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Now that was a birthday party!  The founder of Girl Scouts was born on Halloween and we had all 15 girls in our troop together to celebrate.  Games, songs, cupcakes, and 3 badges finished off! Carving our little pumpkins from the farm.  The kids did so well this year -- they are growing up so fast and I'm so proud of them. These pictures are from Friday night.  K planned to go to volleyball while the rest of us went to D's Scout Pack party.  He's a Bear this year and his den was working on Grin & Bear It so I said it was the one year we had to go.  Then, after D insisted it only be he and I there, I let it slip the Ward Trunk or Treat was that night.  So Hubby ended up taking all 3 girls there while D and I went to the pack party.  It was so much fun to match my son!  (We are Jyn Erso and a Death Trooper from Rogue One.)  Imagine my delight when my boy said he wanted to be a Death Trooper for Halloween and these Rog...

This girl is a hoot at the orthodontist! And she really likes to help bake for obvious reasons. M still loves my dad and D still loves football!  A nice gentleman told me he thought my boy really understood the game and complimented him so nicely. The children have had me going to the library a lot lately -- definitely reading more with the cooler, darker evenings. M and I went to a Laura Ingalls Wilder birthday party and had a great time.  Pictured here is M in front of Affolter Cabin, built in 1860. We got to babysit 2 members of our ward while their parents were out of town for the weekend.  I could totally have 6 kids if they were that well behaved! Playing at the park and celebrating M's half birthday with owl cupcakes. A dragon M made during hardworking. I absolutely love watching K play volleyball! Homemade pumpkin spice play dough kept my kids entertained for days! And they behave so well when we have the missionaries over f...