Hallween ward party

I am activites leader in the ward, which as you know I am a stress case but the activity turned out great. (Much thanks to Michelle to help me keep my sanity) We had around 300 people there. Here are so pics. Derek loved it since his best friend was O-b-one and Derek was Luke Skywalker and there were tons of star wars costumes. It hard to see in pictures but Lindsey was a spider which Michelle made which work well.

Also the best part of the night was trunk or Treat.

I decorated my van with Pirate theme, red lights,loud pirate music, pirate flag,spider crawling on ground,several hanging down and of course blazer skull dude and gold candies it was fun watching the little kids stop and freeze until thier parents pushed them forward. Lindsey was rocking to music and towards the end was throwing candy at the kids ( she was trying to help)

Dickinson's hanging with blazers

So if you don't know, I am a die hard trailblazer fan. So as family we went to blazer Fan Fest with dad it was fun. We were able to sit close to game and see lot of trailblazers close up. Wife liked the dance of the players it was funny, and kids liked that our team won and the popcorn.

Dad, Mark and I are going opening night next week.

Update from Michelle

Larry has taken over my blogging for the past couple weeks- I hope you've been entertained! Just so you all know, I am feeling great again. I was even able to sing in church with zero coughing! Yay. I've been slowly getting back into the swing of things with my calling and housework. Derek's been bugging me every day without fail to work on his Luke Skywalker costume. It's almost done- just need to finish the belt and figure out a way to attatch his lightsaber.

Lindsey and Spencer have been LOVING the sandbox lately. (We always move it to the covered back porch and refill it with sand in the fall). I have to suit Lindsey up so that we don't get sand in her diaper. She loves it, though. She will play for about an hour out there if one of the other kids stays with her.

My dad was here this past weekend. He and Larry got really ambitious and rototilled one whole side of our yard to expand our garden and add more flowerbeds. My landscaping wheels are turning. I'm trying hold off on that project until the costumes are all finished for our Halloween party on Friday.

Life is Good!

just playing with kids this evening

Not much to say other than Lucy and Miranda play real well togeather and were Lucky to have Lucy around, Miranda and kids love it.

Gary in Town

Michelles Dad Gary was in town and turned out great. Other than the parade and football game, we went dinner and apple farm which was fun. The best part other than my kids loving to see him play with him was working on the yard. I had a Roto tiller he helped me fix and we were able to expand our garden alot for next year. Gary made a slide for kids off the couch the kids enjoyed.

Luke and Andy looking smooth (on scooters)

Hail, lightning, showers and football?

So I came up with great idea to go to homecoming parade (we go every year) and football game with bad weather forcast. So as you can guess I got Michelles Dad with us and my parents and Lucy and friends and it rained hard. Not only that but at the football game the match keep getting delayed due to the lightning (huge lightning bolts). The field in the picture should be green but is white due to all the hail. Though we had highlights, candy in the parade, pizza, and Luke and Andy on scooters in their speedos. It was well worth it for that.