the weekend that never ends

Saturday night our church had a ward party.

We had dinner,

games, and

trunk or treating!

It's always a fun event to go to with friends and family. This is the first year we ALL dressed up and we were roped in by our ring leader Capn Jack to be in his pirate crew!

We even won the contest for best costumes. Just shows ya how lame our ward is cuz not many other people dressed up ;)

Our costumes were quite effortless, but fun nonetheless!

And yes, Tanner was Jack last year. And the year before. Oh and the year before that. And yes the year before that...you get the point.

Poor Kambrie has been sick all weekend. She has snot running out faster than we can wipe. She should have been a green goober monster.

Gotta love the donut eating contest. It's always amusing!!

stinkin cute girls

Kambrie LOOOOOOOOOOVES dogs.

She laughs and giggles every time she sees or hears a dog.

Look at that poor angel face, tired eyes and runny nose.

We should have given her an angel costume.

She was multiple characters this year!

Party kindergarten style!

I'm the room mom for Tanner's class so I got to help get

THIS PARTY STARTED!!

It's a total bummer kids can't dress up these days. Whatev.

We had a fun hour playing and making a mess!

The kids loved the bowling game I set up with festive soda bottles!

Mrs Slack, the Principal, did face painting in our room...she's awesome!

Dual meaning: awesome painter and awesome principal.

Apparently, this is who Tanner has a crush on. Seriously!!!! I about died when I heard him talk about "CARLY."

He's SIX.

But...she is stinkin cute. I like Jillian (above her) too.

Wait. NO NO NO NO. We are not talking relationships YET.

I am the only woman in his life!!!!!!

Happy Halloween!!

From our swashbuckling crew to YOU.

Hold on, we need to be a little more vicious, we're pirates for heavens sake... this is a little better.

made of only skin and muscle

If you like SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE then you will LOVE this. My sister posted it and I have to copy. They make it look effortless. Pure talent. Wow. Awesome. Simply amazing.

Having one of these days?

I'd wear this shirt daily if I could!

Who's with me?

Things that make a mother smile.

I love my Tanner more than words can define.

I love the stage that he is in right now. He gets embarrassed about things, he can hold stimulating conversations with me, he is discovering the world as he learns more and grows every day and I love being able to observe it all!

I ♥ that Tanner earned a "character sticker" at school.

He helped clean up without being asked.

I love that he makes good choices!

I ♥ that Tanner's best friend at school is Tony!

I love that he has no idea that racism is a thing that still exists in this world, or that it even matters to some people.

I ♥ that he LOVES me and gives me compliments daily like:

you're the beautifulest girl ever

or

you're the bestest mom in the world!

I love that he appreciates me.

I ♥ that when I stopped by school the other day his teacher told me:

"Tanner is doing so good...he can be a little ornery at times, but he is such a good kid...and I love that he talks about Jesus!"

I love that he loves Jesus and isn't afraid to talk about it. I love that his heart is pure and isn't largely swayed by the influences of the world...yet.

I ♥ that he is so goofy!

I love that he has such a fun personality. I love hearing him laugh, and I love that he makes me laugh.

I ♥ everything about YOU Tanner!

The Patch

Yup, just like everyone else... here's my

PuMPkIn PaTcH PoSt

This farm was AWESOME.

The kids LOVED the corn box, and Kambrie tried to eat them all.

Then we adventured through the a-"maze"-ing cornstalks!

We had a fun tractor ride...

And enjoyed looking at all the pumpkins...

big, small, warted, yellow, orange...such diversity.

And don't they just make the best photo-ops!

There were also animals (besides the kids), a horse, cow, chicken, pigs and a dog.

Gotta love Fall.

Gotta love the Pumpkin Patch.

I'm seriously debating starting a farm so I could make an extra hundred grand a year...that's what I heard someone made just doing this extra on the side. SHABANG!