Trick or Treat!

Here's our Trick or Treaters! Aren't they cute? This is the first year that we have taken Emmy trick or treating. I wasn't sure how she would do, but she actually did really well. There were a couple of houses that scared her, but over all she did great. She would say "trick or treat" or "happy halloween" and then would say "thank you"! There were a couple of times that she would even tell me, I need some more candy! I think it helped having Allison, Ruben and Tia Cathleen around. The best part is that Shaun and I can share her candy and she won't even know it! Hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween!

Happy Halloween . . . from our Little Flower Fairy!

Wednesday was our ward Halloween Carnival. The kids always have a lot of fun. Grammy & Papa came too!

Emmy doing some of the games

Emmy, Grandma & Papa

Logan, Emmy, & Brayden

Pumpkin Fun!

Last night we carved pumpkins as an extended family and had a lot of fun. Emmy helped carve a little bit, but wanted nothing to do with it when it came time to get her hands dirty. Fortunately we had bought her a little one that she could paint and she thought that was great! It was especially fun to have Cathleen there, who by the way is pumpking carving challenged! It's amazing her pumpkin turned out good! We'll get her some help for next year!

Daddy, wanna come to class with me?

Shaun was working from home on Tuesday morning and Emmy decided that she wanted her Daddy to come to her little movers and shakers class. She went up to him and said, "Daddy wanna come to class with me?" It was so cute that he couldn't resist and came. This is the class that I've been taking her to since she was 6 months old. She really likes it, but I feel like she's getting a little bored of it now. I think I'm going to move her to an art class in January, so here's some pictures of her last time in this class with her Daddy. Emmy loved having him there and I think made him participate a little more than he wanted to. After class we had a picnic in the park since it was such a nice day.

We'll Miss You Andrew!

It was a very sad weekend at our house. We got home late Friday night to find out that our dog, Andrew, wasn't in the backyard. The dogs got out of the backyard, and some of our neighbors were able to catch Abby and put her back, but they couldn't catch Andrew. Unfortunately he was hit by a car and had to be put to sleep. We have all been very sad and we miss him a lot. The hardest part is Emmy asking where he is. She asks a lot. I don't think she understands why he isn't here. We've just tried to tell her the truth in hopes that it will help her. She loves the dogs and plays with them a lot. It seems like she had been paying extra attention to Andrew lately. Abby has also seemed to be missing him. We are trying to give her a little extra love and attention to help her cope. Andrew was a good dog who always liked to play and we will think about him often! It's hard to believe that he is gone.