October 28-31, 2011
Such a fun fun weekend. I love having special things to do and I love our family. So put them together, and it's a great combination.
Friday I had Erik take off work, since Sam had the day off school and his family was coming into town that day. And that evening was our ward Halloween party. The boys were super excited to dress up. Owen's favorite thing about his costume was his tail. Anyone who talked to him over the next 4 days while he was in costume heard about it. "Ha, yeah, I got a tail, see it's right here." I was surprised how often I had to explain that Em was a wizard. Whatever. The boys were so well behaved all night. They waited in line patiently for chili and hots dogs, ate their dinner, helped clean up, sat perfectly still and listened intently to the police officer's safety speech, and followed the crowd nicely during the trunk-or-treat. It was particularly fun for me to watch Owen, who took it all in silently and seriously, but very keenly aware of everything that was going on. It was great to have Erik's parents with us there, too.
Saturday afternoon the Mutters arrived. We had first planned to go up to Thansksgiving Point for Cornbelly's then decided to stay local. We went just up the street to Jaker's Pumpkin Patch, where they had two different sized mazes, a hay pyramid, a petting zoo, corn pit, and a tractor ride. We got some pumpkins, then spent the rest of the day at our home and in the backyard.
Sunday was the reason for family being in town. At church, Emmett was given a name and blessing by his father, with both of his grandfathers, and a few close friends in the circle. Afterwards we had all of our family and friends over to our home for a little brunch. It was so fun to have everyone together to celebrate our newest little guy. I was once again very touched by how much love and support our friends and family offer us. We are so so blessed. But gosh darn it, we didn't get a single family picture. And I only got one picture of Emmett at that!! Kind of makes me a bit sick to my stomach actually that I missed out on that big time. But at least we still have the memories, right?!
That night, Sam and I figured we had better carve the pumpkins. Erik was at a church meeting, and Owen wanted nothing to do with it. So Sam and I had ourselves a grand ol' time.
Then Monday was Halloween!! I seriously love Halloween. We had one last gymnastics class that morning, then Sam went to school. A bit later, the other two boys and I met him there for a Halloween program. It was silly but sweet. Samuel was so very concerned I wouldn't be there. When I came in, I waved to him, but he must not have seen me, because when they all stood up to start, he was very close to tears and said, "But my mom isn't here yet!" So I called out, "Of course I am, I'm right here Sam!!" and that time he saw me. And the relief that washed over his face might have made my heart flutter a bit. So after the program and sharing treats, we decided to visit Erik at work. Erik was cute, and took the boys around to show them off. Some of the ladies thought they needed to give them candy, so it was a good start to the trick-or-treating. One guy thought they needed a trick instead of a treat, so he gave them each a whistle. Yeah, thanks for that!
At home again, we made dinner and waited for Erik to get home. We gobbled down our pigs in a blanket and set up the tripod super quick so I could have at least one picture of all 5 of us from the weekend. Definitely not our best. But whatever. Erik took the two older boys out trick-or-treating. I wish I could've gone, too, but we figured it was be best for me to stay home with the baby and hand out candy. Once they got back, Samuel and Owen were both just as excited to hand out the candy as they'd been to get it. By 8:30 the candy was gone, so we turned off the lights and enjoyed a little time going through the loot before sending the hopped up boys to bed.
