Remember this?

She's gone from independent study...

...to teaching dentistry!  She loves to "help" daddy study!

Birthday fun!

 had an amazing birthday with our dental school friends!  It combined many of my favorite things, Halloween costumes, food, and good friends!  

Halloween Pj's and then some

We got fun Halloween packages from Ama and Grandma Janet!  (We got cookies from Grandma Janet, but I forgot to take pictures of them!  Probably because she scarfed them down so fast!)

I love this girl so much!

Halloween

 We LOVE Halloween at the Peck house!  It is my favorite holiday and after this year, Iva loves it too!  We carved pumpkins and ate homemade chili.  We went to all the 2nd year dental student's houses to trick-or-treat.  Daddy had to study (no fun!), so Iva and I ventured out in the rain to go!  She caught on so fast.  She said "trick-or-treat" and "thank you" when she got her candy in her bucket.  Derrick was sad that he couldn't go because it was Iva's first time trick-or-treating.  So, he met us at the last house.  Iva knew exactly what to do.  She grabbed her bucket, and went up to the door and started knocking!  She loves Halloween!

I got the pumpkins all prepped during Iva's nap

Sharing her snack to keep us nourished during the strenuous pumpkin carving

So excited to go!  And yes, she loved her hat and kept it on!

Loving this trick-or-treating business!

Trunk or Treat

Iva and I had so much fun at the trunk-or-treat our ward put on!  We were salt and pepper shakers.  Iva quickly found out what the whole trick-or-treat business was about, and she loved it!  She wanted to hold her own pumpkin and said "trick-or-treat" to all the members by their trunk and then said "thank you!" after they would give her candy.  She liked to put the candy in her bucket herself, so if they put it in for her she would hold her hand out for more and say "please?" so she could get another piece to put in herself!  And, of course, she got more; little stinker!  

Enjoying the spoils!

Pumpkin Patch

Ever since moving to Ohio, I have really wanted to go to a pumpkin patch.  A friend of mine suggested Circle S, so we headed over!  We went a little late in the season (like the weekend before Halloween! Oops!), so there weren't very many people there.  Also, it was FREEZING!  

Iva and Natalie are now BFF's 

Perfect pumpkin!