Halloween Fun!

We have had such a fun few days celebrating all things halloween! My girls have pretty much lived in their costumes the past few days. 

Our Music Makers class did a little Halloween Carnival. Molly had a blast playing halloween games and eating treats with all her friends. We had about 40 kids there! 

 We actually carved pumpkins this year! Molly was a little grossed out by the slimy insides, but Laney thought they were tasty!

We went to the aquarium with our friends Emily, Addie, and Logan. The kids got to dress up and they had a little haunted section. The girls mostly just wanted to run around and show off their pretty costumes.

 My Grandma Verda had a tradition of making spudnuts on halloween, so Molly and I made an attempt. They turned out delicious. I quartered my grandma's recipe and it still made about 40 spudnuts... Verda always was the party planner!

 Last but not least, trick-or-treating. Molly was in heaven. She got way too much candy and wanted to eat it all right then. There were so many kids out in our neighborhood last night, I counted 277 trick-or-treaters to our house. Crazy!! 

Halloween is so much fun with little kids! 

Cousins!

The Dockter's are in town! The Dockter's are in town! 

We love when they come to Utah. Molly has been in heaven the past few days playing with her "Sammax" - what she calls both Sam and Max. Laney and Jake have had fun getting to know each other too! We've been busy. We went to the Barnyard Boo at Thanksgiving Point,  the Music Makers class that my ward does, City Creek, Jungle Jim's (where we were the only ones there!), Gardner Village to see the witches, etc... We're excited to get Macey into the mix this weekend and have all the Morg-A-Tours cousins together!

Matching

Oh, I love these babies!!

More Projects

Remember how I said we were going to take a break from projects for a while? 

I lied.

We've been just as busy as ever with different things going on! After doing our floors and kitchen, our banister stood out as the only oak colored wood so we needed to make it match! 

This turned into a WAY bigger project than I anticipated. First I stained it but didn't like it, then I tried painting it brown but didn't like that either. We finally settled on black and white and love it! Between all the painting, Molly accidentally kicked the can of paint all over the stairs, leading to us needing new carpet. I'd been wanting new carpet anyways so it actually kind of worked out!! Our house smells so good now and feels so clean! I'm pretty sure that Trev still thinks that I spilled the paint on purpose...

Trevor's Great Grandpa built this dresser. It has been passed all around the family and painted dozens of times. It's probably about 70 years old and still in great shape. We're excited to have it in our house now!

 ...And last but not least, here are a few quilts that i've done lately! Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE fabric?!?

Go BIG or Go Home

Trevor and I ran in the Big Cottonwood Half Marathon last weekend. I'd never run more than a 10K before (when I was 6 years old) but Trevor was signing up so I had him sign me up too. I accidentally forgot to train so I was fully expecting to hate it, but it was actually kind of fun! My goal was only to finish in under three hours (not very ambitious - I know) but we ended up finishing in 2 hours 29 minutes! I definitely would have been slower if Trevor hadn't been there to push (and pull) me along! I may have gotten a little mad at him at times but I have to admit it felt pretty good after - just not the next day when I couldn't walk!

Crawling

Miss Laney bug started crawling a few weeks ago! It was pretty slow going at first but now she's getting around great. She just giggles and talks and loves being able to get where she wants now. I guess it's time to think about baby-proofing, again!

Just for fun, here's a picture of Molly when she first started crawling. I guess my babies look more alike than I thought! One question: whose cheeks are bigger?!