Halloween!!

We went all out for Halloween this year, including spray painting Rock.

He wasn't about to go halfway and pretend to be a blonde Superman, it just wouldn't fool people.

Jens was too adorable to pass as a real monster, but after a bunch of candy she was a much more convincing.

Huddy went as a dragon and they had fun having monster fights on the gym floor.

Here's our crime fighting family (Jens is either a crime fighting monster or she can be what we're fighting against, we never really decided).

All of that above here was for the ward's Halloween party.  The next night, the day that really was Halloween, we went to Chelan and walked around the businesses.  Rock made sure that we were all still dressed up and ready to go.

When DeA got to the office the kids were already toast.  I knew it was going to be a long night when they were napping at 5pm and about to receive WAY too much candy.

Once again Jens played the role of the adorable monster.

Rissa was in town to help them wrangle the candy.

On the way home they were just as grumpy, tired and sugared out as we feared.

The hardest part of the whole night (well, besides the poor sleeping and the grumpy sugar crashes) was trying to get the spray paint out of Rock's hair. 

Leaves, Leaves, Leaves!

Our tree was finally done shedding its leaves on the lawn so I dutifully spent time raking them into a pile.  That pile didn't survive very long.

They are luck that they are so darned cute.

Jens always tries so hard to keep up with her brothers and to be included.

Fall makes things pretty spectacular, it is a great time of year!

Superheroes in the Fall

Rock loves being a Superhero, whether it's Superman or Spiderman or Superman doing Spiderman things.

His little sister loves copying him, whether that's falling off the couch or off of the counter, she's always there trying to keep up.

We went to the park with Kendra and her kids to train our Superheroes and to prepare them for naps in the car.

 Rock has some pretty impressive strength, and singlehandedly kept the monkey bars from floating away.

 Ryker was able to help keep the monkey bars firmly planted, too.

 They took turns helping Jens go down the slide.

 One of the boys is a little more dramatic than the other.

 I think they both had fun helping.

  

 Two years ago we had our family pictures taken in the leaves.  Ryker has seen the pictures of him in those leaves and recognized the opportunity for more pictures. 

  They do a good job of looking cute.

  

 After the fun we went to eat delicious food at Lakeview.  They put up a tent to keep in the warmth, but DeA loved it because it kept out the birds.

 "You're not going to tell people that I hate birds, are you?"

 Jens hit a big milestone last week when she became old enough for nursery!  Ryker was excited to have his baby sis to play with.

 She probably would have been better off without Ryker's help.

 Dad picked up some massive pumpkins to carve for FHE.  We let the kids have at those monsters.

 Jens wasn't phased by the gross innards. 

 Neither was Rocko.  He did a good job of carving a Superman pumpkin that even included a hair curl.

 OOOOO....pretty scary.

 Jens knows how to get all dressed up for Halloween.

 Rock had his last soccer game which let Ryker and Jens enjoy the toys.