But the bonus was, Ashton and AJ helped out in the kitchen to prepare our fun and spooky meal! I love having them help me in the kitchen! It takes a little longer, but it's fun. And when I wasn't feeling well, it was a BIG help! So, simple as it was, here was our menu: 
We have grown our own pumpkin patch for the past 4 years now. It has been really fun come Halloween. We have always gotten a lot of pumpkins too. Last night for Family Home Evening, we decided to carve one. Yes, only one. Ashton, AJ, and Jeff carved, while Mom and Aryk painted one.
Here are all the pumpkins that came from our garden. This year was a low number compared to past years. And some started so late, they didn't even get to turn orange. But I think they look really cool! While working on the pumpkins we read a story from the Friend about "Happy Helpers". And talked about how when we serve others the spirit shines for others to see, just like a jack-o-lantern on Halloween. Then we gave the boys Indiana Jones flashlights to use as their "service lights". I know, I was really reaching to tie all this fun stuff into a lesson that they would learn from. Actually, I was really surprised at their great response to having a service light to remind them to do service for others. 
They both played so hard, and seemed to be having fun!
I love watching AJ run up and down the field just smiling and waving and 
Ashton is always trying to be the best at everything he does. 
After the game coach gave them all trophies for a season well played. Sports just wouldn't be worth all that running if it weren't for the trophy! Good Season!
And don't forget those of us who went and cheered!
Here's Coach Jeff, All Star players AJ and Ashton, and their smallest (only in size) Fan, Aryk!
Before you comment on if it's the right time, don't worry, he hasn't had any allergic reactions. Ashton and AJ both started eating cereal at 4 months. We didn't have any problems. They started sleeping through the night about that time. How nice... We started cereal, because he was ready. And I know it will help him sleep longer. He has in fact been sleeping better this week. But it's not consistent, yet.
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We have been storing Jeff's mom's/ sister's piano at our home, for the past year. Nicole moved back to the Boise area this summer, and 3 weeks ago, moved her piano to her place in Kuna. Ashton and I were sad. I have been teaching Ashton how to play. He has loved playing. I have loved having music as a release. We heard about the Piano Gallery having a liquidation sale here in Boise. We figured we would go look, just to see if it was really a sale. We fell in love with this piano. It was the color we had talked about. The sale price was the price we had talked about. It looks really nice. We took four hours to look up the brand, talk about it with Jeff's mom, my mom, my sister, each other, call other music stores in town, look up customer reviews, etc. And FINALLY we decided to buy it. They delivered it at 10pm that very night! I have a piano, a nice piano, that I can play anytime I want! It is a Pramberger Signature Series 110t in Mahogany Satin Finish. Here is a link to their website http://www.prambergerpianoco.com/products/pv110t/index.htm 
Here are more photos of us playing the piano in our home! With this new piano AJ has decided he like to play as well. With this excitement, I have started teaching AJ to play!.JPG)
I am so thankful to my parents who encouraged me to explore my musical talents. I am thankful to my Grandma Holbrook for being my first piano teacher. I remember going to her house on Tuesday nights eating Ramen Noodles for dinner and sitting at the piano with her. I am thankful to Carol Peck for being my piano teacher until I was 16 when I decided I was too old, too busy, and too cool to keep taking piano lessons. I know these are all after the fact, now that I am grown... but I was thankful then too!
