Halloween Party at Uncle Jeff's

Every year the kids look forward to going to uncle Jeff's house for a Halloween Party. This year was no different. Jeff loves Halloween and he always makes it so fun for the kids. Walking into his house the month of October, you would think you were walking on set of a horror movie. He really is so creative. Every year Jeff decorates a little differently but, this year he out-did himself.
Meet Jeff's amazing creatures. He built them himself. He has several and has them displayed all over his home and yard. The guys guys in this picture take up his whole living room. He has two other bedrooms dedicated to Halloween. One is a pumkin massacre scene, and the other looks like a haunted parlor with a coffee table in the middle with a book that comes alive.
I wish this picture wasn't side ways but, you can see how tall this guy is.
This guy outside is my favorite. On wed. night he'll be welcoming some trick or treaters.
Yes, his house is even painted green and orange. And the decorations are from top to bottom.
Thanks Jeff for doing all of this. You make Halloween something to look forward too every year. We love UNCLE JEFF!

Halloween Party 2007

Our ward YM/YW do a halloween party every year for the Primary kids. It is so fun for the kids and the youth really step it up and make it a great night. You'll tell from these photo's that I am not a creative mom who sews costumes I do however try to spend the least amount each year. Luckily this year Caleigh and Griffin recycled last years costumes. Gotta love that.
This is Caleigh's "boy-toy" (just kiddening) he asked her to be his girlfriend but she said, "my mom said I'm not old enough for boyfriends, only buddies."
My little witch actually kept her hat on most the night.
My favorite costume of the whole night was this one wore by my friend's (and 1st counselor) daughter Brighton. I told her she had to scream for the picture like KING KONG was really taking her away. Danielle is so creative all of her 3 kids look so cute and she threw there costumes together in an hour. That included sewing time. Watch out Martha!
The Peterson gang heading out for some "spooky" fun. The kids asked why my hair was so crazy and I told them, "If you flew around in the air all day you would bad hair too" so hope that explain the larger-than-life hair.

Congratulations Chris and Erin Head Family

Baby Nathan has arrived! Only 3 weeks early. Erin did amazing and baby Nathan had a hard start but, is doing just great now. So here's the info for everyone.

Nathaniel Kolen Head 7lbs 1 oz. I don't know how long

Born Sunday the 21st around 1pm

Apparently Goirgina (now the only girl with 4 brothers, I feel ya sister) walked in and said excitedly to Erin "Mom, baby Nathan came out!" I'm sure Erin was aware but, what do you expect from a two year old.

Everyone is home now and doing great. This makes number 5 for Chris and Erin. Done? I don't know. They are truly a wonderful family striving to live the commandments and be an Eternal Family.

Good Job guys.

Daddy's 60th Surprise! Party

My first blog has to be about my Dad's 60th party. My Mom asked all of us kids to pull something together and surprise my Dad. It was so much fun and we all spent many hours in front of our computer screens coming up with fun ideas for the 50's theme we picked out. The invites were Awesome (thanks Ryan and Tiff) and I think they raised expectations for the party to be really great. Well you tell me from the photos but, I think we delivered. My Aunt and Uncle came up from Nevada and helped pull off the surprise. Dad didn't even suspect when he walked into the church. So many friends and family came he even had a friend from childhood (Juliano) send him some pictures of the good ol' days and a Happy Birthday message. Mom put together a Shadow Box of some of his Vietnam memories and we had it on display. I think the best part of the night though was the skits that the kids and grandkids put on. We found out Sam is a born actor. The Skits were just a few memories that we thought should be acted out. Dad as a kid throwing cats of the barn roof, Mom and Dad's 1st kiss, Dad signing up for Vietnam, and the Famous Head Family Christmas bush story. It was a fun night and thank you to everyone who helped put it together. We'll be talking about it forever.