Home Sweet Home

Happy Halloween! This year we went to the ward Trunk or Treat on Saturday the 29th. We opted to make homemade root beer to give out rather than candy (just to be different). It seemed to be a hit and we had quite a few kids (and their parents) return for seconds. Unfortunately I completely forgot to pull out the camera and get pictures that night, but I thought "Well at least I still have Halloween night..." and then for Halloween we went over to my friend Melissa's house for a little party and to go trick or treating in her neighborhood since my neighborhood is hardly conducive to trick or treating (houses are far apart, and there are only like 12 houses on my entire street). After we got to Melissa's house, I realized I had forgottten the camera AGAIN! Luckily Mel is great with her camera and she snapped (and edited) a few shots for me. Thanks girlfriend!  The boys were happy to run off and do their own thing ASAP, Adaira (as we all know) is more than happy to s...

Halloween So I'm really not a creative person when it comes to Holidays. I don't sew costumes or look for anything original. Basically we go down the aisle at Walmart and pick whatever the kids want. Perhaps when they get older I'll have the time, patience, and hopefully desire to have more fun with this Holiday. For Halloween Brighton chose the "Gatekeeper"costume, not because he has any idea what the gatekeeper was, but just that it looked pretty scary and he wanted to be scary. Adaira was Snow White. She didn't actually pick her costume, I just happened to pick it up since she is in to dress up and princess stuff. I knew she'd love it and she did. The ward in Brunswick had a trunk or treat the night before Halloween. Let me just say that the ward here is so great! The people are incredibly friendly and helpful. Just yesterday the Relief Society president, who is about my age and has only been in for about three months, called me yesterday and chatte...