Spooktacular #3

We went to Sea World for one last Spooktacular the day before Halloween. We went to a party in the morning, came home for a little nap, and then met a bunch of our friends at Sea World. The kids had so much with all of their friends. They loved taking pictures with all of the Halloween decorations and characters and of course they loved getting more candy!

Aly, Matthew, Austin, me and Rexford - we couldn't get Matthew and Austin to look at the camera because there were too many other interesting things to look at :)

Me and my adorable boys

Austin giving Abby a high five

Rexford posing in front of the Spooktacular wall

Our friend Stacy made crazy sounds and faces to get the little ones to look and it worked but they didn't smile :)

Rexford has always been afraid of the people in costume but this year he's all grown up and wanted to take pictures with them

Austin is so much like his Dad :)

Cute picture of Aly and Matthew

Rexford and Lauren and two pumpkin characters

Rexford posing and Austin climbing

Riding Shamu

Rexford with more characters

loving the carousel

Super Matthew

We only brought one stroller in but Rexford got tired of walking so on the way to the car we piled them all in and it didn't go over very well :) Matthew did not like Austin falling in his space!

Halloween Party

We went to a fun Halloween party with our friends and had great food, games, and crafts. Thanks India for a fun party! Before the party I tried to get Austin dressed in his doctor costume but he didn't want to wear it. So we tried a monkey costume I had around the house and he wore it for a minute but didn't want that either. He finally settled on Bob the Builder :)

Austin trying out the monkey costume - it was a little big but still adorable

Austin as a construction worker

Austin playing pin the tail on the cat

Rexford doing a craft

Austin working on his ghost

Rexford won the estimation contest and won the jar full of candy corn! He was very happy!

Rexford's Preschool Party

Rexford's Halloween Party at school was also on the Thursday before Halloween. Austin and I went for the party. Austin sat next to Rexford and ate pizza and a cupcake. He watched Rexford play pumpkin bowling and pumpkin toss, and helped him make pumpkin magnets. Rexford got a bag of treats and he shared with Austin. The lighting again is pretty bad in the classroom so the pictures aren't great but Rexford had a great time at his class party.

Rexford's class

Rexford making pumpkin magnets

Playing pumpkin toss

Pumpkin bowling

Yummy cupcakes!

Rexford's Halloween Parade

The Thursday before Halloween Rexford had a parade at his school. This year he told me he wanted to be a fireman again for Halloween so that's what we did. Austin wanted to dress up to go watch the parade since Rexford was getting dressed up. So I dressed Austin in his little doctor outfit (I found it when my Dad cleaned out his attic. One of my sisters wore it when they were little). The lighting was really bad in the classroom and the room where they did the parade so the pictures are a little fuzzy but the kids looked so cute and Rexford was all smiles and had a great time.

Fireman Rexford all ready to go to school

Austin dressed up too :)

Rexford and his class in their room before the parade

Here they come!

Rexford's class with their teacher

We took a picture outside for better lighting and it came out cute

Hats

Austin loves to wear hats but he will only wear them backwards :) He puts them on all the time around the house. Here are the boys playing tennis in their hats. Rexford always wears his the right way and Austin always backwards!

Austin in his BYU hat

Rexford is getting so big

Pumpkin Patch #2

One day after I picked up Rexford from school I tried to take the boys over to the pumpkin patch to get some pictures of them together. Austin was difficult but I was able to get a few cute ones. Here are my handsome boys!

Austin loves his pumpkin

Austin loves his little pumpkin and carries it around all day! Here's my cute little pumpkin boy :)

Rexford's 1st Primary Presentation

Rexford had his first primary presentation on October 24th. He had his part memorized weeks before but I didn't know if he would go up on stage and actually say it in the microphone. He didn't want to go up when the kids were going on stage so Brian took him up there and then sat in the first row to watch. I was surprised that he did actually stand there and sing and smile and when it was time for his part, he went up and did it! His part was, "John 14:15 says, If ye love me, keep my commandments." I was so proud of him! Now he wants to go up all the time :)

Spooktacular Visit #2 with Daddy and Friends

Here are pictures of our second visit to Sea World's Spooktackular. This time Austin dressed as an army man and Rexford dressed as a police officer. Brian came with us this time and we met our friend Stacy and her kids there. The kids got to decorate a cookie and eat it, get lots of candy, watch the Shamu show and see the new baby whale, and go on a few rides. The loved having fun with their friends and especially having Daddy there.

Austin and Rexford ready for some fun

Lauren, Gavin, and Rexford doing some trick-or-treating

Abby let Austin hold her wand and he loved it

Decorating cookies

Rexford spent time decorating and Austin just ate the candy :)

Mouths full!

Yummy

Lots of sugar

Pumpkin Carving

I let the boys paint their little pumpkins and then I bought a bigger one for me to carve. Rexford helped me this year. In previous years, he would not put his hand in and touch the seeds because he thought it was too yucky. But this year he helped pull it all out and separate the seeds for me. We made a big mess and had fun!

Rexford cleaning out the pumpkin

Showing me some seeds

Rexford will all of our pumpkins

My pumpkin :)

The boys' cute pumpkins