A little late on the Halloween pictures, but here they are. The day started with pumpkin carvings, 4 of our 6 pumpkins were from out garden ( two were actually another type of squash that was over ripe!)- we were excited to use our home grown ones.

Later, we went to our ward party and then most of the kids were pretty wiped out. We went home and Aubrey opted to stay and pass out candy with me and Caleb, while everyone else went trick or treating around the neighborhood. Friends from our old ward had invited us to come to their trunk or treat, but only Mark and Courtney made it over there. All in all too much candy, but a fun day.

In other news, Courtney got a 4.0 on her report card, which means she made principal's list. She had a fun field trip for gate, where they traveled to the Orange County ocean institute. They went out on a boat and collected marine life, then came back and studied it. She had a great time, I will get her to write about it. She also competed in the written spelling bee and was one of the top 10 for the entire 4-6 grade and is now preparing for the oral competition in December- she has 900 words to study, most of which I don't even know! And, she competed in the oral language competition on Friday, she did not place, but we were very proud of the hard work she put into her piece.

Aubrey also had a perfect report card and was the only one in her class to get a + on handwriting. Her only lower mark was for not always completing her work as neatly as possible. Apparently, she is very competitive and always wants to be the first one done instead of doing it neatly- I wonder where she got her competitiveness?!

The boys and I have been spending most of our days this week at the park with friends, this is the best time of year here, with beautiful weather. We squeeze in some preschool here and there and have fun!

Caleb is doing really well. He goes to the doctor again this week to start his RSV shots, so I

am always anxious to see what his weight is up to. He is is smiling and cooing now, which is a lot of fun for all of us.