Halloween Week!

We have had a fun week! Jack is loooving Halloween. He can't wait to dress up like a pumpkin on Friday. He had a taste of it this weekend and loved all the attention... I have to say that I thought he looked pretty cute. Pictures of that coming soon. :) So far this week, we have gone to a party (where I ate brownies that had four sticks of butter in them... that's how good they were), we had a fun FHE with our neighbors and we went to the Haunted Trail by our house. Because I am lame, I only got pictures from our FHE night, but I think I will have more to post this weekend.

FHE was so fun and we are so lucky to have such a great neighborhood to be a part of. We had yummy pizza and carved pumpkins. The Haunted Trail was a hit (especially the donuts). Jack did awesome at the trail and just greeted every scary thing with "Hi, Monster." And his eyes got really huge and cute. He was looking at them hoping that they wouldn't eat him. Tonight we got a pumpkin pizza from Papa Murphys. I'm just glad they made it DeLite... I am IN TROUBLE this holiday season!! I'll blame it on my extra hormones... right ladies?

A Day At the Fire Station!

Our ride on the truck

My friend Kari has a neighbor who is a fireman. Last week, she put together a field trip down to his station. We got a bunch of moms and kids together (we had 20 people there) and headed down. Some of the kids were to little, but most of them thought it was the greatest thing ever! We got a tour of the station, rode on the fire truck, saw the BIG ladder, and even watched the firemen get called away on an emergency. The kids got hats and stickers as well. After we did that, we took the kids to lunch. Its too bad that the next day Jack watched about Curious George going to the fire station... I think he would have liked it more if he had seen that episode before we went!

PS: Don't tell my hubby, but M.A.N.... why are ALL firefighters such B.A.B.E.S.???!! ;) (That's a wink, my friends. You know what I'm talking about.)

Riding with Witches

All the cute kids posing with the witch that drove!
Cute Meredith and Jack-- maybe a love connection??
Parker and Jack are only 6 months apart. They have fun!
Me and my baby!

Jack is sooo into Halloween this year. It is making it a lot of fun. Last week, for family home evening, we went with our neighbors to Gardner Village to go on a hayride with a witch and have some yummy treats. The place was JAM-packed, but the line for the hayride wasn't bad and the kids loved all the decorations, pumpkins, and of course the witches. The hayride was fun, but I thought it was lacking in the scenery department. You would think that on a Halloween hayride they would take you around and show you something, but instead we got nice views of the parking lot, a field, a wire fence.... etc. The kids liked it though. After the hayride, we went to the bakery and indulged on chocolate donuts, sugar cookies and pumpkin cookies. It was good time had by all!

New Website

My dad changed his website for his wedding videos. It is now:

http://idovideos.blogspot.com

Check out his highlight reel!!

Fall is Flying By!

I can't believe that it is already October 10! I just love this time of year! Jack is having a blast with all the Halloween stuff. I need to go get his costume... I keep thinking that I will have more time, but it is running out fast. We have done a lot of fun things this month and are excited to do a few more. I took Jack to Gardner Village to see the witches. He had a great time with his friend Belle. It was a very hot day so we will have to go back now that it is cooler. It is a really fun place. For family home evening this week, we headed out to the pumpkin patch and that was really fun. Jason and I have been waiting years to do that. I think we will make it a tradition. We are planning on carving them next week. It is so fun to watch Jack experience all of this. I can't wait for Christmas! It is almost like being a kid yourself. :)

Potty Training Update

Well, it has been about a week since I decided to go ahead with potty training... I didn't really feel confident that I would make it past the first day. I was losing my mind.... but after talking to friends that have gone down this road before, I decided to gather my patience and just take it one day at a time. I have to report that Jack is doing awesome!! The first couple of days I only had him underwear from about 3-8 pm... because I was going to the gym and carting him around, I didn't really want to risk it. Since yesterday, he has been in his underwear all day... I ventured out to run errands yesterday and today and so far... NO ACCIDENTS!! He told me when he had to go at the hospital, the library and then today he waited until we got home. I think he is catching on.
Last night we were in the tub and he told me that he had to go... so we rushed him out of the tub and he went number 2 ( I don't want to get to graphic for all the non-parents that read this)! I was so proud! He is still in a diaper at night, but if he continues doing so well I will probably try him without it next week. I feel such a sense of accomplishment and it really is easier then changing a diaper! He is growing up so fast!

Wedding Videos!!

My dad is multi-talented in many areas, but one of his most fun hobbies is doing wedding videos. He started doing it after my wedding and has done more and more for family and friends. We have finally talked him into putting some samples online so please check out his new site. It is...

http://digital-video-hunt.blogspot.com

Give him a call if you need a great video!! He's great!