More Halloween Fun...Seljaas Family Halloween Party!

Tonight we had a Halloween party at my brothers house. It was a fun night, we had chili, a treasure hunt, lots of treats and pumpkin carving. Luke is just loving all of this Halloween celebrating! Luke and Tessa had lots of fun with their cousins.

Luke, Tessa and some of their cousins

Love this picture! My nephew Zac with my great niece and nephew, Elsie and Miles. Don't they make the cutest Thing 1 and Thing 2?! Zac doesn't make too bad of a cat in the hat:)

Tess and her cousin Melissa

Luke and Barrett carving a pumpkin

Let the Halloween Festivities Begin....Spooktacular!

Last night the local Rec Center had a Halloween Spooktacular which consisted of lots of games, bounce houses, haunted houses and trick-or-treating. Barrett was busy with a carpet cleaning job and I wasn't sure I wanted to take on this adventure by myself but I decided that the kids would love it so I decided to go. We had been there for only about ten minutes when we ran into our good friends, the Bakers. I have to thank Jon for all of these great pictures since I wasn't brave enough to to venture with my kids and a camera. So BIG thank you to Jon and Melissa for the pictures. The kids had a great time and it was really quite an impressive party that the rec center threw!

Luke and his buddy Tommy Baker

Luke and Addie Baker fishing for gold

My little duck trick-or-treating

Luke and Tommy going down the HUGE bounce house slide

My duck and Captain America

Morley and Baker kids

Well, we have lots have Halloween activities and parties this week, so this won't be last you will be seeing of this cute duck and super strong Captain America!

Just Another Day at the Park

It was such a nice day today that we decided to go to the park with Angie and Rainer. We had a great time, and the weather was beautiful.

Tessa, Luke and Rainer

Playing Catch Up

Time to play catch up. I know I haven't been a great blogger as of late, I hope to be better, but no promises:)! It seems like whenever I have spare time the last thing I want to do is to blog, but I know it is important because this is my family journal. So, hopefully the is the last catch up blog for awhile. Another side note, I have taken lots of great pictures lately, only to find out that I didn't have my memory card in my camera. Major bummer. Anyway, here are some catch up photos.

I helped my friend Steph make a Tangled cake for her daughter Kenzi's birthday.

The finished product!

We went with friends to see the fun witches at Gardner Village. We have done this for the past couple of years and we have a great time! (I took a bunch of pictures at the witches that would have been fantastic had I had the memory card in, so thanks Lisa for letting me steal these!)

Today Luke's preschool class got to go on a field trip to the fire station. I have only been hearing about this for the past week or two straight! Needless to say, Luke was excited.

Listening to one of the firefighters talk about the ambulance.

Here is his preschool class, with his cute teacher Mrs. Wing and one of the fire fighters

Luke loved every minute of his visit to the fire station and has now decided that he is going to be a firefighter when he grows up. The firefighters explained to the kids that when they are on duty they live at the fire station and sleep there and that they had rooms and a kitchen up stairs. Luke's only concern is that if when he becomes a firefighter they will have a spare bed for him when it is his turn to live there! I love that kid!

Summer Pictures

Here are some pictures of us hanging out in the backyard a few weeks ago!

Oh how Tess loves buckets

Can't Believe that Luke is 4!

Where does the time go? Luke turned 4 on July 10th. I just can't believe my little boy is already 4 and turning into a kid instead of a little boy. Luke had a great birthday weekend this year and enjoyed every minute of it. His birthday was on Sunday so we had his friend party on Saturday. When he woke up Saturday morning he asked me what I was going to make him for his birthday breakfast, I told him his birthday wasn't until the next day and he promptly replied that it was his birthday weekend so he needed birthday breakfast both days! Such a cute kid.

Luke wanted a fisherman birthday party, so we incorporated water and just made it a water party. The kids started off by eating lunch.

Cupcakes and blowing out candles

and of course he wanted a pinata

Tess enjoyed the food

Luke had such a great time and got so many fun presents from all of his cute friends.

On his actual birthday we had family over for cake and ice cream.

Here is Luke's fisherman cake I made him this year.

It started to rain right when we were starting the party so we moved it into the garage. I know, white trash, but we stayed dry.

We are so lucky to have this cute kid in our family. We love him so much.

Some things about Luke at age 4:

• Speaks very well for his age and uses large words such as "appropriate"
• Loves to talk and talk and talk and then talk some more
• Favorite foods are watermelon, tomatoes and Hawaiin haystacks
• Can write his name and knows how to write almost all the letters
• Loves to ride his bike, jump on the tramp and play with his sister
• Is such a sweet and sensitive kid. Tells me daily how much he loves me and how pretty I am (and I didn't even teach him to say that:))
• Is a total daddy's boy. He loves to be with his dad and do whatever he is doing.
• Is into dragons
• Such a good big brother, takes such good care of Tess.
• Has a great sense of humor and makes me laugh out loud every day.
• Is always concerned about other peoples feelings and truly wants everyone to be happy
• Loves to tease me and Barrett and thinks he is so funny when he does it.
• An all around great person

Luke we love you and are so lucky to have you in our family!

Happy 4th of July!

"It's America's Birthday!" That is what I woke up to being whispered in my ear by my cute Lukey Boy this morning. He was so excited to celebrate. Our ward does an annual kid parade where all the kids decorate their bike, scooter, wagon, etc. and then ride down a street in our neighborhood. The parade is followed by a short program and then breakfast. It is a fun tradition and Luke was super excited for it this year. We got his bike all ready yesterday and he loved riding in the parade!

So grateful for the country we live in and to those who sacrifice to protect it.

Happy Fourth of July!