Ella dressed up for "Super Hero day"... (this was Drew's costume a few years ago) Don't ya just love this girl!

This is Ava Reciting her favorite Halloween song ( in her own words)..."By the light of the moon, stirr'n pudd'n with a wodden pudd'n spoon. The 1st one says it mus'nt be runn'n, the 2nd one says it mus'nt be lumpy, the 3rd one says that will make me grumpy, the 4th one smiles and hums a little tune and likes the drippies off the wooden pudd'n spoon.

Ah, the Sweet little Fairy Butterfly Princess needed some beauty sleep.

This is Ava's Preschool Teacher "Miss Linsey" She is such a fun and amazing teacher.

"Hi! My name is Ava, I'm a Fairy Butterfly Princess."

Every year the kids get to dress up in their costumes and show us what they have learned so far.

Ella digging out the guts!

The sleek Kitty cat is Tyler's Masterpiece... Mine would be the one that spells out BOO!
Ava and Mirandah on their to "Fairy School." When I drop them off I love to watch them walk away. I'm not sure why, it's just so cute to see them holding hands and wondering into their class chatting and giggling amongst each other. This picture is one of my favorites because it looks as though they could be flying....One can dream right!

It was Ava's turn to bring treats for preschool so of course my creative mind starts working and I saw these cute little Frankenstein's in a magazine... how hard could they be? I thought I could whip these out in no time.... Ya right! They turned out okay but not exactly like the picture in the magazine.

Mine....
The Magazine.....


This year we had our Hafen family first annual Pumpkin Carving night, It was so much fun! I bought a kit and it had a ton of pictures to carve and get ideas from, I thought it looked too hard so I had the kids do regular Jack O Lantern faces (along with myself). Tyer on the other hand pulled out a masterpiece... maybe he should do treats and birthday cakes from now on!

Deer Hunt 2008

Every year the Hafen's get together for the Mighty Deer Hunt, it is a family tradition that I hope lives on forever. It is so fun for all the kids to get together, some people in this family seem to think it is better than going to Disneyland. My significant other came up a bit short this last season so I decided to take it upon myself to get my Hunters Safety Badge. Look out Hafen's this chick is going to bring home the GOLD.

The mighty hunters are always looking out for the "Big Kahoonah"

On second thought maybe we'll just take a rest.

Oh what dirty little faces!

Ella was the only girl for days so when we came out to visit she was a happy camper.

As you can see Maya was so Excited to see Drew.

Showing off a little muscle

I'm sure this was a favorite time of day when they could all just hang out by the campfire and toast marshmallows.

Jeff and his handy dandy light. Actually it really did come in handy when Ava fell into a bunch of cactus and I had to strap it on get it all out. Thanks Jeff, you always know how to fix everything.

Ah for sad, this will be Bryces last Deer Hunt until he gets back from his mission. :(