Post Halloween Candy Cramps

Diary of a Wimpy Kid- "Greg Heffley"

"Our little angel"

"Cavegirl"

"Little Witch"

Is it bad that I could not find a single shot with all of us together in our costumes? Halloween here was great. The weather was perfect and we actually trick-or-treated in our costumes without heavy coats covering them. We had the ward trunk-or-treat on Friday. It was the usual dinner of chili and same games throughout the church. The kids had fun seeing the decorated cars and there was even a small haunted house. Afterwards, we ran home and Les took the kids around the neighborhood, while I manned our house. We didn't miss too many of the neighbors and it was fun to see them out with their kids.

Today, we were missing several key ward players at church. No 1st Counselor, no Ward Clerk, no Finance Clerk. Guess who got to handle a late quarterly report, a completely updated ward roster for the stake directory, tithing, temple reccomend interviews, setting aparts, checks and a couple of food orders??? A lowly 2nd Counslelor and his Bishop. I'm done dealing with church stuff.

Enjoy the candy- if you need any more, our bag is still overflowing.

Brant

Backlund Cousins Blog

I forgot to mention this. I started a blog for the Backlund cousins it's backlundcousins.blogspot.com. It will be a secure one because some of the cousins have asked for it to be. I'm hoping to get it all set up later tonight. Will you email your email addresses that you want to use for your log-in???

Fun Times

We had a fun Halloween at the Ward Party on Thursday and then we went Trick-or-Treating to the fam and some friends on Friday. We took home "Most Creative" on Thursday for our family costumes. I think there were others who were more creative, our ward is pretty creative.
Yesterday, Mom and I took the boys to Home Depot while Seth worked. Mom and Dad found out about their Kid Activities on the first Saturday of each month so we took Weston to that. He got to build a leaf press. He's not too interested in pressing leaves but he loves to screw and unscrew the wingnuts.

We will also be playing "store" later this week. I'm in the middle of organizing "Creekside City" for some of my friends here. My friends and their kids are going to have a store at each person's apartment and we'll take a day or two to "go shopping." I am going to create "Creekside City Cash" and the kids have to earn it so they can go shopping. We're all pretty excited about it, so hopefully it turns out well... Saturday is Koper's Birthday, he is getting a map of Slovenija for his cake.

Braxton and Kanyon's Lego Store

Hasn't every kid played store at one time or another. The "Cool Swimmy" cost $1.45. We didn't have any change in Monopoly money so I paid $1.00 for it. I like these guys, they round down.

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Slow Week

Yup, That's Us

This was a good Halloween week. Mom finished up her parent-teacher conferences. They are always interesting. Teaching would be a great job if it weren't for the kids and parents.

Our ward Halloween party was Thursday night. We had been invited to join the other three married student wards on Halloween but the bishop (me) didn't want to combine so we respectfully declined and moved our party to Thursday night all by ourselves. We had our usual door decorating, down the hall trick-or-treating, costume contest, and dinner. It was just as much fun as last year. I wasn't sure if the new families (about 15 of them) would get into the spirit of the evening but they were great. We had about 30 of the 40 families in the ward at the party. We also had an inactive part member family and one non-member lady there. We had lots of fun and creative costumes. As you can see from the picture, mom and I were chefs. Everyone got a kick out of my tire gauge, wooden spoon and rubber scraper in my sleeve pockets.

Because the party was on Thursday we got to stay home and greet trick-or-treaters in the neighborhood. It has a little rainy but we had quite a few. Mom and I noticed how polite they were. They all thanked us and many of them said, "Have a happy Halloween". Tiff, Matt and their crew came by and stayed for a few minutes. Seth, Lacey and family were our last ones and they stayed and visited too.

Nothing to report on the house this week. I finished caulking and repainting the trim around the new front door. Most of the neighbors have said they like the new door.

I spent Saturday in the rain blowing and then picking up the leaves in the yard. I took 6 garbage cans full to the recycling center. It was almost enjoyable (as much as leaves can be). Mom, Lacey, and the boys went to Home Depot in Lewiston while I worked in the yard.

It looks like rain all this week. It's nice since it has been dry most of the late summer and fall.

Have a good week.