HALLOWEEN 2012!

Halloween was awesome this year, the kids went to the Votaws party, the ward party, trick-or-treating at Jared's work and trick-or-treating with the Parrys (not all the same night of course)!

The twins had been waiting a whole year to wear their costumes since I bought them the day after Halloween 2011. Eli picked Batman, Tyson was Ironman and Tyler was his white guy with a gun (Storm Trooper) and Emma picked the Devil. Tyler hated his helmet and only wore it for the picture after we bribed him and Tyson would live in his costume if he could.

At the ward party...
Emma with Payton, Chiara and Maddy

Eli and Bo

 We had the Jensens all over for an October FHE and after the lesson we frosted Halloween sugar cookies...
Tyson and Nash

Ava and Emma

Uncle Jacob and Eli

Tyler and Brylee

We had some left over cookies and since Baby Conner was in town, we invited him over and he came and frosted some cookies with the twins!


I told Jared this would be the last year that we cheated with our pumpkin carving. We both hate the mess that comes from carving pumpkins, but at some point every child should carve a pumpkin the real way with getting the messy pumpkin guts all over your hands and fingers and inhale the smell and everything else that goes along with it...he says no, I say yes....we shall see!

Here are the steps to carving a pumpkin Jensen style:
step 1: go to the pumpkin patch and pick out your own pumpkins



(sorry Tyson your picture was to blurry)

step 2: get out the potato head pieces and have dad drill holes in the pumpkins so you can insert them into the pumpkin





step 3: go out and get some ice cream somewhere for dessert

step 4: take a picture in front of your pumpkin and ta-da! done!

On Halloween night we got together with the Parrys for our traditional Halloween dinner and trick-or-treating...

Allison from SAS needed some little kids to come trick-or-treating on her show "Sonoran Living" and really wanted little boys so Kati and I took the playgroup there to trick-or-treat on tv. The twins were saying they were going to wave to Eli on TV, they didn't really understand it. Tyler was shy of course and didn't talk and Tyson did pretty good. At the end of the segment the host asked us if we wanted a picture with her, "uh sure whatever your name is"

After they got on tv 3 separate times, we took a picture of them all together in front of the sign. Grandma and Grandpa Rodgers were the only people we told so they made sure to watch them. I got a text in the middle of it and Jenn Jensen happen to turn on the tv and saw them, so that was pretty fun :) It was a great Halloween season and they kids are already talking about next year!

 This made me sad...here is my last little preschool monster cups and pumpkin bottles...all of my kids have done them and I will never have my kids bring home anymore, seriously sad to me.