Family Picture Time!

Last year we got our family pictures taken in October, and so I wanted to make a tradition (for lack of a better word) of getting them taken every fall.  My friend Jenny took them again - she does such a great job! (Thanks Jenny!)

I had a really hard time picking which ones to post. I figured you didn't want to look through 30 pictures.  So here are some of my favorites!  (16 is better than 30, right?) I posted some on facebook, too.  Most of them are the same, but there are a few different ones in both places.

This is what he looks like when he is making an elephant sound. :)

I always think of Joseph Smith and the Sacred Grove when I see this one.
Weird to think that?  maybe.

One of Calder's favorite things to do...throw rocks into the water.  

Halloween!

Halloween this year was so much fun!  We decided that since Calder is obsessed with air planes, it only made sense for him to be an Aviator. 

 I looked online for a costume, but they were either super expensive, or lame.  So I decided to make it!  I have to say, I am pretty proud of myself.

At first, Calder didn't love wearing his costume, but I trained him so that every time he put it on, he got a piece of candy. (Like a smarty - I know, I pay out big time.)  But in no time at all, he LOVED putting on his costume.  Score!

We had a ward party where there was a "Trunk-or-Treat."  He got the hang of picking a candy out of the bowls REALLY fast.  We "Trick-or-treated" down main street the next day (on Halloween) with some friends from the ward.  He got a good haul, and loves picking a treat out of his "pumpkin" everyday.

I always look forward to holidays, but they are so much fun now that Calder can get excited about them, too, and we can show him the ropes.  And they will just get to be more fun as he gets older, because he will understand what's going on!  How exciting!

*Oh, and I have to mention, just because we are thrilled - Calder spent the last 2 Sundays in Nursery all by himself and had a great time!  Hooray!!!