October Recap

Oh my goodness - I am SO behind in posting. We have had so much going on since October that I just feel like there are not enough hours in the day! Here is a recap of everything we did in October: 

Anniversary: Loni and I celebrated our 7th Anniversary. Can't believe it's been 7 years married, but also can't believe it has ONLY been 7 years. haha. I was talking with a friend yesterday and I realized that when I am 40, Loni and I will be celebrating our 20-year anniversary - how is that even possible??!! haha. We will have our 50-year anniversary when we are 70 (if we make it that long - hahahhahah!). There are a lot of trials with getting married young, but when you find the right person, you find the right person. Luckily Loni is everything I am not, so we end up making a pretty good team. I don't know what I would do without him.

Alright, enough gushy stuff. Pumpkin Patch: in early October, we had our annual pumpkin patch with my family. I really look forward to this activity throughout the year because it kicks off the holidays for us. We went to Maris Farms, which is always fun, but it seems like they are getting more and more expensive. We had to pay $10(!) just to get in! I think that is ridiculous so we will see how many more years we go. Luckily my mom pays, so I guess it is really how long she wants to pay that. haha. Anyways, the girls had a blast, I had a blast and Loni was ready to go by the end. My parents were actually kind enough to take the girls for us overnight so we could go celebrate our anniversary (see paragraph above). Love you Mom and Dad!

The Opfar clan sans the Weavers. Reggie - what is up with your hairline? :)

The girls at a Spider Web Thingy at the PP.

Ellis looks thoroughly enthralled, right?

The epitome of a Carnivore. In his element.

Bonus points if you can spot Ellis.

Pumpkin Painting: We were lucky enough to meet up with an old High School friend of mine, Keri and her husband Sean. To cement our new found friendship, we bonded over pumpkins and painting. It was a lot of fun though Stella and their daughter Tatum enjoyed eating the paintbrushes more than painting. Oh, well.

Keri and Tatum

Sean being artistic. Seriously, his was the best out of everyone's!

Bonus - Ellis is actually wearing clothes. 

 Pumpkin Carving: We had an FHE one Monday night where the Weavers (Gary, Lanae, Pasha and Donni) all came over and we carved pumpkins. It (again) was a lot of fun and the kids really enjoyed lighting them up. Too bad some stupid kid came and punched our pumpkin in about 2 days after we put it out. I hope someone punches that kids face in. (KIDDING - ok, maybe not).

Gary and Pasha getting dirty with it!

Of course, this is what Lanae did the whole time - CLEANED!

Can you tell? It is a Jack-o-latern and a Halloween Night!

Ellis' First Fieldtrip: Both Loni and I were lucky enough to be able to attend Ellis' first Field Trip in School. We went to a Pumpkin Patch up in Snohomish. It was REALLY cold, but a lot of fun. At least the sun was shining. She had a blast and the group that Loni and I had was just Ellis and her friend Azure. But there was a group of girls which all sat together. They were able to eat lunch there, pick out a pumpkin, ride in a tractor, go to a petting zoo and have popsicles - what kid wouldn't have enjoyed that day.

from L to R: Stella, Azure, Lee-Ann, Ellis (the crew!)

Ward Halloween Party - we actually bit the bullet and decided to attend our ward Halloween party. Luckily we were able to have some friends accompany us which made it even more fun. This year our ward combined with three other wards to do a trunk or treat outside so we - uh, I mean, the girls - were able to get a TON of candy. I was Donald Trump (no one knew this - they thought I was Ellen or just a lesbian), Loni was 'Cooter Pervis Weaver' a white trash guy, Ellis was Strawberry Shortcake and Stella was a knock off Tinkerbell. Our friends that came were Tim (Dog the Bounty Hunter), Megan and Olivia along with Sean (Luigi), Keri (Pirate) and Tatum (Fairy Princess) Rooth. Highlights of the night: Walking around yelling YOU'RE FIRED while no one knew what I was talking about, watching Keri have a run in with a Kate Gosselin look-a-like, who was NOT attempting to be Kate Gosselin, inside professional pictures of everyone and just enjoying our friends. I love Halloween.

The Rooth's

The Bount-ay Hunter!

This is a Hot Mess of a Family

The crew

Halloween Dinner: the Sunday before Halloween, we all got together and had a halloween dinner. I am drawing a blank as to what we actually ate, but I am pretty sure it was Halloween Themed. haha. All I know is it was fun! Marie or Pasha will have to jog my memory.

Halloween Trick or Treating: this year we stopped by my parents house before we went out. My mom gave the girls popcorn for Halloween - talk about disappointment. Haha - just kidding, they loved it. We ended up went trick or treating in a neighborhood past Petrovitsky park. It is a really cute development and easy to trick or treat, so we will prob go back. Both Ellis and Stella really enjoyed it. Of course they would. Haha.

Well that sums up October. I am sure we did a lot more in between all of that, but I can't remember any of it. Having kids has totally made me lose my memory more often then not. My kids will prob like that as they get older. Haha.