A Great Day in Paradise

Field trip to the Mohave County Museum of History and Art

We had a fantastic time at the museum last week.  The highlight was this passenger train car complete with beds, a stove, a bathroom, and all kinds of fun nooks and crannies for the kids to climb into and explore.

Halloween Pumpkin Birthday!

Halloween Part 3

The Viking warriors getting ready to Trick or Treat at the Convention Center in Orlando.

Our two casualties slept through all of trick or treating. We had tons of fun making the costumes- especially the clay accessories. Don't we look pretty Vikingish?

Here we all are in our Viking Costumes

Halloween Part 2 Homeschool Party

Mixing Orange Paint to make Pumpkin Bags.

Getting wild at the cupcake walk.

Bobbing for Apples is Fun,

But Luke will take donuts any day.

Some of our Spooky Treats.

Jake was the Grand Champion apple bobber. With all the girls around,
he has to prove his manliness.

Halloween Part 1

Halloween is such a fun holiday. I think part of the fun is just getting ready. The week before Halloween, the whole family took a trip to Bullhead to go to the Halloween store. Here the boys are trying on helmets. It was decided that we would be a family of Vikings. We got a costume for Nate at the store, but headed to Jo-Ann's Fabric for the real fun!

And, of course, carving pumpkins is a great pre-Halloween Family Night.

Troy's 1st Birthday

My baby is one year old! Here he is getting the hang of that cream on his cupcake (just a side note- it is a homemade sourdough, whole grain, chocolate and carob cupcake- I know, I know, but it is a step up from Jake's first birthday- tofu for icing)

He's a cutie all right.

Opening Presesnts

Oooooo!