Arkalalah

We took the girls down to Ark City to meet the family for the parade today. The weather was GORGEOUS and we had great seats thanks to Aunt Kelli who went uptown and put out our chairs in the wee hours that morning. Thanks KEL!!!

The girls were pumped to get candy at the parade and hang out with their cousins!

Crosby and Kaitlinn, the candy chasers

Chelo had a PRIME seat!

Adler got tons of good loot.

The girls loved dancing to all of the bands!!

Paisley just chilled the whole time.

We kept her supplied with suckers. She was STICKY!

After the parade it was off to the carnival to ride a few rides!

Adler is our little daredevil. She goes STRAIGHT for the hard stuff!

If you look closely at the top car you can see her hands up in the air. THE WHOLE TIME!!!

The little look-alikes waiting for their turn to ride.

This crew chooses the Tilt-a-Whirl as their first stop.

Adler takes on the Kamikaze!!

Paisley finally gets free to stretch her legs only to head straight for the electrical wires. She is TROUBLE!

And then it was her turn. She LOVE LOVE LOVED the carousel. She was absolutely giddy the whole time! Squealing away!

Whew, we finished our long day with a trip to Long Johns! YUM! and then it was straight home for baths and bed. We are at it again today, ready to get back out there and Trick or Treat. What a fun time of the year! Happy Halloween!

Halloween Week

We had an eventful week too with all of the Halloween activities going on in Winfield and Ark City. Monday night we went to AC and trick or treated with the Curtis cousins (AC does trick or treating early b/ of Arkalalah)

Tuesday night we took the girls to walk in Winfield's Spooks Parade. Heath took the girls to the Arkalalah parade on Saturday (I snuck off to see Michael Jackson's This is It movie!!)

Saturday night we went with a bunch of the girl's friends to trick or treat in Winfield...they had a ball running around the Quail Ridge neighborhoods getting candy.

Crosby, the kitty and Clover, the puppy. Sooo cute!!!

Pumpkin Carving and The Curtis Family Annual Halloween ParTAY!

Daddy helped his girls carve pumpkins Saturday for the contest at Grandma and Grandma's Halloween party. It was a BEAUTIFUL day for being outside doing fall activities. Adler and Chelo did their own designs this year and did a really good job.

Grandma and Grandpa Curtis LOVE their family and having family holiday parties. Each year they have a costume party for the kiddos complete with Halloween themed food...

scary costumes... (Heath watching football in a bloody hockey mask!)

The 14 grandkids all decked out...

My nerd, kitten, and Mario...soooo caaauuute!!

TJ and Kelli's kiddos...

Kris and Ann's crew...

Lynnda and Clint's son Beriah the Ninja...

all of the cool pumpkins lined up for the contest... they had a judge and each of the kids won prizes and ribbons...

this year Grandma outdid herself and rented a bouncy castle for the kids. They jumped all evening and just had a blast with it.

The girls going through their candy and making trades!

And crazy Grandma and Grandpa also take on the challenge of having all 14 of them sleep over. Which I think must be madness but it gives the moms and dads a chance to have a night to themselves. We decided to go to a movie, we saw Couples Retreat. It was okay...kinda slow in some parts but HILARIOUS in others. Vince Vaughn is definitely one of our FAVORITE comedic actors and he had us cracking up!! It was soo good to have a date night with my hubby...it had been too long!

Grandpa put together a light show for the kids... Crosby thought it was a little spooky!