Temple Square

We decided to venture out in the freezing temperature and head down to Temple Square for family home evening last Monday. It was soooooo cold-or as the kids would say Cold-Daddio. We got up there before the lights were turned on so went through the visitor's center and over to the conference center. Damon had a great idea to take hot chocolate in a thermos with us. The twins didn't know what to think of the hot chocolate...except the marshmallows...which they loved. Cole, Damon and I couldn't get enough of the hot cocoa! The lights were awesome as usual. We had lots of fun, despite the cold temperature.

Time to Play Catch Up-Halloween

So, our computer died on us so I've been unable to post any blogs. Sorry...it's time to catch up.
Halloween was lots of fun this year. Cole decided he was going to be a zombie for Halloween all the way back last spring. He never changed his mind and stuck to it. Papa came to his Halloween parade at school and it was fun to watch him play it up and drag his foot and make his "dead" look.
Ellee and Luke went back and forth changing their minds. Ellee originally decided on being a witch, but then went with Teresa and Ashlyn to look for butterfly wings for Ash to wear on Halloween and the final decision was made. She was going to be a butterfly...just like Ashlyn.
Ellee also got to dress up for dance the week of Halloween so she felt extra special since she got to wear her costume before the boys.
Luke was dead set on being a shark for Halloween. I tried and tried and tried to find a cute and inexpensive shark costume but had no luck. So we started helping him think of different ideas...Frankenstein, a monster, a dinosaur...but the minute we got out our old costumes he saw the Spiderman costume and he had his answer. Luke and Ellee had a parade at their preschool. They got to hold Mama's hands and lead the parade around. They were so happy and thought it was fun that all the mom's and dad's were gathered to watch them march around the school.
Damon got stuck working Halloween this year. No fun for us! I decided that since I didn't have his help maybe it would be a fun chance to head down to Cedar City and spend Halloween with the Williams. Ashlyn, of course, was a butterfly like Ellee and Alyssa was a dancin' monkey. The kids were so cute together. Plus, you can't help but smile when you see Chase going hippie.
The cousins get along so well and had never been together on Halloween so I kind of invited myself and luckily Teresa said that sounded like fun. We had a blast. Teresa and Chase even talked me into going to a couples party with them...even though my hubby was at work. She even found a lovely hot dog costume for me to wear :) It really was a lot of fun. We did the trunk or treat thing at the church and took the kids around trick or treating in the neighborhood.
Teresa and I even made time to work on some crafts that we've been wanting to get done. It was lots of fun for me and the kids. The only downfall was that Damon was at work instead of with us. Thanks for letting us invade, T!