Halloween

 My little princesses

Tuesday night Matt took the girls to Oma's ward's trunk-or-treat.  I was sick and stayed home that day so I didn't go.  They had dance before that so they missed out on most of the candy, but they still had fun and got to dress up.

 Minnie Mouse!

 Rylee and Ashlyn have enough Halloween clothes to wear almost the whole month of October!  They pretty much did wear a Halloween shirt all month- they really do have a lot!

 Rylee with some of her class in the parade at school.

 Her best friend, Savannah, in front of her looks thrilled!

 I sneaked away from my class party for a minute to take some pictures. 

Minnie and mini-Minnie

Yes, I was Minnie last year too!  

My kids at school from last year made sure to point that out!  

Next year I'll have to be a witch again.  

I need a costume with comfortable shoes though!

 Matt was so excited to actually get a smile!

 Ready to go trick-or-treating.

I didn't actually stay in costume- I had been in mine long enough!

 Resting before the big night.

 First we went to our ward's trunk-or-treat. 

 It was actually warm!  We didn't need to bundle up this year!  Kaylie had a good time at ours in the stroller- I didn't catch it, but she was smiling.

After our trunk-or-treat, we went to my mom's.  Theirs is pretty big, so we got tons of candy there.  And then we went to Oma's house and Matt took the big girls real trick-or-treating and they got tons more.  We were home before 8:30 and we got a lot of candy so it was a big success!  I'm glad it's over!  

Salt Lake Again

 (This isn't in Salt Lake, but I didn't want to do a bunch of little posts.)

This was Ashlyn's first big puzzle all by herself.  

She had just done one with Grandpa 

so I guess she was inspired when we got home!  

She was so proud!

 This is at In-n-Out on the way to Salt Lake.  

Kaylie was so happy to be there!

Unfortunately though, I was sick, 

so I didn't get to enjoy a yummy burger this time.

I guess we shouldn't have gone to my appointment because I was sick.  

But I was anxious to know what my eye was doing- 

and it made for some memorable moments.  

Sorry, Mom and Dad!  

My eye is doing well- even improved a bit from last time!!!

 I had to make a stop right before the doctor 

and it turned out to be a good spot for a picture!

 Kaylie in Daddy's hat.

Snowman

 We had our first snow Wednesday night.  We woke up to tons of snow on Thursday.  And then it has snowed off and on since.  This morning there wasn't much snow left, but enough that the girls wanted to go make a snowman.  I wasn't sure if they would be able to, but they did!  Rylee did most of the work- she knew just what to do.  Ashlyn walked next to her as she rolled the ball.  Rylee rolled that ball clear across the yard!  She did a great job. 

 Holding hands- so cute! 

These girls can be the sweetest sisters, 

but they also fight like sisters as Matt always says!

I'm just glad they have their good moments too!

 Rylee made a long trail!

 They were trying to find things to put on it when I remembered a few years ago I had gotten a snowman kit free from Roberts.  So I went down and looked through all the Christmas stuff to find it.  The girls had fun decorating the snowman.  The scarf even came with the kit.

 Their first snowman by themselves!

They were so proud- and so was I!

 The cutest snowman I've ever seen!

After they had been back inside for a while, Rylee realized we forgot arms! 

I guess we'll get those on our next one!

It was a good thing they went out when they did in the morning because the rest of the snow melted during the day.  We'll see how long it lasts!

Carving a Pumpkin

 The girls each got a pumpkin from Oma's Daycare 

(even Kaylie got a cute little) so we decided to carve one.  

Well, Rylee somehow talked Matt into it! 

 They weren't very happy about cleaning it out.  

Ashlyn said several times, "Do we really have to do this?!"

I'm with her on that- that's why I just took pictures!

 It's supposed to be a cat.  

I thought I took a close-up, but I guess not.

 Spidergirl and Cheetah Girl-they wore these for Ashlyn's preschool party.

They have different costumes for Halloween.

 Piggy-back ride.

This is Rylee's actual costume.

 Little pumpkins they decorated at preschool.

Rylee is there when they do preschool so I guess she gets to participate/help too.

Ashlyn's School Picture

Ashlyn

Preschool

I finally got Ashlyn's CD so here is her picture.

This isn't her usual smile, but it's all we could get that day.

She does smile like this sometimes.

Primary Program

 Ashlyn's first program

She remembered her part and didn't need any help:  

"I want to follow Jesus."

 Rylee's part:  

"When I fast and pray my testimony grows stronger."

Sunday nap that lasted five minutes.  

Just enough time for me to actually get comfortable.  

Matt taking a picture must have woken her up- dangit.