Miss Riverton's Special Needs Halloween Party

One of the Miss Utah queens that helped me with the Ascend Gala was Janna Emmerson, Miss Riverton. She had a Special Needs Halloween party on Thursday. We didn't make it there until the very end, but it was so fun to see what she had put together. I am impressed with her and her platform.

Lincoln literally dove into the cotton candy!

Another fish pond! They were in heaven.

At least we got there in time to play with balloons and color pumpkins.

Janna was so cute with my kids. She got right down on their level and talked to them. They were so shy around her. They all said "hi princess." It was adorable.

Grandfamiles Halloween Party

We got to go to the Grandfamilies Halloween party last night. It was so much fun to meet all of these wonderful grandparents that have taken in their grandchildren. I loved being around them. I know that it means so much to them to have people around them to support and encourage their efforts. When we had our nieces and nephew this was a very overwhelming time. We would have loved to have a group like this in Logan.


I was really bad at the bean bag toss. I think that Palmer did better than me!

In my defense, look how small the holes were to get the bean bag in!

Josh was really good at the bean bag toss...surprise!

Bean bag toss.

Josh had some free time while we were playing bingo. Nice huh?

Halloween bingo. Definitely a hard concept to teach to 2 and 3 year olds. They couldn't understand that the picture had to correspond with the letter.

The fishy pond! They all pulled out glow in the dark necklaces. Perfect for Halloween night!


This mat would make spooky noises whenever anyone stepped on it. The boys couldn't figure out where it was coming from.

Library Halloween Carnival

I know that I have bragged before about our amazing library. They have been so fun for Halloween. The jr. high down the road put on a Halloween carnival at the library. It was so much fun for the kids. There was face painting, games, prizes and best of all coloring!

Face painting!

Lately the kids have been way into Halloween and making everything scary. They have also had serious nightmares! I think it will be good to have Halloween over with.

The kids got to paint these great pumpkins. They thought that was pretty neat. They got paint everywhere but love every second of it.

Lincoln painting pumpkins.

Hunter getting spun for "Pin the Nose on the Witch." He couldn't even reach her nose! He was such a good sport to do this game.

Pin the nose on the witch. Palmer was so excited that he could see under the blindfold. He had no idea that was cheating.

Hunter and mom made a pumpkin mask together.

Hunter modeling mom's witch mask.

Palmer made a cat mask.

Lincoln's Pumpkin mask.

Preschool Halloween Parties

The boys had their Halloween parties for school and loved them. I really love this preschool and all of the experiences they give our children.

Hunter loved this "Sammy" he couldn't stay away from it. I think our kids broke him twice.

Hunter wants to be big so bad. This is the worst for him is when his big brothers have something so much fun like their Halloween parties. He got to come in his costume though. He had a great time.

Lincoln in his class parade. My favorite thing about Halloween when I was younger was the class parades. I loved to see what everyone was wearing and see my parents and siblings in the audience. This parade was great. They parents were just dying over every costume. It was great.

Lincoln's class Halloween picture.

Lincoln, Hunter and Daddy.

Lincoln and his teachers.

Lincoln was nice enough to share these great glasses with Hunter.


Palmer's class Halloween parade.

Palmer's class picture.

Palmer and his teachers.

Fall Family photo (great alliteration huh?)

This fun "Frankie" was in the front of the preschool. He had scary music and a flashing light behind him. It was so fun! I think the kids were a little scared of him.

The Children's Center Breakfast Fundraiser

I was honored to be able to help in the Children's Center fundraiser this past week. It was called "Spark the light of a Child." As I mentioned below I was able to go and tour this amazing facility. I can't even express the gratitude I felt for all of the people working so hard with these children. I wish that I could have done more. This facility is looking for volunteers if anyone is interested in helping in their preschools. They need lots of help and it is so rewarding. My little brother David does it and I think it has been an amazing experience for him.

This event was such an eye opener. I just wanted to go right home and hug my kids. This is all of the people who came to support me. My mom got cut off in the picture.

The Halloween Witch Story Teller

Today we went to the library for story time and they informed us it was over until January (major bummer!) But they were having a professional story teller come for Halloween. We decided to stay for that. I am so glad we did. It was so much fun. I don't think that I have ever seen a professional story tell before. She was amazing. I have been so impressed with our library!

We were all mesmerized by her storytelling and songs. She was seriously so cute!

We got to take our picture with her after. Of all things, Palmer was the one that was afraid of her!

Halloween Tradition-Caramel Apples

One of our family traditions is making caramel apples. I love caramel from scratch. I decided to try a recipe from "Hot Off the Garlic Press." I always check out this site, but have yet to make anything from it. It sort of intimidates me.

The first batch I made I forgot the corn syrup. Of course! I was already so worried to try it and I do something so silly. It wasn't setting up so I ended up burning it. By the end of my run I had turned it into Caramel sugar! I was determined to make this right so I decided to make it again. So there I was making caramel at 9:00 pm. The kids had long since gone to bed. I finally made one apple and made the rest into caramels. That counts right? Oh well, I guess we will try again next year. At least the caramel worked.

My one gourmet apple.

The boys couldn't wait until the caramel was done. They just dug right in.