Halloween

I am still flabbergasted that yesterday was October 30th, but the festivities are over. Idaho is strange like that... But either way, we did all the same stuff, so the day on the calendar doesn't really matter, right? Here's what we did:

Thursday: Boo at the zoo! Weston wore two costumes this year. One for inside activities, one for outside. Naturally, Boo at the Zoo was outside, so he wore his warm costume. My aunt Lisa sent this adorable skunk costume. We were at the zoo for an hour and a half, and yes, Weston wore the ears the entire time!

I told Wes to smile, and this is what he did:

Looking at the animals:

Friday: Carving the pumpkin!

I thought Wes would love helping me with the pumpking, but he took one look at the guts and wanted to do nothing but put the lid back on. (as seen above)

Saturday: we were invited to our old ward's Halloween carnival. Weston didn't want to play any of the games, but it was fun to see some of our friends again.

Weston's other costume was Steve, from Blue's Clues! You would not belive how hard it was to find a long sleeved green-striped shirt. We let his hair grow for a couple months so he could have the awesome combover. I think he looks quite handsome. :)

Here's how the pumkin turned out!

I took Weston to our ward's trunk-or-treat. He loved it so much, so I also took him trick-or-treating, just on our block.

A note for those confused: in Idaho Falls, it is accepted that if Halloween is on Sunday, trick-or-treating is done Saturday. I still think it's weird, but whatever. Either way the kids get candy, right?

Weston quickly figured out that going to a door meant getting candy. What a great rule! When we got home from trick-or-treating, Weston grabbed my hand and tried to get me to keep walking. He had so much fun, and people loved him. One older couple on our block loved him so much, they gave him a whole handful of candy! (I mean a REALLY big handful!)

Wes didn't want to go in the house, so we sat on the step for a while, handing out candy. Since I figured we would be there a while, I took Weston's skunk ears off and relaced them with his hat. (He was wearing gloves, but they got all sticky.) While I handed out candy, Wes went to work eating his own. In the picture below, he literally has almost an entire fun size snickers in his mouth. Somehow he managed to get that down without choking.

Halloween was so much fun this year! I can't wait for next year when Wes can actually say "trick-or-treat" instead of signing "please". Either way, he was the cutest trick-or-treater I've ever seen! :)

Remember when?

Remember when Bryan won the Idaho Falls cook-off in the burger division? Their site finally got around to posting his recipe. I miss those delicious burgers! If you want to give them a try, here's the link:

Wagyu Steak Burger

Over the river and thru the woods...

To Grandmother's house we went!

For once, I remembered my camera, and I even remembered to take pictures. And then I left my camera there. I'll post pictures when my camera gets here. (My grandma was kind enough to ship it for me.)

On Friday Weston and I drove to Downey to visit my Grandma Lewis. (That's "Great-Grandma" to Weston.) We spent the day there, and got to see my aunt Jodi and her 3 cute kids. Weston had a great time playing with all of them. We ate delicious homemade chicken soup, and for dessert had pumpkin pie! I LOVE pumpkin pie. To me, Pumpkin pie means the holiday season has officially begun. (YAY!) My aunt Lisa sent a couple of Halloween costumes for Weston, one of which he will be using this year! The other one might still fit next year. Pictures to come... when I get my camera back. :)

I realized while I was there that there were 4 generations of Lewises there. Grandma and Grandpa, Jodi, Me and Jodi's kids, and Weston! So cool!

I'm so glad I have more family nearby! Downey is about an hour and a half from here, but so worth the drive to see such great family! Thank you everyone who was there for making time to see us. :)

And family in Minnesota, I will be there soon! I can't wait!

Smarty pants!

• Weston LOVES to go outside with Daddy. Last night Bryan was so nice and let Weston "drive" his car for a while. (No, they didn't move!)
• Now when we go places Weston thinks he should be the one to drive.

• This morning Weston had a package of fruit snacks. Rather than eat them, however, he dumped them all over the floor, then started hiding them. Here was his spot of choice:

Out of neccessity...

I have a small craft cabinet that holds all my stuff. Drawers full of paper, glue sticks, etc. For my cricut, I always just used the box it came in to hold my cricut machine, cartridges, mats, and the like. However, the box has seen it's last days, and needed a replacement. SO, using some leftover fabric (see here), I made a bag. No pattern, and no mom around to help me... not to brag... but maybe a little.

It's beginning to look a lot like...

FALL!

This morning I woke up and there is frost on the ground. Colored leaves are everywhere outside. So, I decided it was time to make it look like fall inside!

These pants were my amazing $2 find at DI. I had to have them.

And because I can't post pictures without posting at least one of my little man:

Weston loves to help Daddy mow the lawn.



Happy Fall, Y'all!

Family Pictures!

My sister-in-law Vivian was kind enough to take pictures for us! If you want to see them, click Here.

Thank you vivian! You're so great! :)