Happy Halloween

We had a great Halloween. First we went trunk or treating at our ward building.

The kids were SO excited. Especially Livy. She was Tinkerbell (thanks for the costume Labelle) and she got out of the car and started running to people and saying "Tinkerbell, Trick or Treat!" Brandon was a frog, a costume I guess he has had for a while but is emotionally attached to, and adorable. Finn was Cosmo, the BYU Cougar. Uncle Cory bought him the cougar head at the UNLV/BYU game. Finn chose it over a football and blue hair. He thinks he caused the Cougs to win because he put the hat back on right before the cougars intercepted the ball in the last play! The costume was very popular/unpopular at the church. Porter was a hippie. Gotta love the ‘fro. Eric was a Samurai, and Kirk Jr. was a very nerdy nerd.

We let them go around and around the church parking lot, and then finally headed back home some pictures and more trick or treating.

We told the kids that if a house’s lights were off, that we wouldn’t go trick or treating there. Livy would run from house to house yelling, “lights on GO, GO!” After going for a while the kids’ bags were so heavy that they started putting them in the wagon in between houses. Livy heard Eric ask if we could go home. She said, “NO, I need more candy.”

How could we resist that little cutie. We did keep going, and we definitely got more candy!

I forgot to take pictures of them carving pumpkins, so you won’t get to see the 2 Indiana Jones pumpkins (Finn and Brandon) complete with hats and whips, and Spock (Eric) with pointy ears.

Also I did not take pictures of us doing the corn maze, because it was dark when we went there. The boys LOVED laying down in the maze (covering their glow sticks) and scaring me when I walked by. It was so fun, and we loved the hot donuts at the end.

Blue Blood

I'm pretty sure that if we took the boys for a check up the Dr. would find blue blood running through their veins. Uncle Mark and Aunt Susan gave us tickets to the season opening BYU football game. We sat 2 rows up from the field and were visited in our seats by Cosmo. The boys had a great time, and were excited to see Uncle Kim and Uncle Cory & Courtney at the game!

The boys all want to go to the Y so it was a great chance for them to catch a llittle bit of the BYU football fever. It's very contagious!!!

Labor Day Weekend

For Labor Day weekend Kirk and i took Kirk Jr., Eric, Porter and Finn on a fun trip to Provo UT and Aberdeen. We stayed with Kirk's Uncle Mark and Aunt Susan (who are fabulous hosts) and spent time with cousins Ken and Kelley and their children Ryan and Evelyn. For days KJ and Eric told us how great going to Uncle Mark and Aunt Susans house is. We certainly weren't disappointed. We arrived late on Friday night, and talked and played games into the wee hours of the morning. Saturday morning Uncle Mark and Ken took us up to Tibble Fork Canyon to go fishing.

We loved being with Uncle Mark. He is such a kind, patient person. All the boys had the time of their lives, and we were happy to have them gain such precious memories with a very important person in the Walton family. Thanks so much Uncle Mark and Ken for the great fishing trip.

Very Muddy Boys

Porter has always been such a clean boy. He has never liked to get dirty. He has only worn out the knee of one pair of jeans. I often tell him to "Go play, get dirty, stain something." We both cheered last year when Porter came home from school with his first ever grass stain. Knowing this about my son Porter, you can imagine how shocked I was to open my door and find this standing there!

The McPherson Boys meet the Walton kids

Porter, Finn and I traveled to Eagle to meet Kirks kids for the first time. We jumped on the trampoline, played soccer in the yard, wrestled, and had an epic water fight. As the kids were playing in the yard in the waning summer light, Kirk and I watched them out the back window and couldn't help commenting that they really looked like a family.

Pictures to follow later!

A Very Busy Summer

It is the understatement of the century to say that the Waltons have had a Very busy summer. I can't begin to document everything that our family has done this summer, but over the next few days I hope to add a few posts to share some of the highlights with our family and friends.