Halloween

This Halloween I decided that I wanted to REALLY carve some pumpkins. You always see the cool ones on other peoples porches. So I purchased a kit and we were on our way. The kids each picked out on of their design and that was about it. Little did I know that they were a little too difficult for them to do themselves so Lowell and I carved pumpkins this year while they watched. Well at least we did a Halloween tradition. They loved them and that is all the matters, right?!?!?

My kids and their hand signs. For some reason they love to do these while I take pictures.

The family around their pumpkins. Halle picked a spider, Austin's was a witch, and Jett's was a cat. SO long triangles for noses. (I have no idea why Jett is not in the picture)


The kids love Halloween for one reason ..... candy and lots of it. Don't you remember those days of fun. It just isn't the same when you grow up. Austin and Halle had their costume parade at the school where I took Jett and Berkeley to watch them. Jett thought he should be one of the school kids too so he joined the parade with his brother.

Jett posing as Buzz lightyear. (costume #1)

My goblins.

Halle proudly holding her sister at school.

Hanging out waiting to embark on trick or treating.

This picture is not so fabulous until you look at the door window and see Lowell doing a pig nose on the window.

Jett in costume #2 a black spiderman! Who says you have to limit yourself to one costume a year.

Berkeley eating

Berkeley eating her rice cereal. She does better in the bumbo than in her high chair. The high chair seems to swallow her up.

The hand sign shows up again. At least it is I love you and not something bad.

Berkeley loves her rice cereal. I have never had a baby enjoys it but she will gobble it up.

Lake Powell

So here are some pictures of our vacation at Lake Powell. We had tons of fun even though the weather was not traditional Lake Powell weather. We were able to experience all elements such as sun, rain, hail, wind and tornado warnings. So this first picture describes the first of the week and the clouds we faced.
I thought Lowell took a picture of the hail storm we encountered. It made me feel like I was a kid again in Bear Lake because no summer trip there was complete without hail, but here is a picture of the runoff from the storm.
So while it rained we played cards and watched movies. The kids were troopers through it all.

When the sun decided to come out we forced the kids out to play. We had a perfect spot because we could hike, play frisbee golf (which we made up the course) and play in the sand and then have contests (boys versus girls of course). We also had a great sand hill that we would hike up but then the last day the kids came up with a great idea of riding the knee boards down it instead.





See the sun really does exist. We started to lose hope and then it came out. The next post will have all the water pictures. So stay tuned.

Thank goodness for the houseboat. We were safe and WARM away from all the elements that came our way. While also offering a fun slide off the back for the kids to ride.


Here are just a few cute snapshots of my boys enjoying themselves. All in all, we would go again. It was fun just to be away from all the cares of the world!