Halloween in NEW HAMPSHIRE...

Okay....so, we decided to go to visit my brother and sister-in-law, Adam and Jenny, for Halloween AND their 5 wonderful and crazy kids.

The best part about this was that it was a surprise for Adam. Jenny, Bryce and I had be en planning this for months. We had laid everything out. Adam would be brought home from work by my Dad (Dad and Daniel were there as well, by the way). And we would just have Oliver playing in the mix with Adam and Jenny's 5 kids. I was so excited to see what would happen first....would adam notice that there was an extra kid? OR would he even notice that that kid was his nephew????

Well, in true Adam-form....he RUINED EVERYTHING!!!! When he got home, he decided to go to the BACK door and check on the chickens instead of coming in the front door.

Basically....he was totally surprised, but the perfect scenario we had imagined did not come true.

Nonetheless....we had an AMAZING time.

Here we are at Jessica's classroom listening to story time.

Here is Adam and Jenny's oldest son, Zachary.

And there is their only girl: Jessica.

By the way: Jessica is SO VERY girl that no other girls are needed.

Adam and Jenny's home is so wonderful. They have 3 acres of land. They have built a tree house house and a zip line in their yard:

Here is Bryce (number 4) enjoying the zip line:

One of the best surprises of our trip was that we moved Montana the beloved dog of our friends Mike and Sara Rogers to live with Adam and Jenny. Sara had become allergic to their dog and they had to give her up. She is this AMAZING lab and she seems to love her new home. Here she is with Wesley (their youngest baby):

Zachary on the zip line:

Great shot of Bryce and Zachary:

Did I mention the chickens?

Adam and Jenny have 30 chickens!!!!

They just got them and they are just beginning to lay eggs. It is so cool.

And then there was Halloween:

It was perfect.

Here is Zachary, he was Michael Phelps for Halloween:

Here is Oliver, in their back yard. He played so hard. Their kids are so wonderful. Oliver got a crash course in sharing...there were many tears, but it was very good for him. He had a blast.

I love this picture of Adam. He is mid-speech.

There is jsut something about Adam that is so genuine and dear.

I think that this picture captures that.

I have an amazing family....and he's just one of them.

Ummm...here's bryce.

so handsome....

Here is Ryan.

He was Indiana Jones for Halloween.

Here is Jenny and Wesley.

I love this picture of Jenny, beautiful.

Okay. Here is the only picture that we got of all of the kids. It took a lot of work.

Please notice Oliver.

He's not that happy.

I love this shot of Ryan.

Another fun thing that we did was that we went to a Science Museum in Manchester.

The best part was that Daniel TOTALLY loved it. He was so into the discovery.

Here he is with Adam looking at an exhibit:

Back to the back yard: Jessica and my oh-so-expressive-son:

We also went to a pottery-painting-place.

Daniel painted a horse:

Here is Brycee-boy, consuming all of his candy.

Daniel played a very important role in our Halloween fun.

He pulled the wagon---the wagon in which I rode:

Oliver and Brycee-boy in the back yard.

Okay...I had to take this picture.

It just so happened that Bryce, Daniel and Oliver were wearing the same outfit.

Okay, back to the museum. To explain this photo:

They did this electro demonstration where they sent a shock wave through my body to Adam's. It felt so weird. Here is the shot of just after:

They also had a pulley thing that you could play on. It made it so that it was really easy to pull yourself up. It was fun. Here is Bryce and Daniel:

Bryce and Bryce:

All in all...it was an amazing trip. We just had a lot of time together as a family. Thank you, Adam and Jenny and kids for having us. Thank you Dad and Daniel for coming.

We love you all!