The pictures are in for the annual Family Halloween Party. The party was Great! There were a lot of great costumes there. Some others took more pictures than I did. If I can get them I will add them to here.
This year we went with a Peter Pan theme. I was Captain Hook, Hallie was Mr. Smee and Avery was Tinkerbell.
One of the big events of the Halloween party is the Piñata. Avery had fun going after it and even got in a few really good hits.
We carved pumpkins tonight. Avery enjoyed it, though she is still a little young for the details of cutting out pumpkin faces.
While we were cleaning out he pumpkins Avery bravely tried grabbing some of the innards of the pumpkin. She decided that she did NOT like that. It was "wet" (said in a very distressed voice). We were proud of her for giving it a go though.
Avery picked the design for her pumpkin face and helped mom pull out some of the pieces and do some of the cutting.
Here is a picture of her with her finished pumpkin.
Hallie and I carved three other pumpkins. One for me and her and one for Chloe Kate. We now have a family of pumpkins. Here is a picture of them all lit up.
Avery went to Pack's Pumpkin Patch with her friends last week. She had a lot of fun and got to pick out a pumpkin for "Mommy, Daddy, Avery Jane and Chloe Kate".
Mom told Avery to "go get lost" so she did. She had a lot of fun in the hay maze.
Avery got to play with a bunch of old straw hats. This is a picture of her in front of some sunflowers.
Hallie was pulling Avery and and our pumpkins in this wagon. Hallie's friends were teasing her that it would send her in to labor. Avery just kept saying "Mommy, this is a Bumpy ride!"
This is Avery posing on a bail of hay.
Last week we went to the Utah State Fair. We had a lot of fun, but I think Avery enjoyed it the most. She was very excited to see cows, pigs, bunnies and "sheeps". She (and her dad) also enjoyed the cotton candy very much.
Here are a few pictures from our visit.
One of the highlights of the fair for Avery was the pony ride.
Avery was also very happy to be able to pet the calf that was at the fair.
Today was Avery's birthday party. She had 7 of her friends over for a Backyardagains party. (The Backyardagains is a children's cartoon that Avery really likes.) She had a great time with all the games and got a lot of presents that she is really looking forward to playing with.
Here are two pictures from the party. (You can click on them to get a bigger version)
We also got together with Hallie's family later than night to celebrate both Avery's and Hallie's birthdays. Here is a picture of Avery getting ready to blow out her candles.
Avery tried to blow out the candles SO HARD. But the cake was too tall!
After I lifted her up she was able to get them one at a time. (I think we need to work on here blowing skills.)
This weekend we went to the Homestead in Midway Utah. We all had a great time. We got to relax, swim and have fun. I only have one picture of this, but I thought I would post it for all to see. (I will be posting pictures with Hallie and I in them, I just happen to have not taken any recently.)
To get the web page party started I am going to post two pictures from a recent visit to the Zoo. The company I work for (ARUP) had their company summer party at Utah's Hoggle Zoo. Hallie and I took Avery Jane and her two cousins (Hallie's brothers children). They had a great time.
One of the best parts was the there was free face painting. Below are the pictures we took of them just after they got their faces painted.
This one is of Avery, Lauren and Ella Together
