October the Great

I love October! Weather wise I think May & October are my favorite months of the year, they're both beautiful here in Utah and are mild enough not to irk me with my overheating issues. But I love October for more reasons than that.

{Fall flowers on the front door}

1. It's fall and that's my favorite season.
2. Randy (12th) and Whitney (18th) both have birthdays this month!
3. Halloween excitement builds all month (it's so nice that Halloween isn't until the very last day of the month).
4. It means the holidays are coming and that summer is officially over (good riddance).
5. School is in full swing and real life is back in session!

For Family Home Evening last night I was in charge in of the game, so I suggested we play "Sorry" or decorate the house for Halloween. The kids wanted to decorate, so it was a family affair with much excitement. Whitney was so excited she could hardly stay Earth-bound, she was literally jumping up and down (wearing 1 sock I might add). She wanted to do absolutely everything, including taking the decorative gourds ($5.99 at Costco) out of the sack!


Landon has been dying to hang up the yellow and black "Beware" tape because we didn't do it last year. I haven't been very keen on it (even though I bought it) so I suggested he hang it in the kids' room...jackpot! He said it looks like it says "Warebe."

Landon was also very excited and ended up "helping" Randy put a string of orange lights on our outside railing. He actually wanted me to take a picture of him!


It was so funny to listen to the kids as we were pulling out the decorations. They would say things like "Oh, yea we always put these over the window" or "Remember we hung this here last year." It was amusing to me that they're old enough now to remember previous years and to be attached to things. We don't really even have that many decorations because I only buy them when they go on clearance at the end of the season, but it's kind of amazing to see them accumulate as we celebrate our 4th Halloween in this house!


I wasn't as excited as the kids were, but I love these kind of changes in the house too.

FYI--Blogging Friends Birthdays
Elizabeth Morse--October 11th
Lisa Price--October 13th
Barb Olson--October 26th (Remember she's in Canada, so mail early.)

**Do you decorate for Halloween?
What's your favorite month?
Do you take pictures of your house?**