November

I went to a witch party and had to dress up.  Yes, that is Kathleen's skirt.

 Ryan was put in the bishopric in September.

 We went to Spokane to visit family for Thanksgiving.  

Kathleen and I made pottery. 

 The boys think the best place to write in their journals is on the counter in the laundry room.

 Leaf time:

 My parents came to visit:

 Kathleen is officially taller than grandma.

 We had a freak snow storm in November:

 Brandon measured 9 inches.

 Kathleen loves to play the piano.  She is pretty cute.

 Handsome:

Cody won first place for a story he wrote for Reflections. 

 Back to Spokane.  Look at these cute kids walking to get hot cocoa.

 The twins:

Does anyone (and I mean anyone) think this is a good idea?  I blame Ryan and his brother Jon for everything naughty that Brandon and Cody do. 

 But Jon is a great uncle to these kids.

 We had a blind soda tasting contest (no, the soda is not blind).

 Brandon fell in love with his new cousin, Ike.

 Thanksgiving:

 Making candy canes:

 We went to watch my sister, Kaylee, in her play.  She was awesome!

 It is always fun watching my cute nephew play basketball.

 Everyone HATES (and I cannot express this enough) HATES my parents driveway.  Everyone, that is, but Brandon.  I found him outside running up and down it like it was the best toy ever.

 Thanksgiving #2:

 We celebrated Ryan's birthday.  I am not totally sure how close you have to get to the candle to win this contest.  

 I love these boys so much.  I just wish cousin Will could have been in this photo.  Then it would have been perfect.

October

October was full of fun.  We decorated our garage for Halloween and lots of people came to see.  We ran out of candy.

We did a lot of science experiments.  

I hosted Bunco and made all the ladies wear witch hats. 

I took the kids to the zoo and it was all decorated for Halloween. 

Brandon finished football. 

 Brandon ran for treasurer at the school (and lost.  I tried to tell him it was a bad idea to get his friends together and run for the same office.  But he thought it would be more fun that way).

 We went to a corn maize.

 Cody finished soccer.

 We carved pumpkins with the Reese family.

 Boys wearing staches:

 Kathleen started basketball.

 The kids had a piano recital (and got to wear costumes).

 Class parties:

Science Experiments

We went to Utah for a friend's wedding.

 Ryan got to help out as a science dad in Brandon's class.  Brandon loved every minute of it (even though you can't tell by looking at his face).

 So, naturally, Ryan had to bring the experiments home so all the kids could enjoy.

 Not sure what is going on here:

 I hosted bunco at my house this month.  It was fun to do a Halloween theme.  This was the centerpiece.  

 I made soup in pumpkin bowls.  Kathleen helped me out with the carving.

 I made everyone wear a witches hat, like it or not.  Because I'm evil like that.

 The kids had a short week of school and the weather was perfect.  So naturally we had to go to the zoo.  They love this cute little baby monkey that never holds still.  He just swings and climbs and jumps all over everything.  Sound like anyone you know?

 It was fun because it was all decorated for Halloween.

 Brandon finished up his football season.

 I wish you could have seen the panoramic view of this.  There in the middle were all the boys, then their coaches, then they were all surrounded by cute and supportive parents.  What an awesome group of people.

 Brandon decided to run for school treasurer.  I'm not totally sure when he decided to come out of his shell, but here he is.

 We went to the corn maize.

 Ryan is so handsome.  I love this picture.

 Kathleen wanted me to make her costume this year.  I think it turned out pretty cute.  And looks even cuter with the black sweater on.  And yes, those shoes were made with a sharpie.  More pictures another time with all the kids costumes.  Stay tuned...

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