Halloween!

It's been a busy weekend! We have been to so many Halloween parties & events. The girls have dressed up as several different things this year(witches, princesses, Minnie Mouse & Barbie)!


we went T.O.T.-ing w/ the girls & their cuz-ins

El loves her baby niece Gretchen

Dan & his dad finished the side fence in 2 days, so now we can get our doggy!

I won this at the ward chili cook-off! I used to be a horrible cook as newlyweds & growing up, I mean people used to make fun of me about it (particularly an x-boyfriend) so I am quite proud of myself!

Oh & we have started our huge painting project of the entire first floor, I will keep updating as it comes along, it's gonna take a while!

Pre-school Halloween Party

They made a special witch brew (homemade root beer) & had caramel apples. I forgot to take a picture of the pumpkin her class painted! Here is Eliška's class song...

who is this kid!?

The other day, my niece Kass came over to do hair for our family pics(coming soon!) & she straightened Em's curls out just to see what it would look like. I didn't even recognize her, it was weird!! She looks so grown up, I didn't realize how long her hair really was!

El's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Halloween Birthday Party!

Quite a mouthful there!

Here are the kids grabbing prizes out of the slime filled cauldron (green jell-o)Here's the toilet paper mummy wrap

presents

and cake!

wee witch weekend

We went to Gardner Village with Grandma & Grandpa before they left to go back to Texas (sniff, sniff). It was a lot of fun, they were having a witch carnival. It was so crowded because of UEA school break, which I had forgotten about.

the girls got Halloween nails (they are obsessed with getting their nails painted)

There were 4 main witches, who were hilarious; this is Matilda. The girls got their autographs.

Here's our wagon ride with witch Lucinda who danced with my dad earlier, highlight of the day for sure!

the girls had to go on the ponies

they loved the petting zoo of course

Thanks mom & dad for the fun day!!

thanks mom!!

Yesterday I had to get some things done & so I called my mom & she offered to take my kids for the whole day! It was like the best day ever! I was able to get a haircut, get some new clothes & stuff for the house- all without my kids running around like crazy! I'm just not used to having my mom live near me, I feel so spoiled!

I know my abc's!

We are very proud of Eliška because she has been working very hard to learn all of her letters & each sound they make in her class at school. They take a little "test" each Monday to see what progress they've made. Yesterday Eliška passed & received her alphabet crown which is quite a big deal to her! She gets her name up on the alphabet board at school too. Now she is working on her blending badge, where she will start to blend a vowel & consonant together in order to start reading. She is very excited & practicing very hard.

Congratulations Eliška!

conference weekend

Dan's mission reunion (here's his mission president)
we had a lot of fun with my dad's side of the fam who came to visit (this is our attempt at a 4th generation picture)

gg (great-grandma Bond) reading to the girlsand of course, the Kondel family tradition of homemade cinnamon rolls for conference morning!