mid-section of the tree.

I never got a good shot of the whole tree but I just loved it.

 Also loved this guy.  There were a couple of trees with this 

same idea but none of them measured up to him.

 Now if I owned a Rumbi Island Grill I would totally buy this one. AWESOME!  

That's 4 trees all together, flocked blue with just the tips white and bent over like 

the white caps on a wave. Then decorated to the hilt with all kinds of ocean life.  

Seriously, who thinks up this stuff?

Now this one just made me laugh.

Barbie's Winter Wonderland Ball

 Up close, all the Barbies and Kens paired up and dancing. 

I would have killed for this set up when I was little. :)

We had a great time.  I may just have to force JayDee to come with us next year.

We've had Christmas themed Family Home Evenings all month.  One Monday we talked about the symbols of Christmas and how they all tied back to the Savior and then went a picked out our biggest symbol of Christmas, the tree! Another week we read a story called, I Believe in Santa Claus, which compares Santa to the Savior. Don't worry it's not sacrilegious it's actually really nice.  After that we made sugar cookies. . .lots and lots of cookies. . .so many cookies there were still some hanging around the next Monday.  I couldn't give them away because they were from a boxed mix and really not that good but the kids had a great time rolling and cutting.  All I kept thinking was this is why I never make sugar cookies.  When it was JayDee's turn for the lesson he read the kids that Christmas classic that we all know and love. . .The Christmas Orange.  To my surprise none of my kids had heard it before.  And the activity following this story?  Well how about pass the orange?  Where you have to pass the orange from one person to the next without using your hands or dropping it.  This turned out to be quite a humorous activity. 

In case you're wondering, kids necks are really not big enough to hold oranges.

This activity would have worked better with clementines. :)

Later in the month Ethan had another choir concert at the school which was attended by the whole family. (Reason #2 that everyone didn't come to the Festival of Trees)  And even though this picture stinks I told Ethan I'd post it.

 I waited almost until the last minute but was successful in making all my traditional Christmas cookies and getting them delivered.  I love my cute cookies.  I grew up making these with my mom every year.  There was no question what was going to be the neighbor gift every year it was always cookies.  Now these aren't just your run of the mill sugar cookies cut into Christmas shapes and iced with too much icing, no sir, I'd dare say they border on gourmet! The best news of all . . . they are simple.  They make a dazzling display on a plate and people think you spent days making them but the truth is I take one day, make them all and deliver them that night.  I should have taken a picture of my kitchen, that was a sight, but I didn't think to get out the camera until almost all 30 plates were loaded.  Yep, 30!  I slave all day making mountains of treats and usually my own poor little kids don't get any.  This year I decided to make a round 2 because my kids are worth it!

 Wouldn't you just love finding this plate of festiveness on your front porch?

I like to call it "Christmas joy on a plate!"  They're a joy to make and a joy to give.

I hope they bring Christmas joy too!

Miracles

You know, the gospel never ceases to amaze me.  I sat in the Bountiful Temple Tuesday night with all my family (save one brother who lives in Colorado) to support the baby of our family, my little brother Chase, as he went through the temple for the first time.  It meant more to us than maybe the run of the mill Mormon family there to see a young man go through before his mission.  Our Chase is almost 24 years old and has overcome some pretty terrible demons.  These past years have been difficult ones. As many people know, watching your loved ones struggle is not easy.  For me, the struggle never seemed to end and to be completely honest I pretty much gave up hope.  I knew it wasn't impossible to overcome I just thought "He doesn't really want to change.  He doesn't care enough."  I have never been happier to be completely wrong! And I am taught once again not to judge,  you never know the inner workings of a soul.

In June of this year I was surprised to get a phone call from my dad asking if I was available at about 7pm that night to come to their church.  I, of course, asked him why I would want to come to his church that night and he said, so I could be there to witness Chase's ordination to the Melchizedek Priesthood.  I was shocked!  I had no idea that Chase was even close to such a milestone.  Needless to say, I and my whole family were there.  I thought I couldn't be happier that day.  And since I am laying out all my shame here today I will tell you a little incident that happened that night.  So we are sitting in the High Council room of my parents' Stake Center with another family whose son was receiving the Melchizedek Priesthood before leaving on his mission .  The Stake High Council representative was there and he started talking to the assembled group about these two young men.  In the course of his ramblings he asked the group "Who will write to these young men on their missions?"  My sister exuberantly raised her hand, my kids tentatively raised their hands ( I think they were confused because as far as they knew Chase wasn't serving a mission) and I did not raise my hand.  I definitely didn't think Chase was going on a mission. Well again, I couldn't have been happier to be wrong.  I found out later that night that Chase had told my mom earlier that day that he wanted to go to the temple as soon as possible and that he had been saving for a mission.  Who knew?!

It took until October to get everything in order and then finally the papers were in.  It took only one and a half weeks and then I got another phone call.  Chase called me.  Chase never calls me.  He asked if I was busy right then.  I said no and then added, "Wait, did you get your mission call?!"  He said he did and I said we'll be right over.  Ethan was super excited because all this was happening on his birthday! After some more waiting at Mom and Dad's house for everyone to assemble and to get the Skype to work so my brother in Colorado could be a part of it (a miracle in its own way), Chase opened the call.  With his hands shaking he read he had been called to serve in the Milan, Italy mission.  Well if you know me or my family at all you can imagine how this went down.  There was screaming, a lot of screaming, and jumping up and down and hugging and crying.  It was wonderful! Then Chase proceeded to read the rest of the letter. When he got near the end, President Monson was thanking him for his willingness to serve and his worthiness to serve.  As Chase read these words he couldn't hold back his tears.  He normally is a very unemotional person but there was no denying that he was worthy.  He knew that he had finally done it!  All his hard work, all the humility, all the pain was worth it and he could read those words with confidence. Another beautiful moment I will never forget.  

The atonement is such an amazing miracle. To see it save the life of someone you love is completely humbling.  I know that there is no sin too small or too large that can't be covered by the sacrifice of our Savior but there just seems to be a greater magnitude when it heals someone who has suffered so long. My heart is just so full of gratitude that I have a Father who loves me so much and loves my family so much that he provided a way for us to be successful in this life.  What a miracle!  All these feelings culminated as we attended the temple together.  I just hope that in the very near future my entire family can be there together.  That would be the best miracle of all! 

Things of Note

Glasses, reflections, snow and Thanksgiving.  What do they have in common?  

All occurred in November.

We have entered the realm of poor eyesight. I was hoping that none of my kids would inherit this particular degenerate gene from the Taggart side but alas it has happened. My handsome little devil, Ethan is the proud new owner of pair of designer eyewear.

 Okay, they aren't actually designer but they sure are cute! 

And the trophy you ask?  Well that is the trophy Ethan won for his reflections
entry in photography.

Here's the winning shot.

 The reflections theme for this year was "Together We Can. . ."

His interpretation was "Together was can explore" and he took this picture of some of his friends digging up treasure in our backyard. Is the picture a little blurry?  Yes. Was it taken in full sun? Yes, but it was definitely the most creative of the other 3 entries that moved up to the next round with him.

The first big snowstorms of the season have blown in and my kids couldn't be happier.  The first one came in on a Sunday and although we do not encourage playing on Sundays we just couldn't keep the kids inside with all that glorious white stuff outside.  They suited up and played for hours, no friends just each other.  I love days like that.  They are few and far between these days.  Friends are pretty important to my kids right now so to have them play together for an extended period of time was a good mommy moment.  JayDee and I couldn't just stand and observe and let all that great packing snow go to waste so we may have started a snowball fight.  I couldn't be happier for snow on Sundays now!

First snow

And since this first snow we've had a couple more good storms roll in.  After each storm the kids check the status of our growing "mountain" in the front yard.  We live in a kind of sued o-cul-de-sac, the road goes through but causes a pretty deep bend in the road.  Our house sits in that deep bend and every year as the snow accumulates on the road the plows will push it to the same spot right in front of our house and by mid-winter we have a mountain of snow in our front yard that kids dig forts into and sled down.  Although the kids absolutely love the snow, JayDee does not.  Every year it gets worse.  As the snow increases, JayDee's good mood decreases. :)  One of the things he does that does not help his mood is putting the Christmas lights on the house.  It's a testament to how much he really loves me because it's just not Christmas for me without lights.  So every year he trudges up on the rooftop and puts them up for me.  Most years he doesn't get around to it until after those first few storms hit so his life is in peril (as he says) but this year he was thinking and got the lights hung before any snow!  He even made it a family affair and took Ethan and Hannah up to help. That was a first!  And you know that may have been just the way to do it, he's been in good spirits ever since!

 

And you can't note November without noting Thanksgiving.  I've already noted some of the things I'm thankful for but the list really is endless.  I'll just end with a couple of blessings that I need recorded.

In 2010 I'm thankful for (not in any particular order):

*My family

*Health

*A worthy priesthood holder for a husband

*A warm house to come home to

*The gospel of Jesus Christ

*2 counselors and 1 secretary that ease my burdens and make serving a joy

*Smiles and laughter

*Great friends who chase away the mundane

*A computer that runs properly

*Kisses, hugs and snuggles

*A good book

*And wonderful extended family that enrich my life and my children's lives

Jackson Hole

Well, I guess I'm never going to get the pictures I want from JayDee so I shall post without them. 

Picture mid-October, the 12-15th to be precise, it's lovely weather, the kids are in school and the husband has a presentation to give at a national conference in Jackson Hole.  With a little finagling, I was able to secure the help of two lovely aunts so I could go to the conference with JayDee. It was like a free trip. How could I not try to go when the university is paying for almost everything?  He goes to at least one national conference a year, usually they are farther from home and in the summer.  This one landed close to home (which was good) but was also scheduled during school (which was bad).  It's always harder to leave kids when they have school to attend.  But fortunately it all worked out and JayDee and I were off to what we hoped would be restful little getaway, and it turned out to be just that.  JayDee really only had to attend one full day of conference meetings so the rest of the time we just enjoyed each others company.  We bummed around Jackson, and for all of you wondering what there is to do in Jackson during the off season the answer is . . .nothing!  Really this town makes a name for itself during the summer and is close enough to the Grand Tetons to be reputable during the winter, but during the fall they've got nothing.  So we walked the streets, browsed the shops and ate.  

The 13th was JayDee's 35th birthday and unfortunately this was the day JayDee had to spend in meetings so I was on my own.  I had to eat alone, which I do not like, and I shopped alone, but I did find a cozy little bookstore that I spent a good hour or more browsing the shelves and smelling that new book smell which I love!  I would never have been able to do that with JayDee in tow. 

On the 14th we drove up to Yellowstone to relive the memories of our first wedding anniversary and to see some sites we missed the first time.  We also relived our 4th grade geography lessons about the Continental Divide. I thought is was kind of funny and a little sad that we jumped out of the car with enthusiasm to read a sign describing what the Continental Divide was.  :)

JayDee had a successful conference and I had a relaxing getaway and these are the only pictures to show for it.

 On the way to Jackson we stopped at a little service station that is famous for its square ice cream.  Well we couldn't pass that up when the world's biggest ice cream fan is in the car. Unfortunately, as cool as it was to eat an ice cream cone shaped like a stick of butter it was not very tasty.

 This is 43 N, the swanky little restaurant where we chose to eat for JayDee's birthday dinner.  How can a place called 43 N not be swanky?  The best part of the dinner was when I used the word swanky to describe this place and JayDee had no idea what the word meant.  Really.  I had to define it for him. :) It just goes to show that you are never to old to learn new things.

 This was our scenery on the way into Yellowstone.  If you were alive you will remember the fateful Yellowstone fire of 1988 which burned for months and countless acres.  When JayDee and I came to Yellowstone in 1999 for our 1st wedding anniversary those tall "sticks" high above the greenery were all that remained of the dense forestry pre-fire.  Now 11 year later these little spruce trees are everywhere and JayDee estimated they were about 10 feet tall.  Nature is an amazing thing!

 First stop actually in the park. . .Old Faithful of course!

 My not so great attempt at an arm shot with us and Old Faithful but hey, we're pretty cute!

 The only shot of either of us taken with my camera because as you can see 

JayDee has a much nicer camera. 

Pretty much the only wildlife we saw. Buffalo, buffalo and more buffalo. Both times we've been to Yellowstone all we ever see is buffalo.  Where are all the animals everyone always says they see and the park warns about?  JayDee's pictures are, as he would say "calendar quality" but remember I don't have his pictures so you get this one. . .not calendar quality.

October

I have been patiently waiting to add a new post because I needed some pictures off my dear husband's camera to document our fun little excursion to Jackson Hole mid October (it's a work camera and the pictures can only be downloaded to his work computer).  I am slightly OCD about chronological order so I waited. . .and waited. . .but blogging is not on the top of JayDee's priority list plus he's very busy so I waited some more.  Then as time passed and October ended with lots of activities I just decided to bite the bullet, swallow the nagging uneasiness that posts will be out of order and do this! I hope in the near future I will be able to expound on our Jackson Hole trip because it was over JayDee's 35th birthday and that's kind of a big one so here's to later! 

October 27th
My Ethan turned 10!  It is unreal that I have been a mother for a decade.  It's been an amazing experience and I love my Ethan so much.  He really is the greatest kid.  He is very obedient ( I wish his sisters would learn from his example) and loving.  He loves the outdoors and sports.  Recently, when asked at school what his favorite sport is he said climbing trees.  I didn't know that was an official sport but it is definitely something he loves and is very good at.  He also loves riding his bike, his ripstick and recently his new skateboard.  He loves to play football at the church with all the neighborhood boys and basketball (but only in his friend Ryan's driveway, he never plays it here - go figure).  He is also completely adorable!  I just love his crooked teeth smile and his bright blue eyes.  Unless puberty is completely ruthless to him, I'm afraid I'll have to keep an extra watchful eye on my guy so all the girls won't swoon him to death.

 No he's not 4. This is his first day of school pic (4th grade) but isn't he doll?!

October 30th

Ethan's birthday was on a Wednesday this year so he was very patient and waited until Friday to have his friend birthday party.  My kids only get friend parties every other year and this year was lucky 10!  He wanted to have a skateboarding party, so we had his party at 10 in the morning on Friday trying to beat all the teenagers to the city skate park.  This skate park idea was the only thing causing me any worry.  All the boys invited to the party, except one, are younger than Ethan.  Plus, they are very beginner skateboarders, none of them had even been to a real skate park before, and I just knew if they tried to skateboard around much more advanced teenagers they would be hopelessly unhappy and possibly injured.  So I gambled that a Friday morning, before any normal teenager would be awake on a day off of school, would be the best time to have a party and I WON!  We were the only ones there! No one else showed up until we were leaving.  It was awesome!

Here are these cute boys having the time of their lives. . .that is after they got over the initial shock of how deep a real skate park is. 

 Ollie, Ethan and Ryan

 

Logan

  

Ethan

 Tregan

 Daxton

 Ryan

 Ollie

 Tanner

 

Isaac 

 

  

 The Gang

They had so much fun and there have been a lot of "Mom, can we go to the skate park?" being asked around the neighborhood ever since.  But this was only the beginning of the party.

We went back to our house for some "manly" games ( a.k.a. - dirty games ).

First up: Tomato Bombs

  

Next: Sour Patch Kids Buried Alive

 Ethan found 5

Next: 5 o'clock Shadow

 JayDee wanted in on this action

Can't forget the presents

or the spanking machine

Ethan and Dad shared a real cake the Sunday before at their dual family birthday party so Ethan wanted another of his favorite treats, brownie sundaes.  And just as I'm dishing everyone up I remembered that I left the birthday candles at Grandma's house on Sunday, so we made do with what we had. . .that's right a princess castle candle.  Remember when I told you how great Ethan is?  Well he totally rolled with this.  I explained the situation and he was happy to have  a "girl" candle.

 Happy Birthday Ethan!

Later that day we had a neighborhood halloween party.  Same boys but this time we added girls, babies and moms.  We played games:  a relay, Halloween bingo, bobbing for apples and of course there were treats. I got lazy with the camera so these are the only pictures.

 My kids have learned the art of bobbing for apples from their Grandpa Taggart 

so that means they win every time.  Thanks Grandpa!

    

And since you cannot have too many Halloween parties the adults had a Halloween Party that night.  It was an 80s themed party, so everyone came decked in their best memories. 

 Me and our rockin' 80s host, Melissa

I know. I so do not pull off super diva but I tried!

 You can't tell from this picture but Melissa krimped her bangs 

and Morgan hand acid washed his own jeans. Classic.

 JayDee and I went for the celebrity 80s look.

Madonna and John Cusack from "Say Anything"

 It's Miami Vice and his fan club!

 Ann and Dan went with the "I knocked up my girlfriend" look.

Totally married people!

There were more people at the party but these were the people who came on time and again, I got lazy with the camera.  

October 30th

And in case this wasn't enough Halloween for you there is more.  I can't neglect the actual Halloween trick-or-treating.  Before you can trick-or-treat you've got to carve pumpkins. I love that my kids aren't afraid of pumpkin guts and love to carve their own.  It makes for super fun and super interesting pumpkins.

 

The finished products.

It was raining when I took these so they're a little on the blurry side. 

Here are the kids ready to gather their haul and face any weather that got in their way.  It was pouring rain right before we left but when we finally got out of the house it dried up and didn't start raining again until we were making it back up our street.  What good timing.  And thanks to Grandma Taggart for coming over so that Mom and Dad could both go trick-or-treating with the kids.  

Here's what we had this year:

 The darn cutest football player around.

 A pretty witch and a gypsy.

Hannah's gypsy costume is the very same one I wore when I was little.

 

And last but certainly not least, the costume that was created out of skill and creativity, mostly by Grandma Taggart but assisted by Mom. . .Prince Dastan! (Prince of Persia)  Ethan takes his costumes very serioulsy. 

If you want to be really impressed get the cover of the movie and put it up next to Ethan's picture - the likeness is uncanny. 

We had some visitors after we got home. . .visitors from WAY out of town, possibly from another planet?

 E.T. and Gerty!  

Hey Katie and Bryan, thanks for sharing your awesome costumes with us and scaring Hannah to death when she opened the door.  What's Halloween without a good scare?

 And possibly my favorite moment of all.  Isaac had snuck Emma's glow wand she got trick-or-treating and got under his bed to watch it glow then fell dead asleep.This is what Halloween is really, nothing but kids so tired they drop off to sleep anywhere!  :)

Happy Halloween!!