Halloween and Such

We had a pretty fun Halloween. It is unusually warm for Anchorage this time of year. Last year was absolutely miserable, less than 10 degrees and so much snow. This year it was raining! Which means it is definitely not freezing temps. It's awesome. Tuesday we went to a fun Halloween party at Cassandra's house. The kids had lunch, played lots of games and of course got some candy. That night Kenny took all the kids when Tyler had soccer, and I went to Young Womens. I don't have to go to many activities throughout the year, just the personal progress ones that I'm in charge of. So that's nice. Thursday was Halloween. The day itself wasn't too exciting. Business as usual. But that night we got all dressed up and Kenny made it home barely in time to head over to the church with us for the ward trunk or treat. That was the only trick-or-treating we did, and they got more than enough candy there :).

Friday Kenny had work off. We were able to get a lot done; setting up shelves in the garage, organizing, hanging up stuff on walls, etc. I also took Ty and Bryn on a "Friday Field Trip". It's a new thing I'm going to start doing with them every other Friday when Kenny's home. Either he or I will take the two of them to do some kind of fun, educational activity. This time we went to the Anchorage Museum. We were able to do a lot more than just the play place without the little girls. We looked at the art (which bored Brynlee and excited Tyler), then went upstairs to learn more about Alaska's history and the culture and lifestyle of the natives. Lots of cool stuff there. But after about 40 minutes they were anxious to get to the hands-on science stuff, so we did. We were lucky to be there when they were doing two different demonstrations, so they got to pet turtles and snakes. I was glad to have that time with them.

Saturday: Chores, Tyler went to a birthday party for Julia Swift, in our ward. He was so excited to go, and loves picking out gifts for other people. We hit up the library used book sale, got some more stuff done and hung out as a family. It was nice to just be together this weekend.