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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Hockey and Halloween


I know there are going to be about 50 million blog posts about Halloween in the next 24 hours, but too bad. Here's another one. But at least I'm throwing in a little hockey for good measure...

Nick is back on a Men's League Hockey team this year and couldn't be happier. That boy sure loves himself some hockey! A lot of his games are later in the evening so when Friday's game was at an earlier time, I decided to pack Nixon along so he could watch his Daddy play. It was fun to get him dressed in his new winter coat and his fuzzy mitts, booties and bear toque (I'll have to get a picture of that later...).


Watching Daddy play hockey

Getting a little tired.....

All tuckered out between the 1st & 2nd period - perfect time for a nap.

Nixon & Nick

We love watching Nick do what he loves!

Now on to Halloween. For reasons that shall remain undisclosed at this time, our Halloween weekend started off and continued along pretty sucky. Nick was supposed to work the whole weekend, which is super lame. But he decided to not go in to work today and we were able to salvage a little bit of the holiday spirit. After church we came home and had a relaxing afternoon while Nixon napped. I even had a cat nap myself. I was about to bail on the whole idea of carving pumpkins this year, but since I'd already bought them I figured I should get off my butt and just get carving. Nick was a little skeptical too, but we both ended up having fun.

The Voravongs invited us over for a delicious early dinner and we had a great time stuffing our faces with yummy carrot soup, homemade buns, and lots of other finger food. Thanks Bishop family for letting us crash your par-tay! After that we stopped by Nick's parent's house quickly and came home to hand out candy. Nick's mom stopped by after work to get her Nixon fix - and we loved seeing Nick's little cousins when they came by trick-or-treating. In the end, Nixon's First Halloween turned out pretty great :)


Halloween Family Pic

The fruits of our labors..

The fruits of Nixon's labors landed on Nick's pumpkin.... ha ha

Jaylin, Kyla, Nixon and Uncle Brad

11 comments:

Chuck and Julie Browne said...

Love the skeleton pj's. I bought some for Viv in the hot pink.
Also, just about died when I saw all the Canadian candy.. it's a good thing I don't live there or I may have a problem.

ashley b said...

Nixon is Adorable!! I can't believe how grown up he looks sitting in front of the pumpkins.

Melissa Ekman said...

Your family is so ding dang cute.

the fellers said...

wow, Nixon looks so much like Shane or something, I cant quite put my finger on it, but wow....cute family Care!

The Dudleys said...

Love the skeleton costume! Nixon looks cute as always! Good job on the spit up all over Nick's pumpkin. I love it!

Lorraine said...

Is his hair red? He sure is a cutey and all dressed up for halloween. It's great that you support nick with his hockey. hope to see you some day when you are down.

Tyler and Kristin Smith said...

I love the picturee of Nixon with all the candy! (and his costume is darling.)
You guys look great!

DJ said...

I love the festive family picture. Looks like you all had a great time. I love the first picture with all the halloween candy around him...what a great idea! He's such a sweet boy! Hope you're having a blast on your vacation! Love you!!

Kay said...

wow Nixon looks so grown up! Love his costume and his new jacket, sooo cute! You are looking super skinny too carrie, and your hair is getting so long! Miss you

Jill said...

care-the family hockey pic is so cute! have fun in phoenix! maybe next time we can all go together?!

Candace said...

Cute little costume, glad that your halloween ended up being better than you had expected. I totally understand the fight thing. It's okay, we deserve to blow some steam off once in a while. Your a good person! Good luck with the busy schedule!