Halloween Festivities '09

The kids had a great time this Halloween. They started out the activities on Oct. 23rd at the school carnival. They had so much fun dressing up in their costumes and going to Kaya's school to play games and lots of fun activities. I was horrible and didn't get any pictures there. Only the one of them at our house before we left. Then on the 25th Grandma and Grandpa Newman had a family Halloween party. Grandma had lots of fun things for the kids to do. They made their own little pizzas, trick or treated through the house, colored pictures, played pumpkin bowling, and made cookies. They had a great time being with their cousins Ethan and Eli.

I don't know what was wrong with me this year but the time seemed to slip past me. We didn't go to the pumpkin patch until Halloween Day. Of course I had to forget my camera then too. So no pictures. Bummer. The pumpkin patch was so picked over and it was hard to find any pumpkins that weren't rotted out. The kids managed though and still had a good time. They loved bringing them home and being able to carve them. They actually did a great job this year of cleaning out their own pumpkins. Gotta love the face on Tanner below with his pumpkin. He was trying to look like it. We also took the kids to see Astro Boy during the day. What a cute movie and they loved it.

Then it was off to go trick or treating. They did so good this year. In the past I have felt like we were dragging them along and would barely make it down a couple of streets. This year they were running so fast we could hardly keep up with them. We almost covered our entire neighborhood. It was amazing how much candy they ended up with. They loved being able to go with friends this year. I'm sure that helped. Then we came home and ate some yummy homemade chili and pigs in a blanket.
The kids were so cute in their costumes. Kaya was a Barbie Genie, Tanner was the blue Power Ranger, and Cole was a monkey. He definitely made a cute monkey, especially when he made his EEE OOO sounds.

End of the Fall Soccer Season

So on October 24th Tanner finished up his first season of outdoor soccer. He did so awesome and loved playing. He got better and better with each game, but still had his distractions. He would crack us up because if a girl had the ball on the opposing team he would back off. There was no way he was going to kick that ball away from her. Also if any girl would fall he would just stand there and make sure they were okay before he would get back into the game. What a gentleman. I think he was able to score at least one or two goals a game and he would get so excited. I think he was best at defense though. He would be so speedy and run to get in front of the other team and either stand in front of the goal or just kick the ball away from them.

Here he is with his little buddies from the ward, Caleb and Brad. Caleb was the superstar of the team and Brad was the superhero. They were so much fun to watch. Don't you just love this picture with the temple right in the middle behind them. We are soooo lucky.

One of his big kicks in from out of bounds.

Here he is running the ball down the field on his way to make a goal.

Very last huddle of the season and cheer.

GO SHARKS!!!

Way to go Tanner!! You were awesome!!