October Part II

Wow! I can't believe October has come and gone. Our last couple of weeks were just as busy and just as fun as the beginning of the month. Last Saturday, we once again headed up to Sojo and got together with the fam for some more birthdays. This time, we sang for Michael and Father Dearest.  We spent the day working in the yard and then enjoyed a delicious dinner and Mom's famous cinnamon rolls for dessert. Going home is pretty much the best. 

And then of course, yesterday we celebrated Halloween! We had so much fun. Yesterday was probably one of the best days ever. Seriously. Stephie Lynne and I cooked, baked, planned, and put together an awesome little party. (We must be spending a lot of time together...because we both ended up wearing silver headbands, striped shirts, and boots. Great minds think alike!)

We started early that morning on the food. Pretty soon though, the girls got hungry, so Chase man jumped into the role of big brother and fed his little sisters so we could keep cooking. 

Mom, Dad, Michael, Steph, and GGma Palmer drove down and joined us for a eerily delicious meal. We dined on sweet bbq ribs, loaded mashed potatoes, and Harry Potter inspired Butter Beer, with roasted garlic pumpkin seeds, guacamole, and lots of veggies to snack on as well.

Aaaaand of course, it wouldn't be a Stephie Lynne/Stacie get together without cupcakes :) These little beauties are dark chocolate cats on french vanilla cakes.

After we had all stuffed ourselves silly, it was time for some trick-or-treating! James and Stephie grabbed their little ones, slapped on those costumes, and then we all sat back and ooooh-ed and ahhhh-ed. 

Blakeley and Ashtyn make the cutest little farm animals I've ever seen. And then of course there's Chase! Weeks and weeks ago, when his mommy and daddy asked what he wanted to be for Halloween, he responded, "A BIG spiky cactus!" He was pretty adamant about it, and come on, it's pretty hilarious, so Stephie Lynne went to work on creating a suitable outfit. And here is the masterpiece! It was pretty much the cutest thing ever to see a little cactus running around the streets of Provo :)

Trick-or-treating was great. The night was beautiful and warm, and people kept cracking up when little cactus man would bang on their door and exclaim, "Tricky Treack!" Also, since Chase is the only grandkid old enough to actually go trick-or-treating, he had quite a little entourage of family escorting him from door to door. (Nine adults to be exact.)

 Pretty sure Halloween will be Chase's favorite holiday from here on out.

We ended the night by eating the left over Kit-Kats and Almond Joys from the Halloween bucket and watching "Jaws." Nothing quite says Halloween like Spielberg.

I'm sad to see October over -- it really was such an awesome month filled with so many great parties and events. Sigh. Good thing we have two more birthdays next week to help me get over it.