october happenings

::  Just a month of a whole lot of pictures! ::

:: after the other kids went to bed, Rudger stayed up a few minutes later to help me make some applesauce. ::

:: half of the month was full of sickness :( ::

:: finally got in a sister lunch at Mandi's. I love the women I am influenced by. ♥♥ ::

 :: Levi had been concerned that we were never going to get his wolf costume made, so I spent one day getting everything and then making the mask. (also, finally bought his wolf scouting book) ::

 :: we made yard cats and spiders ::

 :: just recording the little beethoven ::

 :: afternoon sherbet ::

 :: tomatoes are her favorite, straight from the garden ::

 :: these october evenings together are everything ::

 :: honestly don't know why I even try doing bathroom selfies, but Rudger in the stall makes me laugh ::

 :: this girl can spot treats from a mile away, she was dying walking past the donuts ::

 :: a night at the pumpkin patch ::

 :: ♥♥♥ ::

 :: a little birthday eve shopping ::

 :: hardly any nap on her birthday ::

 :: when I am old and the kids are grown, this is what I will miss the most ::

 :: crazy hair day!! ::

 

 :: seriously, this girl and her treats ::

 :: Rudger and his phase of telling secrets ::

 :: ♥♥♥ ::

 :: making brownie haunted houses, i love when great ideas are shared with me ::

 :: ♥♥♥ ::

 :: I have the best visiting teacher who always bring our little family treats, she is the kindest v.t. ever! ::

 :: first picture taken with my new phone. I went almost two weeks with an unreliable phone, it felt so good to have a working phone. And then the next day, it got a crack in it. boo. ::

 :: running errands, feels like the story of my life sometimes ::

 :: the school halloween parade ::

 :: and then onto daddy's work party ::

 :: ♥♥♥ ::

 :: and then after that it was onto our ward halloween party. it was an exhausting day ::

 :: i never tire of seeing the brothers treat their sister with so much love ::

 :: just picking grapes at my sisters, after stake conference, while she wasn't even there ::

 :: halloween eve sunset ::

 :: last minute pumpin carving ::

 :: some food before they hit the streets for trick or treating ::

 :: face painting...check ::

 :: just watching over our candy for us ::

:: the last picture taken in october 2016. ::

the hard and the good

The hard:
This weekend we went to a family cousin baptism and the two youngest had a hard time being quite during it. Adeline has discovered that she has this high pitch scream and it is draining. The downstairs remained a disaster all weekend. Adeline was loud and wiggly in church. The election has our whole family annoyed. Bedtime was way too late.

The good:
I got the pantry cleaned out and organized. We worked on cleaning up our neglected yard and Adeline loved being outside (where she could squeal as loud as she wanted). Daddy gathered the boys around to watch funny pranks on youtube. We got an extra hour of sleep. We cuddled together on the couch while reading a fun book together about history. The boys fasted without complaining too much and with a purpose (for kindness to return to our country). We went to tithing settlements where Corbin told the bishop that he had the best parents ever :) (then I leaned over and told him I would pay him later, which I immediately regretted because I kind of hate when people say that). The boys were happy to do Fast Sunday pictures and most of them smiled without making too many weird faces. We had a cozy evening at home that felt completely like Christmastime and I declared to them that I am putting up the downstairs Christmas tree this week! It hasn't happened yet, but I am seriously going to do it when life slows down :) 

Now today I am off to vote, which is kind of depressing this year, but I am still so grateful we have this opportunity in America. And I have great hope that America will be great again. (bahahaha #trump) But, seriously, I think America is awesome, and I know there is so much goodness here. 

And the kids are dying to find out what we are having for dinner and dessert tonight. We voted and it is a very tight race. It all comes down to Rudger's vote.