Annual Pumpkin Patch Trip

 Stew coming down the pipe slide.

 Ryan and Stew leaving me behind in the hay maze. It was really tall. They loved it, I got a little claustrophobic.

 Stew getting as close as he dared to a huge pig.

 The corn pit is always a crowd pleaser.

 Making a corn angel.

Having fun on the small hay pyramid.

You may have noticed Evie isn't in any of the pumpkin patch pictures... she wasn't with us when I had the camera. We went multiple times so she got to go a different time.  :)

 Stew as a knight, Evie a kitty for Halloween

 Ryan refused to wear his lion costume, so I stuck a note on his hat that said "Stubborn 2 yr old".

 Ryan actually let Sam's girlfriend cut his hair.

Mischievous little monkey

TOP 5

1. Ryan saying "spooookyyy" for anything and everything related to Halloween, referring to a pumpkin as "pumpkin patch", and calling any type of candy as "candy corns".  

2. It didn't rain on the night of our ward Trunk or Treat.  (Whew, I was in charge of it.)

3.Finally ordering Ryan's baby book of his first year.

4. Sunny giving me an awesome $20 off coupon, which motivated me to get his baby book done.

5. Stew finally being old enough to hold his own with board games.  We've been playing a lot.

BOTTOM 5

1. Ryan getting croup a couple of weeks ago.

2. The Dr. saying he'll most likely get croup with every big illness that come through because of his asthma.

3. Candy

4. Dying to read "Allegiant".  

5. Not ready for winter weather to come, I've really enjoyed our beautiful fall weather this past month.

Birthday Boy

 Stew had his first friend birthday party on Saturday.   He loved every minute of it.

 We played lots of boy games. This is a picture of him shooting a monster.

 We decorated pumpkins with candy and made them into monsters. Sadly, there aren't any more pictures of the party. That's what happens when there's lots of little boys full of energy and candy.  

In other news......

 Evie lost her other front tooth. YAY! It was also a painfully long process.  I may have threatened to pin her down and pull it out myself during one of her whining episodes of why she couldn't eat normal food.

 Stew cut his own bangs, so we had to buzz off his hair to fix it.

 And this kid won't let me get near him with scissors or a razor.  His hair is out of control.

I crocheted this granny square pillow during the sessions of conference.  He makes our couches cheery.  Hopefully he'll have a buddy soon. 

TOP 5

1. Playing games with family. I could play all day.
2. Survivor and Amazing Race back on.
3. Finally playing Candy Crush.  I'm addicted.
4. Evie's school only having one fundraiser the whole year and it's a carnival.  And extra bonus:  you can use boxtops to pay for the tickets. So it's pretty much ends up being free.  Love her school!
5. Evie actually taking a good school picture this year.  No awkward, fake smiles this time. Whew!

BOTTOM 5

1. The word "chasm" being used in the last 10 books that I've read. EVERY SINGLE ONE.   I don't know exactly why I hate the word so much.  Perhaps, I feel the author is trying to be fancy instead of just saying - ravine, gorge, crevice, canyon etc.  (And yes, Brooke, you used it in your book as well. )
2. Stewart using one of my precious bobby pins to close a vegetable bag in the freezer.  If it was a regular bobby pin, I wouldn't care.  But I only have 3 of these really amazing bobby pins that I got from Sunny and I treasure each one.
3. Little friends that come over to play and instead of asking for something to eat, they say in a whining voice, "I wish I could have ________ . "  I know I'm a bit crazy, but just because they phrase it that way, I won't give them whatever they're asking for. But if they just ask nicely for it, absolutely it's theirs.  I might have issues.
4. Finally, finally beating level 35 on Candy Crush. (It took me days of trying.) Only to find out that I can't go to the next level without having friends on Facebook help me out. Lame.  Stupid Facebook.  Stupid Candy Crush.
5. Stew losing his remote control car. We have the remote for it, but can't find the actual car.  I have no idea where it would be hiding.

Stewart 1: Death 0

Stewart was at the mechanics this last week waiting for them to put a new windshield on our car, when an older man who was talking to a mechanic at the counter collapsed.  Stewart looked up when he heard the mechanic yelling over and over "Boyd, Boyd, are you okay?".   Stewart went over and asked if anyone checked to see if he had a pulse?  And the two guys standing there, just looked at him blankly.  So he checked to see if there was a pulse, and the man didn't have one.  He asked if anyone knew CPR?  And again the two guys just looked at him with blank stares.  So with no other options, Stewart started to preform CPR on the man.  Stewart said with the first couple of compressions he felt the guys ribs break. (Which later that night, Stewart would have slight PTS about. I don't blame him. I was pretty grossed out just hearing the details.)   After 30 compressions he asked the other guy to check to see if he had a pulse... but the other guy was still and shock and said he didn't know how to check the pulse. So Stewart was a one man show.  He was able to get a faint pulse and the old man gulped for air a couple of times. After about 5 minutes, the paramedics showed up but they had Stewart continue with compressions while they set up their electrodes and stuff.  After the paramedics zapped the guy he gained consciousness and they whisked him off to the hospital.

The following day, Stewart had to go back into the mechanics for something and the wife of the old man had come in and said that her husband was going to be fine and wanted to thank Stewart for helping with saving her husband's life.  He had had a heart attack but was expected to make a full recovery.  Yay!

We're all very proud of you Stewart!!!