October Candids

This seems to be a busy week for everybody! Last Saturday was my birthday and I had planned to go shopping with my sister Connie. I had a blast. I love one on one with her which is rare. We picked out jewelry at F21, ate Mexican, and laughed our heads off. It was exactly what I needed for my birthday. Thanks for spending the night with me Con.

Thursday is Marcelus' preschool Halloween party and parents are invited. I am so excited to spend the morning at his school with him! He has been learning so much and he learns well. He's a little smarty and I'm thrilled with his teacher and school so I'm excited to get to go to his school. That same night is our ward Trunk-or-Treat. Marcelus picked out a really cool Darth Vader costume this year and Phoenix is going to be the cutest cowboy. Last year both the boys were cowboys but this year Phoenix won't have to share any of the garb with Marce! Sharrid and I were invited to a party on Friday night. Shar will be working but I'm having the boys watched so I can go. I'm really excited for a fun night of just adults!

I have to mention the great TV that I'm enjoying. Biggest Loser is getting really fun a few weeks in and Project Runway Finale is coming up soon! I will miss that one! The college football alone is keeping me entertained enough though. This Saturday's games don't disappoint! Actually, every Saturday is killer. I will be honing in on these 3 though: Michigan state vs. Iowa, Auburn vs. Ole Miss, Oregon vs. USC.........AWESOME! Boise state play Louisiana tech tonight so I'll have to flip back and forth from Biggest Loser. You gotta love College football season!

We are enjoying the Fall and Halloween festivities. We will be in November before we know it though and we have a lot of fun things planned for Christmas time. We will be going to the Temple to see the lights again. We will be constructing a gingerbread house again this year. I don't know if I'll buy a kit again this year, but I will be making my own frosting! I expect a big improvement of the experience from last year! We have some gift giving to do and between everything I am getting started on all of it now. It will be a really fun Holiday season! After the New Year is when the party ends and it's time for us to find a new place to live, a new car to drive, and prepare for a new baby to come.

Here are some candid photos of the kids. Phoenix fell asleep like this the other day.

Marcelus earned this Lego set from his chore chart stars and he LOVES it. They are the little Legos and he is great at following the directions and putting them together. I knew he would love the little ones and this is what I have planned to get him for Christmas: Lego sets! This one is a Star Wars ship, totally up his alley! There are so many Lego sets you can get but I think Marce would like Star Wars and Harry Potter sets the best. We are very careful to not lose any pieces and we keep them in a baggie with the instructions for building. I'm going to get him a bin to put all his baggies in. I think that's the best way to do it :)

We hope everyone is having a great Fall season!