Monster Golf and Krispy Kreme

While Bryan was gone hunting, I worked the kids into the ground with an overabundance of Saturday chores (at least in their opinion). After all of the work was completed, we decided to have a break and  have a "family fun night" as Luke termed it. I found a Groupon for Monster miniature golf. It was maybe not exactly what we had in mind, but it was "family fun night" so we adapted and made it work. Our luck changed when we stopped by Krispy Kreme for a treat afterward and they were just about to have fresh donuts ready. The kids loved watching the process and yummy carbs are always my idea of "fun."

Luke was the only one to land a hole in one.

Staged? Maybe partially. :)

He wears his donuts well.

Bryan's Boys' Trip

A.K.A. Hunting Season.

He takes care of me with all of the "essentials" even when he's gone.

Halloween Festivities 2018

We kickstarted the Halloween fun with a trunk-or-treat at Myles' preschool. One of my favorite items that Myles received in his bucket was a packet of Kids Emergen-C taped to a paper cup. Yes. I thought getting a toothbrush from our neighborhood dentist was ridiculous on Halloween, but this person takes the cake. However, given Myles' immune system, it was probably the best thing he received!

For the evening trick-or-treating, we met up with Cramers and Emma's friend, Mila. Luke wanted to stay home and hand out candy. He was not into the spooky (zombie, gory) decorations. We convinced him we would stay away from those houses and to join us for a little while as a family. After about an hour, all of our kids were done. We headed home, warmed up and counted/organized the loot!

Myles on the far right as a fireman. We have definitely got our money's worth out of that costume.

Luke is in the back: masked Army man

Emma: Harley Quinn

Myles: costume change to Buzz Lightyear

Miss Samantha was not feeling the group picture. She still looks absolutely adorable in her Snow White costume.

One of the cute YW stopped by. She's the "Holy Cow"--clever. Her friend is the "Oh Deer."

FHE: Carving Pumpkins

We continued our tradition of carving our pumpkins the Monday night before Halloween. Bryan and I both commented how great the carving went this year. We kept it super simple--that was our key to success. We didn't use any of the paper outlines for elaborate Halloween scenes. We stuck to the basics. Emma and Myles loved creating their "polka dot pumpkins" with Bryan's power drill.

Girls' Trip

Two friends, Krista and Jen, flew into town for a weekend in October. We made it into a quick Girls' Trip get-a-way to the mountains. We stayed in a timeshare at Granby (thanks AGAIN to Bryan's parents!) and it was the perfect accommodations combined with location for this trip. I love these women and am grateful for their influence on me and my family.

Witching

Every October, my friend, Shauna, puts together a Witching Night. We start the night off at Costa Vida and then the activity afterwards changes from year to year. This year we did Boondocks. I have to admit, I had a lot more fun that I was planning on! I'm usually in "Mom mode" when I visit Boondocks. It was fun to be grown women acting like the kids that night.

10 Years!

Bryan and I celebrated our 10-year anniversary in October. We were crazy with our celebrations--I took the kids to Idaho solo and he cranked it out at work. We're keeping the romance alive. :) We did snag a babysitter and went to a nice dinner when I was back in town. Love this guy and can't believe it's already been 10 years.