Snow and Halloween

I knew there was a reason we should take down the trampoline! Look at all this snow we got! The boys were soo excited to get out and play in it. I was surprised how long they stayed out there.
Carter loves throwing snowballs in Preston's face. After awhile Preston finally gets one or two back at Carter. The woes of being the younger sibling...I feel Preston's pain.
In true Utah fashion, the snow melted by the next day, and it was time for Preston's preschool Halloween party. He was so excited to dress up as Black Iron Man. Here he is with his "girlfriend" Saige. She was disappointed that he wasn't a prince since she was dressing up as a princess. She even taught him how to kiss a princess on the hand. These two are hilarious together.
Now for the REAL trick or treating with James. Of course it was raining but they went out when the clouds lifted for a while and luckily stayed dry. Carter was bumblebee the transformer, James as a gangsta, and Preston as Black Iron Man.
Notice the amazing barbed wire tattoo I drew freehand on James' arm. That along with the money necklace and under armour hat...priceless.

Isn't she the cutest little pink kitty cat you have ever seen?

I think the tail is the best part!

After trick or treating, we went over to my mom's house for her yummy chicken soup and time to show the cousins our costumes. I can't believe we are in November already! Bring on the Christmas music!

Winter is right around the corner,,,

It is getting cold outside. I woke up to snow outside this morning! Halloween is coming in a few days, so I knew I needed to go and get some pumpkins to carve for family night. These are a few pics I took a few days ago just randomly. Preston is in LOVE with his skeleton jammies. They glow in the dark too, pretty cool.

Claire loves to be in her bumbo when I am making dinner or doing dishes.

We had so much fun carving pumpkins. The boys got a little more picky this year with their requests, so James had to get on the computer to get some templates to carve from. This picture makes me laugh because Carter is holding Claire's face so she will look at the camera. My older sister Melanie would do the same thing to me, except I was about 6 or 7.
Cutest picture ever!!

I had to get a picture of her adorable little socks/ballet slippers. Girly accessories are the best!

Remember this face Claire is making...

Hard at work

After the pumpkins were carved, we decided we needed to get the trampoline down. We had 60 mph winds last night that made part of it come unhinged and I figured that was our tip to get it down before more snow and weather ruin it.

These were used as walking sticks, guns, and almost hit Preston in the head a few times.

With the tramp down, it was dark enough to light up the pumpkins. Carter is sitting next to his bat pumpkin, Preston is by his skull pumpkin, and remember the face that Claire was making?

We decided to recreate it in pumpkin form! :) Happy Halloween! Next post will be our fun costumes!

Feeling Domestic

This is just a small sample of all the jars I have canned these past few weeks. First I did some salsa with my sisters. This was a first for me, but was pretty easy and the salsa is delicious!! I shared it at bunco night with my girlfriends and they all loved it too, so we planned a night for me to teach them how to make it. It was so much fun canning with friends, and we got 82 pint jars canned in one night! Pretty awesome. I haven't canned peaches in about 5 years and was missing them as my topper for pancakes and waffles, so my mom and I decided to can some together. She also had a neighbor give her a recipe for apple pie filling which we had both received as a Christmas gift before and loved. We canned ALL DAY (about 9 hours) and got so much done. It was so fun to spend some alone time with my mom just talking about life and laughing. We also turned on the Beatles and danced and sang around the kitchen. I loved it! All in all I now have 34 pint jars of salsa, 19 quarts of peaches, and 16 quarts of apple pie filling. I feel so accomplished and loved lining the jars on my food storage shelf. I go down and stare at them sometimes! ha ha
A post wouldn't be complete without a few cute pictures of my kids! Claire loves her daddy so much. It melts my heart.
Carter loves to play with his little sister. He still loves to kiss her all the time and talk in a baby voice to her. It is hilarious to hear him talk just like I do to her. You don't think they pay attention to you, until they copy word for word everything you say! Yikes!

The blue eyes are here to stay folks. I love them!