Piper's Silly Hat Parade

At Piper's preschool, instead of dressing up in their Halloween costumes, they decorate a "silly hat" with parents. They parade around and have treats at the end. Piper was SO looking forward to this- since she's watched two Silly Hat Parades of Rocky's already. Excited for it to be her turn! Myles and I were able to go and spend time with her.
Piper and Cassidy parading their works of art...
Piper's preschool friends- Addy, Cassidy and Shane

For your Viewing Pleasure

Pumpkin Picking

Rock had to bring his bear....

So, Piper had to bring her "Bun Bun"

Halloween Pumpkin Carving

Welcome to our annual family pumpkin carving. The kids usually last as long as scooping the seeds. It's fun and this year Piper had the privilege of having a front and "backside" to her pumpkin.

I couldn't resist!

Decaying mouse..

Decaying Pirate. This was after 2 days of October heat. They looked pretty spooky...

Storytime on YGG

This is an oldie but goodie. These pictures were from Rock's recording of a storytime on YGG back in August. Uncle Scott first coached him in his office. Piper took instruction too.

Then Scott directed him in the sound booth. We couldn't hear them but could see both their facial expressions which were pretty amazing.

In the sound booth, Rock was doing the wiggle dance and strumming his package. I knew he had to go to the bathroom but when Scott would ask, he'd lie and say no- since he didn't want to stop recording.

Listening to the playback (and the craft services table) were the funnest parts. We'll keep you tuned for his voice debut!

24 Loads

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= One happy girl.

So, my washing machine broke. We ordered our new one but it took longer than we thought to be delivered...for a month our laundry mounded up in our room. It was actually quite liberating to throw your dirty clothes on it and not think about a hamper or sorting. Some things I learned however were: 1.) we have too many clothes, 2.) beach towels are not as comfortable to dry with after showers, 3.) the Pioneers had it rough washing by hand since we had a taste once or twice of it, 4.) 24 loads of laundry takes a LONG time to finish!!

"The Scurvy Pirates" Rocky's Soccer Team

The Ellisons joined us to cheer the Pirates on.

Uncle Jared, Aunt Karene, Jandi and Beckam.

Jandi and Piper dressed as twins.