Fall Happenings

We have been enjoying the lovely fall weather (sometimes) and great fall activities that have been going on around here lately! Here is a recap from the last couple of weeks!

1. Ride With a Witch- Me, Dawson, Jen, Jeremy, Selina, Cameron, Sheri, Lexi, Parker, and my sister Missy all went to Gardner Village a couple of Fridays ago to go on a Ride With a Witch. We went last year and had a ton of fun and decided to go again. For only $2 a person, you get to go on a horse-drawn black wagonette ride with a spooky witch who tells you tales and has you assist in some scary music making, cackling, and spell casting. So much fun and Dawson was pretty captivated by the witch.
2. Wee Witches Weekend- The following Thursday Dawson and I headed back to Gardner Village this time with our friends Stacey and Addy for the new weekend they do for kids. Dawson and Addy had a blast! They had a costume parade, hayrides, pony rides, finger nail and face painting, various crafts, and yummy food! Addy just wanted to groove to the spooky tunes they had there and Dawson just wanted to eat cookies for dinner. The two of them are so funny together now, they play little games like peek-a-boo and will get each other going in a fit of giggles!
3. This Is the Place Haunted House- Following that, Chris, Missy, Heather, Jen, and Jeremy decided that weekend they wanted to go to a haunted house of sorts. They settled on This is the Place cause they had coupons and our friend Sheri said it wasn't too scary. Where am I in all this? At home, going to get a Jamba Juice with Summer because I just don't do scary!!! The rest of them said they had fun and even got a picture with Beetlejuice. I had the hot chocolate ready and waiting for them when they returned!
4. Halloween Cookies- That Sunday Chris didn't have to go in that night for work so we decided to make Halloween cookies. They looked cute and tasted pretty good too. Dawson didn't even get to frosting his cookie because he ate all the frosting before it could hit the cookie! Such a little sugar-holic!!
5. Scarecrow Festival- We ended our two-week Fall spectacular with the Scarecrow Festival last Friday. Since moving into our house and meeting the Fuller's, we have gone almost every year to see Lexi dance there and every year she does great. This year was even more of a bonus because there were a few other girls from our ward who performed as well! Great job everyone!! After the performance we let Dawson play in the bounce houses, try some games, and get his face painted. I was so impressed! I told him that the girl was going to paint Elmo on his face and he sat as still as a rock. He would keep asking me....All done? And when I would say no he would hold still again. When he saw the end result in the mirror he got a huge grin on his face and kept pointing to his cheek saying Elmo! We headed out the gate with a bag of kettle korn and some pretty fun memories.
Stay tuned for some more fun Fall Happenings....this Friday is Witches Night with a group of gals I have gone with for the last 3 or 4 years! Also coming up is our ward chili cook-off, pumpkin carving, trick or treating, and a party!