Friends, Volleyball

And the Halloween pumpkin turns into the Thanksgiving Turkey pumpkin. ;)  11.5.18

I found this cute dress for Jaaten for our pictures this year.  It matched perfect with the rest of our outfits.  I asked her to try it on for me and she did no problem.  THEN this little 9 year old going on 13 lobbied HARD to wear the romper with the white sweater instead.  She never cared before this year!!  So it begins! 11.10.18

 Our neighbors sell these great flannels Steel is wearing.  The boys both love them.  Steel wanted to wear THAT in the picture after he heard Jaaten trying to change her outfit.  AGH!  11.10.18

This moment was too funny not to post and I want to remember it....and such a Jaafe Moment.  This is Jaafe marching down our road to move his truck so I could get through to go to work.  He parked his truck to block traffic after the framer operating that crane told him to "get lost" but in different terms.  The framer called the Gilbert police who came to the house.  Turns out Jaafe didn't hav o move since it's a private road (which Jaafe already knew when he let that framer call the police to begin with) For anyone that knows Jaafe, you can absolutely imagine this happening.  Although, I was there and couldn't believe it was happening!  It made me laugh later in the day. HAHAHAHA!  Jaafe!  11.10.18

Jaaten has been playing volleyball on Sundays for the last few months and she really likes it.  I have been terrible about getting pictures!  She will start up another session in January.  Here she is though in her new kicks. 

Our cute friend brought her kiddos over for a jump on holiday cookie decorating.  Sweet girls!  They all had so much fun!  11.12.18

Halloween Day

I remember Halloween being such a fun day at school when I was in elementary.  We always had a Halloween Party the last hour or so of the day.  We could wear costumes and actually call it a Halloween Party.  No costumes and for sure we cannot use the word Halloween for these kids!  Sheesh.....so silly!  They had fun anyway!

 

 

 

 

The kids' costumes were so awesome this year!!  I am always a little surprised a what they pick!!  Hudson was the only one who stuck with his original choice.  He decided he wanted to be Darth Vador for Halloween in the SUMMER!  That's' my kid!  Steel, however, wanted to be a ninja when we went to get costumes two weeks before Halloween.  So we bought a ninja costume.  Then, he saw a knight costume in the closet I had bought last year.  So he wanted to be the knight....with no pants.  Then he wanted jeans.  But he wanted to be a zombie knight with blood once he saw Jaaten's blood.  HAHAHAHAHA.  An the Killer Klown Jaaten picked was over the top.  I guess the Princess days are over.  (insert hysterically bawling emojis here)!!!!!    

 

 And the poses!  UGH!

The very FIRST house we trick-or-treated gave out these full size, double-sided light swords, a bag a little toys and a bag of candy!  WHAT?!?!?  Hudson said he was ready to go home after that house.  HAHAHAHA!  I was down!  The other two wanted to stay.  LOL!

  

 They trick-or-treated their hearts out!  They had to sit and rest.  Sheesh!

Soooooo we never figured out how he did it but Steel had DOUBLE the candy the other two had.  Hmmmmmm….funny little dude that one!

Then the light swords gave us many nights of fun in the backyard!

Scorpions, Hallloween Fun and New Glasses

Jaafe and I have lived in our house since January 2007....and last year we saw the first scorpion outside.  This year, Sophia, our sweet sitter, stepped on one at the house while she was there one evening with the kids. AGH!  Jaafe and I felt so bad AND Sophia said it ran away fast so she didn't get a chance to kill it!  Weeeeelllll, when Jaafe and I got home that evening, we found it.  If you have never seen one of these puppies under a black light, it is unreal how bright they glow!  He was easy to spot under our stone!  Jaafe got him.  We got a new pest control man.  All is good again!  But I did consider moving.....LOL!  10.25.18

 Steel wanted a picture with this Olaf pumpkin....for the blog.  LOL  10.26.18

Hudson's class went on a field trip to a local farm.  Hudson is easy to spot with his arms folded, all mad looking.  Sheesh! 

Then the boys (and I) got a couple good hours of entertainment from the character pumpkins!  Win!

Sophia took the kids to a new park that just opened not too far from our house.  That's Steel at the front.  They said it was the best park "ever."10.27.18

Jaaten had to pick a character from a book and create a pumpkin to represent the book character.  Jaaten chose a book about Hellen Keller and did an awesome job on her pumpkin!!  She was so proud of it and we are so proud of her for always being so creative!  She definitely does not follow the pack.  Love that!  10.18.18

 Jaafe wanted matching onsies for Halloween....bahahahahaha  10.27.19

And 2 days before Halloween Steel changed his costume to a knight....with no pants.  HA! 10.29.18

 And the final product...Steel's new glasses make him most handsome!  Love this cute kiddo!! 10.30.18

The Ranch, Eye Doctor and Costumes

Jaafe and the boys headed north to the ranch when we got back from the beach.  Jaaten had no interest in going which I loved. ;)  I had to work but we were able to spend the evenings with just girls.
Hudson and Steel had a great time up north.  I'm always a nervous mess when they leave but they always come back so happy.  This time they brought bones hey dug up back with them.  Such a boy thing!  They were both so excited about everything they had done at the ranch.  They toted those bones around for a month after they got back HA!  SO cute!

These first two pictures are one of Jaafe's friends that let Steel ride in his big o machine!  Hudson didn't want to go that day. 10.9.18

 

Headed to the ranch....Hudson rode with Jaafe in this HUGE semi because he gets car sick.  Not this time though!

 

 

 

 In the ranch house. ;)

 

 Steel wanted a picture on the horse with nobody in the picture.  HA! 

 Headed home....Steel's asleep before they even get out of the ranch!

 SOOOOOO happy about their bones!!  10.11.18

The boys are looking at a picture of Jaafe and I on the first vacation we ever went on together.  We were eating dinner at a restaurant in Cabo San Lucas.  I want to say it was in 2005.  They stared and giggle at that picture for what seemed like a long time.  They asked why they weren't in the picture, why we look "like that" which he could give me more details on what he was asking.  Steel said, "Mom, you look the same but Dad looks so different."  I'm not sure what he means!  Picture they were looking at is below. Kids are funny. ;)

 

These two on SnapChat.  It is so funny to me they always like the SanpChat faces Jaaten likes....even if they are super girly.  Jaafe loves that! 10.12.18

Hudson and Steel both needed to get their eyes tested.  Jaafe wanted the boys to go to an eye doctor that was a friend of his in high school.  The boys did awesome and thought the eye machines were so cool!  10.15.18

 

 Steel got to pick out new glasses that would be ready for him in a few days.  Hudson didn't need glasses and cried the whole way home because he didn't get any.  Sheesh!  10.15.18

The kids and I went to pick out their Halloween costumes.  Hudson already had a Darth Vador costume he was going to wear and didn't want to put it on for a picture.  But these two...posing for days!  10.16.18

 Making Halloween cookies.....Grammie was in town!