Happy Halloween!!!

Well, I was a bit worried when I woke up Friday morning to dark cloudy skies and rain. The Halloween hype has been building in our home and Macee asked me on Thursday " Mom, is tomorrow the REAL LIVE Halloween because I'm tired of getting dressed up and I can't go trick or treating!" I assured her that indeed it was the day she had been waiting for- but the day looked horrible! Luckily it turned out to be the best night ever for trick-or-treating. We had Ben's sister's over for some yummy homemade chili, cornbread, apple cider, and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies! Then we hit the streets and the weather was perfect! We didn't even need jackets! The kids had a blast and Jadyn only got scared a few times. The even racked in a few FULL SIZE candybars! Thanks good neighbors:)
Well, I have caught you all up from the month of October from the Greenwoods- hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween as well and until next time I will be busy trying to still get all the GREEN out of Macee's hair!! :)

Halloween Fun with Friends...

Since we've moved back we have had a chance to spend some time with one of my oldest and dearest friends, Celby. We have known each other since Junior High and cheered our way clear to college together! I credit Celby Jo for my BSU Cheerleading days because it was her and her mother who convinced me to go try out the night before tryouts in Boise! We both made it, became college roomies and had two awesome years cheering together that were so much fun :) She now has the cutest little girl named Cleary who we have also got to spend some time with! We go to the library for story time every Thursday and this past week we also went to the Library's Halloween Stomp, the pumpkin patch, and then finished the week off with homemade Pumpkin Pizzas for lunch on Halloween. Macee had the best turnout by far for her pumpkin pizza- Watch out Papa Murphys!! They had a blast mushing the dough and making a mess- and they tasted great! We love having Celby and Cleary to do fun things with :)

Boo at the Zoo!

We have been wanting to take the girls to the zoo since we moved back, and what a better time than for Halloween! Yeah right! Not only did they up the admission prices- but the place had a line a mile long just to get in and there were kids everywhere you could hardly get to see the attractions. We did get a few treats from the "friendly animals"- aka people dressed up- but Jadyn was terrified of them. We did get a good glimpse of the mighty tiger exhibit though0 they were prowling around like crazy, I think they knew something was going on in the zoo! It was fun, but we're going to go again next summer when it's NOT so crowded :)

Where Did October Go???

Well, I am catching up the last few weeks all in one day so sorry for multiple one day posts! A few weeks ago the girls and I had a fun baking day with Aunt Chelsea and made these "GHOULISH GOODIES!" It was so much fun! They were almost too cute to eat! These yummy creepy treats were a blast- except for when we had to clean up the HUGE mess they made! More to come....

Jadyn and Caden

Are these kids not adorable?!? Oh how we miss our dear friends the Lusks! Jadyn and Caden (I hope I spelled it right!) are just a few weeks apart in birth and had become quite the cute little friends just before we moved back to Boise. They are both blonde, blue-eyed cuties who were so fun to watch grow up the two years we were in Jerome. Caden was actually tiny compared to Jadyn at birth, and I thought he would trail her a bit growing, but boy he became this little incredible hulk! He is so strong with monster calves and abs of steel that he uses to climb ANYTHING! He outruns her by a mile with his huge feet (don't worry his mom knows they're big too so I won't offend her :)
They sure had a great time playing with each other though and were just starting to want to come to each other's houses to play. I caught the stinkers in a cute moment as I was packing one day and couldn't resist taking their picture. Could this be a photo displayed at a wedding reception one day???? I sure wouldn't mind !! :)

HAPPY B-DAY DADDY!

THE BIG 30!!!

This post is a bit late, but I had to rub it in that Ben has just turned the big 30! He's so old!! Ok- it really didn't seem like that big of a deal though when I remember thinking 30 was so old when I was a kid. He survived though and still is not yet balding :)
We celebrated with a fun surprise party planned by his family and I which turned out great and he didn't even catch on! We had pizza and cake with friends and family and it was a great time. I made a cute little "GOLF" cake with the help of my talented little sister and mother-in-law, complete with green coconut grass, a green with a flag, and even a cool sand trap! It turned out great!
Ben got awesome stuff for our dutch oven we got this year for camping and a cozy BSU blanket which turned out great for the tickets he got to a BSU football game! He and I went while my awesome sister watched the kids (AGAIN) for us. I have only been to two games in the past five or so years and it was really fun and exciting. It's a little different now, not being a cheerleader or even a student- but the excitement and loyalty you feel for the team is still there so it's great. I still get goose bumps whent he crowd starts yelling 'BOISE...STATE!' from side to side. That was my first memory of beign a college cheerleader in a huge stadium with actual fans and I will never forget those great memories :)
Anyway- we had a blast and thanks so much to Beth and Nick for the tickets :) All is going well here in the new place back in Boise, Macee started pre-school which she loes and the teacher seems great! She hasn't found any friends int he neighborhood wuite yet, but has introduced herself to a few elderly neighbors :) Social Macee as usual! WE sure do miss everyone in our old neighborhood though :( I just got a job serving in the evennings a few nights a week at a place called Carrabbas- a yummy Italian Grill! Great food if you ever get to one :)
That's all for now from the Greenwoods- hope all is well!