Halloween fun!

This week was pretty busy, but so much fun! Monday and Tuesday were full of stress for me because I was studying for my Economics final, which I took on Tuesday. Lucky for me, I passed and then came home, had dinner, played with my kids, put them to bed, made myself a delicious Oreo milkshake and watched the BSU vs. Louisiana Tech game with no interruptions while I de-stressed! That was a good night.

Wednesday was lots of fun. We started out by dressing up in costumes and going to the library for story time! Wednesday night, we went to a friend's house for a Halloween party! The kids got to decorate cookies and we had 'mummy's' for dinner (pigs in a blanket wrapped like a mummy) and then we went to the Zoo Boo (the zoo sets up booths for kids to go trick or treating) and the kids had a blast! :)

Friday was our ward's Trunk-or-Treat, so the girls got a ton more candy! There were a bunch of centers in the gym where the kids had a ton of fun painting pumpkins, fishing, getting balloon animals, and playing other games just before the actual trunk-or-treating.

That being said, we did not go trick-or-treating Saturday or Sunday, and surprisingly enough, we did not have ANY trick-or-treaters come in our area. I couldn't believe it! Anyway, our girls got a TON of candy, and we have the leftovers of the candy we bought to give out, so we will probably be set for sweets for quite some time!

Now that Halloween is over, it is now officially time to get ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas! Sadly, we will be staying here in Erie, PA for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, and I think it will be really hard for us to be away from family for the first time ever during the holidays, but we are trying to make it the best experience we can, and we look forward to next year when finances should be better and we can actually afford a trip to the Utah/Idaho area.

Anyway, here are some pictures, so enjoy! :)


This is Mr. Smiley


The princess witch


The 'girl' pirate!


The girls


The three musketeers--or not...