When should we do girls weekend???

Hi everybody, I am trying to cordinate my schedule and Austin's leave and my first trip to Disneyland (wahoo!!!) and girls get together all for July. The sooner we pick a date the better I can plan to be there. The weekend of the 17th sounds really good to me since Karie already mentioned that date as a possiblility for her. Do we have a date set yet?

Fun Times

Everyone's kids are so cute, I finally decided I needed to add mine in. Halloween was fun and luckily we had great weather. Since then we had our first winter storm about 10 days ago. Lots of snow and it was cold. I found a buddy to work out with in the mornings and when we went out in the storm, my thermometer said 11 degrees. Yikes. Anyway, my little baby is now walking...first steps a week ago. I am kind of sad. I have loved having a baby so don't tell Trent but I won't make it much longer if she grows up any more. Just kidding.

I have a funny story. I left one night and Trent was home with the kids. The boys were jumping off the bunk bed I guess and Brayden said, Dad, I'm glad your home. Mom doesn't let us jump off the bunk bed but we get to do whatever we want when your home. Trent was like, "No you don't, I have rules too." Brayden didn't agree but when he told me the story I said, yes you let them do whatever they want and eat whatever they want too. I am usually the bad guy. Well, I heard a crash and Amelia is crying. Not a good sign.

The Banks or otherwise know as the "Superheroes"

The kids had fun being superheroes for Halloween. The girls loved it of course, but it was so cute to see Brayden get so into it.

I also wanted to say that we can use the my family's cabin in July. We share it with my mom's family, so my uncle will put out the calendar at the begin of the next year, and I will see what weekends in July will be open. My cabin is super fun, and there is lots to do right around the area. I hope all of you are well. It has been fun seeing all your kids in costume. I still have a picture of most of the kids at the carnival at Midwestern our first year. Half the kids weren't even born, but the ones that were it seem crazy how big they all are.

Bingham Bandits

When Jeremy and I went to Hawaii and were introduced to Matsumoto's shave Ice, thankyou trent and karie, jeremy started looking ito getting a machine. Last year at Jeremy's extended family halloween bash we had shave ice so now that is our annual booth for the party. Jeremy wanted it to be official so we made a sign.



Taylor spent the first hour or so of the party in this bouncer and slide.

our little pirate puppy with his pirate sis.

This was Cadens favorite booth of the night. He worked really hard to fill his bucket back up with candy last night. Today on the way home from school he said that party saved me, so I could get more candy since I was all out. I'm sure he and Taylor will be attacking Ella soon when their candy is gone by tomorrow or Thurs.

There was even a tight rope, the scouts built it and so they left it for the party. Even Taylor walked across.

THis was before our ward party.

Arr Matey!!

I dressed up on Halloween night but thought I ended up looking more like a gypsy than a pirate, so I didn't really dress upfor any of the parties, most of the time I felt like we were lucky to get out of the house with the kids in their costumes.

We were the Bingham Bandidts because we bought a little foam pirate kit and decorated it and named our ship Bingham Bandits, the kids loved the fitting name for our theme this year.

Love seeing all the kids and moms in costume and dads with mullets.

Mathews' Halloween

We had a great Halloween! It didn't feel over the top this year, and thankfully, we didn't get a whole lot of halloween candy either ;)

It all started with our neighbor's halloween party where James and I went as Wayne and Garth.



Then the ward Trunk or Treat. NOTHING like the Trunk or Treats from our AZ days, thats for SURE!





And then Halloween night. Where our little Rodeo Queen was a bit "Halloweened out!"







I LOVE seeing all your cute kiddos in your Halloween posts, although frankly its a little scary not recognizing some of them that have grown so much or that I've never even met!

DeMill Halloween

Hello to you all! We had a great Halloween out here in Ohio. The past weeks have been really chilly and it was seeming that summer jumped right into winter and forgot about fall. We were pleasantly greeted Halloween day with 70 degree weather which made the festivities all the more enjoyable. Admittedly, it is hard for me to have fun when I'm COLD! Plus, I was trying to figure out all week how to keep the kids warm and still make their costumes visible since covering them up with coats would have instigated some monstrous fits (especially from our 4 yr. old!) It is a tradition on Halloween night to eat soup and bread sticks for dinner before we hit the neighborhood and gather our spoils. We all had a really fun time. I thought it was great to be free from a swollen belly and to be able to walk more than twenty feet without having to sit down for a spell. Dashle was quite humorous as he was determined to walk the entire time and maintained tight, clenched fists around his bucket handle. We would offer to hold it for him, but he would have none of it. Instead of "trick or treat" he would say, "peeaasss (please)" and then "a- doe" (thank you). Then as he walked down each driveway with Shyler after collecting the goods he would pause and look at me with a scrunched face and say, "cheeessse!" ( I was the photographer). So cute!

It's pretty sweet when your kids say they want to be just like their dad.

My kids are posers! I barely have to say anything. I simply turn the camera towards them and they instantly pose (sort of like Tina Fey when impersonating Sarah Palin).

Here's our biggest cheeser of all!

Big Daddy had to step in and help Thomas the Tank Engine, Tinkerbell, and Dr. DeMill Juniorette retrieve candy from this spooky house. It didn't matter that the bat flying around was fake! It was flying and that was all that mattered!

Coy even got in on the action as a little bear cub. The night seemed uneventful for him as he slept the whole time. I probably would've, too, if I couldn't sample the treats. What's the point of staying awake if you only have gums?

Halloween in Detroit

Halloween tends to be a little over the top here. I swear people put up more decorations for Halloween than they do for Christmas. We love our neighborhood and the kids had a great time trick-or-treating. The weather was great Halloween day which worked out well since Damon was on call and I had to take the kids and little Rock out! I am feeling great and trying not to stress out to much about my newborn this time around. I really am enjoying him. He is much more easy going than the first two. Is that because they have to be? Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!

Here's Rock Thomas Kalcich. We named him after our Grandpas. Well, my Grandpa was named Roscoe, but everyone called him Rock and it just fit!
Born: October 15, 2008
8 lbs. 8 oz.
21&1/2 inches

Caywood Halloween

Jade was a fairy and Elise was a skunk, Jade's old costume. I did dress up as a hula girl but didn't get any pictures of myself. Jason didn't dress up and didn't even make an effort. Maybe the trick is to get him a mullet wig.

The Jensen's Halloween

Here are our Halloween photos! We had fun :) I posted detail about our fun at our family blog. Can't wait to see all your kiddos!!! Happy Halloween

A Manwaring Halloween!

Here's our family on Halloween! We LOVED it all!