Happy Halloween

I am playing "catch up" on the blog and I was excited to post the halloween pictures. The kids got to dress up twice for Halloween this year. Once on Friday for the school festivities and then on Saturday night for the trunk or treat. Max has been into Harry Potter lately and so when his costume came in the mail about a month before Halloween I couldn't say no when he begged to wear it. He has been Harry Potter for over a month now in our house and you have to be careful because he is known to throw curses at you when you aren't paying attention....
Ava loves The Wizard of Oz , and wanted to be Dorothy. I think she really just wanted to have red sparkly shoes. Who wouldn't? Isaac got to be the tin man. He wasn't too impressed with Halloween, but he sure loved any candy he was able to get his hands on.

Harry Potter

Watch out for that wand

admiring her shoes...

Dorothy

Matt holding the Tin Man

All dressed up...

We had the wonderful opportunity to go to Isaac's birth mother's wedding in the St. George temple in October. She bought Isaac this adorable suit and tie and he looked so amazingly handsome that I had to share. We love Isaac's birth family so, so, so, very much and it was incredible that we could share such a special day with them. We are so grateful to have our little "zeke" in our lives and words can not describe how much we love him.

Dancing Queen

Ava is really starting to enjoy her dance class. She doesn't need mom to hold her hand anymore and has already made friends with the other little girls. I tried to snap some pictures of her during class, but the only ones that didn't end up blurry were the "pre-class" pictures.

Birthday

Max isn't little anymore......
He turned 6 on Sept. 9th and we celebrated with his friends by having a party! Max invited his friends over for Pizza and cake and then we headed to the aquatic center for some swimming. He had such a fun day and he has already started planning his next birthday.

opening presents

The "boys"

The "girls" (except Max, of course)

Max is in "heaven"

Look at all those crazy bands

Isaac loved Max's birthday cake most of all

But he might have loved playing in the sink even more:)