Sand Dunes

What do you get when you combine sand, kids, 4-wheelers, RZR rides, dirt, family, friends, lots of candy, good food and even more sand??? The answer....a fun Halloween weekend!! We went to Dumont for Halloween and had so much fun. It is a kids paradise! Dallin was able to get on his 4-wheeler whenever he wanted and ride the dunes. Megan dug in the dirt. (Actually she would lay down in it and bury herself in it!) And Mom had to let go of her instinct to constantly clean them up. There were arts and crafts, fun games to play and a PLETHORA of candy! Look at that loot!! I am happy to say that I have limited myself to a few a day and have shared very nicely with the kids.

As I said...I had to let go of my instinct to clean them. This is Megan after rolling around in the sand along with the leftover ice cream on her face that was her lunch that day. (An explanation of her bangs will be later on.)


Dallin in his riding helmet.

Meggie playing in the sand.

Here she is in all her glory! She loves 4-wheeler and razor rides. She could ride all day and she was super brave to boot. Riding the dunes can be kind of scary (like a roller coater) so I was a little nervous at first. Leave it to my 2 year old to say "It's okay mommy" and reach out for my hand. What a sweetheart!

My handsome boy with his helmet hair!

*SIDE NOTE* The other day I went to get Megan out of the tub and noticed her bangs looked awfully short! I looked all over for scissors or a clump of hair but could not find any. After talking to everyone in the house I found out she had pulled a bag down from a shelf that had some scissors in it. Somehow she managed to cut her bangs. I am just thankful she didn't cut the sides of her hair or her finger!! So for the next little while her hair may look a little funky so bear with me! (She always keeps things exciting!)

It's the GREAT pumpkin!

Carving pumpkins....in the past this has not been one of my most favorite things to do. It's an ooey gooey mess but this year I loved it (mess and all)! The kids are at that great age where everything is MAGICAL to them and in turn it's MAGICAL for me. I wish I could freeze time and keep them just as they are for awhile longer. I know this will not happen though so I will cherish all the MAGIC for as long as I can.

Megan with her little pumpkin. Her favorite part was getting the guts out of the pumpkin!

Dallin's SCARY skull pumpkin!
My pumpkin. When I saw this pumpkin the stem just screamed to be a nose. Originally, my pumpkin was throwing up pumpkin guts. Dallin thought it was pretty cool but I thought I would spare you guys a picture.

Such fun!! Dunes pictures will be coming soon.

Trick or TREAT!!

I made these way cute goody bags for Dallin's class party! I got the idea from Martha Stewart but tweaked it a little. Her original idea called for cut branches to be the broom sticks. I didn't want to go outside and cut down all the trees and I could see the branches being turned into weapons in the hands of a bunch of 1st graders, so I decided to use pretzel rods instead. I also cut the lunch bags down a little. Otherwise it would take a lot of candy to fill them up and they would have been huge! Then, I added a cute little tag with a fun saying. (I hope this gives people the hint that these are brooms, not BOMBS as my father-in-law thought!) This was such a fun project to work on and even though we won't be here for his class party (we are going to the sand dunes) I think everyone will have a wonderful time! HAPPY HAUNTING!!

Fun Fact

Here is some shocking information...Today is the anniversary of when Brandon and I first started 'DATING'. That news by itself is not so shocking but what is is that it is our 17 YEAR anniversary!!! How can that be when I am only 20 years old?!? hehe :) I can still remember that day like yesterday (even what I was wearing). I guess it true what they say...time FLIES when you're having FUN!!

Halloween Preview

S P O O K Y !
I told Dallin a few days ago that I ordered his Halloween Costume and it should be here by today. He has literally been counting down the hours so I was getting kind of nervous when it was close to him being out of school and the UPS guy hadn't come yet. I was very relieved when he finally came just mintues before Dallin got home. (WHEW!) He was so excited he came running in and wanted to try his costume on right away!

Look at that face! He could hardley wait for me to open the box.
He decided on being Darth Maul this year. It was a hard choice between Darth Maul or Ghostrider. Darth Maul won out thanks to the fact that he has a doube bladed light saber. I was glad he chose Darth Maul.
Megan is the cutest witch!! She wanted to be a princess but I coudn't find any cute princess costumes small enough for her and I found this witch costume that was so adorable! She loves it and so do I.

I wanted to get a picture of the kids together but for awhile this was the closest that Megan would get to Dallin and she always had to be looking at him. She eventually got used to it but was a little unsure about it at first. I don't blame her though...he does look pretty SCARY!!
Finally a picture of them together