A few hours pass and Colt comes in again complaining about not having carved pumpkins and asking when we can carve them. Dad say's let's do it now! Not even 2 minutes into carving out the pumpkin, Grace, Skye and Stryder come over and invited to go to the skate park for a few hours before the trunk-or-treat...Colt is off the counter quicker than we can blink and he leaves dad in his dust, carving his pumpkin. Dad continues and Wyatt watches on, not happy at all because he wasn't able to go with Stryder. What a sad little life Wyatt has and what a sad little face!! Yeah, right!
Grandma and grandpa Sill came by Halloween morning to give the kids a little treat. Grandma brought her favorite ugly mask and everyone had to try it on...it is truly the worst thing in the world, probably because it looks so real. McKenna and I headed down to the BYU/UT women's soccer game while Garrett took the kids to the neighborhood trunk-or-treat, then dad went home to pass out candy while the boys went out with the Talbots and Ashlyn went trick-or-treating with Brinley and Breanne. In between the pouring rain they made out with way too much candy.
Bluff Ridge Elementary held their annual 5k in October rather than May. It was so much more festive and fun to have around Halloween and the weather was perfect. Lots of people ran in their Halloween costume and Ashlyn, Breanne and I ran in our stripped witch stockings. The kids had a great time. Wyatt was so excited to run and get his own medal at the end...he ran almost the whole thing (jumped in Stryder's stroller for the last 1/2 mile) and was so proud of himself! Garrett ran with the kids last year and so this was my year to run...wow, it's been a long time since I've put on those running shoes. Andreya and I ran with Wyatt and Kaden most of the way...luckily we were going at a four-year old's pace!
Many years ago, I think when we moved into our home here in Syracuse, grandpa Nichol made the kids an awesome birdhouse for the backyard. It has lasted 10 years in the rain and snow and sun, but this last summer we had to take it down and throw the house out. Colt wanted to build a new one that would fit on the post and in doing so completed his last requirement to earn his Wolf. Colt and dad had a great time working on that birdhouse all day Saturday and then he and I painted it. It looks awesome in our backyard and is big enough for lots of birds to live in. The next month at pack meeting Colt earned his Wolf! 
p.s. Today I helped at one of Colt's cub meetings and witnessed a few great moments. We were all getting ready to go outside for some outdoor cooking and everyone needed to wear a jacket. Colt's good friend, Seth, forgot his jacket and so the den leader got out one of her younger sons jackets that was way to small, Seth was hesitant and didn't want to wear the smaller coat...Colt was standing right by him overhearing the whole thing and jumped in and said "Seth, why don't you wear mine and I'll wear that one!" What a great thing to do. Seth was so happy and I know Colt felt good too...he looked at me and I winked at him. I love this boy!
Kelsey's dad got tickets for McKenna's soccer team to go to one of the last ReAL games of the season. The seats were incredibly close to the field, the game was awesome...a few yellow cards, the company was great, but the nachoes were out of this world!! Ashlyn and I went on a search for the infamous nachoes Michelle told us about and ended up running into Garrett's aunt and uncle and cousin, Andrea, Greg and Kayla...what a fun surprise to see them working there! We found the nachoes and loved them so much we've made them almost every week since. It was a great night with some outstanding girls!
Garrett took Wyatt to his first soccer game while I was with McKenna at her game. I was sad I had to miss his debut, but then learned I hadn't missed much. He practiced with his team the half hour before but when the coach called for the game to begin he wouldn't play. The same thing happened the next week and all the parents kept telling me how great Garrett had been with Wyatt the week earlier, not pushing him, but just letting him watch and wait. I did the same thing, just waiting for him to want to play. With about 5 minutes left to play, his great coach came over to talk to him...he eventually bribed Wyatt with a hot wheels car and Carrie, Sam's mom, bribed him with lunch at Warrens with Sam...he was on board and jumped up to play. He loved it from that moment on! His little buddy, Sam, was a maniac...scoring all over the place. So fun to watch our baby playing soccer!
Friday afternoon, the Legacy Silverwolves played in the championship game against Syracuse Jr. High...it was a great game, but in the end Syracuse took the title of 1st place champions. We were a little sad, but a 2nd place finish for Legacy Jr. High (a school only in its second year) is amazing and the girls played awesome.
Wyatt's preschool took a trip to Pack's Farm to learn about pumpkins and play in the hay maze...it was so much fun to be there. His favorite part was running in the maze with two of his best buddies Lincoln and Stryder. He is loving school! So much so, that he is now going three days a week. He was only planning to go Tuesdays and Thursdays, but he met a new little friend, Lincoln, who also goes on Wednesdays and Wyatt was sad he wasn't with Lincoln at school on Wednesdays...so now he is and now Lincoln and Wyatt get together every Wednesday before school to play. It's great! In fact, it was funny last Wednesday when Lincoln came over...Ashlyn and Colt were so excited to meet him because when the kids have asked Wyatt about his new friend, Wyatt describes him as the kid with the black shoes...love it!
Picking pumpkins is so easy at our house...for the past few years, grandpa Sill loads up his truck and drives around to all the 
