Halloween!

Pumpkin fun: Hayden went to town gutting the innards, while Reese concentrated on salvaging the best seeds.  Reese planted his seeds out in the back yard and checked on them every day for about a week.  When no magic beanstalk sprouted up, he kinda lost interest.  The boys wanted a scary pumpkin face so I did my best carving, but I guess it was a little too scary because anytime we turned on the battery candle inside to make it glow, Grayce would come cling to my leg and say, "Punkin scary me Mom! I so scared!"

Cute Grayce girl in her mummy pj's:

Originally both boys wanted to be Star Wars bad-guys, but at the last minute Hayden changed his mind and decided to wear his Police man costume from last year.                             Reese was Kylo Ren.

At first Grayce thought is was a candy exchange, she would pick a candy from her bucket and hold it out to the person at the door and then hold out her bucket.  It only took a few doors for her to catch on to how things really work.  I had to make a deal with her, she could only hold her bucket if she kept the headband/ears on.  She's a free spirited Zebra!

 The boys pretending to be Zombies:

And post-candy bliss:

 I always dress up for work. This year I was Bambi:

Odysea Aquarium

 We went as a family to the new Aquarium in Scottsdale.

I dressed the boys in shark shirts, and Grayce in this cute fishy dress, just for the occasion. 

 

 Reese lost interest pretty quickly.  
He said, "Mom, dis sooo boring. We need bring our fishing poles next time to catch some of dese fish!"

Hayden was enthusiastic throughout the entire exhibit.  He said his favorite part was the sharks. 

Brian's graduation!

So grateful for my Dad.  He graciously purchased airline tickets for me and my kiddos to be able to go to Brian's graduation from the Air-force's Pilot training program.  I think he may have been regretting it by the end of the weekend though -we wore poor Grandpa out!

My boys loved the tour Brian gave us of Sheppard Air-force Base.

So proud of my brother!  

He's been assigned to fly the B-1 Bomber jet.

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I love my sister-in-law! She is the sweetest kindest girl ever!

 Grayce and her cousin James bonded.

 Grayce also fell in love with Brian's dog Piper.

She's a lover of all living creatures.