Halloween

The morning of Halloween we had a few friends over to decorate Halloween sugar cookies.  Phin insisted on dressing up as a cowboy.

After the kids had their fill of decorating cookies licking frosting...we headed over to the playground.

That afternoon Seth got home early from work.  We went down to a local care center and did some trick-or-treating.  Then we went on to Main Street.

Our evening was going splendidly until until Captain America needed to make an emergency pit stop...unfortunately Wells Fargo said their bathrooms were for employees only...I think they could have made an exception in this dire situation.  So Spiderman and Captain America made a run for Firefighter park which was about a block away.  Half way there Spiderman threw Captain America up into a fireman hold.  Spiderman was the hero of the day and the Capt made it to the bathroom...although his enthusiasm for trick-or-treating was completely gone.  So we headed to Baskin Robbins for a scoop of their special 1.31 ice cream.  

We walked along Main street on our way back home but didn't stop for any candy...at that point Phin was pretty much done.

Millie managed to gnaw through the Nerds box on the way home...she was pretty delighted with herself.

Once we got home I tried to get a few photos of the kiddos in their costumes.

 

Spiderman was the hero again and got Capt to smile again.

Spidey was a good sport and even posed for a few photos himself.

The Capt decided it would be best to change into jammies and hand out candy the rest of the night.  I think he may have enjoyed handing out candy more than he enjoyed getting it.  Happy Halloween!

Fall Tram Ride

After the family party several of us headed to Snowbird for their Customer Appreciation Days.  Each adult donated 3 items to the Food Bank for a Free Tram ride.

The view from the top was gorgeous!  It was also pretty chilly.

One of my favorite pictures of Seth and Phin jumping down the stairs.

 

What an amazing view...and what amazing kids I have!

Family Halloween Party

Our annual family Halloween party was held on September 29th at Beth's house.  Here is a shot of our whole crew...we were still missing about half of the family. 

Here is our MARVELous family: Spiderman, Thor, Captain America and Wasp.  The Capt happened to be having a melt down at this point...but we think it is important to document meltdowns as well.

Millie loved the swing-set.

We started games after a yummy lunch.  We did a spider race.  We gave each participant a straw and then had them blow the plastic spiders.  We did a soccer version.

We also did a straightaway version.

Aunt Jamie had a fun Halloween Craft.  Phin cut out black vinyl and put it on a Fanta bottle...

to create his very own Jack-O-Lantern.

I participated in the doughnut on a string challenge.

Then we played a game of charades.

We had a great time as always.  We love seeing everyone in their costumes and we love being with family.  To end the post here is a picture of The Wasp with The Gypsy (Grandma Jo)