A couple of Saturdays ago we had the great opportunity to go to the Manti Temple with my little brother Tyler as he received his endowment in preparation for his mission to Monterrey Mexico. Although this was just my 5th time going to this temple it still feels like home to me. It was so neat to be there with as many of my brothers that could be there.
Going....Going....
.....Gone!I honestly think I'll go insane when I have more kids to get ready for Halloween but Lizzie looked beautiful and Abby was just as cute as well a bug! Thank goodness everyone goes trick or treating at sunset around here or I just wouldn't have had time to do everything. Jeremy was a sweet heart and took the girls out while I attempted to clean-up dinner (seriously we went through over 100 pieces of candy in just about an hour) but the girls came back with some cold hands and a ton of candy (anybody want the banana laffy taffy that we've got left?
Lizzie was a sweet big sister and asked polietly as a princess for a piece of candy for abby.
She's just a cute little bug
She's smiling because she knows what she's getting a motherload of candy. Hooray for Candy!
I've been a total slacker mom for Halloween. We really didn't decorate the house and I didn't buy either of my girls costumes (princess dress-up and Lizzie's old Lady bug costume). So to make Halloween special I told Lizzie we would be eating special foods that day. We started out the day with Jack 'O Lantern pancakes (pumpkin pancakes with a few Chocolate chips in a smiley face). For Lunch we had Fish Blood Soup and Ooey Gooey sandwiches (tomato soup with gold fish crackers and grilled cheese soup) then to top the night off we had smashed brains with eyeballs and dried finger bones ( spaghetti with meatballs and breadsticks). It was so much fun every person Lizzie talked to she had to tell how crazy her mom was and the "gross" things she was going to have to eat. I'll tell you what though although Lizzie thought they sounded gross she has never eaten better even taking seconds ( a big deal) on smashed brains!
besides the usual halloween pumpkins i added a new addition to our porch they're called spirit jugs. just recycled milk jugs with christmas lights in them. they turned out super cute and didn't cost me a dime!
Abby seems to like the pancakes
O they'll be swimming with the fishes tonight in my belly!
The breadsticks could have turned out cuter if I would have had sliced almonds for finger nails
I made like 6 of these they really help light up our porch next year I think i'll try the orange lights just to see how they'd look.
Reach your hand in for a big surprise!
Yuck that's a terrible surprise
All of us cleaning the pumpkins
What's in there?
Final product now lets go to bed!
