More Halloween Fun!

On Friday evening, Eric got to take the kids Trunk or Treating at church. Before they went, Mamma and Bampa stopped by to see the kids in their costumes.

They had so much fun Trunk or Treating!

Getting some loot from Bishop Martin.

The Cowardly Lion and Dorothy headed home with LOTS of candy!

Zeke, Adam, Ellie, and Roxy

On Saturday night, we got to go see Hotel Frankenstein with the Nielson crew. Tessa spent the evening with Ma and Pa and Adam went to the play with us. He loved it and loved seeing Frankenstein! The cousins looked so cute in their costumes!

More Halloween Fun!

Quick Mommy and baby update:

I saw the doctor last week and he said everything is looking and sounding great. Yay! We discussed the ridiculous amount of contractions I am having and he said his best guess is that I am a busy mom who doesn't know how to sit down and put my feet up every once and a while. (How does he know me so well?) I am working on doctors orders, but find it quite difficult to be honest. I usually waddle into bed at night because my back hurts so bad! He said if resting doesn't stop my contractions, they will have me come in for testing to see if I am at risk for early labor. But, I doubt that will happen as long as I sit once or twice a day. I have also been feeling quite blah again! I will have a couple of good days and then a couple of bad days where I feel like I have morning sickness all over again. That kind of puts a cramp in my life as I don't have time to feel sick right now! With work, school, church, family, holiday preparations, and baby preparations, there is plenty to do! Overall, things are good and we are both healthy. We are all are anxiously counting down the weeks until we get to meet our little princess!

Speaking of plenty to do, we have been keeping up with our Halloween countdown calendar and have been having more Halloween fun this week!

On Sunday, Adam helped me make Oozing eyeball meatballs to go with our pasta!

We made our traditional "Ghost Feet"!

We baked and decorated Halloween cookies to treat our friends and teachers with!

We played pumpkin bowling! The kids played this happily for about an hour until the pumpkin cracked open!

We had another ghostly dinner!

Only 3 days left until the big day!!

Adam's First Report Card

Today was Adam's first parent/teacher conference. I was excited to hear what his teacher had to say about our boy! Mrs. Hales said he is doing amazing well! He is ahead of where he needs to be and she is impressed with how well he can read, write, and count. She said he is a model student and a joy to have in her classroom!

Good job Big Guy!!!

Culture Shock!

Elder Lemley finally received his Visa last week and the next day was on his way to Brazil! We got our first email from him this week and while we feel bad for him, it also made us giggle. He is experiencing what every missionary gets to experience and it will only make him a better person and a better missionary! Here is some of his first email from Brazil.....

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where the heck am I????? For having 3 people in our family serve in Brazil and four learning a new language, why do I feel so unprepared?!?!?! Brazil is freakishly different! There is NO dress code in Brazil! AND bugs apparently like to eat humans alive! Especially if they are American! Blegh....things are different. It will take time to adjust to everything. Of course I have been sick since I got here. Cold, sore throat, now sore throat and upset stomach. Yup, exciting. My companion is Elder Blend (Blen-gee). He is from Sau Paulo. He speaks NO English AND we are white washing the area. We are in uh, Cordeiro or Cardeiro....something like that. It is right next to the city, so we are only like a 5-10 minutes bus ride from the mission office. Our President speaks barely any English, so our first night here was interesting. And no, I don't understand much because people speak SO fast!!

I am not looking forward to the next few months. Church yesterday was interesting. Didn't understand anything. I just feel awkward all the time. Wanna know something else? Guess who the ward/primary pianist is here? That would be me...cause I was messing around on the piano at church. I CAN ONLY PLAY THE RIGHT HAND!! So, add that to my stress list. I know I need to have more patience, that is my weak point. Just pray for me! Forgive me, I won't get a letter off today cause I am trying to learn the ropes of everything here and need to figure stuff out. But I will get letters off next week. I promise! I love you all!!! Love, Elder Lemley"

Eric is SO excited that David is finally there and after reading his email Monday night, Eric spent like 45 minutes looking on the computer figuring out where David is, how close he is to the temple, and how close he is to any areas where Eric served. We are excited for David and know with time he will learn to love Brazil and adjust. Hopefully the bugs don't eat him alive in the process!

More Halloween Fun!

Yesterday the kids turned each other into Mummy's!

They had so much fun with a simple roll of toilet paper!

Afterwards they had an awesome "snowball" fight.

Today we took pictures with our favorite scarecrows. During the month of October, several businesses display scarecrows up and down Main Street. Another reason we love Spanish Fork!

Adam was trying to get Tessa to look at the camera, but the sun was so bright, neither of them could look stand to look up. It looks like he's trying to pull her head off!

More Halloween Fun!

Since I work every Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday, we are busy with Halloween activities the other days of the week. The last couple of days have brought more Halloween fun to our house!

Last night the kids went to our neighbors pumpkin patch and each picked out a pumpkin to bring home.

Sunday night we made our traditional Mummy Dogs for dinner!

Monday brought ghost stories! I told them about "The Chocolate Chip Ghost". A favorite from my childhood and the most innocent story ever told. It totally freaked Tessa out though!

Ghost Pudding was on the menu for Family Home Evening Treats. Tessa said her ghost was too scary to eat. She went straight for the chocolate!