Happy Halloween!

Halloween was a lot of fun this year with these little girls! (sorry the pictures are in backwards order..) Tyler was a witch and Kai was a monkey and the cutest monkey I have ever seen, every house we went to people had to comment how darn cute Kai was and she was so happy and exited to say trick-or-treat and then get candy! Then she would immediately say, "mommy, can we go to another house now?" And Tyler was a champ, she stayed running with the big kids and wanted to go to as many houses as possible. Before trick-or-treating we went to our neighbors for a halloween party that they have every year, we played games and had scary food to eat. I made "mummy pizza's" to take over, and they had other items there like bloody fingers (chicken trips), mummy toes, and lots of other scary things to eat. Then we started to walk through the neighborhood trick-or-treating with some friends, when Austin and our neighbor decided to go get our trailer and hook it up behind his Excursion. So we piled a lot of kids in the trailer and drove through the neighborhood trick-or-treating. They got so much candy and loved every minute of it. And thankfully, we had a dry evening! We had non-stop rain for 24 hours before the evening of halloween, then it stopped raining and was actually not very cold for the entire night.

This is the "candy sorting" party that we all love to do! We did this the morning after Halloween because we were too tired that night

The trailer filled with kids going trick-or-treating

Tyler doing good, filling her pillow case with candy!

She was making a drink out of witches brew!

My mummy pizza's we took to the party.

Aren't they so adorable! Or scary I guess I should say since Kai wanted to be a scary monkey and Tyler wanted to be a mean witch... what is with that?

Yes, I dressed as a witch too! But I was a nice witch.

This was the day before Halloween before Tyler went to preschool in their adorable skirts that Grosi made.

Carving Pumpkins/Pumpkin Patch

We have had a fun past few days celebrating halloween. First we carved pumpkins this weekend and that is always fun at our house. Kai really loved to clean the "pumpkin guts" out and played in the guts for a long time, she loved the feel of it. Tyler has never been so fond of the feel, but she got through it by washing her hands every few minutes. And Austin did a very cool pumpkin as usual with the skull and flames of etc. I did the haunted house one and Austin and Tyler did the other skull head. Overall, it was a great family fun filled evening!

Then on Monday Tyler's preschool had a field trip to the pumpkin patch and I took the girls. That is always fun. They have a small petting animal area with a baby cow, baby goats, baby pigs, a bunny, and baby horses. Tyler and Kai loved touching the animals, but the pig's scared Kai a bit as they were very interested in her and wanted to sniff her a little too much for her liking. We went for a hay ride, went through a hay maze, then the kids got to pick their own pumpkin out of the patch to bring home. It was a fun day!

The Dentist!

Tyler and Kai had a dentist appt this week and come to find out, Kai had a cavity! How could this be, she is only 2 years old and believe me my children hardly ever get candy or sweets and they brush there teeth every day. Joe can you help me out here?

Anyway, Kai was such a good girl! I could not believe it. She let the dentist drill, rinse, dry, put a fill in and everything while being so good and brave. Even after we got home she said, "Mom, can we go to the dentist tomorrow?" She surprised me and I was very proud of her. Pics are below.

Roller Skating

Last weekend our neighbor had a birthday party roller skating. This was Tyler and Kai's first experience on roller skates. They both loved it and got the hang of it pretty fast, although we did have to hold on to their hands to entire time. Kai was funny, she would say, "I can do it myslef now" so we let go of her hands and immediately she would fall down, then should would want our help again. She so badly wanted to skate on her own, but just too little still. After a while she got tired, and we we pushed her in a stroller, as the skating place allowed strollers on the floor, then Kai really enjoyed that. Tyler had fun, but she really liked to watch everyone else skate and observe . She was really uneasy on the floor and wanted us to hold her hands, but she did really well.

It was a fun birthday party and a fun family day of roller skating. Austin even did the

Hokey- Pokey and won a race in a game against other skaters. Enjoy these silly pictures...

Tyler's 5th Birthday!

Tyler turned 5 yesterday. Yes, I said 5! She is growing so fast and I can't even believe it! She is such a good girl and we just love her to pieces!

She had a great polka dot birthday party with her friends and had so much fun. Then on Monday she had a birthday surprise at preschool with was her Grosi and Grosvati surprising her with their visit from Utah. She was so excited to see them and we have had a very good visit with them. We went to the fair, made a birthday cake, opened presents, went to a birthday dinner out, went for a walk, went to the park and much, much more! We have all had so much fun these last fews days and we love having Grosi and Grosvati here to visit. Thanks for coming and for the fun surprise for Tyler! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my 5 year old!

Here are pics from every year on Tyler's birthday.

Tyler was born in San Antonio, Texas

1 year old!

2 years old!

3 years old!

4 years old!

5 years old!

Sushi Night!

Austin and I LOVE sushi and could eat it for every meal, except its very costly, so unfortunately we rarely get it. We have been wanting to make it ourselves for a while now and we finally scheduled a day for it and invited some neighbors over to enjoy with us! We were very apprehensive since we have never done this before and had no idea what to expect. Austin went to a few different places in Tacoma and found some great sushi grade fish. He purchased tuna, salmon, and tilapia. I got the "fixins", shrimp, avocados, carrots, cucumbers, etc.. and I attempted to make the rice, which by the way, is more difficult than I thought, with a few ingredients I have never used before! And Austin was the "Master Sushi Chef". He did such a great job and the sushi was the best I have EVER had! It was sooo delicious and everyone really loved it. It was so fresh and light. Austin really came into his role a master sushi chef and enjoyed making his creations. It was a huge success and we will absolutely be doing it again in the future. We would recommend it to any sushi lover, as the cost was WAY cheaper than a restaurant and fresh and better tasting!

Thanks Dear for making such great Sushi!