Halloween Party 2012

A few of our friends got together and through a Halloween Party. I helped a little bit but it seems that whenever I throw a Halloween Party something Happens.. without going more into detail, it just wasn't my week, or month! I helped make a few things but left most of the stress to Torrie and Lisa! We had a great turn out and had lots more room in our clubhouse! Thanks to Pinterest, there were lots of fun things to eat! We even had the missionaries come dressed up as Hyvee Managers. (our local grocery store.. they look exactly like missionaries!)

We had other costumes this year and then things happend and we had to come up with different costumes. So our family decided to go with the theme Super Heros! After spending lots of time and money last year, we kept low this year. I bought my shirt and made the crown and wristbands. We borrowed my little brother's Captain America costume and then ordered the kids. Akoy was supposed to be spiderman.. but he changed his mind a bazillion times. I LOVE Lily's. I think it was super cute. I wish it was crappily made and it started ripping. :(

Lily's costume started ripping so we changed into a onsie that I made her. 

This looked more like a pumpkin before we cut it..

Twins!

Hannah and Lily

Playgroup Halloween Party 2012

Our ward has a playgroup. We got together with all the kids and had a little party in the church. We were in charge of making spiders out of oreos and twizzlers strings. I didn't even get a picture! ha. There were lots of other stations including a pumpkin walk, cookie decorating, ghost making with suckers, stringing a necklace (lily's favorite.. to eat!), mummy making and more! We had a situation with Akoy's costume. I ordered him a spiderman costume last month. The night before the party he decided that he didn't want to wear it! He wanted to be superman. ?? okay... so we tried the best we could and through his costume together with stuff from home. It actually turned out really cute. He wouldn't keep the white shirt on at the party. 

Parties

St. Patrick's Day
(is this late enough?) We celebrated St. Patrick's Day by going to a friends house for a treasure hunt. The children had to find all of the colors of the rainbow in order to find the pot of gold. Each child was able to have their own color and clue, and then they all found the pot of gold together. We had a lot of fun, and the popcorn was delicious!

Finding Akoy's clue

They found the pot of gold!

Baby shower:
Sarah, one of our friends out here is having a baby boy in a few weeks. A few of us threw her a shower and we had it at my place. We had a 'blue' theme. In googling blue drinks, I thought of changing up the label on Jones soda into "Johnson's" soda ;) with a picture of the little guy. Enjoy!

Akoy trying on Sarah's shoes in hopes of getting away from bed time.

Sneaking candy the next morning

Good luck with everything Sarah!

Superbowl XLV

We decided to get a few friends together mainly because we saw some 'football' things we wanted to make. Oh, and of course to watch the game right? ;) We had a lot of fun prepping and enjoying everything. Thanks to Ellis' for having us all over!

Some of the girls

 

The guys

The food

 

I saw these in a magazine, and that's when I knew we were going to have a superbowl party... haha

 The same goes for Torrie and her strawberry footballs! ]

We are so lucky to have such good friends out here. They are our family away from family! :) 

 Will this be a tradition? It just might have to be!