Trunk or Treat

Every year our ward does a really nice Trunk or Treat activity for Halloween. For those who don't know what it is, its a ward activity where people can decorate their trunks for Halloween and meet in the church's parking lot. Little kids come around to each car to get candy. Well, this year was our first year and we kept our theme a secret. Now that we have done it, here is our theme..... Ghostbusters!!!! It was so much fun!!! Of course we won best costume, and best trunk!! Here are some pictures from tonight!

My little Slimer!!

Here we are. Cris was a Ghostbuster, I was Janine (the secretary), and of course Navie was Slimer. It was really windy out so my wig is blowing around in this picture : )

Here is our trunk. The sign on top of the car is actually lit but you can't tell because its was still light out when I took the picture.

This is the Mobile Ghost Containment Unit. Inside we had ghosts hanging from the ceiling and a fog machine : )

Cris with his machine!!

Here is the what his pack looked like. It had working lights, played the Ghostbusters theme song, and everything! He worked really hard making it and it shows!!! And did I mentioned he made it himself : ).

Here is the view you got when you looked through the view finder on the machine. I made and painted all the ghosts so they would glow under the black light that we had attached to the ceiling.

This is a video of our trunk while it was still light out. It looked the best in the dark but I knew my camera wouldn't be able to pick anything up.

Here is a video of Cris' pack all lit up. Sorry its sideways. I forgot that my camera wouldn't flip it : ).

And here are our prizes. The orange candies with the bobble heads on them were for the best trunk and the Toy Story candy is for best costume. I know they aren't much but we worked hard for them and are very proud. It was neat when they announced the winners because everyone knew that we won. It was nice to have everyone clap and cheer for us. It made it all worth it : ) Now to start planning for next year.......

talking on the phone

Here are two new videos of Navie that I took today. The first is a video of her playing with her pink ball and sporting her new fancy foot wear (not really, its just coupons that came in mail. She gets into everything!)

The second is Navie talking on my new cell phone. Its nice because I can actually lock the keypad and she can't make any calls : ) Sorry that its from behind but it was the only way I could catch her talking on the phone. I couldn't let her know I was watching : ).

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday was a lot of fun. We took Navie to the pumpkin patch and got a "daddy" pumpkin, a "mommy" pumpkin, and a "navie" pumpkin. The pumpkins were huge! Saidly my batteries died so I couldn't get a lot of pictures but I did get a few.

Navie had a lot of fun looking at the pumpkins. They're as big as she is!

Navie in front of the "Tall in Fall" sign. She's not even 2 1/2 half feet tall.

Here's Navie and Daddy getting a ride on the straw horse : )

The wind really started to pick up so we had to get out Navie's new winter coat to keep her warm : ) Here you can see our family pumpkins. Now we just need to decide what we each want to do with them.

Fall Pictures

I love fall. It is my favorite time of year. So when I saw how the leaves were changing on the trees at our ward building, I had to take some pictures. I have had a lot of presidency meetings since I was called to 2nd councilor. We had another meeting yesterday to figure out child placement on the stand for the primary program. That's when I saw the trees : ). Here are a few pictures I took at the chapel.

And here is a short video of Navie walking backwards. She only does it for a little in the beginning. Don't mind the mess. Its been a long week so far and Navie doesn't help it much when she pulls out the DVDS : ).

The Park

aaWe took a walk as a family the other day in park behind our house. The weather was so nice and Navie really enjoyed it. It was really nice having Cris along for the walk too. Usually its just Navie and myself. Here are a few pictures from our walk.

Navie is one cool chick : )

And she's off!

Eating dirt, yuck!

Navie loved the water fountain!



Here is a little video of Navie walking around in the park. Its not much so I'm trying to get better videos of her but its so hard to catch her doing the cute stuff : ) She likes to throw and chase after her pink ball and the newest thing is walking backwards.

Navie loves to hang upside down so today when I was holding her she hung her head back and I was able to see into her mouth. What did I see but 2 new teeth, both molars. One is through the gums and the other one is almost through. That makes a total of 7, almost 8, teeth!