let the {HALLOWEEN} fun begin!

i love having little kids around halloween time. it turns halloween into a fun party time, rather than a scary holiday. the girls have already been to several halloween parties and events and have had plenty of chances to dress up. and we still have our ward's trunk-or-treat tomorrow, and then the REAL halloween! i PROMISE this time to keep the pics to a bare minimum...

at the fair...and walking in the girls said, "i wish GRANDPA were here with us again this year for the fair. it's way funner when GRANDPA comes."

caitlin did a reading program to earn free rides. she spent most of her free ride tickets on this slide..she loved it!

lady antebellum at the fair...OH WOW...this almost makes the top of my list for concerts. it was a BLAST...they were AMAZING in concert. they don't need the recording studio to sound good. they are good. really really good. love them.

at a friend's friend's family halloween party. abs and ems were mortified the whole time because some of the guys dressed up with really scary masks.

when emma sees someone with a scary mask on. poor thing...she would shake!

backyard campout with daddy. (and heck YES i had to sacrifice and sleep in my nice soft bed in the house :oD )

s'mores bebe

pumpkin carving time!

abs spent a LOOOONG time carving a heart out of her pumpkin. she did an awesome job though!

the final result...but they looked REALLY good in the dark with candles. so fun!

another halloween carnival

we did our traditional halloween cookie making at Katie's house again....but my batteries died after this pic. i'll post more of abs and libs decorating when katie emails them to me. hint hint hint ;o) [thanks katie..it was fun, and of course your cookies are YUMMY!]