What do you get with a Turtle an a Duck?

Two really cute boys dressed up for Halloween! This year Tyler was a Ninja Turtle and Carter was a little duck. They had a lot of fun and we got lots of trick-or-tricking in.
On Monday we went to the library and they did a Halloween parade around City Hall. Plus they got treats along the way. Yummy! We had a fun week at preschool with learning about pumpkins. How they grow, pumpkin foods and Jack-o-laterns. The kids came in their costumes and we had a little party. The kids had a blast.
We had our ward Halloween party on Friday and they went around the church building trick-or-treating. Carter didn't really understand what was going on and has been a bum lately with everything. I have had the hardest time with him and shoes. He WILL NOT wear them. Since it gets hot here in the summer I didn't worry about it but now that the weather is getting colder I have to put shoes on him and he hates it. So to get him in a costume was a nightmare. He just looks so cute!
Then Saturday we went to Toys R' Us for their little party. That evening a group of about 20 of us decided to hand out treats for the kids since Halloween is on Sunday we weren't sending our kids out to go Trick-or-treating. My boys had a blast! Half through it Carter started to really get into it. He wouldn't let go of his pumpkin and he would run up to the door. He understood that he would get candy if was standing at the door. Tyler would also get so excited and know what to say until they opened the door then he would freeze. Sometimes he would even say it backwards, "Thank you, and Trick-or-Treat".
They got plenty of candy and I am glad that they got to wear their costumes at least 5 times. I just hate buying costumes when they only wear them for a couple of hours. We hope you all had a great halloween too.
Happy Halloween!

Tyler(Ninja Turtle), Carter (Duck)

Tyler and our carved pumpkins

Tyler, Emma, Alex, and Nolan (Our preschool class)

Daddy the BYU fan and his little duck.

Look how tough this little Ninja Turtle is?

You better watch out!

Field Trip

Today we went on a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch. It was so much fun! I have been planning it for weeks and all the places have a min. of 15-20 kids in a group. I have been so frustrated because I really wanted to take the kids to one. Then I found one that doesn't care how many are in your group. Since I don't have a van I couldn't take everyone so I asked one of the mom's to help me out and drive. Which was a good thing since her son is one that likes to run off and do his own thing! :)
We got to go through the corn maze, pumpkin patch and learn how pumpkins grow (They taught my lesson for Thurs. GREAT!), Hay ride and then we got to pick our own pumpkins. The kids had so much fun. They were very good about staying with their buddies and keeping their name tags on. We also have a picnic and let the kids play for while in the big open field.
I am so glad we went and had fun. Tyler came home and told his Dad everything. Even all the stuff I will be teaching on Thurs. Oh well, that is how we learn by repeating the same lessons over and over?!

Nolan, Emma, Tyler and Alex waiting for the hay ride.

Carter on the hay ride. He is being a pill lately with pictures. I took him for his 18 month pictures and he WOULD NOT cooperate whatsoever. So we had to go back a couple of days later. He didn't do very much better but at least we got something. So this is as good as it gets for Carter and pictures. Once the camera comes out he hides, runs away, or looks down. What are you going to do? Love you Carter!

Tyler on the hay ride.


The Crayola Kids Preschool:
Nolan, Tyler, Emma, Alex and Mrs. M.

Mommy, Tyler and Carter at the Pumpkin Patch.
We got a Halloween package from Gma Mergenthaler this week. Thank you Gma! The boys loved everything and even wore their new shirts to the field trip.

Life is CRAZY!

Boy, have we had a long tough week. Someone in our family has been sick or not feeling well at least one day this week. Matt has been under the weather a lot lately and can't seem to get his immune system up again. He went in to the doctor on Monday and found out that he has Shingles again. He got it a couple of months ago and it has returned. Usually it only effects people over the age of 50. Matt has been stressed a lot with work and all the projects that are going on. So we figured that was why he got it. But, he hasn't been stressed lately so we don't know why it came back.
The next day Carter woke up from his nap on fire. He had a fever of 102-103 for 24 hours. I had to cancel preschool. I didn't want the kids to get it. All he wanted to do was cuddle with me and sleep all day. I felt so bad for him. It is so hard when they are so little. I was glad that it was only a 24 hour thing.
Then it was my turn. I woke up with a stiff neck and couldn't move it. It was throbbing in pain so I was not in a good mood. I was glad Carter was feeling better. Tyler has been having issues with preschool lately. He doesn't want to listen and since we are at home he thinks he can just go and do what he wants. He threw a big tantrum that day. It just made my day even better with my painful neck.
Yesterday we got a phone call from the doctor telling us that Matt also has Mono. I had to ask "Hey, who have you been kissing?" No it isn't really the kissing disease. Anyways, he went in for some more tests today to make sure it wasn't anything else. He took the rest of the day off and with take some next week too. Not that he gets a lot of rest in our noisey house. My boys are wild and loud. Matt and Carter did get priesthood blessings from our home teachers. That was a nice feeling to know that they are here for us.
So that is our life this week. Nothing fun or exciting. I am so ready to sit and listen to the Prophet and Apostles tomorrow. I love listening to Conference. Hopefully we will all start to feel better soon. It is hard to sleep when your neck is bothering you. Oh well, such is life. We must move on!