Halloween

Her is Ellie and one of her school friends during there costume parade at school. I had taken Tanner to speech that day and we got to watch the parade before we went home.
Thursday the 28th

Firday the 29th was our ward Halloween party. Brian entered the chili cook off and got 2nd place! He makes awesome chili! Before the kids went around the building to trick or treat we had chili boats and salad. It was delicious, of course I did use the Chili that Brian made!

Ellie... The Rock Star!

Tanner.... The Sheriff!

and Nathan.... The Pumpkin!

Ellie dressed up for Halloween three different times and each time I styled her hair differently. This is hairstyle #2.

Above- Ellie and Tanner Trick or Treating one of the class rooms.
Below- The Bishop and his family decorated the area by his office as Candy Land and they dressed the part too! The Bishop was King Kandy, his wife was Queen Frostine and their daughter was Princess Lolly. Too cute!

Happy Halloween!
We got invited to go Trick or Treating with our neighbors.

We didn't go very far, but the kids still ended up with too much candy! Brian and Nate stayed at home to pass out candy and watch the Giants game. Afterward we headed next door and sat out front by our neighbors fire pit and handed out candy.

Pumpkin Carving

We carved our pumpkins right before going to our ward Halloween Party. As you can see Ellie is already dressed up like a Rock Star!

The middle pumpkin Tanner decorated at Church in nursery.

Pumpkin Patch

Our visit to the pumpkin patch this year was a lot of fun. We went with two of our neighbors and the Smith family. The pumpkin patch that we went to was really cute. There is lots of fun things to do while you are there. We took a train ride, we walked a fun little trail that had a tunnel and slide for the kids part way through, and the kids got to play in a really neat tree house.

Ellie, Daphne, Alexis, Sawyer, Spencer, Tanner, Cody, Jakob, and Lucas is in front.

Tanner loved all the trains....

On the walking trail there was a little house that had a tunnel that led out from under it. The kids loved the tunnel and kept going through it over and over again.

Ellie's perfect pumpkin.

Nathan's Blessing

This morning was Nathan's blessing day, it was also Chad's mission farewell. It worked out great to have them the same day and during the same meeting. Nathan was a very good baby for his blessing and his daddy gave him a very sweet and beautiful blessing. The blessing circle was made up of Papa Leo, Grandpa Greg, Great Grandpa Markham, Great Uncle Lynn, Uncle Danny, Uncle Nick, Uncle Chad, Uncle Adam, and DeLynn Sapp. It was wonderful seeing all of them up there locked in circle around my new special man. Nathan is such a handsome little man that has already stolen my heart. I love him so much and am so grateful that he is apart of our family.

After church everyone came to our house for lunch. Brian barbecued tri-tip that turned out awesome (just like always)! Our family chipped in by bringing our side dishes, which were also delicious and I made dessert. It was a great lunch and I think everyone enjoyed eating the good food and talking with one another.

After most of the guests headed for home the Netzley's decided to hangout for a bit. Ellie and Tanner love their Uncle Nick.... Check out this picture. Tanner climbed onto Nick's back, stood up and before anyone could say anything.... he jumped over Nick's head! You can see the surprised look on Nick's face.

Then Tanner got to play with his daddy's helicopter... one of Tanner's favorite things to do.

He also loves to play with these quilt pieces that Aunt Eileen is making for her soon to be born nephew from Nick's side. First he lays out all the pieces on the floor. Then he goes and gets a picture of what the quilt will look like. Then he sits their and points to a tractor in the picture and at one on the floor finding all the matching pieces. Tanner is going to be very sad when she finishes the quilt and doesn't get to play with the pieces anymore.