Halloween Fun!!!

We love Halloween around this house!  I love when we all do themed costumes but this year we could not get the boys to decide on the same thing!   Braxton was determined to be Mario and Corbin was determined to be Batman, so we decided to make Dylan Robin.  The boys were able to get a ton of candy because we went Trunk or Treating with the ward and went Trick or Treating around the neighborhood.  

 Dylan was so cute getting candy he was pretty excited about it and he was sticky mess!  But he sure loved the candy he got!  I love the green drool picture!  He is such a fun baby!  I love Halloween because kids are so excited about going around to get candy!  It is so cute and fun! 

 Kevin too the boys around the neighborhood and they got a ton of candy!  People were giving them handfuls because we did not have too many trick or treaters in our neighborhood. 

This is their candy stash they received from a hours work not bad at all! 

Pumpkin Painting!

For Halloween we LOVE to paint our pumpkins instead of carve them!  It is easier and a lot funner you don't have to do all the work of cleaning them out!!  Plus you can get very creative!  We did carve one pumpkin as a family and it rotted in one week but it was cute when we did it and it was fun because we did it with friends. 

This was our cute ghost we carved.  The Smith's were nice enough to have us over and we had a good time carving pumpkins and eating soup.  I am glad I only had one pumpkin to carve since the boys would not touch the guts of the pumpkin!  But they had fun helping me carve out the ghost! 

 Braxton painted a Frankenstein pumpkin and we even put screws in the side to make more authentic!  Corbin painted a rainbow pumpkin jack - o - lantern he did it mostly by himself but needed a little help at the end so you could see the face. 

I wanted to do something fun and different so I painted my pumpkin into a minion.  It turned out so cute I think it is my all time favorite pumpkin.  Kevin went with a creepy clown pumpkin.  Kevin likes to give me a hard time because I get so into painting pumpkins.  I think I like it more then the kiddos! 

Red Rock Party!

Jacob Childs Birthday is the same day as Corbin's.  They were nice enough to include Corbin in his birthday is Jacob's birthday festivities even though he is younger.  But they went hiking up to Red Rock canyon and I tagged along to help.  It was our first time up there and the cool things is it is just up the road about 10 min so we thought that was pretty awesome!   The boys loved it!  It will definatley be a place we go back to! 

The boys are Braxton and Corbin, Spencer, Jacob and Benjamin, and another kid I don't know.  Thanks Childs for letting me tag along with you! 

Corbin's Lego Star Wars Birthday Party!

The Invitations were this picture of Corbin and then the following instructions but on the invitations it was in the Star Wars writing so it looked really cute!   But it was fun to make them. 

      Four Years ago in a Galaxy far far away a powerful force was born.  Jedi Corbin Baldwin had been brought into the Galaxy.  The council has now asked him to help search and find more Jedi Nights to Ensure the force remains strong.  You have been chosen to attend the Lego Star Wars Jedi training course.  On Saturday, September 21^st at 1:00 -3:00 you are to report to the docking bay at ...

 I made Jedi Robes and the Light Sabers for all the boys!  They thought it was pretty cool!  But Corbin wanted to be different and decided to be Luke Skywalker instead! I asked Corbin who he wanted to come to his party and he said a bunch of the older boys!  I guess that is who he is used to playing with so he we had Braxton, Chance and Brody,  Jacob and Benjamin, Chris, Cody, and Mossimo.

 Of course his favorite part was opening presents!  He got a new bike and a couple Lego sets so he was pretty excited.  I love the card Braxton made for Corbin it makes me smile to see them trying to write by themselves.  His letter is supposed to say: Dear Corbin I love you so much ever since you were born everybody loves you!  Love Braxton. 

Kevin conducted a Jedi Training council and then shortly after that Darth Vader (aka Kevin) showed up and all the Jedi's attacked!  It was kinda crazy and I did not get a picture of the attack on Darth Vader but it was pretty hilarious!  Some of those kids hit pretty hard the things we do for our kids!  It was really nice to have Lindy out there to help us too with the party.  She had been out all week to watch the boys for me while I had orientation at work.  Corbin wanted to have the party with Grandma there so we did his birthday a week early but it was great and we had a lot of fun! 

I almost forgot Yoda showed up for a little while too but he was kinda Grumpy as Yoda so he did not stick around for long! 

Corbin loved his birthday and the party was a great success!  Corbin you are such a special little guy and you are always making us laugh!  You are so fun to have around and we all love you so much Happy 4th Birthday! 

Kevin's Birthday!

This year we did not do much for Kevin's 31st Birthday!   He did not want me too.  He did not even want us to buy much for him because he had just payed a lot of money for a implant course he wanted to go to.  I told him that was a pretty boring present but that is what he wanted.  We did get him some new clothes and other little things but nothing to exciting.  Then we also went out on a nice Date just the two of us so that is always nice to go out and do something!  

I love this man he is AMAZING! I don't know what I would do without him!  I love celebrating him and all his hard work!  Kevin you have accomplished a lot in your 31 years and you have made some really cute boys in the process!!  We all love you so much thanks for all you do and Happy Birthday! 

Braxton 1st Day of School

Braxton 1st Day at D'Vorre and Hal Ober Elementary School.  Most people just refer to it as OBER.  Their mascot is the OWL.   Braxton we really excited to go to school the first day and make new friends.  His Teacher is Mrs. Kuwata.  

 Braxton  was a bit scared to go to his first day of school but it helped that one of kids in our ward Garett Ranger rides the bus with him.  I just love Braxton he is so smart and kind.  He is very helpful and I will miss having him around the house to help.  But I know that as he goes to school he will make great choices and make friends with everyone around him. 

 Getting on the bus!  I was a little nervous to let Brax go on the bus but after talking to my friend she told me it was the best and easiest option.  Plus he is only on the bus for about 8 min and he does have  a older friend on there.  It has not been a problem at all and Braxton has really liked it! 

I decided that I would surprise the boys on Braxton's first day of school so I made these Giant cookies for them!  They thought it was pretty cool!  I made for Corbin to so he would not feel left out!  Corbin really missed having his buddy gone all day then he had no one to play with.

When Braxton go home I asked him how his day was and he said it was good I really liked it but it was really long!  I liked when I did not have to go all day!  Geese mom I was there for 6 hours!  Did you miss me being gone for 6 hours! 

Exploring Las Vegas

In August Kirk, Lindy and Brian decided to drive down to visit us.  It was really fun to see them plus Kevin had not seen Brian since he went on his mission so it was a fun reunion.  While they were here we decided to explore Las Vegas a little and see what would be fun to do with the kiddos in tow.  So we went down to M&M World down on the strip and the kids loved that! 

 We also got a babysitter and went and saw the Criss Angel Believe show.  It was okay I was not too impressed and he was kinda dirty too, the stuff he does on T.V. is way cooler!  Plus it said it was a cirque too it is not a cirque at all!  Soo lets just say that I would not recommend it.  I am sure there are a lot better shows out there.  This living in Vegas thing has a learning curve and we are trying to figure out how to do the fun things with out being exposed to all the crap!

 Braxton is really into Mario so he was pretty excited when he saw Mario and Luigi out in front of M&M world. 

I am getting pretty bad about taking pictures lately  we did some other things while they were out here too but I did not take any pictures!   But we had a great time having family come visit!  That is the great thing about living in Las Vegas we have already had multiple visitors and we love that.