FuNnY gAvIn PiCs

Daddy taught him this trick!

You wouldn't know it, but we put him to bed over an hour before this picture was taken

I've never quite seen a pirate hat quite like this one!

Making a car train, his new favorite thing!

"Funk or Feet"

At first Gavin didn't know what to do, he just kind of wandered around

Then after a quick Trunk or Treat lesson by mom he figured out that if he walked up to someone and held up his bucket people would drop candy in it.

He also quickly figured out that he could walk up to daddy over and over again and every time daddy would put another piece of candy in his bucket.

Mommy and her favorite lovable, huggable lion!

Even Elmo was dressed up as a bunny!

All that walking really tuckered him out!

Our Trip to Spooky Lane

It was scary before we even went inside!

Our scary hosts, Cassie and Torrey

The Costumes

Liz, Talmage, Oliver, and Teagan

Jason, Kaylee, Alyssa, Alexandria, Isaiah, Taiya, & Aidyn
(Clockwise from top left)

Teri, Gavin & Cody

Savannah, Madilyn & Connelly

Cassie, Kessler, Torrey, Treysen, and Drake
(clockwise from top left)

The Twins
Madi and Alex

The Food

Body Part Cookies covered in mouse droppings

Cockroach Infested Goblin PunchSevered body parts covered in mouse pooh

The Spook Alley

Enter at your Own Risk

After the gate you pass through the cemetery...

...past the Man Eating Shark...

...and the blood sucking spider...

...and then onto the lady who lost her tongue after losing her head!

Past the skeletons...

...and ghosts...

...and the She-He monster.

Are you afraid?

Brains and eyes
Go ahead, stick your hand in it...I DARE YOU!

The Survivors

Rooaaaarrr!

Dark Vader, Monster & Lion

Oliver...with an earring! So CUTE! ; )

Don't get stuck in the web! The spider will get you!

Talmage, the cutest little puppy ever!

Gavin's New Buddies

I brought these pumpkins up from the basement and put them outside on my front porch for decoration, but Gavin decided they needed to come back inside. This is how I found them the first time:

He didn't bother to close the door, but they are lined up nicely.

Gavin told me they were "taking a nap"
(Sorry it's sideways, it wouldn't upload straight!)

Chillin on the couch

Watching "Cars" with Gavin
Notice their faces are all towards the TV

Update: They are back outside on the porch and so far haven't escaped back indoors

Happy Birthday Honey!

Cody's birthday was October 11th, but better late than never right?
We had family over for cake and ice cream the night before which was a good thing because he woke up sick Sunday morning. {Don't tell him I poisoned his birthday cake! ; ) }

Gavin hanging out with his daddy. Lukas and Gavin helped Cody blow out his birthday candles, all 32 of them!

A couple of my nieces wanted to go through my costume box and they found these "Old Lady" wigs and decided that's what they wanted to be for Halloween. We were putting them on the little kids and laughing so hard! This is what Alyssa will look like when she's 60!

Lukas put one on too, but let's hope his hair doesn't look like this when he's 60!

Update on my Favorite Little Guy (and a carrot)

Here's a glimpse of my house for the past two weeks:

When I was picking my carrots I found some "Romeo & Juliet" carrots. I didn't have the heart to pull them apart and cut them up so I put them back out in the garden so they could stay together. Corny and retarded I know since carrots don't have feelings or brains, but it's what I did.

Gavin still loves to wear my shoes even though they are not as fun, and high, AND "girly" as Aunt Karen's shoes.

He still sleeps with his butt in the air on occassion

We picked our pumpkins and were pretty excited about how well they grew even though our garden was pretty neglected by us this summer. I can't wait to carve them with Gavin.

Gavin discovered that he can knock the apples off the tree himself and doesn't need our help picking them anymore.

He has also become very interested in the mechanics of his ottoman

He hides things in his eggs and then brings them to me so I can be "surprized" when I open them up

We took him swimming at the Aquatic Center and he loved it of course. He fell asleep almost before we were out of the parking lot. He insisted on bringing a paper towel from the bathroom with him and that's what is on his lap.

All wrapped up and waiting to get dressed after a fun time swimming
When he says "Go swimming" in Gavinese it almost sounds like he is saying "Go Women" so we were getting some giggles from other people when we were in the pool because he kept saying "Go Women!"

Madisen is exactly a week old in this picture and Gavin still won't hold her, but Karen and I wanted a picture of the two of them together so I held her in front of Gavin and Karen snapped a quick one!