Halloween wrapup

I have always dreamed of costuming my whole family into a theme, but always lacked the creativity. When David decided to be Peter Pan this year, I knew we could come up with something. Here's the result: Peter Pan, Tigerlily, Tinkerbell, John, and Captain Hook. How did we do?

To celebrate our new baby Ruth, we spurlged and gave out king size "Baby Ruth" bars to the trunk or treaters. No candy bar, however, could taste as good as those baby cheeks!

A few more festivities... pumpkin carving,

a Halloween dinner, put together by Grandma Larsen (notice the eyeballs, spider, and ghost),

and the prize for winning best family costume!

a few more..

James in his superhero spread.. When he is not at home, he is a pretty reserved little kid. His nursery leaders say that he is so polite and reverent. I rarely see that side of James... only this...

Ruth's first lesson in Legos. I think David was grateful for a captive audience.

Feeling so handsome!

"Jeepers, creepers, where'd you get those peepers?!" I sure love this baby!

Grandma came out last week for a little visit. We took a little trip to the Wild Animal Park.. It was a hectic but fun day. Keeping track of three kids turned out to be wild even for two adults.

I could have spent all day at the lion exhibit. We were inches away from these gorgeous beasts. James even got some courage to jump down from the stroller to have a closer look. The gorillas, on the other hand, were not his favorite (I think they are scary-looking, too!).

Nothing beats grandma hugs.

It turns out that I married a genealogist. Joseph is amazing with his talent for using family search and remembering our ancestor's names, dates, and facts. His new project is to compile pictures of 6 generations of our ancestors to hang on our wall. This is one of my ancestors, Jedediah Grant. Look at the amazing resemblance my brother has to him.