Halloween and Audrey's Blessing

Pictures will be coming soon but I don't have enough time to type and load the pics.

This was Jack's first Halloween where he actually started understanding what was going on. On Friday I took him into my office at work. He was very cute with everyone, but wouldn't put on his triceritops head! He couldn't understand why people would give him candy and then not open it and let him eat it! He would stand in front of them and yell, "Mo, Mo, Mo!" (he can't say more yet.) He walked right into Brenda's (my boss) office and told her he wanted more. He has the cutest little tail in the back and it is so cute to see him walk in it! After that we had some shopping to do so I went and picked up my mom and we at least let the baby get out of her costume, but we took Jack to Costco in his costume! People commented on how cute he was, and I would have to agree!

The next day on Halloween, we got a slow start to the day. I had to go pick up all the stuff I had ordered for the lunch after the blessing so I packed up both kids and headed out. We went to Walmart and it was crazy! There were people loading up on candy and the workers were stocking it as fast as it was going out! We then headed to the other Costco to pick up the cake and rolls. When you have two babies that need to be in the cart, it just doesn't leave much room for any groceries! Jack had to share the front with Audrey's carseat and he let me know that he was not ok with that!

We then had to go and do naps. After that we headed to the fire station. I have never seen Jack so quiet! He actually let me put his head on him! He wouldn't answer any questions or do anything the firefighters wanted him to. He just stood there as a very cute green dinosaur, sucking on his bottle!

Then it was on to the Grandmas. He is much more comfortable at the family's houses and was able to take a break from impressing people! We went to the trunk-or-treat at my parent's ward house. There must have been close to 50 cars there and he really hauled in the candy. By the end, he got really used to taking candy out of their bowls although he still wanted to eat all of it right now! After that we changed and just enjoyed the evening watching football.

The next morning Nov 1, was Audrey's blessing. Jack was up bright and early at 7:00 so we had what seemed like plenty of time to get ready! We couldn't actually take Audrey in her dress to church because she doesn't fit in the carseat wearing it! My mother-in-law Margaret made the dress for her and it is an absolute masterpiece! Johnny got home from work about 7:20 and helped me get things ready to go. We were actually early to church for once and I changed the baby into her dress. We were praying that she didn't have a blowout in her white everything and she did very well! Johnny gave a very beautiful blessing and blessed her to be happy and kind. She needs to focus on the good things in life! Jack stayed back with my parents and fell asleep on Aunt Lisa half way through sacrament. It was a good meeting and all in all went very well!

Afterwards we went to my brothers for a lunch. There were 32 adults and 7 kids 5 and under. It was a pretty full house but it was fun to have so much family there. We are always good at eating and talking and we stayed for close to 4 hours. Everyone ended up picking apples in my Grandpa's orchard and playing outside because it was such a beautiful day!

I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family and such beautiful children! My husband is working so hard for our little family and even though I don't see him as much as I would like, we are working for the future and hopefully soon he won't need to be gone so much! He is great at what he does and goes the extra mile to get extra training and impress all he needs to. I love him so much and I am proud that he is my husband and my children's father!