Happy Halloween!!

Hope you all have a frightfully fun Halloween!! While in AZ we were able to attend the annual Rick and Ashlee Mangum Halloween Party; it's always great fun with food, homemade rootbeer, bobbing for apples, donut on a string, the bounce house and Carter and Gage's ultimate favorite... a pinata! It's always a fabulous time with family and friends and it gives the grown ups an excuse to find a costume (some years we are more creative than others.) My boys have had so much fun at these parties celebrating Halloween with their cousins, such an awesome tradition... The kids are always so stinkin' cute! It was great to be able to be there this year! Thanks Rick and Ash for a fantastic time!

Just for fun I thought I would post a few pictures from Halloweens Past!

2007:

Tinkerbell, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee and Peter Pan

2006:

2005:


2004:

Have to brag that I made this costume... and the bear the Gage wore in 2006... it's the same costume Carter wore his first Halloween, I don't have any pictures of Carter in it handy as that was before the Robbins family went digital. Somehow I haven't found time to make many costumes since... oh well!

Hope you all have a Halloween full of Tricks and Treats!!!

My baby sister is MaRRieD!!

The wedding was perfect! Natasha looked amazing, and Clint's reaction when he first saw her was perfect! I dropped her off at the temple for pictures before the ceremony and while I don't remember exactly what Clint said when he first saw her, he was so complimentary and I'm sure made her feel like a queen - he's such a great guy, I am so happy and excited for the both of them and happy to finally have Clint in the family!!

The happy couple coming out of the temple.

Jared found out the week before the wedding that due to a change in his schedule he would have the day of the wedding off, so we decided to fly him home to surprise Tasha and Clint. The tears in their eyes made it worth every penny - it was great to have the whole family there (even if Jared only got to stay for 24 hours!)

We had lots and lots of fun... here are some of the pics!

With our baby sister on her wedding day!

Cousin-in-laws... and big dorks! We LoVe them anyway!

With "Aunt" Janet

Sista's

This is one of the few pictures with Carter from the reception... he had SOOOO much fun running around with all of his cousins!!

With my daddy!

Gagers throwing a fit... I can't remember what he started crying about but soon it turned into a fit because Tasha married Clint and he wanted to marry Tasha... so funny!

Tasha dancing with all of her nieces and nephews... they had a ball out on the dance floor!

Stealing a dance with my little guy!

Mother and Father of the Bride

We'Re BAck! Happy, healthy and FREEZING!!!

After spending 3+ weeks in Sunny Arizona we have returned home! It was such a great trip but as always it is good to be back. My little sister is now married off and it was wonderful to be able to be there for all of the fun!! I didn't know when I would be able to make it back to AZ again so I decided to stay for the long haul (plus the fact that Jared is on a super busy rotation made it that much easier to stay away). While there we were able to see lots of friends and family... I took way too many pictures so I guess I will just let a few of them tell the story, although I'm sure it won't be all at once!

This was Gage's first airplane ride... here is a short video clip of his excitement!

We flew from Milwaukee to Atlanta to Phoenix (the price you pay when shopping for the cheapest ticket) Once the excitement of being up in the air wore off, we were able to find some cheap entertainment:

Arizona was perfect! The weather was still hot when we first got there. When we walked outside of the airport Carter got a gust of hot Phoenix air in his face, his reaction was priceless... he grabbed his face, screamed "HOT!!" and turned back toward the airport doors! Fortunately for us it cooled down after that first hot night.

While we were gone Milwaukee cooled down A LOT! It is fun to be back to all of the changing leaves, and the sound of them crunching under my feet as we walk Carter to school... it is gorgeous! We broke out the beanies, scarves and gloves yesterday. Since we found out that we would be moving here Carter has talked and talked about how excited he is for the snow... this morning as he was getting ready for school in our 57 degree home he declared, "I'm not excited for the snow anymore, it's just to cold!" (and it hasn't even snowed yet!) I am hoping we will find a way to stay warm this winter.