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Lydia's First Piano Recital

Lydia has been taking piano lessons for about 3 months now. She had her first recital this week. She stayed calm and did a great job. We got to do a duet together. I'm happy with the progress she is making and I'm so proud of her for her great performance!

Halloween 2010

Since I live in Utah, I would totally get away with pretending Halloween was on Saturday instead of Sunday. We had a little pre-trick-or-treating party with some neighbors. After, it was POURING, so we waited a bit then headed out with umbrellas. It stopped raining shortly after and we had a great night of trick-or-treating (after the husband headed home with the toddler to hand out candy). Bryant caught on quick though and would head up to the door and knock. When someone answered he grunted till he got his candy then would head back to his stroller to eat his treat. CUTE! He only went to about 5 houses though before said husband used him as and excuse to go home. We had a great Halloween. I hope you all did too!

Lydia's Halloween Parade

Lydia was a ballerina/fairy again this year. Many people told her she looked beautiful to her delight, so she will probably be that again next year. After the school parade, I went to her classroom to help with the class party. I did a concentration game. It was fun, but once again, tough with a toddler.

Ali's Halloween Program/Carnival

Ali's preschool always does a Halloween program for the parents followed by a great carnival. Ali wanted to be a witch. She did a great job singing with her friends.


The carnival is fun, but it gets pretty crazy trying to wait in lines with a toddler. Oh, the things we do for our kids!
What do you do at Halloween that you HATE, but your kids LOVE?

Gardner Village

Archibald Gardner is my great-great grandfather. When my family comes to visit they like to go to Gardner Village because...it's family history and fun all rolled into one! While my mom and sister's were visiting we headed on over for some great witchy fun! The girls rode the ponies.

Then we went to the mill.

Next we made friends with some witches.

We got some candy at Sweet Afton's. Last we went to the Village Christmas Shoppe for some Christmas ornaments. What...it's almost Christmas!
We're so glad my nieces Shayla and Jessalyn got to come for the visit.

Witch's Tea

Two of my cousins and my aunt threw a family witch's tea. Two of my sisters and my mom came from Washington to participate! We had so much fun. We dined on bat droppings, eye balls, and moldy soup.

Then we had a cackling contest, and a mind reading contest. We also made our own bobbles to go with the beautiful soldered charmes my cousin made. I had a wickedly great time!