Murder Mystery Party

We have so much fun.... I love the area we live in and that we are surrounded by so many friends. We just recently attended another Murder Mystery Party which had a western theme and we had an absolute blast. Brad was the Sheriff and ended up winning the prize for best acting because he was TOTALLY into his role and played a pretty big part. It was so fun to watch him having fun. I was a saloon girl, which was a little scandalous being pregnant and all.   :)

This poor guy was the murder victim - Sheriff Brad did some great police work.

Such a blast!

Baby Girl! 26 Weeks, 4 days

In all the craziness of this month, I've still made time to fit in the regular ultrasounds to check on our baby girl (and my cervix! ha) She is getting bigger in there, and looking as cute as ever!

Ward Trunk or Treat Halloween Party!

The kids were so excited for the ward Halloween party because the family would FINALLY all be in our Star Wars costumes together. Even Olivia completely cooperated with her Yoda hat which came as a total surprise. The evening was a blast - dinner, playing with friends, trunk-or-treating- and a family dance at the end. Good times were had by all.

Makeup time! Eden was so excited. I think this is ultimately what led her to choose this costume. 

Queen Amidala!

The stealthy storm trooper!

The all knowing and wise Yoda!

Star Wars Family!  Princess Leia, Storm Trooper, Queen Amidala, Darth Vader and Yoda

The kids in the ward thought it was pretty cool to get treats from Darth Vader.

Darth and the Queen at the family dance! Look's like there's another jedi of some sort in the background.

So much fun!

Goyle

Goyle is our family Halloween "pet" who comes the month of October and likes to move around and do mischievous things during the night (just like our Christmas Elf on the Shelf Tudah). The kids love him, and think it's the best thing ever to wake up and find Goyle and what he is was up to that night. Bentley insists we take a picture every day, so we usually give in to that, but I'll only post a couple of the cute ones. :)

Then, one sad day Goyle got broken when one of his "tricks" backfired on him and he was crushed by the kids big growth measuring stick. Bentley was so worried and then he got Olivia all worked up so all day long she kept saying "Ah oh, Goyle broken!"

Brad and I had to think fast about what we should do so Goyle left a note telling the kids he was leaving to get his wing fixed and he would be back.  Unfortunately, even the amazing Amazon couldn't get us an exact replica so we had to go with the closest version we could find. A few days later, the new and improved Goyle appeared with a note explaining that the magic powder used to fix his wing also kind of made him shrink and turn black. ha ha  They totally bought it.  Crisis averted, and now we have a smaller Goyle to keep track of! 

Oh Brad, what have we done.....   :)

Time to Carve Pumpkins!

Carving pumpkins this year was a fun time, as usual. We had our Disney Halloween playlist on in the background as we carved away.

Eden loves to play in the pumpkin and help scrape the guts out of everyone's.

Bentley was surprised by how it looked inside his.

This was Olivia's first exposure to a pumpkin and she wasn't sure what to think. No matter what we tried though, there was no way she was stinking her hand inside there! Once we got to carving ours, she had a really fun time coloring hers all over with Sharpies though.

With some serious cheering from daddy, Bentley finally did try to scoop a little guts out. He was so grossed out though.

All the pictures of him with his hand in the pumpkin have really funny expressions. He didn't end up cleaning out much, but he tried!

Still curious... but not touching!

And yes, I was there too!

Finished products! I love all the personality coming from each of the kids.

Halloween is such a fun time of year and I'm so grateful for my kids (and husband who is also like a kid when it comes to holidays) for making it all so much more magical and fun!

Come to the dark side....

Watch out Darth Vader  - you don't know who you're dealing with.....

Check out the cute smile on her face... I love this girl.

Time to Wake Up Bentley!

Most of the time she is very soft and sweet as she helps me wake up Bentley when he naps. He is usually happy to see her.  I find it especially darling.