Saturday, October 31, 2009

Halloween 2009

well halloween 2009 is finally here! we have done so many fun things for halloween this year... decorating the house, pumpkin patch, ghost house 2wice, making the halloween gingerbread house, our halloween party, marine world fright fest, pumpkin cooking projects... all leading up to tonight.
WHEN DADDY HAS A GAME... BUMMER...


so because the huskies had a game we decided to go trick or treating early so daddy would not miss out on ashlyn's first time! we told our closest neighbors that we would be stopping by early b/c of the game. I think the neighbors enjoyed it just as much as we did. we are so lucky to live in a nice neighborhood. we all {well mostly, except one house} get along! one day when we move from this house I will truly miss our neighbors....


i think i'll narrate as we go with the pictures....


on our way to the first house... 
what a cute little pirate!


up jeff, christy & david's driveway
ashlyn says "day" for david it is adorable she really likes him


knock knock



trick or treat



in front of moe & jeans house



trick or treat said by mommy & daddy
ashlyn say "teet"


then daddy left for the game. at this point we knew that we were not going to be going to the game. eric wanted ashlyn to have a fun night. 



auntie ashley, mom & wally came over to have a fun night with us... we answered the door for trick or treaters first b/c as you have seen in pictures before our house is AWESOME! people would drive up to our house to trick or treat here. i probably had at least 30 kids. and that was before we left for ashlyn's second round of trick or treating when i had to put a note on the door... so sad. papa wally offered to stay and pass out but i said no. i wanted him to come with us! we had a great time!









here is ashlyn passing out candy! the families were awesome. we even had a few people ask to take pictures in front of the characters... mike meyers was the fan favorite. so scary. but so awesome!



auntie ash & grandma each had a hand! ashlyn felt so special you could tell. she loved having an entourage follow her around! haha!



this is our across the street neighbor, the newray's... here is their dog "peter pan" coming to check out the pirate... they had all three of their dogs dressed up! too cute! one year it would be fun for ash to dress as little red riding hood and bring yukon & lakota as her wolf. or three little pigs and they can be the big bad wolf. one of my friends dressed her twins & older daughter as three little pigs too cute... maybe when i have three...



you can't tell but this was right after a melt down.... candy coma! haha!



colton's first halloween!



ashlyn & david
i was trying to get a good picture of them but ashlyn was afraid of his mask. she kept starring at him even once it was off! love what david said when we saw him walking around trick or treating... i say" why have you not come to our house yet?" david replies, "tiff, i am saving the best house for last!" 


the night continued with dinner after the game (as usual) with eric's parents & aunt ash at claim jumper. just before we left ashlyn had a total meltdown i did not think we were going to may it. but we did and had a great time! 


i would say our halloween was GREAT, FAMILY FILLED and EVENTFUL! thanks Mom, Wally & Ashley for joining us. we really had a great time together. can't wait for next year when halloween will be on a sunday.... NO Football Game = Daddy home!

Friday, October 30, 2009

Ashlyn's First Braids!

Yeah... I have been waiting like forever {well almost 20 months} to be able to braid Ashlyn's hair. I have been trying lately a little bit but finally decided today was the day!



her first picture with braids!



not wanting to look at the camera

watching tigger & pooh while I braid

love this shot...don't know why


We are going to Marine World later this afternoon and wanted her hair out of her face! Too cute huh???

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Ghost House

Eric & I took the kids to the Ghost House. We really did not have high expectations other than to create a new tradition. We have been trying to do lots of fun things for Ashlyn this Halloween season...


Like I said we did not have high expectations... good thing...because well Ashlyn did not like it at all! We walked around and looked at all the games. We tried to get her face painted and she would not even sit in the chair. We were hoping she would too b/c we ran into an old friend, Amy. Oh well it will be a fun story and I know she will love it next year!


Here are a few pic's we got from the Fremont Ghost House!



Daddy & Ashlyn after we walked out of the face painting room... 
did you notice no face paint!


Not happy looking at the witches....



This awesome witch was used to it... so she turned around for the picture...
Ashlyn wont even look at the camera....
Her eyes were not going to leave that witch!



Colton & Mommy



All done! 
A phrase that Ashlyn was saying over & over 
we took the hint and moved on.
We are going to Marine World later in the week 
so maybe she will like some of their Halloween things better... cross our fingers!

Pumpkin Shaped Egg in a Raft

Mommy/ Daughter Breakfast
This morning Ashlyn & I made a Halloween Breakfast... a variation of egg in a raft which we made all the time when I was a kid. We made Egg in a Pumpkin! It was yummy!

use a pumpkin cookie cutter to cut the bread & make a hole

Ash helped with this!

place the bread in the skillet...crack the egg inside the bread... 
{I cracked the egg and put it into a small bowl so ashlyn could pour it in}

all done... ready to eat! 

Ash starts with the pumpkin raft... 


YUMMO!!! 


ps: How cute are her jammies! the bones glow in the dark!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

A night of FIRSTS!

Tonight it was Ashlyn's first time having a Happy Meal from Mc'Donalds! Colton's first time being babysat! And Mommy & Daddy's first date since Colton was born!


Thank you mom & dad for watching the kiddos! 
We had a great time tonight! 

not my best camera work... blurry & cut off heads... ugh!

loving her first happy meal...just what grandparents are for!

We went to Pirates of Emerson! They had 6 scary well decorated haunted houses! 

gotta love point & shoot when you take your own pic's!

He would look great in our yard! 
We got a lot of good ideas for next year!
After Pirates of Emerson we had a nice dinner at P.F.Changs. Funny how much you appreciate having a quiet dinner w/o food all over the table and kids climbing over you! Haha... we missed them though! 

glow in the dark bone jammies... happy to see us when we got home!

Colton loving on Grandma! 

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Carmel Apples w/ Marissa

Marissa & I have a tradition that we have been doing since Marissa has had a car... over 12 years at least! We love going to the Fremont Ghost House and getting a Carmel Apple. 


I'll post the pic's soon (marissa took them on her camera...I forgot mine in the truck...ugh)


Here are some of Ashlyn eating her carmel apple in the car while we visited! I would say Ashlyn is on board with this tradition... 
she LOVED her apple!

Can you guess what we did as soon as we walked in the door...


Ding, ding, ding
Bath!!! 

Saturday, October 24, 2009

WHS vs. Mission

Ugh... Such a tough night to watch. We hammered Mission!
It was a fun night because Aunt Dana came with Jordan! ps: Jordan told me tonight that he made Honor Roll & Character Counts...Way to go Jordan!
Go Huskies!
Here are some of the pics!

My old girls...kickin but! 

shay and lil ash

Jordan, Colton & Aunt Dana

Part of our Husky Gang

All bundled up... all orange...always!

with the cheer coaches!

and LOVEs the Cheerleaders!

Jordan, Ash & Daddy