Good afternoon, my name is Russell and I’m a Wilderness Explorer

Halloween I got to spend with my family and Michael’s family which was so much fun. So for this years Halloween costume, I’ve been planning it for quite a while and I was pretty excited to put this together. I was…

Russell from UP!

My version of Russell the Wilderness Explorer

My homemade sash :) I’m pretty proud of it

The Ellie Patch <3

I spent the first part of the night going trick or treating with Mike’s family.

Derrick and Misty (Skeletons)-notice her shirt? This is how she announced her pregnancy to everyone whose not family. I’m excited to be an aunt again! Congrats again Misty! Me (Russell), Korben (Elmo), Evan (Pikachu), and Alyssa (Laguna Blue from Monster High).

After a fun time trick or treating with the Raines, I headed over to my house for some delicious homemade soups :) Mmmmm….then it was time for some Snider trick or treating.

My dorky little nephew

Brad and Kami (bikers), Me (Russell), Carson (Captain America) and Sean (Ninja).
And let me tell you, Sean definitely played the part. He would go up ring the doorbell, get the candy and then jump and do an awesome ninja slide after every house. And he was pretty good at hiding, ninja style.

Now one with Tommy (One of the guys from Duck Dynasty)

Happy Last Halloween without Him :)
(And yes, I will be saying that during every holiday, sorry, not sorry ;) )

Pumpkin Carving

My dad and I are pros at pumpkin carving. Haha. Not. Well he is, I’m not. He can carve 2 pumpkins for everyone 1 pumpkin I can. But we have fun!

I say we did pretty good this year!

Which Witch?

My mom and I took my nephews to Gardner Village on Monday to see the witches. Even though it was windy and a little chilly, we still had a ton of funn!

Pretending to dance like the witches behind us

These two are my favorite <3

Witches hats!

And then my hat flew away

Holding on for safety

Sean thought that the frogs warts were funny and then Grandma told him that now he’s going to get warts. His face was priceless. Then he thought that it was funny to touch Grandma so she got warts too. Haha

“Get a picture of me touching his warts!'”

Beaver hat!

Angry Birds

This is my beak!

Our ANGRY faces

Ashlee the horse. Carson the penguin. Sean the monkey.

Sean laying on the ground sliding like a penguin

Ashlee the frog-ribbet. Carson the owl-hoo hoo. Sean the penguin.

Hula Hooping with the witch

Had such a blast with these two little boys. Mondays are my favorite because I just get to play with these two. And to top the day off, we went to La Luna for lunch. Soooo delicious… :)

Happy Birthday Buddy!

October 8th was my little nephews birthday! He is now 4 years old and that is completely unbelievable to me. 4 years goes by so fast…

*We finally got to celebrate our birthdays!

Happy Happy Birthday my little birthday buddy!
LOVE YOU!