Emily's birthday week

We started Emily's birthday week with a family party at G & G Shields house. We celebrated all the October bday's; Becca, Emily and Turner. Emily designed and helped make this orange cake with reeses pieces on top. It was fun night.

The kids got their school pictures back, and they all turned out cute! Taylor had a big smile on his face because I didn't make him wear a nice shirt. I let him wear his favorite Nike hoodie and he was thrilled! Emily did a small smile because she didn't want her braces to show. And Isaac insisted on combing his hair to the side for his pics....very handsome.

I took the kids to Wheeler Farm this week for Lizzie's play school field trip. We had fun seeing the animals and spending time in the warm sunshine.

Lizzie has been saying and doing the funniest things lately. She keeps me laughing all day long.
She loves to read books in her room. I found her one evening laying on the floor with her crown reading all the Halloween stories.  She reads out loud and I  love listening to her.
We were gearing up and getting ready for Emily's birthday which was Thursday October 24th. She had a friend party this year and decided she wanted a Halloween Costume Party- which I thought was perfect.

She started her day with Lucky Charms for breakfast. She had a fun celebration at  school and then after school we had her Birthday party!
Emily decided to dress as a witch this year and she looked fabulous!!!

She invited 10 friends over for her party. We played lots of games, had a scavenger hunt, at treats, popcorn and soda, and had a glow stick dance party in the basement.  It was a lot of fun and an exhausting day for me.  Here are some pictures of the party.

We were happy cousin, Mary could get here for the party. She was a scary, crazy zombie.

One of the favorite games was the Mummy Game. The girls all wanted a turn to get wrapped up as a mummy. 

Here's the whole group on the slide. They are a cute bunch of girls and very nice.

After the games we sung Happy Birthday, ate cake and opened gifts.  She got a lot of arts and crafts stuff, earrings, etc... from her friends.
I can't believe Emily is 8- she is growing up too fast.
She is such a good girl, and I feel so grateful to have her in our family! Emily is very kind, sweet, unselfish and funny. She brings so much joy to our family! 
I love you Emily!

Friday while all the kids were at school I took Lizzie to the park to play.  She swung in the swing for a long time. She kept yelling "higher mommy, higher!"
The weather has been warm and sunny this week, perfect autumn weather.

Friday night was the Halloween Carnival at the kids school. The kids played games, got their face painted, bought popcorn and treats, and danced. It's a fun event, that we look forward to every year. Taylor missed it-he was at the BYU vs. BSU football game with Grandpa Shields.

Isaac scored his first goal of his soccer season. I told him I'd buy him a slurpee- and he was happy about that. After he scored he yelled "that was easy, I can do that again."
It was pretty cute.
This week will be wild and crazy. Full of lots of Halloween parties, and Emily's baptism.  I better get more sleep!