Happy Halloween!!

Our Halloween Festivities

Our Halloween night was great! It started off by me doing great on a Chem exam... which I am so grateful for! Then after school Rich and I came home, cleaned up a bit and had little Bryce over! Here are some photos of us playing outside. He's got the cutest little chuckle!

We threw him around a lot! We would say 1, 2, 3 and then throw he up in the air or to each other. It was cute because when we would stop he would start saying 1, 2, 3 himself!

Later Miranda and Justin returned with pizza and treats... and the Halloween fun began!

Here's a picture of Bryce and Abby. Bryce really enjoyed painting his pumpkin. I thought that was such a great idea Miranda had since he's too little to carve one yet. He knew exactly what he was doing, dipping the paint brush and then painting! It was so cute to watch!

Trick or Treating

Then we went trick or treating around our neighborhood! It was SO fun watching Bryce out there! He really enjoyed it... who would have thought that a 1 year old would do as great as he did!

Miranda and Justin would ring the doorbell and Bryce would just stand there happily waiting! Then of course everyone that came to the door absolutely loved him... how can you not?! He would also talk to the people that opened the door and would get so excited! It was fun to watch.

Townsend family photo. It's a good one!

After Trick or Treating Wyatt and Jen came over to our place and we watched the Incredible Hulk. Miranda also made some of her chocolate peanut butter rice krispies... yummy!

The Boys... and Mia!

I sure missed not being with my family for Halloween! I am missing out on so many of the little things!

Mia is now crawling... I just can't picture it! I miss not being able to interact with her! She used the boys' old costumes this Halloween. She was a pumpkin for one party and a dinosaur for another.. she is adorable!

I talked to Nolan on the phone for a bit today. He was telling me about his Halloween... he loved going to the ward party the other day. He thinks he is such a big boy;-) Here's a funny story... The other day while Mary was feeding Mia, Nolan comes up to her and tells her he needs to go to the bathroom. Mary told him to go and he does, returning only minutes later. When he returns he brings with him the vacuum tube extension. He put one end in the toilet and well he used the other end for himself but he assured Mary is was OK because he already cleaned it! O Nolan;-) What 3 year old thinks of doing something like that? No one can deny he is the most clever little boy out there!

Keegan was a Star Wars character for Halloween. I didn't get a full report on him but I was asking Mary what was new with him. To sum it all up... he is the most perfect child and best brother ever! Yesterday for Josh's soccer party they went to a pizza place. Keegan played with and watched over Nolan the whole time. He is best friends with Josh. And here's the cutest thing ever... On Saturday mornings when Keegan hears that Mia is awake in her crib he runs into mom and dad's room and asks them if he can go in and see Mia. He then climbs in the crib with her and sings to her! I don't think Josh and Nolan would think to do that on their own. Keegan is just the sweetest boy in the world! I love him!

Happy Halloween! What a great looking bunch!

Josh skipped out on the trick or treating this year and went to a Blazers game with Dad. He loves the Blazers! He knows quite a bit about everyone on the team... I have never met someone his age that knows as many stats and is as interested in professional sports as he is;-) Dad has taught him well!

Boyd also participated in the Halloween festivities! He dressed up as Michael Phelps! During the Olympics my family ordered the Phelps swim caps. So Boyd wore that with goggles, a swim parka with Phelps and the American flag on the back and on the front pocket and then of course the ipod. To finish the outfit he had eight gold metals hanging around his neck. He went to work like that! How great is that? Boyd would be the best boss ever! He works hard and always goes above and beyond whatever is required AND still he knows how to have fun with everything in life! He is the best example to me of someone who has the right priorities in life and works their hardest!

That's the Halloween Happening at Home!

Family Halloween Party!!

Here are some photos from the family Halloween get together. It was fun to see Auntie and Teresa. I hope all goes well with her surgery and she has a very rapid recovery!

Thanks for Katie who provided us with our costumes Rich was a helicopter flight pilot and I was an army nurse. Look at Rich... isn't he just look spooky;-) I think the gas mask is so cool!

This is an actual uniform of Katie's from her service in the army... I think the nurses outfits use to be so cute. Nowadays the dress standard for the profession just aren't the same.

Alyssa did a great job on her costume! And that pose is SO Mason!

Auntie and Rich

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