Friday, October 31, 2014

trick or treat!

of course, following tradition, we had an over scheduled halloween. beckett went to preschool in the morning, where he was not allowed to  wear his costume (lame) and they pretty much did nothing to celebrate, i think, but he loves school... so it's okay, i guess. i changed him into his costume in the bathroom at school and we headed right to downtown kirkland for trick or treating at the shops. we met up with the rest of the super mario brothers crew and got a good chunk of halloween candy. and also we made the kids do a photo shoot in front of a brick wall. sadly, little toad (for some unknown reason) could not stand on his own for the photo shoot, but the one-up mushroom was luckily there to help out. 











after kirkland we headed home to have lunch and i considered taking the boys to matt's work, but heath getting a nap won out on that debate. matt came home a little early and took beckett trick or treating in our neighborhood, but no photos of that. i reign supreme in the world of photo taking (you may notice that i am rarely in photos) so if i'm not there, it probably doesn't get documented.

in the evening we took the boys to a church trunk or treat event where harper and quinn go to preschool. trick or treating is pretty weird, but trunk or treating is even weirder. candy out of the trunk's of people's cars? why should we ever act like that is okay? it is a good way to get a lot of candy fast though and all the trunks had activities set up where the kids could earn their candy. so if you ignore the creepiness (which is what i am choosing to do), it is actually pretty fun. we met up with the kreitlows, the kings, and the friskes and froze our booties off getting lots of loot. ava and adele were dressed in homemade nemo and dory costumes. they were very adorable. 







when we were done freezing to death, and waiting in line for days to karaoke to "let it go" on an elaborate frozen stage, we went to the kings for a soup dinner. i made the kids listen to little goblins ten, my all time favorite halloween book... buy it immediately, using the amazon link i conveniently provided for you. and heath tried to hear if his future bestie had anything to say to him about halloween. psh. happy halloween!!!




flashback!

2011
(our non coordinating shame is SO deep. i told lonnie to write a book about a dragon, a gnome, and a dog and hopefully no one will realize it was written years after 2011.)

2012

 2013

2014

happy halloween!


Thursday, October 30, 2014

happy all hallows eve!

another night before halloween jammie photo shoot you say? well, okay then. and this year with two children? well, if we must, we must. i love these sweet as candy boys and i love halloween. and i love holiday jammies. and i love holiday eves. and flashbacks. and traditions! meh. that's a lot of love. happy all hallows eve. 















 flashback!
2011

2012

2013

2014



Wednesday, October 22, 2014

stella visits

the barbarich's came to visit us and we FINALLY got to meet sweet stella. she is so precious, and happy, and adorable. and walking! what in the heck... advanced much? i am so excited for heath and stella to be just a littttle bit older and they will probably love each other so and have such a good time playing together. we went on a trip to a pumpkin patch (of course!) and took some cutie pictures and here they are! come back and visit us again soon people, we love your faces!