Happy Birthday Brandon

Brandon had a great birthday. He was a little disappointed to hear that it fell on a Sunday. Other than that, he thought the day was great. He has been asking for a Rip Stick for about six months now. He kept telling everyone to just give him money so he could buy the Rip Stik. When he saw all the presents wrapped up, none of them were big enough to be it. So Austin and Brandon began searching the garage and the backyard for the hidden present. They never found it. After Brandon opened his presents, we told him there was one more in the living room. It was in a huge Amazon.com box. He hadn't even noticed it sitting there for five days!

Brandon's getting to the age where he just wants money. It's hard to think of things to buy him that he doesn't know about. He got a mario olympics game, another wii remote, and Mexican Train! He loved playing that game at the Hunsaker Reunion.


I got a kick out of this video. Brandon just took the Rip Stik out of the package and expected to be a pro. He keeps talking about the cracks messing him up. If you look closely, there was only one crack. Twenty minutes later, he had improved greatly. Austin was just hounding him to get it right. It looks easier than it is!!!

Halloween Night

Payton was a wolf ninja. He borrowed Austin's costume from two years ago. Brandon was Scream, Austin was the grim reaper? and mom was a witch. We tried to get dad to dress up but it didn't happen.


Austin got a ton of candy. To be exact, he weighed his candy this morning. It weighed 12 pounds! He hoards his candy and doesn't like to share. It might last for six months.


Brandon was the monster from Scream. We've never seen the movie, but the costume was great. The mask had a pump that pushed blood through the mask. It was pretty creepy. Brandon was sad he couldn't wear it at the church party. No masks please. The little ones would have freaked out.
When we were trick or treating around the neighborhood, one house had some scary monsters making noises. Payton refused to get his candy from them. Dad saved the day and got it for him.



Connor, Austin, Brandon, and Payton went trick or treating together. This year they got smart and took the scooters along. The houses that were giving out candy were few and far between. Where's the Halloween spirit? After about an hour, we went back to the house. Then Connor and Austin went out for round two with his dad. Is there such a thing as too much candy?

Trunk or Treat

We went to our annual church trunk or treat. We love it because the trick or treating is so quick and easy. We combined with the other half of our old ward. The kids had fun seeing their friends that are no longer in our ward boundaries.

Aunt Cynthia and Uncle Gene came to our party too! Their bishop doesn't believe in doing Halloween parties! Are you kidding me?
Lucas was Dumbo. His ears were so big. He was in a great mood and smiled everytime we looked at him. He's so adorable.

Keilani, Payton, and Julie enjoying the candy.

Brandon and his cousing McKenna.

Brandon, Jordan, Austin, and Connor

Skater Dudes

In October we were off track. The kids became addicted to the skate park again. We hadn't been in about six months. Payton and Brandon wanted to go every morning to practice and get better. They are definitely doing a lot better than last year. They have bruises all up and down their legs and arms.