Trick or Treat

Pumpkin Carving/Painting

Mal is concentrating really hard on

painting her ghost pumpkin.

This year we decided to not only carve pumpkins, but to paint some as well.   Kolby and Mallorie had their own to paint, and Jeremy and I carved a couple.  Jeremy carved The Headless Horseman, and I carved a witch.  They turned out pretty good, except that my witch's tooth fell off and I had to fix it with a toothpick.  After we were done carving our pumpkins, we made pumpkin seeds.  They were so good.  Our friends, Dave and Jessica, gave us their pumpkin seed recipe, which you boil and then bake.

 

 

Kolby painted a bat on his.

The finished products.

Pumpkin Patch

I love going to pumpkin patches!  We first started going while we were in Arizona, when the kids were just little.  My sister Kodi and I would take the kids up to Prescott, and we had so much fun that we made it a new tradition.  The one in AZ had hay-rides, mazes, barn swings and slide, animals, little John Deer Tractor tricycles, and lots of delicious pumpkin goodies and treats.  But, then they closed that one down.  Since moving here a couple of years ago, we hadn't gone to one.  I didn't know that we had any up here.  So, I was very excited to learn from my friend Jill, that we had one here.  It wasn't quite as grand, and it made me miss my sister and nephew, but it was still fun all the same.  The kids loved it and I was able to take a few cute pictures.  I love all of the fall colors. 

This is one of the few moments that Jeremy was 

actually a good sport.

Miss Mal and Kolby with his cheesy grin.

They wanted to stay and play in this 

maze ALL DAY.

Kolby picked the biggest pumpkin that he could still manage to carry, while Mallorie picked 

the tiniest one she could find.  But apparently I didn't get a picture of her with her pumpkin.

Happy Belated Birthday to Aubrey!

It was my niece Aubrey's birthday on Oct. 29th, but I just haven't had any time lately, so this is a little late.  Aubrey is such a beautiful girl, and I love her curly, curly hair.   (I wish I had her hair)  I can't believe how big she is getting.  It seems like it was just the other day, that we were in MO for her blessing.  We miss her so much, and hope to see her, and her new baby sister soon.  

Crazy Hair Day

Here are a few pictures of Mallorie on Crazy Hair Day.  (I'm a little behind on my posts.)  Kolby didn't get to have a fun hairstyle because his hair was too short.  He got a hold of the scissors just before the first day of school, and cut his hair to the scalp in a couple of places.  It's just now finally starting to grow out.  Mal's hair, however was fun.  She is such a goof, and loves to have her picture taken now.  I love the one of her making the funny face.  She can be so quiet and shy in front of others, but that picture really shows her true colors.