Fall Fun :)

It was that time of the year again to carve our pumpkins!  We ended up receiving a TON of pumpkins - some for free, others because Super Fresh in Austin had a HUGE sale :)  Callie loves to prep our pumpkins, clean them off and prepare for carving!

Training her well already - she's holding the strainer so mommy can pick out the seeds to bake :)  Daddy pulled a Farmer John - he used his drill to scoop everything out...wow that worked like a charm!

Callie got to draw her own face this year - triangle eyes, a heart shaped nose and a "spooky" mouth!

I love this pumpkin :)  She is so good at drawing hearts!  Probably because she wants to draw them ALL THE TIME...she can even cut them now :)

Next up was Collin's turn to get in on the action!  He of course went right into the pumpkin and played with the goo!

Dig it out buddy!!

I love him - he is so adventurous and care-free :)

Next up Mr. Clean Carter!  He wasn't too sure about this whole pumpkin business!  He would get his hands really close to the pumpkin and then back away!  It wasn't until Callie came over to help him that he actually touched it!

Such an encouraging little sister!  We are so blessed with these three beautiful children!  Carter is such a clean little man who is so observant :) I love that about you Carter!

The next day we built our HUGE leaf pile in the front yard.  Even though our tree was struck by lightening a few years ago, we are thankful for our neighbor's leaves to rake up into a leaf pile (like the fact that I found a silver lining for all those leaves!)

Collin joined in on the fun and had a great time :)  Carter on the other hand preferred to just watch from a distance.  He didn't like the feeling of being in the leaves :)

My BFF

Haha - Callie was hanging onto my vest for dear life!  Haha

Up Up and Away!!!

While I was busy throwing Callie in the leaf pile - and clearly Josh was taking pictures, Collin decided to tear apart the Ariel Pumpkin I had carved for Callie...there goes her face :)

Boys LOVE LOVE LOVE riding on the rider with daddy!  I think we should get one of those side attachments like they have for motorcycles...they'd love this :)

** I am writing this in December, remember, I am really far behind...and I'm so mad looking at this beautiful weather in these pictures, knowing that outside our home right now it's below zero and windy...and no snow...

Halloween Party!

Lisa Denzer and I hosted a very fun, informal and last minute (planning was last minute) Halloween party for our friends...okay...for all the kids :)  No adult beverages were had!  The kids had a blast :)  Ava and Callie helped with the planning!  All of the stations had a sign that gave a description about the station and what you were supposed to do!  Each sign was drawn by either Callie or Ava :) These two girls did a wonderful job :)

Mystery Bags - feel the ooey gooey Halloween surprises in the bag :)

Cookie decorating

The food!  We had everyone bring a dish/snack to share that had a Halloween theme to it!

The goodie bags for kids to take right away...and look a prize to fill it with already!

  

Guess how many M&M's were in the jar :)

Making ghosts!

Making "Bats" using our hand prints!

Face Painting

Collin & Carter's bats :)

LOOK - Flounder & Sebastian are getting away!

Oh Sebastian - you're so cute!  You too daddy :)

Collin found his buddy, Uncle Jason :)

Can you believe we had TONS of kids on the trampoline and NOBODY got hurt!!?

Callie sure loved decorating her cookie :)

SO CUTE - nice work Lisa :)

We had TONS of kids at our party - thanks to everyone who showed up!

Two of my favorites :)

One of their favorites - Lexi & her boys :)

These were sure cute!

And these were delicious!  Actually, I didn't have one - they were gone, but they looked wonderful!

Working on some art projects :)

Lynne & Max the Monkey :)

Simple face paintings can make a girl so happy :)

Fun Toilet Paper bowling :)

Way to go Callie :)

Callie was singing to baby Illa - So sweet :)

Yummy - round # 2 for cookies?!

Some of the adults...

Kids playing :)  The littles stayed over here while the bigs were pretty much all on the trampoline!  I'm shocked it didn't A. break or B. have someone get hurt!

Bouncy Bouncy Fun-Fun-Fun-Fun-Fun...the wonderful thing about jumping is...
The Denzer's have a trampoline :)

Here are all of the kids minus one...that is pretty good :)  And the majority are looking at the camera!  SCORE!  What a fun day we had!

 Love these girls - even the pouty Ariel...

Such a beautiful new mommy :)  What a sweet pea you have there!