Halloween and a Couple Extra

Ok, I know that Halloween was almost a month ago, but the last post I did really made me not very excited to mess with the new "updates" that Blogspot decided to do. I finally just set it up so that I could download pictures the old way. If anyone has any suggestions on how to work the new one, let me know!

Justin's work always throws the funnest holiday parties for the kids! These are the costumes the boys wore for the party, well Max did, after the pictures Sammy wanted his off. Sammy was this last year and I got him a Spiderman costume for this year, but he wanted to wear this again. Max is Pablo off of The Backyardigains. Anyone with little kids will probably know who this is. Max LOVED his costume! He walked around waddling saying "Waddle waddle waddle waddle." It was so adorable! That is why I took so many pictures of him! He just looked so cute!

They always have a bouncy castle at the parties. I think they are so dangerous, especially when Max gets in with the big kids, but they love it. I just never take my eyes off of my boys.

Sammy and the boy on the right were screaming so loud. The boy on the left was going crazy trying to get them to stop. Sammy finally ended up having to sit in the corner because no matter how many times I told him to stop, he and the other kids would keep going. Silly kids.

The games.

My DARLING penguin!


Don't you just want to squeeze his cheeks!!

Silly Sammy!
A couple days before Halloween, we made our way to our favorite place in England! It is the place that has the Maize Maze, the Rectory Farm. They have a wonderful place where you can pick out your own pumpkin, carve it and then they clean up the mess! Brilliant! After you carve your pumpkin, you can go play on the peddle cars and bouncy castles. The boys had a blast! OK, Justin and I like the peddle cars too!

The also have a cafe' called The Old Dairy Cafe'. It is delicious food! We get the Full English Breakfast which consists of toast (brown bread), sausage, baked beans, "bacon" which is more like ham according to American standards, and two halves of a grilled tomato. It is so good, a bit salty, but oh so yummy!
Picking out the perfect pumpkins.
Max looking a little apprehensive about the scary tunnel.

Pumpkin guts on our hands, it must be Halloween!
The finished product.
Daddy and Max on the peddle cars.
Sammy absolutely LOVES these things! He would stay on them forever if he could!
Max and I splashing through the puddles.
This is Halloween night. The boys were so excited to finally get to put the pumpkins outside and light the candles. And no, I am not the Grinch who stole Halloween. I hung up the sign because we were going to see firework and I didn't want people ringing our doorbell the whole time we were gone. It drives Bogart crazy!
Patiently waiting for the fireworks. I made calzones so we could have a picnic while we watched the fireworks.
Daddy playing with the boys.
The fireworks. They were really good. It got pretty cold, but we bundled up nicely and I got to snuggle with you cute little Max!

Just a few random, but fun pictures.

First I have to say I LOVE LOVE LOVE our missionaries here in Cambridge! We are lucky enough to have two sets in our ward. We have a set of Elder and a set of Sisters. This is Sister Garcia from Spain. We had her and Sister Milner over for dinner to celebrate Sister Garcia's birthday. I love having them over, they bring such a great spirit with them!

The boys and there Sunday nap. I was laying where Max is, but after I brought him downstairs so he could wake up, he fell back to sleep on me. I managed to slip out without him waking up so I could finish dinner, he didn't seem to even notice. We love our Sunday naps!

I was in the kitchen making dinner when I peaked in on Justin and Max. This is what I saw!

What a sweet daddy!!!

Mens Health Magazine Race in Nottingham, England

Ok, I have had this up waiting to be posted.  Blogspot changed the way that you download pictures, but then I couldn't get a space in between the pictures, so I got annoyed and never finished this.  I will post it as is as I am tired of fussing with it. :)    
Justin and a bunch of his co-workers decided to run in the Men's Health Survival of the Fittest race in Nottingham, England. Is was a 12k race with different obstacles throughout the race. The boys and I could only see the first obstacle which was jumping over a stack of hay bails. One man hurt himself on the hay bails. It was sad to see his fun race end right at the very first. Justin said there was climbing, swimming, low crawling through mud, and hurdles. Justin sprained his ankle on the hurdles about half way through, but felt like he could finish, so he pressed on. (You will soon see the result of this decision.) :)
When they finished the race, they were so muddy form the swimming that they all decided to walk to the hotel and have us meet them there. Well, I got lost. All I have to say is I was not a big fan of the city if Nottingham after driving for 2 hours trying to find my husband. I had my GPS but it is worthless if you do not have an address. We finally found each other and I can't tell you how happy I was to see my sweet husband waiting for me! I am normally not a wimp, but usually I am lost with Justin, not just me and the boys. We are planning on going back to see the Christmas markets they have in town. Justin and his friend also got lost walking to the hotel, but they got to see the Saturday market which Justin said was nice. May that will change my view of this GIANT city.
After we found each other, Justin got cleaned up and we decided to scrap the plans of going to Sherwood Forest since we took up a ton of time being lost. We went to dinner with his co-workers and made the long journey back home. It was a long busy day, but Justin had a blast and is still paying for it. I think his ankle looks worse now than it did after the race. We have a "week after the race" picture. OUCH!! He said he would do it again and the sprained ankle was more than worth it.

Justin and the boys before the race.

Justin is not in this one, I just wanted to get a picture of the racers at the beginning.

  

The beginning!

Waiting for daddy!
Home stretch!Waiting to go over the wall at the end! Yay Daddy!So happy to see his family at the finish line!Almost over!Down!Finish line!  He did it!

Justin sprained his ankle pretty bad and this is 1 weeks later! OUCH! It even made the docs at the ER gather everyone that was working to "Come check out this ankle!"

Again, I am sorry this is such a mess, I hope I have better luck next time!