Halloween!

Halloween is always full of fun parties and events!

The few days before Halloween I was really busy sewing like crazy! I had a lot of things to alter and add to Lance's costume and still had Afton's bunny costume to make! I ended up staying up until 1am working on the bunny costume, but finally got them finished!

The reason I decided to have Afton be a bunny this year because I think her little, chubby cheeks and big, brown eyes just NEEDED to be in a bunny costume! When I was young my Mom made me a very similar costume that was white and pink. I just couldn't resist and really hoped that it would turn out as cute as I had it pictured in my mind. =)

Trick-Or-Treating at the Office

We started on Halloween Eve by Trick-Or-Treating at Michael's office. This is a standing tradition for Brady's companies and we always enjoy seeing the children and adults all dressed up and eating candy. Thanks Brady and Terri!


Michael and I love our Spiderman-Lance and Afton-Bunny!




Ahh! Watch out for Spidey's webs! Lance told me that because he was Spider Man he was going to save the world. I asked him what Afton would do. He thought about it for a little while and said, "I will save the world, and Afton will hop. Hop like a bunny."




Even just looking at this picture makes me want to kiss my little bunny's cute chubby cheeks!


HaLLoWeeN CarnEvil



Later that evening we got a babysitter to watch the kids and Michael and I went to my sister's unbelievable HaLLoWeeN CarnEvil! Her house was decked out with awesome deocrations, the lights were dimmed and all had a red hue, there was tons of food and drinks, and even more people totally decked out in creative, crazy, awesome, funny costumes! There were so many people there that the police actually made a little visit around 1am and asked everyone to go home (every amazing party is always broken up by the cops, right?).

Thanks Katie for throwing an awesome party and giving Michael and I an excuse to pretend that we are young and crazy college students again!



Okay, here is the explaination of our costumes....

Michael: An old, rich, dead man.
Camille: A young, gold-digging woman.

I love diamonds and gold and living a life of ease and comfort. Of course I deserve these things and I just happened to fall in love with a man with A LOT of money. We fell in love and married soon after meeting. Unfortunately my rich old husband died suddenly (with a few bruises around his neck) only 2 short weeks after we got married. Now everything he owned was left to me (hahaha!).


Soup, Pictures, and Trick-Or-Treating



It has been tradition in the Covey family for many, many years to have the family over to my parents home (which used to include much of the extended famiy as well) to dress up, eat homemade soup in breadbowls, and take lots of fun pictures before all the kids raced off to go trick-or-treating.


Elvis showed off his famous dance moves at Katie's party and at the Covey gathering! Oww-Oww!


Elvis Jacob and Bunny Afton


Papa and Spiderman. Lance really loves his Papa!

This year we enjoyed Mom's amazing Creamy Vegitable and Hamburger Soups, Christine's delicious homemade breadbowls, and of course lots of laughs and fun memories made with our crazy costumes, music, and dancing in the kitchen.


The Grandparents with their Spidey and Bunny. Lance wasn't a huge fan of Nana's witch costume. They were outside together and he said to her, "No costumes in the house Nana." HaHa! Lance sometimes says the funniest things!


The Mommy with her snuggly bunny. (As a side thought, if I could be any animal - I would choose a bunny. A cute, snuggly, bunny that was constantly loved and held by an adoring child.)

I just love my family and think that they are truly the best! They are always the one's I want to be with. I am so lucky to have such a fun, tallented, loving family.

Silly Afton

I couldn't resist taking this photo... just too cute and funny...

So here is the story.

Afton is getting old enough that she doesn't want to take a nap if there are exciting things going on. She won't fall asleep at the grocery store, snuggled up in her car seat anymore. Or if we are at Papa and Nana's, or with the Bennett's, or at Jen and Shae's house. She wants to be awake to be a part of the action!

So, yesterday I had a bunch of neighbor kids over and it was Afton's nap time. I fed her, changed her diaper, laid her in her bed... but she wouldn't go to sleep. She actually learned for the first time how to pull herself up to a standing position in her crib (good thing I lowered it last week) and would just stand there and cry until I came to get her out.

The funny thing about this story is that while she was standing there crying in her bed, she was so tired that she could hardly keep her eyes open! But as soon as she say the kids running around the house she would start smiling and kicking her legs in excitement. I gave in and just let her sit in her highchair with a bottle (thinking that if she was extra full it would help her sleep more easily).

She seemed content and wasn't crying anymore so I started making dinner. I turned around to look at her and she was sound asleep... cute thing!

Gardner Village 2009

Papa, Spiderman-Lance, Nana, Batman-Johnny, Camille, Monkey-Afton, Christine, Catwoman-Evelyn

Last year we started a tradition with the Covey's where we have the kids dress up in their Halloween costumes and go up to Garnder Village near Halloween time. The kids LOVED having Nana and Papa take them on a "horsie" ride and spend time chasing, pushing, petting, sitting on, feeding, admiring, and "loving" the animals in the petting farm.


Our 2 girls are already great friends!


Papa and little Afton.


She really loves her Papa!


Papa and Johnny-boy.


Nana and Johnny-boy (I believe his first word was actually "Nana").


Lance riding solo... he wouldn't let anyone walk beside him. He's a professional Jockey now, didn't you know? He did this last year!


Afton watching while the 2 boys rode on the "horsies". She looks like she is really focusing on what they are doing. She must know that she will get to ride one next year.

Papa surprised us and got off work to spend time with the grandkids! What a great Papa! He paid for the tickets for all the fun activities for the 2 boys so we could create all these fun memories. Thanks Papa! You are truly the best and we love you so much!


Nana and Papa with their cute grandkids!

Here is the line-up of grandkids so far...

LANCE

Spiderman-Lance striking a pose.

JOHNNY

Batman-Johnny inspecting a goat.

AFTON

Afton sucking on her monkey tail!

EVELYN

Evelyn... stretching after her "cat" nap. =)


Don't worry, Spiderman and Batman were only ACTING like they were fighting... for picture purposes only, of course. =)


Cute boys... they got so excited every time that horse got close to the gate. Johnny just kept saying, "Horsie! Horsie! Horsie!" and running in place because he was so happy and excited!


Here is a pretty good view of the Petting Farm and the fun animals that live there. This goat is pretty average sized in comparison to the many goats on the farm... and it is just about as tall as the boys!


The best friends relaxing for a minute to regain their super-human strength.


This was Johnny-boy's first experience in the Petting Farm and boy did he love it! He loves horsies, and has come to love goats and pigs too (he spent a fair amount of time standing behind them and pushing them around)! It was so fun to see our 2 boys so fearless of all the animals and enjoying running around with them even when they were bigger than they are!



Thanks Papa and Nana for such a fun outing! We love you!!!

Fall Leaves Up Provo Canyon

Sunday is a great day to have family time. I am always begging Michael for more time together, so we decided to go up Provo Canyon and admire the beautiful changing leaves (and take a few cute pictures of course!).

LANCE CHARLES (3yrs.) & AFTON ESPERANCE (9mo.)


Lance requested that Afton sit on his back for the picture...


Kids have so much personality... we think our little ones are just too cute!


I love getting pictures of Lance kissing Afton because he kisses her little head, or cheek multiple times a day.

Lance really is so sweet with his sister. He is always so excited every time she wakes up from a nap, and loves it when she laughs and his silly faces or crazy dance moves! Whenever I get her out of her crib and bring her out to be with him he yells with his arm outstretched ready for a big hug, "Afton! Hi cute girl (or sweetie, or girlie)!"

They really love each other and I am so glad they have one another. I hope they will always be close just like my big brother Johnny and I were and still are.


Lance pretending to be a dinosaur... rahrrr!



Lately Afton just LOVES her walker. I'm sure she feels so much freedom while she is in it. She is finally able to keep up with her big brother and go wherever she wants! The silly girl isn't very good at crawling (she can can do it, but doesn't go very far) but can RUN in her walker! She and Lance love to play "chase" and Lance just laughs and laughs as he runs around the kitchen while Afton tries to get him. She always gets excited and will kick her legs and "cheer" her arms with that big adorable smile while she is playing with Lance.


Lance and Daddy having a rock throwing contest into the river.






Afton and her Daddy... she really looks up to him already! =)


Mommy and her little "doll" (as Daddy likes to refer to her)

Grammy Parrish

We just love our Grammy!



Lance is so sweet with her. He always gives her a big hug whenever he sees her. While walking into Red Robin (where she always takes us out for lunch) he held her hand on the walk in, and held the door for her... what a little gentleman!

Cookies with Nana!

Nana invited us over while the men were at the Priesthood Session of General Conference and made Halloween cookies with the Two Boys!

Those boys sure do love their Nana!

Biking in Provo Canyon

Mom (Nana), Katie, Christine with Johnny-boy and Evelyn, and me with my Lance and Afton ejoyed a fun afternoon together!





Katie created some time out of her busy schedule to come down from Salt Lake and hang out with the girls, so we decided to go bike riding in Provo Canyon!





It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun! Christine got 2 bike trailors for all the kids to ride in, and we were off! We stopped at one of the parks, ate lunch, played duck-duck-goose, and had a great time!