Thanksgiving

So, we had a wonderful Thanksgiving, but these are the only pictures that I got. I got so caught up in other things once our company came, that I forgot to take pictures. Here is Anna cheesing it up. I set the coffee table as the kids table. The kids made the decorations. The jar in the middle we are filling with acorns in response to President Monson's talk at conference about asking the kids (and parents) if they have done something nice for someone that day. We have a big jar to fill but have a reward at the end. The kids are always good to remind me if I forget to ask.

Here are their decorations close-up. Why I gave them glitter, I don't know, because I was cleaning it up all day!

The table before the company came. We had our friends the Nemelkas over with their 3 kids and Z. The kids all played together and the food was great (thanks Melanie for the sweet potatoes of which I am now a Big fan. SO Yummy!) If we couldn't be with family, this most certainly was the next best thing.

Halloween

I know we just had Thanksgiving, but I couldn't not post about Halloween. Here was our pumpkin carving. Sorry for the nudity, but Anna is extremely messy and had to dig into the pumpkin without a shirt! All glowing. Can you tell whose is whose?

We went on a haunted train ride at a local park with some friends. They even got to go in costume.

All dressed up and ready for trick or treating! Thank you, mom, for sewing Anna's costume up. She did it all the way from across the country and it fit perfectly!

Trick or treating the hallways of our building.

Then, heading out to the local neighborhood for more!

Last year we were freezing on Halloween night, so this year I made sure the kids had warm clothes and lots of undershirts, etc. Well, even though it was drizzly, it was so muggy, that we were all sweating. So much for being prepared!