I....Have....The....Candy!!

If you put all the Halloween costumes in a line and arrange them by subject matter you'll find He-Man on one side of the spectrum and an adorable cute little cuddly penguin on the total opposite end.

Since Liam is getting into awesome super hero stuff we thought we could try and pick a pretty funny looking one. Good thing Liam is crazy about old school super heroes. (Long live good cartoons!)

After packing my camera bag with suckers we were ready to suit this cutie up.

Tip: One way to get your kid in his huge costume and hat is to put mittens on his hands and have some bribery ready. The candy will distract them from the huge whatever being put on their head and the mittens will prevent them from pulling it off!

Check out Liam's back shot!

I was pretty proud of myself for sewing & coming up with the pattern for this pretty obviously homemade costume; Liam had at least 10 different pieces of velcro and snaps holding his costume together!

You have to have a pretty quick finger to get an 18 month old standing still. This gives a good head shot of Julian's huge penguin head I made.

Later in the evening we found this little lost Penguin running around with a big smile saying, "Dada? Dada?" His mother Penguin had been keeping an eye on him though.

I think I was really excited this year because Tanner was able to come. Just him being there had Liam feel like a real super hero.

Park City Highlights

We had an awesome trip visiting our family in Park City this past week. Here's a few highlights:

1. Seeing family we hardly get to see.

2. Being able to capture this picture!

(These two cousins just posed this way. You'll be able to see this picture on the front cover of GQ, kids edition next month.)

3. Visiting Tanner's old stomping ground as a kid.

This is the original 7 in front of their first house in Kamas, UT. Later on we ate at the old church property. It burned down while Tanner lived there. That church was 1 of 3 churches that has burned down in Tanner's parent's lifetime!

4. Enjoying beautiful weather and seeing the amazing fall leaves that came with it. Can't tell ya how much we love being in the fall season outdoors (who doesn't love this?!)

5. Meeting our new niece Belen (Baylynn) for the first time. Her name is Spanish and means "Bethlehem." She is beautiful.

6. Being with Hendrix and seeing him look so rockin awesome. This kid doubled his birth weight by 2 months. Yes!!

7. Watching Liam bond with his cousins Leia and Luke Skywalker. Liam is Darth Vader in this shot.

8. Leah's "Spiderghetti"

To create: Have your kids pick out their favorite package of turkey or hot dogs. Cut into slices and stick 8 spider legs (aka pasta) inside. Boil and serve with your favorite bugs (peas) or even blood (red sauce).

Let me tell you about my amazing and beautiful sister. I needed a break and wanted to take a trip with Tanner, so my sister drove 8 hours by herself only to get lost for a bit (the dreaded one way street curse), visit me a couple days and then help watch the boys for the rest of the time while we bailed. I felt like I had won the lottery. Thank you so much Mary!

Of course we had to take her to one of our most favorite trails. I love this place in the fall. (Crooked picture taken by a very excited Liam).

Upon driving up the mountain Liam exclaimed, "Look at my mountain! It's so awesome."

It was nice to have Mary there to snap a shot. Juggling the camera on the stroller is never good.

Although we live relatively close to our family (no pun intended) it's hard for visitor's to stop and stay comfortably as we are still in our small apartment. You all can start making plans to visit for next year when we get a house; we plan on having the most delux guest room ever!

I am grateful to have a middle ground where I can visit one of my brothers who lives 3 hours away. I miss my family so much!

Island Park

Today

Liam went off on his first solo fishing trip with Tanner this morning. Before leaving on his trip Liam came into our room with this box in his hands and put it on the desk. "There, all done," he said. Apparently these are the items Liam saw fit to take with him on his trip (1 bag of orange play dough, 1 Storm Trooper, 1 lite saber and a picture of the Gibbons that I drew on a sticky note pad.)

Picture: Liam's box, Liam and Baby Lindsay.

Liam named his most favorite puppy after my sister's new little baby girl that was born this summer. It's so funny to hear Liam say things like, "Don't wake up Baby Lindsay!" or "Is Baby Lindsay in the car?" or "Baby Lindsay doesn't want to sleep, so I don't want to either."

Upon leaving I gave Liam a kiss goodbye at which he took his puppy and gave me a huge smooch with her mouth. Hey, I'll take what I can get (and at least I don't have any real doggy drool to worry about). I really hope they have a good time and that Liam will fall into the river only a couple of times!