October was here and gone...

and we have all those yummy pumpkins sitting around, oh what to do... what to do....
My sister-in-law and I have this cooking blog, it has some very yummy recipes! For the month of October we posted Pumpkin recipes. Check them out!
Recipes like Pumpkin Blondies

or Pumpkin Fudge

Or Double Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake

Or Iced Pumpkin Cookies

Or how about Pumpkin Fritters done two ways!

Or for lunch try the Pumpkin Chili

and for to end it with a slice of these babies... Pumpkin Pie Bars

These aren't it... For more visit the blog! We started at breakfast and ended with dessert.

Halloween... dragons and pumpkins and lions oh my!

yeah I know, corny title, but I am not feeling very creative right now...
So here is what everyone is waiting for... The pics of the kids!

Dade as Mushu Nevaeh as Tinkerbell

Ty as a pumpy-umpy-pumpkin and Gavin as a devil!

Aiden as a lion cub! Isn't he the cutest!

Gavin again Allan as a zombie pirate


Baby Liam as a lion cub (great moms think alike)

We did manage to squeeze in 30 minutes before guest got here and while the rain had stopped of trick or treating.

We only took the three oldest ones though.

to the first house...

Getting the candy!

So Halloween came just like it does every year... Except we woke up to rain! OH now what is a mom of 5 supposed to do. Well this mom of 5 and another mom of 2 got together and decided, we don't want to have our kids out in this rain. So we decided we would throw together a Halloween party. It came together awesome like! We had a few friends over, made awesome food, and let the kids play! Best thing, they had a blast and they didn't have to be out in the cold rain! Plus the mommies, and daddies all got to chill out and relax, and chat! It was great! Nothing like spending time with friends. So heres some pictures!

AShley and Family


Liam

Nikki and Liam

Summer past, the start of birthdays, and HALLOWEEN!

Ok so first I Will start by saying it has been so long. So let me catch you up, Nevaeh is now 3, Aiden is now 1, Dade is in Kindergarten, and Ty and Gavin are the same little cuddle bugs they always were! The kids are all so mobile now, and it is awesome! They have such awesome personalities!
In September Will left for Korea. While he was gone we found out I had a hernia, and I have gallstones. So I am looking at surgery. About 1 1/2 months ago, Dade was diagnosed with asthma after a trip to the park left him out of breath and unable to catch it. When I took him to the ER the doc verified it was definitely asthma, but said he would out grow it. Well I swore it was the mold in the house where we were living and I took it to the housing company. They got a new place for us, and I am in LOVE! I will post pics later! Comes to find out I was right! As soon as we moved it made a huge difference! He has only had to use the inhaler twice, and that was the first two nights away from the old house. He is doing so much better, we all are! Thank goodness for Mommy intuition! September also came Nevaeh's 3rd Birthday! We had a Tinkerbell themed party. We had all our guest dress as fairies (girls) and Peter Pan (boys) and had fairy crafts, fairy food, and danced like fairies! It was so much fun and our lil fairies enjoyed thierselves.
Fairy food and wings we made for our lil fairies as they arrived
Lil fairies eating their fairy food
Nikki and Liam
Our lil fairies, just some of her friends
Fairy crafts
The birthday girls presents
The lil Peter Pans

Most of the guest! Aren't they cute!

Then came October: We had Aidens Birthday, and Halloween!
Aiden turned one on the 20th. We only had a few friends over for dinner (Aidens favorite: Lasagna, salad, garlic bread, green beans, and cantaloupe). After dinner we had Aidens favorite cake, well cupcakes, Pumpkin with cream cheese frosting.
Go ahead and make a wish!
Ok or just dig in!
This is why I love this boy!
Isn't he adorable!
Happy Fat BOY!
LOVE... LOVE.... LOVE.... HIM!
But now I am sad, he is walking, talking, and now a year old! Oh man, why do babies have to grow up!