Halloween Part #2 & a November surprise...

Well, Halloween is officially over.  There were lots of opportunities to celebrate the occasion around town this past week.  Monday night was the event held at Lander that always draws crowds, Wednesday was the trunk or treat at Temple, Thursday was the Boo Bash downtown, and then Friday was actually Halloween.  We didn't participate in any of those other than trick or treating on Friday night but I hope we can do one next year...maybe! :)  Work has been super busy.  With almost 50% of the people I work with being 50 and over...we have had a lot of people out sickness, surgeries, & taking care of parents.  There are only 5 of us in accounting.  My boss's 96 year old mom, who still lives at home, fell and broke her hip a week ago Thursday, had surgery last Friday, & was moved to NHC this past Tuesday for rehab.  So, Mrs. Gail hasn't been in hardly any the past week and a half.  Patsy, another "accounting" girl, ended up taking her mom, who is 90 & also still lived at home,  to the hospital that same night that Mrs. Gail took her mom.  Patsy's mom had pneumonia, a UTI, and is now being treated for dementia.  She is being transferred to a nursing home in Lauren's this coming week...so Patsy has been in and out over the past week and a half too.  Robin has been out on vacation, and just this week Noni had shoulder surgery and will be out at least two more weeks.  So, that just leaves me (& Robin because she's back from vacation) to do most of the work. So, we didn't get to do as many Halloween events as we thought we might get too...but it's okay.  Life always happens and changes your plans.  Anyway...back to Halloween.  I had plans to get my mom to pick E&E up from school on Friday at 12 so they could nap at home and not be cranky Halloween night.  They take naps at school, but lets be honest...2 hours isn't enough for my Evan!  However, their party at school was after nap time and my mom had already helped keep them enough this past week that I decided to let them stay for the party.  We even made brownies for the party and treats for all their classmates.  I made the brownies after they went to bed Thursday but they helped me & Justin make their classmates treats.  They LOVE to help you do anything.  I try to include them when I can because I think it helps them feel important.  So, here are a few pictures of our treat making process.

Daddy showing Emma & Evan how to put the sprinkles on!

                         

They took turns helping us decorate our frosted pretzels!

And the finished product!!

They looked cute and were yummy too!  So, after I picked them up from school Friday and ran a few errands, we got home about 4:15 and dressed quickly to head out trick or treating!  We went by my uncles' house first but he wasn't home yet so we headed over to the The Brown's & Wideman's.  Next, we had hoped to stop by Janice's house but they weren't home as we passed by.  Then we headed over to the Bridges household and out to see Justin's mom.   Again our plans were to go to the thing First Baptist in 96 was having but by the time we left Justin's mom's it was 6:20 and we had to be at Katie's at like 7:15.  So, we came back through 96 and went to visit my uncle...he was home by now.  We ended up getting to Katie's right on time.  We had a great time eating, throwing the Frisbee & football, and making smores. 

We got home about 10:00 and E&E were both OUT in no time.  They actually both slept in their own beds all night without making a peep!  They were so exhausted!!  Justin's alarm clock went off at like 5:00 Saturday morning because he had plans to go deer hunting.  It was raining so he just turned it off and decided not to go.  About 6:00 he was still awake debating whether or not to go. I asked him to go check on them since we hadn't heard anything out of them.  He starts calling me from the other side of the house and I immediately panic thinking something is wrong.  I can probably count on my hand the nights that we have slept all night with no interruptions.  So, my mind immediately started thinking something had happened to them.  Boy was I wrong...they were still snoozing away but the back deck and ground was COVERED with SNOW!!  What in the world!!  It was 80 degrees last weekend and we were wearing shorts and this weekend it is snowing!  It was absolutely beautiful!  But it was also 6:00 and my babies were still sleeping...so I told Justin I would just see it later and went back to bed!  We finally got up about 8:30 and realized our power was off and it stayed off until about 6:00 Saturday night.  We didn't get out and play in the snow because E&E have both been sick with coughs and runny noses...so we didn't want to chance that turning into anything else.  Besides most of the snow was gone by midday.  Since our power was still out Saturday afternoon and Justin & Matt were going hunting...we headed over to Katie's after nap time for a movie.  Katie had been wanting to see the movie Frozen and of course E&E were up for it since she mentioned she would give them popcorn & M&M's!  They did good and watched the majority of the movie.  Once Laney got up from her nap though...movie time was pretty much over!  Laney is way more fun that watching a movie!  Katie is already planning our next movie outing and it's going to be Toy Story next time.  She wants them to see that movie so bad! We had a fun relaxing afternoon though!  Once we got home, the power was back on, and life was back to normal.  Thanks goodness for that extra hour of sleep we got Saturday night.  Being stuck inside with two- years olds with no power and snow outside made for a long day!  :)  Anyway...hope you all enjoyed the snow and if the experts are right...there will be plenty more of that to come this winter.  Lets just keep praying not on Nov. 15th though!  :)  Have a great Sunday!!