School Parade and Neighborhood Trunk-or-Treat

I love my beautiful, nice witchy pooh!

Darth Vader (unmasked) ran past me so quickly I barely got a picture.

My little jack-o-lantern traded in her costume for a skeleton one for the parade.

The neighborhood trunk-or-treat was a big success and a lot of fun. I am thankful for these pictures they took of the kids.

One last picture of the Taggart/Criddle Halloween party. I can barely find Richard.

We have had a lot of fun but I am ready to move on from Halloween. :)

Reflections 2013...Believe, Dream, Inspire

The theme for the 2013 Reflections was Believe, Dream, Inspire. Two weeks ago I got a call that Richard won in his division for the film category and Hannah won in her division for choreography. It was very difficult to keep that from them but it was worth seeing their faces today as their names were announced. I am so very proud of them!!!

Now their entries will be moving on to the next level of competition. They are so awesome!

(I am sorry that I didn't get more pictures but I had my camera on the wrong setting.)

They want to each enter more categories next year so we better get started. :)

Halloween party

Chris's parents invited us over for a fun Halloween party. The food was great, the company wonderful, and the games/activities a lot of fun.

Here is my beautiful, nice witch.

And my very handsome Darth Vader.

Grandpa and pumpkin Ella.

The donuts on a string is always a very fun activity.

 

Colby and Richard, the masked men.

Ella was getting a new tooth last night and was drooling all over. But she is still so beautiful!

We ended the night by decorating yummy cookies. It was so much fun.

Sewing projects

I have not sewn anything for a while but Ella is in need of new bibs so I threw these together today while she took a nap.

Then I saw this really cute project on a local talk show and had to do these trick-or-treat bags for my kids. I just love how they each turned out.

They were so much fun that I just had to make some for Chris's niece and nephew. They are really fun and I hope they love them as much as I do.

Pre-Halloween Pictures

The holidays always get so busy so I like to take the kids for pictures before the actual holiday. This year we went to Gardner Village for Halloween pictures. The shopping center was decorated so cute and made for terrific backdrops for our photo shoot. And today was an amazing autumn day.

Once again, I adore my little models. They were each so good! Love these kiddos!