Happy Halloween!

Today is Halloween!  Ellie has been talking about it for weeks (along with her birthday which is in 3 days).  This morning we went to visit Brent at State Farm and let his co-workers ooh and ahh over Ryan and Ellie.  Ellie had a blast all day saying "Arrggghhhh!" in her pirate costume.  Ryan wore his rat costume for all of 5 minutes.  Jacob was a soldier and Hannah was a fortune teller.

After school we went to the church for our ward party.  We had a chili and cinnamon roll bake-off and then a trunk-or-treat.  Afterwards we headed home for trick-or-treating around the neighborhood.  Ryan and I stayed home and handed out candy while the other kiddos and Daddy went in search of candy.  We had a fun day!

   

   

  

Ryan's First Swing Ride

We went to the park for just a few minutes tonight and Ryan got to experience his first swing ride.  He had a great time!  He was smiling and laughing.  Jacob has also conquered the monkey bars recently and was super excited to show us.  These are terrible pictures, but he sure had fun!

Dancing Witches

Today at dance class the girls got to wear witch hats.  They pretended to make witches brew too.  Ellie had fun again today!

  

Birthday with a Friend

For Hannah's birthday with a friend this year she wanted to play with Eliza Bratt.  I took the girls out to TCBY and then we came back to the house and watched Everafter.  They had a great night giggling and playing together.  Eliza made this shawl/blanket for Hannah by knitting it with her Grandma.  Hannah was especially excited when a little girl walked past her and commented on how pretty it was.  We love Eliza!  Happy birthday Hannah babe!

At it Again

Ellie got another cut today on her forehead.  She and Jacob were playing on the trampoline when he decided that it would be fun to swing his jacket around.  Yep, well, the zipper caught Ellie's forehead and we had lots and lots of tears.  I pulled out the camera and wala!  She's happy again!  We sure love Ellie and her happy little spirit!

Hannah's 9th Birthday

Happy 9th Birthday to our sweet Hannah!  You are growing into such an amazing and beautiful young lady.  We are so blessed to have you in our family.  We love you Hannah!

 Opening birthday cards 

Hannah  guess that this present was fake nails or earrings.  She got a box of bandaids.  Haha!

 

 Build-A-Bear glasses

 Gum

Ryan was army crawling around the kitchen  

 Jacob finishing up his dinner during present opening time

 A Build-A-Bear outfit 

 Her very own box of Froot Loops!

 A make-up artist kit

 Hannah's Rainbow Art cake (a little lop-sided, but she still loved it)