Happy Halloween

We had our annual family Halloween party this year on Halloween night. There were a lot of creative costumes! After trick-or-treating, everyone came over to our house for food & games. As always, Tim did a great job with the execution of the games. The games included "land-air-water", "ghost catcher" and "the assembly of marshmallow shooters." For that last game, the kids had to first go outside with headlamps to gather their color-coded PVC pipes. Then they raced back in to bring them to the 2 adults that were on their team. One adult on each team (Bob, Donny, & Jolene) had the directions on how to assemble the marshmallow shooter. They had to explain to their blindfolded spouses (Becky, Stacy, & Terry)--without touching them or the pieces-- how to correctly assemble the shooter. It was fun to watch the teamwork and the competitiveness! Then they tried out their marshmallow shooting skills on each other.

Here are a few photos of Brielle & John:

Our family costume theme was the 4 seasons: spring, winter, summer, autumn.

Grandma & Grandpa B and the 16 grandkids:

Pierce & Brielle

credit to Becky for the cute photos :) !

Little rocker

"I thought this was a rocking chair..."

"That's me.... a boy"

We showed this photo of Tim at age 5 to Brielle for the first time a couple of days ago, and our conversation went like this:

K: "Brielle, do you know who this is a picture of?

B: "That's a boy............ that's me, a boy."

We were all in the kitchen, and I looked at Tim quick as to ask "Did she just say what I think she said?" And it was confirmed. He heard the same thing. We thought it was pretty neat that she saw the resemblance herself!

I like the waaay he moves... da da da...

Becky shared this video of John with us!

And here's one from dinner tonight:

New headband

Brielle has been wearing her new lucy headband from Jenny a lot lately. Most often this is how she looks:

Her mom is definitely jealous because she really likes clothing from the lucy store and it sure is a cute headband! Maybe if she asks really nice, Brielle will let her borrow it once in awhile.

AND she wouldn't let me fix the way it was pushing on her ear. I tucked her ear under the headband and she said something like "No Mommy, don't do that. Want it like this" as she pulled her ear right back out. Which is okay by me, and not worth any attempt at changing her mind, I just thought it didn't look very comfortable!

Sisters

I've got 2 wonderful sisters, who were both in town last weekend. It was fun to be together for a few days. Brielle & John loved the extra attention and playtime. When we've gone to my parents' house since last weekend, Brielle asks, "Where's Jenny & Jef? Where's Alexia?"

Thanks for making the trip, Jenny & Alexia!

Little man

There's something about this shirt that makes him look older :)!

Buddies :)