raising heller

well our halloween started out with lots and lots of rain. i thought for sure they were not going to be able to walk around the neighborhood. well as luck would have it, the rain decided to stop a few hours before it got dark so it was nice and dry when trick or treating began. we had dinner with a group of friends and then after trick or treating we came to our house and jenni warner fried up some homeade donuts and we hung out while the children pigged out and ran around like crazy. thank you jason for most of the pictures, you rock!

with costumes this year we decided not to spend any money. lily really wanted to be a unicorn and i searched online for cheap ways to make one but i couldn’t find anything. i happened to be at a playgroup and was mentioning this when the hostess of playgroup ran to the closet and came out with this. she said lily was welcome to borrow it and oh was she happy.

jackson and his friend payton. at one point during trick or treating payton ran up behind jack saying “fireman, fireman, fireman” and when jackson turned around he say very sincerely, “i love you.”

jackson’s costume was a little easier because he didn’t really care what he was. steven called his sister lani in utah and asked if they had any old costumes and she sent us a bunch. it worked out really well. he decided to be a fireman like his uncle dave for the actual day but at other events he was also a teenage mutant ninja turtle as well as buzz lightyear.

asher’s costume i found for .99 at children’s place the year before and i thought he was so cute in it. the problem was that as soon as i put it on him, he refused to smile. he just walked around like a little zombie the whole night. he didn’t complain but he wasn’t happy about it either in fact i think he just seemed confused the whole time.