My SUPER Kids and Pre-halloween Festivities

Geoffrey loves everything to be super! Super-fast, Super-jumps, Super-everything. So this year I decided I would make him a cape that he could keep for after Halloween too to be SUPER whenever he wants. I think he is the best Super Boy Ever!

Gwen wanted a cape too, of course! She loves to do what her brother does, and she even makes all the Super sounds.

Here is the daring Duo! We were preparing to attend a Halloween Carnival on Wednesday night that we were invited to.

Here they are at the carnival. It was a lot of fun, and Geoffrey was able to enjoy "Halloween."

Previous to this he just kept asking me, "Is it Halloween yet!?"

Here is Geoffrey wearing the monster teeth he won at the carnival and the beard he received from the Hot Chocolate! ;). Fearsome.

Just a Mommy and Gwen shot after the festivities.

Gwen wouldn't try her teeth out so I just couldn't resist the opportunity!

I think I look more like a Dinosaur somehow than anything else!?

Also, Nathan's Sister had a party at her work today where all the children can walk through and go trick-or-treating. The employees decorate the whole place with different themes by department. It is always fun to see what they have done each year.

I guess Geoffrey is showing his support for peace.

The children are all bundled up because of the snow we received.

Here the children walked through the Seven Dwarf's Mine. AND you have to enjoy the spoils!

Thank you Dolores for inviting us!

YUM!

Introducing: Hello, OOooOO, & HahaHAhaHA!

This is a Halloween craft we made this year. Geoffrey is old enough this year to like Halloween a little more than just the candy. So we did a few decorations. We didn't do a ton, but these ghostly lanterns were the children's favorites. This is a bit silly, but we called them Hello, oooooo, and HahaHahaHA respective to their faces. They light up at night, and the kids loved to look at them and say their different names together.

I love this craft because the kids do, but also because we can throw it away and make new and different one's next year if we please. Good ol' milk jugs! You just draw the faces on the front, cut out the label on the back, and put in the lights! White wired lights would be better, but I didn't have any. Easy, fun and cute!

Here are the children's interpretation of the Ghost faces:

Hello!

OOoOoOo

HahaHAhaHA!

Here is another craft we made copied from a friend's idea on her blog. These would be fun to do with different faces and poses too!

Have a Happy Halloween!

Mind Spinning Pumpkin Carving!

We found two great pumpkins at our local grocer of Choice, Broulim's, last Saturday, and decided to carve them for Family Home Evening on Monday. Here is the faithful narrative of all our dealings with the two pumpkins . . . hahaha. *Sigh*

Nathan changed in to a scrub top for the job and then thought he was a brain surgeon in the making!

We even persuaded Grandmother to help us out.
Here is Geoffrey scooping out seeds.

Gwen finally decided she would try too.

Geoffrey helped make sure all the seeds made it into this strainer so that we could roast them for a tasty treat.

A SpoOkY thing happened while we were boiling the seeds in salt water . . . this face!

It disappeared before I could take a picture so I stirred it up, and it came back a second time. Funny!

Then, Nathan went a little wild and thought he would eat the pumpkin strings, but . . .

thank goodness he came back his senses! ;).

It took me until Thursday to get my pumpkin carved. However, here is the finished product!

The second still awaits a artist's touch!

A Girl's Beauty Shop Night

Two of the Most BEAUTIFUL girls EVER!

We had the privilege of watching Jessica, Geoffrey and Gwen's Cousin, the other evening and we had a lot of fun. After dinner, the kids were a little messy. Consequently, they all took a bath. Then, I thought we, or I, would have a little fun and do the girls' hair. I am so glad that the let me; it was a lot of fun!

Here is Jessie's Do!

And here is the back of Gwen's! (See first pic of post for the frontal view please)
Her head always turns pink for a few minutes after I put it up! I swear it's not too tight. I think her scalp is just sensitive.

Geoffrey sure loves the girls in his life!

And he thinks he is big and bad no matter what he is doing!:)

Crazy FALL

This fall has truly been CrAzY around the Asbell home. First of all, guess what, we moved AGAIN at the end of August to a new place outside of town, and we love it. We thought we would stay in our last place awhile longer, but life happens and you just have to go with it :)!

We have a nice yard now which has been a lot of fun for the kids and for Nathan and I. The first few pictures below I took yesterday in our yard. We will have a great place for a garden next spring and cherry trees and everything. Now we just need to stay put for that long! ;), ;)!



Well, we moved and then I started canning with my Sister-in-law and life if just now settling down. We canned salsa, peaches, peach jam, and applesauce. It was quite fun really. Over all we had a mixture of over 85 quarts and pints each. We had a great opportunity to pick a bunch of apples and thought we had maybe 100lbs. However, it turned out we must have had at least 200lbs. because we made over 60 quarts of applesauce alone!!! With young children in the house you can never have enough applesauce, plus it goes great in recipes for oil and on pork. We feel greatly blessed by this.



Even though we have been really busy this Harvest season, we have greatly enjoyed our family and hope you are enjoying yours too!

He looks way too . . . . something in this pic.

Awwww . . . sleeping with daddy. Gwen has been cutting her 18 month molars and has been more of a sleeping cuddle bug than ever. So Sweet.

Theresa, Kim and I decided to go to the General Women's Broadcast together last month. It just so happened we all wore matching outfits! How funny.

We had an activity for church where we were able to ride horses at a ward family's home. Geoffrey had a blast!

Gwen had fun too, but she liked this horse much better! She loves to pet horses, but she wouldn't ride it for the world!

It was a fun experience for all of us!