A time to keep: a very busy week

the week of Halloween was incredibly busy

ridiculous actually

how can so much fall in 1 week

we needed "homemade" pumpkin sugar cookies for preschool

it was the last thing on the sign up sheet

and it did really specify "homemade"

I even asked

so we made sugar cookies

not my favorite baked good

but these were fabulous!

she loved it

so much mama's little helper

the day after Halloween we needed the 4th grade volcano completed and ready for eruption
so we had to complete it early in the week

Thank you brother Jared for your help!

Also the day after H
both A and J needed to provided desserts to be auctioned off at the camp fundraiser for church

Jared made our fabulous cheesecake which ended up going for $130
WOW!

cookies complete
seriously
so yummy

in the mean time we made some brownies for Alex's contribution to the auction

messy girl!
we also made lots of goodies for our annual Halloween party!

So basically I cooked all week!
I keep rescuing flowers from the storms

I love these flowers I'm totally going to miss their beauty when the frost finally comes

SO bad mom again
I didn't get all the kids in their costumes
I was taking the kids pictures when our guest arrived
oops...
so here is Alex

Grace

If you look close Jared and Tyler are in the group picture

I meant to make them get back in their costumes the next day
but we were just too busy
but we did a repeat in costumes this year
so you can look back at those pictures!

the boys didn't want to break up the soccer game to go trick or treating
I think that may be a sign we don't need to go anymore!?!

I didn't get any other pictures of the party
it gets so busy and confusing that I forget
we do the same thing every year

Dinner soups and finger foods
Trick or treating
then back to our house for a movie
We always watch "The Nightmare Before Christmas"

What happened with that volcano?
Major success!
the best one yet!