Christmas Parties!

Girl Party

Great Grandma and Grandpa Stapley party

Grandma and Grandpa Hatch party

Waiting stage left

Grandma and Grandpa Stapley party

Halloween Festivities

We have been keeping busy with lots of treat-filled Halloween festivities!

We got together with some friends and let the kids pig out on candy decorate cookies and cupcakes. All the kids were enjoying themselves and were super entertained... and so were the moms!

The kids carried all of the candy corn around with them everywhere until they were all gone!

Then we had a little party with some cousins.

And last night we went to our ward festival.

I love Halloween time, you get to be outside (and not die), plus you get to dress up and eat candy!

Fourth Fun!

We went to my Grandma's and Grandpa's again on the fourth. We can see fireworks from their front lawn. Plus we all get free glowstick necklaces, treats, and drinks, and our kids are entertained too!

My mom found sparkler straws!

Preston loves that I take so many pictures like this! He usually doesn't take them seriously anymore. I swear I did not enlarge his head! He should be a model because he is very "aware" of his body lines, and how to "work" the camera!

My mom was super smart! She had "firecracker" for the kids! Ones that don't blow off body parts! She gave each kid a square of bubble wrap and told them all to jump! It was a real hit!

Me drinking my throwback Pepsi! MMM!

Fireworks!

Cupcakes!