Family Pictures

We decided to make a trip back to Kansas City and get our pictures taken at the same park that we took our first family pictures in 2.5 years ago. It was stressful. Elliott was being his usual crazy self and couldn't sit still. When he was sitting still he gave his cheesy, eyes closed smile. Claire just wanted to eat goldfish the whole time and we couldn't get her to look at the camera. It was like trying to grab hold of two squealing pigs all while Mark and I looked at the camera and smiled like everything was normal. Nikki somehow managed to capture some amazing photos amidst the madness!  

Halloween

Elliott was super excited to be a ninja turtle this year...even though he's never really watched the show. We picked out his costume online (yes, I do about 97% of my shopping online now) and the ninja turtle costume caught his eye right away! We threw Claire's costume together last minute. Surprisingly she sat very still when we drew her cat face on. Elliott did some trick-or-treating in the neighborhood with two of his neighbor friends, and he got mad because he couldn't keep up with the two older girls racing from house to house.

Sorry this post is so late. I figured it's about time to post October happenings now that it's the first week of December. Where did this year go?!?